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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Geva, Allentown, PA (US);
Jayatirtha N Holavanahalli, Macungie, PA (US);
Abdallah Ougazzaden, Emmaus, PA (US);
Lawrence Edwin Smith, Macungie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/300 ; H01L 2/3053 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/300 ; H01L 2/3053 ;
Abstract
A diffusion preventing barrier spike is disclosed. The spike prevents diffusion of dopants into another layer without forming a pn junction in the layer. The spikes are illustratively Al or an aluminum containing material such as AlAs and have a thickness on the order of 1 nm. The spikes of the present invention may be used to stop dopant diffusion out of a doped layer in a variety of III-V semiconductor structures, such a InP-based PIN devices.