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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1986

Filed:

Jun. 15, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:

William C Dautremont-Smith, Westfield, NJ (US);

Daniel P Wilt, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; B44C / ; C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156647 ; 2956 / ; 156653 ; 156655 ; 1566591 ; 1566611 ; 156662 ; 252 792 ; 357 17 ; 427 38 ;
Abstract

V-grooves are etched in Group III-V compound semiconductors using a composite mask comprising a thin native oxide layer on the semiconductor and a dielectric etch mask on the native oxide. Described in detail is the application of this technique to etching V-grooves in InP for the fabrication of CSBH InP/InGaAsP lasers.


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