US5134091A
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Quantum effective device and process for its production
Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
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Filing: 1991-04-01
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Granted: 1992-07-28
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Expires: 2011-04-01
Abstract
Abstract A quantum effective device and its method of manufacture are disclosed, wherein said device comprises quantum well boxes composes of a semiconductor substrate and a compound semiconductor on the surface of the semiconductor substrate at least comprising a first and a second elemental component and a semiconductor overlayer overlying said quantum well boxes and the surface portion of the exposed semiconductor substrate and wherein the quantum well boxes have an epitaxially grown single crystal structure obtained by depositing fine droplets of liquid phase composed of the first elemental component on the surface of the semiconductor substrate in the heated state and then incorporating a second elemental component different from the first elemental component in said droplets.
Inventors
- 👤 Toyohiro Chikyou
- 👤 Sinya Hashimoto
- 👤 Satoshi Takahashi
- 👤 Nobuyuki Koguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 07:50
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2913; H10P14/2916; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y20/00; H10P14/26; H10P14/265; H10P14/2917; H10P14/32; H10P14/3202; H10P14/3214; H10P14/3221; H10P14/3242; H10P14/3256; H10P14/36; H10P14/3602; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/30; H01S5/34; H01S5/341; H01S5/3412; H01S5/347; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/962
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of producing a quantum effective device having quantum well boxes composed of a compound semiconductor containing at least a first and a second elemental component, which comprises preparing a semiconductor substrate, depositing fine droplets of a liquid phase composed of the first elemental component on the surface of said substrate in the heated state, thereafter incorporating the second elemental component in said droplets whereby single crystals comprising the first and second elemental components are epitaxially grown, and overlying said crystals and the exposed surface of the substrate with a cover layer composed of a semiconductor material and wherein the said semiconductor substrate is composed of CdTe, the first elemental component is In, the second elemental component is Sb, and the said cover layer is composed of CdTe.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of producing a quantum effective device having quantum well boxes composed of a compound semiconductor containing at least a first and a second elemental component, which comprises preparing a semiconductor substrate, depositing fine droplets of a liquid phase composed of the first elemental component on the surface of said substrate in the heated state, thereafter incorporating the second elemental component in said droplets whereby single crystals comprising the first and second elemental components are epitaxially grown, and overlying said crystals and the exposed surface of the substrate with a cover layer composed of a semiconductor material and wherein the said semiconductor substrate is composed of CdTe, the first elemental component is In, the second elemental component is Sb, and the said cover layer is composed of CdTe.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 1, wherein a molecular beam containing the first elemental component is irradiated onto said substrate to deposit fine droplets of a liquid phase composed of the first elemental component, and to incorporate the second elemental component in said droplets, a molecular beam containing the second elemental component is irradiated onto said droplets and the surface of said substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein said cover layer is formed by irradiating a molecular beam of a compound semiconductor on said crystals and the exposed surface of the substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the surface of said substrate is cleaned in an ultrahigh vacuum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 3 wherein the surface of said substrate is cleaned in an ultrahigh vacuum.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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