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GB2181299B - Semiconductor devices - Google Patents

Semiconductor devices

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Publication number
GB2181299B
GB2181299B GB8622390A GB8622390A GB2181299B GB 2181299 B GB2181299 B GB 2181299B GB 8622390 A GB8622390 A GB 8622390A GB 8622390 A GB8622390 A GB 8622390A GB 2181299 B GB2181299 B GB 2181299B
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Prior art keywords
semiconductor devices
semiconductor
devices
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GB8622390A
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GB8622390D0 (en
GB2181299A (en
Inventor
Nigel Roderick Couch
Michael Joseph Kelly
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General Electric Company PLC
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General Electric Company PLC
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Priority claimed from GB858524070A external-priority patent/GB8524070D0/en
Application filed by General Electric Company PLC filed Critical General Electric Company PLC
Priority to GB8622390A priority Critical patent/GB2181299B/en
Publication of GB8622390D0 publication Critical patent/GB8622390D0/en
Publication of GB2181299A publication Critical patent/GB2181299A/en
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82YSPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/80Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials
    • H10D62/81Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials of structures exhibiting quantum-confinement effects, e.g. single quantum wells; of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation
    • H10D62/815Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials of structures exhibiting quantum-confinement effects, e.g. single quantum wells; of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices or multiple quantum wells [MQW]
    • H10D62/8161Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials of structures exhibiting quantum-confinement effects, e.g. single quantum wells; of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices or multiple quantum wells [MQW] potential variation due to variations in composition or crystallinity, e.g. heterojunction superlattices
    • H10D62/8162Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials of structures exhibiting quantum-confinement effects, e.g. single quantum wells; of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices or multiple quantum wells [MQW] potential variation due to variations in composition or crystallinity, e.g. heterojunction superlattices having quantum effects only in the vertical direction, i.e. layered structures having quantum effects solely resulting from vertical potential variation
    • H10D62/8164Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials of structures exhibiting quantum-confinement effects, e.g. single quantum wells; of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices or multiple quantum wells [MQW] potential variation due to variations in composition or crystallinity, e.g. heterojunction superlattices having quantum effects only in the vertical direction, i.e. layered structures having quantum effects solely resulting from vertical potential variation comprising only semiconductor materials 
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/80Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials
    • H10D62/82Heterojunctions
    • H10D62/824Heterojunctions comprising only Group III-V materials heterojunctions, e.g. GaN/AlGaN heterojunctions
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D8/00Diodes
    • H10D8/70Tunnel-effect diodes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10FINORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F10/00Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
    • H10F10/10Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells having potential barriers
    • H10F10/16Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers
    • H10F10/163Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers comprising only Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs/AlGaAs or InP/GaInAs photovoltaic cells
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10FINORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F30/00Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors
    • H10F30/20Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H10F30/21Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H10F30/22Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having only one potential barrier, e.g. photodiodes
    • H10F30/222Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having only one potential barrier, e.g. photodiodes the potential barrier being a PN heterojunction
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10FINORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F77/00Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F77/10Semiconductor bodies
    • H10F77/14Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
    • H10F77/146Superlattices; Multiple quantum well structures
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/544Solar cells from Group III-V materials

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Led Devices (AREA)
  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
GB8622390A 1985-09-30 1986-09-17 Semiconductor devices Expired GB2181299B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8622390A GB2181299B (en) 1985-09-30 1986-09-17 Semiconductor devices

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB858524070A GB8524070D0 (en) 1985-09-30 1985-09-30 Semiconductor devices
GB8530294 1985-12-09
GB8622390A GB2181299B (en) 1985-09-30 1986-09-17 Semiconductor devices

Publications (3)

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GB8622390D0 GB8622390D0 (en) 1986-10-22
GB2181299A GB2181299A (en) 1987-04-15
GB2181299B true GB2181299B (en) 1989-03-15

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Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0134069A2 (en) * 1983-05-17 1985-03-13 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Bipolar transistor having a heterojunction between base and collector
GB2170044A (en) * 1984-12-18 1986-07-23 Canon Kk Semiconductor laser

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0134069A2 (en) * 1983-05-17 1985-03-13 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Bipolar transistor having a heterojunction between base and collector
GB2170044A (en) * 1984-12-18 1986-07-23 Canon Kk Semiconductor laser

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GB2181299A (en) 1987-04-15

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Effective date: 19920917