Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
Process for depositing an electrically insulating layer (12) on a III-V material substrate (6), comprising at least one first stage (A) of preparing the surface of the substrate (6) performed under a heat flash and a second stage (B) of chemical vapour phase deposition of said insulating layer (12) at a temperature exceeding the non-congruent decomposition temperature of the substrate surface, said second stage (B) being performed by exposing the substrate (6) to a heat flash.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
Process for depositing an electrically insulating layer (12) on a III-V material substrate (6), comprising at least one first stage (A) of preparing the surface of the substrate (6) performed under a heat flash and a second stage (B) of chemical vapour phase deposition of said insulating layer (12) at a temperature exceeding the non-congruent decomposition temperature of the substrate surface, said second stage (B) being performed by exposing the substrate (6) to a heat flash.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and second stages are performed in the same enclosure (32).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the material is chosen from among GaAs, InP, Ga x In 1-x As y P 1-y and Al x Ga y In 1-x-y As wherein 0≦x≦1 and 0≦y≦1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the substrate (6) is subject to a heat flash using tungsten halogen lamps (48).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the first stage (A) involves a stage of etching the surface of substrate (6).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the first stage (A) has a stage (8a) of supplying a V element to the substrate surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the first stage (A) has a stage (10a) of encapsulating the surface of substrate (6) with an insulating material (10).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the first stage (A) involves an epitaxy stage of a semiconductor layer on the surface of the substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the insulating layer (12) is an undoped polycrystalline silicon layer, a silicon nitride layer or a silicon dioxide layer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the second stage (B) comprises depositing on the substrate surface under heat flash a polycrystalline silicon layer, and then thermally oxidizing or nitriding the silicon layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
Process according to claim 1 for the production of a MIS structure (1) on a III-V material substrate (2), involving an electrically insulating layer (12) surmounted by a conductive layer (14), characterized in that after the insulating layer (12) is deposited, the conductive layer (14) is then deposited at high temperature on said insulating layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
Process according to claim 11, characterized in that the conductive layer (14) is of highly doped polycrystalline silicon and the surface of structure (1) undergoes a heat flash simultaneously with the deposition of said conductive layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
Process according to claim 11, characterized in that the conductive layer (14) is of metal and said layer is deposited by pyrolysis of carbonyle or hexafluoride of said metal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
Process according to claim 11, characterized in that the depositions of the insulating layer (12) and the conductive layer (14) are performed in the same deposition enclosure (32).