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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig A Gaw, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ronald W Slocumb, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Curtis D Moyer, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437 23 ; 437129 ; 437984 ; 437944 ; 257 14 ; 372 43 ;
Abstract
An optical semiconductor device is formed by using one controlled etch to form a 'T' shaped contact structure on the device (20). The etch rate is controlled by judicious selection of materials to provide a cladding layer (17) that has a predetermined etch rate in hydrofluoric acid, a support layer (10) and a contact layer (18) that are not affected by hydrofluoric acid, a lift-off layer (19) that is dissolved by hydrofluoric acid, and a barrier layer (21). Dissolving of the lift-off layer (19) facilitates removing the barrier layer (21).