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Process for the epitaxial production of semiconductor stock material
Assignee: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
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Filing: 1988-09-02
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Granted: 1990-04-10
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Expires: 2008-09-02
Abstract
Abstract In order, in the epitaxial production of semiconductor products and of articles provided with a layer, to be able to make the junction between the layers applied to the substrates atomically sharp, it is important to be able to change the gas mixture, to be introduced into a pulsed reactor or MBE reactor, rapidly, accurately and without losses in respect of quantity and of composition. To this purpose, each of the gases to be introduced into the reactor is conveyed to a separate gas pipette and thereafter the content of the gas pipette is cyclically passed, by means of a pressure differential, into the pulse reactor, with the composition of the mixture being changed per one or more cycles.
Inventors
- 👤 Jaap van Suchtelen
- 👤 Lodevicus J. Giling
- 👤 Josephus E. M. Hogenkamp
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/455; C23C16/45523; B; B01; B01J; B01J4/00; B01J4/02; B01L; B01L3/00; B01L3/02; B01L3/0289; C23C16/45561; C30; C30B; C30B25/00; C30B25/02; C30B25/14; F; F23; F23C; F23C15/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/006; Y10S148/057; Y10S148/11; Y10S148/169; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/935
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
Process for the epitaxial production of semiconductor products or of articles provided with a layer, wherein a number of metered gases are passed into a pulsed reactor, in which reactor a decomposition of molecules, and depositions of atoms take place, characterized in that each of the said gases is fed to a separate gas pipette and thereafter the content of the gas pipette is passed cyclically, by pressure differential, into the pulsed reactor, with the composition of the mixture being changed per one or more cycles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
Process for the epitaxial production of semiconductor products or of articles provided with a layer, wherein a number of metered gases are passed into a pulsed reactor, in which reactor a decomposition of molecules, and depositions of atoms take place, characterized in that each of the said gases is fed to a separate gas pipette and thereafter the content of the gas pipette is passed cyclically, by pressure differential, into the pulsed reactor, with the composition of the mixture being changed per one or more cycles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
94 words
Process for the epitaxial production of semiconductor products, wherein a number of metered gases are passed into a molecular beam epitaxy reactor (MBE) in which reactor the pressure is brought to a value of ≦ about 10 -6 mbar and molecular beams are directed onto the heated substrates, characterized in that each of the said gases is fed to a separate gas pipette and subsequently the content of the gas pipette is fed, by pressure differential, cyclically into the MBE reactor, with the composition of the mixture being changed per one or more cycles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
94 words
Process for the epitaxial production of semiconductor products, wherein a number of metered gases are passed into a molecular beam epitaxy reactor (MBE) in which reactor the pressure is brought to a value of ≦ about 10 -6 mbar and molecular beams are directed onto the heated substrates, characterized in that each of the said gases is fed to a separate gas pipette and subsequently the content of the gas pipette is fed, by pressure differential, cyclically into the MBE reactor, with the composition of the mixture being changed per one or more cycles.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the component gases are mixed in a conjoint mixing chamber before being fed into the reactor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the control range of the gas pipette is changed by adjusting the input pressure.
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