Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Daijirou Inoue

Shigeharu Matsushita

Yasoo Harada

Takashi Yamada

Takayoshi Higashino

Emi Fujii

Akihito Nagamatsu

Satoshi Terada

Kouji Matsumura

Takashi Kurose

Minoru Sawada

Kohji Matsumura

An undoped Al.sub.0.22 Ga.sub.0.78 As layer, an undoped In.sub.0.2 Ga.sub.0.8 As electron-drifting layer, and an undoped GaAs electron-supplying layer are formed in order on a GaAs substrate. An impurity-doped layer .delta.-doped with Si donor is formed in the GaAs electron-supplying layer. An n-Al.sub.0.22 Ga.sub.0.78 As layer and n.sup.+ -GaAs cap layers are formed in order on the GaAs electron-supplying layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the n.sup.+ -GaAs cap layers and a gate electrode is formed on the n-Al.sub.0.22 Ga.sub.0.78 As layer.

Field-effect semiconductor device having heterojunction

A group III-V compound semiconductor doped with an impurity, having an undoped film of SiOx and a film for preventing the diffusion of Group V atoms (e.g., an SiN film) are formed on a crystal of Group III-V compound semiconductor in which the silicon in the SiOx film is diffused into the Group III-V compound semiconductor, thereby forming a doped layer.

Method of doping, semiconductor device, and method of fabricating

A method of doping a Group III-V compound semiconductor with an impurity, wherein after an undoped film of SiOx and a film for preventing the diffusion of Group V atoms (e.g., an SiN film) are formed in this order on a crystal of Group III-V compound semiconductor, the sample is subjected to at least one heat treatment to cause silicon in the SiOx film to diffuse into the Group III-V compound semiconductor, thereby forming a doped layer. Using this doped layer forming method, field-effect transistors, diodes, resistive layers, two-dimensional electron gas or one-dimensional quantum wires, zero-dimensional quantum boxes, electron wave interference devices, etc. are fabricated.

Method of doping a group III-V compound semiconductor

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Moriguchi, Japan

Daijirou Inoue