Presentation 1993/10/21
Highly selective etching of GaAs/AlGaAs hetero structures with citric acid-based etchats.
Toshiaki Kitano, Shigekazu Izumi, Yoshito Seiwa, Hirozou Takano,
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Abstract(in English) Citric acid-based etchants,which consist of citric acid,ammonium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide,has been developed for highly selective etching of GaAs on AlGaAs.The GaAs to Al_0.15>Ga_0.85> As etch selectivity of 80 was obtained by optimizing pH and citric acid, hydrogen peroxide ratio.The etch stop mechanism was investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS).The etch stop ad AlGaAs could be due to Al_2O_3 formation,indicating more amount of Al_2O_3 on the selective etched AlGaAs surface than that on non-selective etched AlGaAs surface.This highly selective etching technology is very useful for the fabrication process of GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction field-effect transistors.
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Keyword(in English) Hetero junction tield-effect transistors / AlGaAs / Selective etching / Citric acid / pH
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Title (in English) Highly selective etching of GaAs/AlGaAs hetero structures with citric acid-based etchats.
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Keyword(1) Hetero junction tield-effect transistors
Keyword(2) AlGaAs
Keyword(3) Selective etching
Keyword(4) Citric acid
Keyword(5) pH
1st Author's Name Toshiaki Kitano
1st Author's Affiliation Optoelectronic and Micrwave Devices Laboratory,Mitsubishi Electric Corporation()
2nd Author's Name Shigekazu Izumi
2nd Author's Affiliation Optoelectronic and Micrwave Devices Laboratory,Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
3rd Author's Name Yoshito Seiwa
3rd Author's Affiliation Optoelectronic and Micrwave Devices Laboratory,Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
4th Author's Name Hirozou Takano
4th Author's Affiliation Optoelectronic and Micrwave Devices Laboratory,Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Date 1993/10/21
Paper # ED93-99
Volume (vol) vol.93
Number (no) 285
Page pp.pp.-
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