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Compound semiconductor substrate with InGaP layer
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1989-11-02
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Granted: 1991-05-14
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Expires: 2009-11-02
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a compound semiconductor substrate having a III-V group compound semiconductor layer on a IV group substrate, which has substantially no residual stress and few crystalline defects. The substrate is formed from (a) a IV group substrate, (b) a first III-V group compound semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, (c) a second compound semiconductor layer having such a lattice constant as to produce a stress in a direction opposite to the stress which occurs during the time of forming said first semiconductor layer due to a difference of thermal expansion coefficient between said substrate and said first semiconductor layer, formed on said first semiconductor layer, and (d) a third III-IV group compound semiconductor layer similar to the first semiconductor layer, formed on said second semiconductor layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Akinori Seki
- 👤 Fumihiro Knoushi
- 👤 Jun Kudo
- 👤 Masayoshi Koba
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 05:55
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3414; H10P14/3418; H10P14/24; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2902; H10P14/2905; H10P14/32; H10P14/3202; H10P14/3214; H10P14/3218; H10P14/3242; H10P14/3244; H10P14/3248; H10P14/3251; H10P14/3252; H10P14/3421
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A compound semiconductor substrate comprising: (a) a Si substrate; (b) a first semiconductor layer of InP formed on the substrate, (c) a second semiconductor layer of In x Ga 1-x P (0<x<1) having such a lattice constant as to produce a stress in a direction opposite to the stress which occurs during the time of forming said first semiconductor layer due to a difference of thermal expansion coefficient between said substrate and said first semiconductor layer, formed on said first semiconductor layer, and (d) a third semiconductor layer of InP formed on said second semiconductor layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A compound semiconductor substrate comprising: (a) a Si substrate; (b) a first semiconductor layer of InP formed on the substrate, (c) a second semiconductor layer of In x Ga 1-x P (0<x<1) having such a lattice constant as to produce a stress in a direction opposite to the stress which occurs during the time of forming said first semiconductor layer due to a difference of thermal expansion coefficient between said substrate and said first semiconductor layer, formed on said first semiconductor layer, and (d) a third semiconductor layer of InP formed on said second semiconductor layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The compound semiconductor substrate according to claim 1, wherein an intermediate layer of GaAs is disposed between said substrate of Si and said first semiconductor layer of InP.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
125 words
A compound semiconductor substrate comprising: (a) a Si substrate; (b) a first semiconductor layer of InP formed on the substrate, p1 (c) a second semiconductor layer, formed on said first semiconductor layer, which is composed of at least two layers, one of which is a layer of In x Ga 1-x P (0<x<1) and the other of which is a layer of InP, said second semiconductor layer having such a lattice constant as to produce a stress in a direction opposite to the stress which occurs during the time of forming said first semiconductor layer due to a difference of thermal expansion coefficient between said substrate and said first semiconductor layer and (d) a third semiconductor layer of InP formed on said second semiconductor layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
125 words
A compound semiconductor substrate comprising: (a) a Si substrate; (b) a first semiconductor layer of InP formed on the substrate, p1 (c) a second semiconductor layer, formed on said first semiconductor layer, which is composed of at least two layers, one of which is a layer of In x Ga 1-x P (0<x<1) and the other of which is a layer of InP, said second semiconductor layer having such a lattice constant as to produce a stress in a direction opposite to the stress which occurs during the time of forming said first semiconductor layer due to a difference of thermal expansion coefficient between said substrate and said first semiconductor layer and (d) a third semiconductor layer of InP formed on said second semiconductor layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The compound semiconductor substrate according to claim 3, wherein an intermediate layer of GaAs is disposed between said substrate of Si and said first semiconductor layer of InP.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The compound semiconductor substrate according to claim 3, wherein said second semiconductor layer comprises a super lattice layer of (InP/In x Ga 1-x P) n , wherein 0<x<1 and n=2 to 40.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The compound semiconductor substrate according to claim 4, wherein said second semiconductor layer comprises a super lattice layer of (InP/In x Ga 1-x P) n wherein 0<x<1 and n=2 to 40.
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