Gallium phosphide semiconductor configuration and production method
OwnerGerald Neumann, Gunther Gronninger +2inventors
InventorsGerald Neumann, Gunther Gronninger, Peter Heidborn, Gerald Schemmel
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Abstract
A semiconductor configuration has a substrate made of GaP and an epitaxial layer on the substrate. The expitaxial layer has an n-doped partial layer and a p-doped partial layer. A pn junction is formed at the boundary between the two partial layers. The epitaxial layer contains an impurity which is an element from the 3rd main group and/or from the 5th main group which is not identical to N. The impurity is present at a maximum concentration in the GaP epitaxial layer of between 1017 and 1018 cm−3.
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A semiconductor configuration, comprising:
- a GaP substrate;
- a GaP epitaxial layer on said substrate, said epitaxial layer comprising an n-doped partial layer and a p-doped partial layer, and defining a pn junction in a boundary region between said partial layers;
- said GaP epitaxial layer having an optically active layer region including said pn junction and being doped with an impurity complex acting as an isoelectric center;
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- an impurity in said GaP epitaxial layer of at least one element selected from the 3rd main group and the 5th main group of elements and not identical to N, and said impurity being present in said GaP epitaxial layer at a maximum impurity concentration of between 1017 and 1018 cm−3.
A method of fabricating a semiconductor configuration, which comprises the following method steps:
- providing a GaP substrate;
- epitaxially growing a GaP epitaxial layer comprising two partial layers having mutually different doping and forming a pn junction at a boundary region between the two partial layers;
- doping an optically active layer region of the GaP epitaxial layer, including the pn junction, with an impurity complex acting as an isoelectric center;
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- introducing an impurity to the GaP epitaxial layer, the impurity being at least one element selected from the 3rd main group and the 5th main group of the periodic table of elements, other than N, at a maximum concentration in the GaP epitaxial layer of about 1017 to 1018 cm−3.
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