Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.

Samsung Corning Co., Ltd.

In-Jae Song

Jai-yong Han

Byoung-lyong Choi

Byoung-Iyong Choi

Jun-sung Choi

A method of fabricating a freestanding gallium nitride (GaN) substrate includes: preparing a GaN substrate within a reactor; supplying HCl and NHgases into the reactor to treat the surface of the GaN substrate and forming a porous GaN layer; forming a GaN crystal growth layer on the porous GaN layer; and cooling the GaN substrate on which the GaN crystal growth layer has been formed and separating the GaN crystal growth layer from the substrate. According to the fabrication method, the entire process including forming a porous GaN layer and a thick GaN layer is performed in-situ within a single reactor. The method is significantly simplified compared to a conventional fabrication method. The fabrication method enables the entire process to be performed in one chamber while allowing GaN surface treatment and growth to be performed using HVPE process gases, thus resulting in a significant reduction in manufacturing costs. The fabrication method also allows self-separation of thick GaN without cracking, thus achieving a short process time and a high manufacturing yield.

Method of fabricating GaN substrate

A method of fabricating a plurality of freestanding GaN wafers includes mounting a GaN substrate in a reactor, forming a GaN crystal growth layer on the GaN substrate through crystal growth, performing surface processing of the GaN crystal growth layer to form a GaN porous layer having a predetermined thickness on the GaN crystal growth layer, repeating the forming of the GaN crystal growth layer and the forming of the GaN porous layer a plurality of times to form a stack of alternating GaN crystal growth layers and GaN porous layers on the GaN substrate, and cooling the stack such that the GaN layers self-separate to form the freestanding GaN wafers. The entire process of forming a GaN porous layer and a thick GaN layer is performed in-situ in a single reactor. The method is very simplified compared to the prior art. In this way, the entire process is performed in one chamber, and in particular, GaN surface processing and growth proceed using an HVPE process gas such that costs are greatly reduced. In particular, since GaN is self-separated from the substrate through cooling, a GaN wafer of good quality without the occurrence of cracks can be produced on a large scale with a high yield.

Method of fabricating multi-freestanding GaN wafer

A method of manufacturing a silicon optoelectronic device, a silicon optoelectronic device manufactured by the method, and an image input and/or output apparatus having the silicon optoelectronic device are provided. The method includes: preparing an n-type or p-type silicon-based substrate; forming a polysilicon in one or more regions of the surface of the substrate; oxidizing the surface of the substrate where the polysilicon is formed, to form a silicon oxidation layer on the substrate, and forming a microdefect flection pattern at the interface between the substrate and the silicon oxidation layer, wherein the microdefect flection pattern is formed by the oxidation accelerated by oxygen traveling through boundaries of the grains in the polysilicon; exposing the microdefect flection pattern by etching the silicon oxidation layer; and forming a doping region by doping the exposed microdefect flection pattern with a dopant of the opposite type to the substrate.

Silicon optoelectronic device, manufacturing method thereof, and image input and/or output apparatus using the same

A method of manufacturing a silicon optoelectronic device, a silicon optoelectronic device manufactured by the method and an image input and/or output apparatus having the silicon optoelectronic device are provided. The method includes: preparing an n-type or a p-type silicon-based substrate; forming a polysilicon having a predetermined depth at one or more predetermined regions of a surface of the substrate in order to form a microdefect flection pattern having a desired microcavity length; oxidizing the surface of the substrate where the polysilicon is formed for forming a silicon oxidation layer on the substrate and forming a microdefect flection pattern having a desired microcavity length at an interface between the substrate and the silicon oxidation layer, wherein the microdefect flection pattern is formed by a difference between an oxidation rate of the polysilicon and an oxidation rate of a material of the substrate during formation of the silicon oxidation layer; exposing the microdefect flection pattern by etching a region of the silicon oxidation layer where the polysilicon is formed; and forming a doping region by doping the exposed microdefect flection pattern in a type opposite to a type of the substrate.

Silicon optoelectronic device manufacturing method and silicon optoelectronic device manufactured by thereof and image input and/or output apparatus having the same

A method of fabricating a thick gallium nitride (GaN) layer includes forming a porous GaN layer having a thickness of 10-1000 nm by etching a GaN substrate in a reaction chamber in an HCI and NHgas atmosphere and forming an in-situ GaN growth layer in the reaction chamber. The method of forming the porous GaN layer and the thick GaN layer in-situ proceeds in a single chamber. The method is very simplified compared to the prior art. In this way, the entire process is performed in one chamber, and in particular, GaN etching and growth are performed using an HVPE process gas such that costs are greatly reduced.

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In-Jae Song