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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry J Mattord, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, University of Texas, Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
392389 ; 118726 ;
Abstract
A molecular beam epitaxy effusion cell for growing epitaxial layers upon a semiconductor substrate by control of a collimated beam of molecules generated from a source material in a high vacuum environment in order to control the hyper abrupt stoichiometry of the effusion flux. A heated control assembly is used to control the size of the exit openings of the effusion cell. The control assembly comprises a boroelectric heating member such as a grating having a plurality of holes and a perforated cover which are adjustable relative to one another. The grating includes an internal heating element.