Selective wet etching of a GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs heterostructure with citric acid-hydrogen peroxide solutions for pseudomorphic GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs/InyGa1-y heterojunction field effect transistor fabrication

被引:23
作者
Lee, HJ [1 ]
Tse, MS [1 ]
Radhakrishnan, K [1 ]
Prasad, K [1 ]
Weng, J [1 ]
Yoon, SF [1 ]
Zhou, X [1 ]
Tan, HS [1 ]
Ting, SK [1 ]
Leong, YC [1 ]
机构
[1] MINIST DEF,DEF SCI ORG,SINGAPORE,SINGAPORE
来源
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY | 1995年 / 35卷 / 1-3期
关键词
semiconductor devices; gallium arsenide; heterostructures; etching;
D O I
10.1016/0921-5107(95)01414-4
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The selective wet etching characteristics of GaAs/Al-x Ga1-xAs1-x systems in citric acid-hydrogen peroxide solution have been studied for x = 0.15, x = 0.2 and x = 0.3 respectively. A 4:1 ratio of citric acid (50% by weight)-H2O2 solution was found to be a better selective etchant than the more commonly used NH4OH-H2O2 solutions. The selectivity obtained was more than 110 for x = 0.3. The simple and reliable selective wet etchant was applied to the gate recess etching in the fabrication of pseudomorphic GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs/InyGa1-yAs heterojunction held effect transistors.
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页数:4
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