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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel P. Docter, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kursad Kiziloglu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/122 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of reducing the conductivity/charge of a layer of group III-V semiconductor doped with Sn. The method includes the steps of: forming an region of SiO on the semiconductor layer; annealing at least the semiconductor layer and the region of SiO at a temperature sufficiently high to cause atoms of the Sn dopant to leach from the semiconductor layer into the region of SiO ; and removing the region of SiO after the annealing step is performed. The method can be used, for example, during the manufacture of HEMT, PHEMT, MESFET and HBT devices.