Embodiment
Organometallic compound of the present invention at room temperature is a solid, being used in vapor phase growth uses etc., specifically can exemplify: indium compounds such as trimethyl indium, dimethyl chlorination indium, cyclopentadienyl indium, trimethyl indium trimethylammonium arsine affixture, trimethyl indium trimethyl-phosphine affixture, zn cpdss such as ethyl zinc iodide, ethyl cyclopentadienyl zinc, cyclopentadienyl zinc, aluminum compounds such as methylaluminum dichloride, gallium compounds such as methyl dichloro gallium, dimethyl chlorination gallium, dimethyl gallium bromide, bis-cyclopentadienyl magnesium etc.
In addition, has the inert carrier as what support these organometallic compounds with respect to organometallic compound, can use ceramic-like such as aluminum oxide, silicon-dioxide, mullite (mullite), vitreous carbon, graphite, potassium titanate, quartz, silicon nitride, boron nitride, silicon carbide, metal species such as stainless steel, aluminium, nickel, tungsten, fluoro-resin, glass etc.
The shape of carrier is not particularly limited, and can use different shapes such as indefinite shape, spherical, fibrous, netted, coiled type, pipe shape.
The preferred big specific surface area of carrier, carrier surface be than slick surface, preferably has fine concavo-convex about about 100~2000 μ m, and perhaps carrier self has a plurality of pores (space).As this carrier, can exemplify alumina balls, Raschig ring, helipack (ヘ リ パ Star Network), Dixon filler (デ イ Network ソ Application パ Star キ Application), stainless steel sintered component, glass wool etc.
By the method for supported carrier organometallic compound, can adopt the general in the past method of implementing.For example can adopt following method: in advance by weight placement carrier and organometallic compound, then its heating is made the organometallic compound fusion in container, rotation is afterwards stirred and refrigerative method gradually; Make placement carrier in the organometallic compound fused process in heating, take out unnecessary fusion organometallic compound then, afterwards the refrigerative method.
When supporting, the most important thing is to remove in advance the oxygen that contains in the carrier or hygroscopic water, other volatile impunty.If carrier surface exists oxygen or moisture etc., then organometallic compound can go bad or be contaminated, thus when being used for using as vapor phase growth, the quality of the film that obtains of infringement not only, and can't accomplish stable supplying as the raw material of purpose of the present invention.For fear of this unfavorable condition, the suggestion carrier heats and carries out vacuum outgas in advance under the temperature of the scope of allowing of its material, then by inert gas replacement space parts such as nitrogen or argons.
The organometallic compound that supports on the carrier with respect to carrier 100 weight parts, is approximately 10~100 weight parts usually, the scope of preferably approximately 20~70 weight parts.When about 10 weight parts are following and since occupy vessel volume organometallic compound amount seldom, so must increase container to more than the necessary size, therefore and uneconomical.In addition, when supporting above about 100 weight parts, than situation about not supporting, the surface-area of the organometallic compound corresponding with packed space does not reach the size of the degree of expectation, so possibly can't fully obtain the effect as purpose of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the diagrammatic cross-section of an embodiment of organic metal compound supply container of the present invention.Container 1 adopts usually has the structure cylindraceous of forniciform bottom.Carrier gas ingress pipe 2 and carrier gas delivery line 4 are installed on the top of container 1, the leading section 3 of carrier gas ingress pipe with respect to horizontal direction to oblique below tilt about 20~50 °, 25~45 ° of preferably approximatelies and set.The leading section 5 of carrier gas delivery line is provided in the bottom of container.Be filled with organometallic compound 6 at internal tank by supported carrier.Fig. 4 is the diagrammatic cross-section of organic metal compound supply container in the past, supply container of the present invention is than the supply container of in the past the leading section that vertically is equipped with the carrier gas ingress pipe 3, and difference is about 20~50 ° of leading sections 3 that set the carrier gas ingress pipe.Have again, be provided with the dispensing port (not shown) of organometallic compound and carrier or supported carrier organometallic compound in the container 1.
Carrier gas ingress pipe 2 and carrier gas delivery line 4 are installed in the top of container in Fig. 1, if but the leading section 3 of carrier gas ingress pipe is provided in the top of container, and the leading section 5 of carrier gas delivery line is provided in the bottom of container, and the sidepiece that then is installed in container is also harmless.
The leading section 3 of carrier gas ingress pipe preferably tilts about 20~50 ° with respect to horizontal direction to oblique below, and from away from the position of the central shaft of container with respect to the sidewall slope of container and set.
Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic cross-section of the configuration of overlooking direction of the leading section of expression carrier gas ingress pipe.Carrier gas ingress pipe 2 is equipped on the position away from the central shaft of cylindrical vessel, and its leading section 3 is with respect to the sidewall slope of container and set.Dispose according to this, circle round from the carrier gas formation of leading section and flow and flow (schematically being represented by arrow among the figure), bias current disappears.
Fig. 3 is the figure of example of structure of the leading section of expression carrier gas ingress pipe.(A) in, the peristome of the part of the top board 7 of container tilts about 20~50 ° to constitute leading section to oblique below with respect to horizontal direction.(B) in,, constitute leading section setting on the top board 7 with respect to horizontal direction about 20~50 ° pipe arrangement that tilts below tiltedly.
The supported carrier organometallic compound is filled into the loading level in the container, and the bottom with the leading section that is lower than the carrier gas ingress pipe is a target usually, but during by the supported carrier organometallic compound, should be about 30~70 volume % of container in container.
Represented that the bottom is forniciform container, but be not particularly limited, also can use the coniform container of Denging in this.From easness of making and the angle consideration that can stablize and supply with expeditiously certain density gas, the preferred container that adopts with forniciform bottom.
The leading section 5 of the bottom of container and carrier gas delivery line be spaced apart about 2~15mm, preferably approximately 2~10mm, further preferred 2~5mm.If greater than about 15mm, then because the reduction of the rate of utilization of organometallic compound is therefore not preferred.
Be filled be supported on carrier by above-mentioned method the supply container 1 of organometallic compound by conveyance to the field of employment, carrier gas delivery line 4 is connected with (not shown) such as epitaxially growing equipments, in addition, carrier gas ingress pipe 2 is connected with the supply source of carrier gas such as hydrogen.Supply container is remained certain temperature, supply with carrier gas, the top of carrier gas while the gap of passing the supported carrier organometallic compound from container is moved to the bottom, make the carrier gas that contains certain density organometallic compound under this temperature supply to epitaxially growing equipment etc. thus through carrier gas delivery line 4.Thus, obtain to have the steam output of the organometallic compound of certain repeatability, increasing carrier gas flux and increasing under the situation of amount of vaporization of organometallic compound, also can reduce the reduction of rate of utilization of the organometallic compound of filling.
[embodiment]
Below, in an embodiment the present invention is at length described, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiment.
Adopted following container as organic metal compound supply container.
(container A)
Container A is the stainless steel container made (forniciform bottom) of internal volume 800ml, be with Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 (A) in the identical structure of structure of expression schematically, be equipped with the dispensing port of carrier gas ingress pipe 2, carrier gas delivery line 4, carrier and organometallic compound on the top board of container.Shown in Fig. 3 (A), the leading section of carrier gas ingress pipe is that the peristome of the part of container top board 7 is constituted to 30 ° of oblique below inclinations with respect to horizontal direction.In addition, as shown in Figure 2, carrier gas ingress pipe 2 is provided in the position away from the central shaft 24mm of cylindrical vessel, and its leading section 3 is with respect to the sidewall slope of container and set.In addition, the leading section 5 of the bottom of container and carrier gas delivery line is spaced apart 3mm.
(container B)
Container B be except the leading section of carrier gas ingress pipe as illustrated in fig. 4 with respect to the container top board towards vertical direction, the container identical with container A.
To in the container and after conduit carries out nitrogen replacement, under nitrogen atmosphere, in container, filled as carrier from dispensing port and to have carried out vacuum outgas, space part to have been carried out alumina balls 435g and the trimethyl indium 300g of the about 4mm Φ behind the nitrogen replacement.Container after filling is heated to more than the fusing point of trimethyl indium, makes the trimethyl indium fusion, the container rotation is cooled off gradually, thereby trimethyl indium is solidificated in the surface of the alumina balls of carrier, support thus.
(supply of organometallic compound)
Hydrogen cylinder, flow rate control device, the organic metal compound supply container that is filled with above-mentioned supported carrier organometallic compound, gas concentration meter, trimethyl indium collection are connected in this order with deep cooling collector, pressure control device and vacuum pump.
Supply container is rendered in the thermostatic bath, remains on 25 ℃.Adopted エ ピ ソ Application densitometer (ト one マ ス ス ワ Application サ イ エ Application テ イ Off イ Star Network イ Network イ Star プ メ Application ト society system) as the gas concentration meter.
Experiment 1: for the container A that is filled with the supported carrier organometallic compound, with 900ml/ branch (normal atmosphere conversion) hydrogen supply, make the trimethyl indium gasification, decided trimethyl indium concentration by the gas concentration instrumentation from the carrier gas ingress pipe.
Experiment 2: in addition,, with 900ml/ branch (normal atmosphere conversion) hydrogen supply, measured trimethyl indium concentration equally from the carrier gas ingress pipe for the container B that is filled with the supported carrier organometallic compound.
Experiment 3: in addition,, with 600ml/ branch (normal atmosphere conversion) hydrogen supply, measured trimethyl indium concentration equally from the carrier gas ingress pipe for the container B that is filled with the supported carrier organometallic compound.
Obtain the ratio (is benchmark to test 1) of their rate of utilization (obtaining the ratio of the gross weight of the trimethyl indium that gasifies during the certain density trimethyl indium gas) with respect to the trimethyl indium loading level of in container, filling.The results are shown in table 1.
[table 1]
| Experiment No. | Use container | The flow of carrier gas (ml/ branch) | The ratio of rate of utilization |
| 1 | A | 900 | 1.0 |
| 2 | B | 900 | 0.82 |
| 3 | B | 600 | 1.1 |
As above-mentioned, when using container (B) in the past, if then rate of utilization reduction of hydrogen flowing quantity increase, but the container of the application of the invention (A), even increase hydrogen flowing quantity, the situation than using container in the past also can improve rate of utilization.