3-5 group compound semiconductor, process for producing the same, and compound semiconductor element using the same
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsYoshihiko Tsuchida, Yoshinobu Ono
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Abstract
Provided is an excellent p-type nitride type 3-5 group compound semiconductor having escellent electrical properties such as a low contact resistance to an electrode metal, a low ohmic property, etc., by heat-treating a nitride type 3-5 group compound semiconductor doped with p-type dopant in an hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere of a specific concentration.
Claims2
A process for producing a p-type 3-5 group compound semiconductor wherein a 3-5 group compound semiconductor represented by general formula InxGayAlzN (0<=x<=1, 0<=y<=1, 0<=z<=1, x+y+z=1) doped with p-type dopant is heat-treated at 800–1100° C. in a mixed-gas atmosphere comprising a hydrogen-containing gas and a gas inert at a high temperature, wherein the 3-5 group compound semiconductor doped with p-type dopant is manufactured by a metal organic vapor phase epitaxy method using an inert gas which does not contain hydrogen substantially as a carrier gas, and the partial pressure of hydrogen-containing gas is 0.005—0.2 atm,
- wherein the mixed gas comprises hydrogen-containing gas, a gas inert at high temperature, and further an oxygen-containing gas, and the partial pressure of the oxygen-containing gas is 0.001–0.5 atm, and
- wherein the hydrogen-containing gas is ammonia.
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