86 results about "Heterojunction diode" patented technology

Methods and systems for optoelectronics transceivers integrated on a CMOS chip are disclosed and may include receiving optical signals from optical fibers via grating couplers on a top surface of a CMOS chip, which may include a guard ring. Photodetectors may be integrated in the CMOS chip. A CW optical signal may be received from a laser source via grating couplers, and may be modulated using optical modulators, which may be Mach-Zehnder and / or ring modulators. Circuitry in the CMOS chip may drive the optical modulators. The modulated optical signal may be communicated out of the top surface of the CMOS chip into optical fibers via grating couplers. The received optical signals may be communicated between devices via waveguides. The photodetectors may include germanium waveguide photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, and / or heterojunction diodes. The CW optical signal may be generated using an edge-emitting and / or a vertical-cavity surface emitting semiconductor laser.

A method for forming strained Si or SiGe on relaxed SiGe on insulator (SGOI) or a SiGe on Si heterostructure is described incorporating growing epitaxial Si1-yGey layers on a semiconductor substrate, smoothing surfaces by Chemo-Mechanical Polishing, bonding two substrates together via thermal treatments and transferring the SiGe layer from one substrate to the other via highly seletive etching using SiGe itself as the etch-stop. The transferred SiGe layer may have its upper surface smoothed by CMP for epitaxial deposition of relaxed Si1-yGey, and strained Si1-yGey depending upon composition, strained Si, strained SiC, strained Ge, strained GeC, and strained Si1-yGeyC or a heavily doped layer to make electrical contacts of the SiGe / Si heterojunction diodes.

One aspect of the invention relates to a gate-tunable p-n heterojunction diode including a vertical stacked heterojunction of two ultrathin semiconductors. In one embodiment, single-layer molybdenum disulphide of an n-type semiconductor are stacked below semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes of a p-type semiconductor with each of them connected to a gold electrodes to form a p-n heterojunction. The electrical properties of the p-n heterojunction can be modulated by a gate voltage applied to a gate electrode and range from an insulator to a linear-response resistor to a highly rectifying diode. The gate tunability of the p-n heterojunction also allows spectral control over the photoresponse.

A semiconductor device such as a reverse blocking type switching element is provided with a switching element made of a wide band gap semiconductor on the side of a first major plane where a first terminal is formed, while the wide band gap semiconductor is operable at a high voltage and in low loss. In a reverse blocking type switching element having a hetero junction diode for blocking a reverse direction current on the side of a second major plane where a second terminal is formed, a silicon semiconductor region is provided in a side surface of the semiconductor so as to prevent a deterioration of a withstanding voltage of the hetero junction diode.

Impurity concentration of a second semiconductor region is set such that when a predetermined reverse bias is applied to a heterojunction diode configured by a first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, a breakdown voltage at least in a heterojunction region other than outer peripheral ends of the heterojunction diode is a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device.

A physically robust light emitting diode is disclosed that offers high-reliability in standard packaging and that will withstand high temperature and high humidity conditions. The diode comprises a Group III nitride heterojunction diode with a p-type Group III nitride contact layer, an ohmic contact to the p-type contact layer, and a sputter-deposited silicon nitride composition passivation layer on the ohmic contact. A method of manufacturing a light emitting diode and an LED lamp incorporating the diode are also disclosed.

Impurity concentration of a second semiconductor region is set such that when a predetermined reverse bias is applied to a heterojunction diode configured by a first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, a breakdown voltage at least in a heterojunction region other than outer peripheral ends of the heterojunction diode is a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device.

A normally-off type field-controlled channel GaN heterojunction diode belongs to the technical field of semiconductor devices. The invention adopts the technology of combining insulating layer-groove, modulation doping and groove-modulation doping to change the conductive channel structure of the existing GaN heterojunction diode, and convert the original normally-on spontaneously polarized GaN heterojunction The junction conductive channel is changed into a normally-off field-controlled conductive channel combining spontaneous polarization and piezoelectric polarization in the present invention, which realizes the field-controlled characteristics of the GaN heterojunction diode conductive channel and reduces the forward conduction resistance and enhanced reverse cut-off capability. The invention has lower forward conduction resistance and power consumption, stronger reverse cut-off ability, and is compatible with AlGaN / GaN HEMT power switching device technology, which is beneficial to the application of the device.

The invention discloses an n -zinc oxide / p- nickel oxide heterogeneous pn junction ultraviolet laser diode and a preparation method thereof. The heterogeneous pn junction diode at least comprises a pn junction, a substrate and an ohm contacting electrode, wherein the pn junction is the heterogeneous pn junction by plating a p-type nickel oxide film on an n-type zinc oxide film; and the substrate is a sapphire plated with n-type GaN. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly preparing the n-type ZnO film layer on the substrate by the radio frequency magnetron sputtering technology; then sputtering a p-type NiO film layer on the n-type ZnO film layer to form the heterogeneity pn junction; finally manufacturing a pn junction electrode by a sputtering method or a thermal evaporation method; sputtering gold electrodes or platinum electrodes or nickel platinum electrodes or ITO electrodes on the NiO surface; plating indium electrodes or aluminum electrodes or gold electrodes on the GaN or the edge of ZnO; and making the electrodes form ohm contact after annealing alloying. The heterogeneous pn junction diode has the advantages of better electro-ultraviolet lasing luminescence characteristic, peak luminous wavelength of about 375 nm, simple preparation process and low cost.

Abstract of the Disclosure A physically robust light emitting diode is disclosed that offers high-reliability in standard packaging and that will withstand high temperature and high humidity conditions. The diode comprises a Group III nitride heterojunction diode with a p-type Group III nitride contact layer, an ohmic contact to the p-type contact layer, and a sputter-deposited silicon nitride composition passivation layer on the ohmic contact. A method of manufacturing a light emitting diode and an LED lamp incorporating the diode are also disclosed.

Bias-switchable dual-band infrared detectors and methods of manufacturing such detectors are provided. The infrared detectors are based on a back-to-back heterojunction diode design, where the detector structure consists of, sequentially, a top contact layer, a unipolar hole barrier layer, an absorber layer, a unipolar electron barrier, a second absorber, a second unipolar hole barrier, and a bottom contact layer. In addition, by substantially reducing the width of one of the absorber layers, a single-band infrared detector can also be formed.

The invention pertains to the field of microelectronic technology, specifically to a phase-change memory based on diode unit gating and the fabrication method thereof. The phase-change memory comprises word lines with the properties of semiconductor thin film, one or more metal electrodes, phase-change materials with the properties of semiconductor thin film, and site lines with the properties of semiconductor thin film. Heterojunction diodes formed by the word lines or the site lines and the phase-change thin-film materials, or Schottky diodes formed by the word lines or the site lines and the metal electrodes serve as gating units of the memory in a structure of 1D / 1R. The phase-change memory in the invention is simple in structure management and fabrication method, and independent of the silicon substrate. The array stacking of a plurality of phase-change memories can be realized, and thereby the memory density is greatly increased.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering AZO / SiO2 / p-SiSIS heterojunction photoelectric device, and belongs to the technical field of methods for preparing silicon-based heterojunction photoelectric devices. By growth of an ultrathin SiO2 layer through low-temperature thermal oxidation, DC magnetron sputtering of an AZO emitter, antireflection and collection of an electrode film, a novel AZO / SiO2 / p-SiSIS ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared broad-spectrum heterojunction photoelectric device is successfully prepared. An I / V curve of the prepared AZO / SiO2 / p-SiSIS heterojunction has good rectification characterisitic and very low reverse dark current, so a good heterojunction diode is formed between AZO and p-Si. Under the condition of AM 1.5 illumination, the open-circuit voltage VOC is 230mV, the photoelectric conversion efficiency eta is 0.025 percent, and the photovoltaic effect is obvious. By combining different characteristics of a wide band gap of the AZO and a relatively narrow band gap of a Si material for mutual complementation, the SIS heterojunction can be developed into a low-cost solar cell, and also can become an excellent-performance ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared enhanced broad-spectrum photoelectric detector.

An aspect of the present invention provides a semiconductor device that includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, having a different band gap from the first semiconductor region and forming a heterojunction with the first semiconductor region.

Methods and systems for optoelectronics transceivers integrated on a CMOS chip are disclosed and may include receiving optical signals from optical fibers via grating couplers on a top surface of a CMOS chip, which may include a guard ring. Photodetectors may be integrated in the CMOS chip. A CW optical signal may be received from a laser source via grating couplers, and may be modulated using optical modulators, which may be Mach-Zehnder and / or ring modulators. Circuitry in the CMOS chip may drive the optical modulators. The modulated optical signal may be communicated out of the top surface of the CMOS chip into optical fibers via grating couplers. The received optical signals may be communicated between devices via waveguides. The photodetectors may include germanium waveguide photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, and / or heterojunction diodes. The CW optical signal may be generated using an edge-emitting and / or a vertical-cavity surface emitting semiconductor laser.

The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor devices, in particular to a gallium nitride heterojunction MIS grid-control power diode and a manufacturing method thereof. The gallium nitride heterojunction MIS grid-control power diode is characterized in that the two-dimensional electron gas below Schottky metal is exhausted by etching the barrier layer below the anode Schottky metal, insulating media and Schottky metal are precipitated in the etched groove to form a Schottky metal / insulting medium / semiconductor (MIS) grid-control structure, the MIS grid-control structure can control the on and off of a device and can effectively reduce the reverse leakage of the device and increase the reverse voltage resistance of the device; an Ohm / Schottky metal short-circuit mixed anode is formed at the anode of the diode, and low positive turning-on voltage of the device can be achieved. The gallium nitride heterojunction MIS grid-control power diode has the advantages of high reverse voltage resistance, high breakover currents, low turning-on voltage, low breakover resistance, low power consumption and the like. The manufacturing method is especially applicable to the gallium nitride heterojunction diode.

Example embodiments relate to a heterojunction diode, a method of manufacturing the heterojunction diode, and an electronic device including the heterojunction diode. The heterojunction diode may include a first conductive type non-oxide layer and a second conductive type oxide layer bonded to the non-oxide layer. The non-oxide layer may be a Si layer. The Si layer may be a p++ Si layer or an n++ Si layer. A difference in work functions of the non-oxide layer and the oxide layer may be about 0.8-1.2 eV. Accordingly, when a forward voltage is applied to the heterojunction diode, rectification may occur. The heterojunction diode may be applied to an electronic device, e.g., a memory device.

A physically robust light emitting diode is disclosed that offers high-reliability in standard packaging and that will withstand high temperature and high humidity conditions. The diode comprises a Group III nitride heterojunction diode with a p-type Group III nitride contact layer, an ohmic contact to the p-type contact layer, and a sputter-deposited silicon nitride composition passivation layer on the ohmic contact. A method of manufacturing a light emitting diode and an LED lamp incorporating the diode are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a single crystal germanium manganese magnetic semiconductor / germanium magnetic heterodiode and a preparation method thereof, which belong to the technical field of spinning electronic devices of an information technology. A p-type layer of the heterodiode is a single Ge1-xMnx ferromagnetic semiconductor, the mol percentage content x of manganese is more than 0 and is less than 15 percent; a Ge layer is a commercial intrinsic single crystal semiconductor Ge or an n-type single crystal semiconductor Ge doped with trace Sb, rectification characteristic under room temperature is adjusted and controlled by using a magnetic field, a magnetic resistor has an extreme value near Curie temperature of the Ge1-xMnx, and the preparation process is matched with the preparation process of a silicon semiconductor. The single crystal germanium manganese magnetic semiconductor / germanium magnetic heterodiode is prepared in such a way that molecular-beam epitaxy epitaxially grows a germanium manganese magnetic semiconductor on a single germanium substrate. Meanwhile, the single crystal germanium manganese magnetic semiconductor / germanium magnetic heterodiode prepared by the method can be better matched with the process of the modern silicon semiconductor, thereby having better application prospect on the aspect of the spinning electronic devices.

Solid state neutron detection utilizing gadolinium as a neutron absorber is described. The new class of narrow-gap neutron-absorbing semiconducting materials, including Gd-doped HfO2, Gd-doped EuO, Gd-doped GaN, Gd2O3 and GdN are included in three types of device structures: (1) a p-n heterostructure diode with a ˜30 μm Gd-loaded semiconductor grown on a conventional semiconductor (Si or B-doped Si); (2) a p-n junction or a p-i-n trilayer diode with a Gd-loaded semiconductoron one side and single-crystal semiconducting Li2B4O7 layer on the other side of the heterojunction; and (3) a p-n junction or a p-i-n trilayer diode with a Gd-loaded semiconductoron on one side and a boron nitride (BN) semiconductor layer on the other side of the heterojunction.

A solar cell array has at least one solar cell including a photovoltaic structure having a sun-facing front face and a back face, and having an active region, and an isotype heterojunction diode connected in electrical parallel with the active region of the photovoltaic structure.

The present invention relates to a heterogenous pn junction diode based on silicon nano wire and preparation method. Said diode features that it is p- silicon nano wire / n- wide bandgap oxide heterogenous pn junction formed by depositing n-type wide bandgap oxide in vertical orientation grown p - type silicon nano wire array. Said diode preparation method is: using non - electrode metal electrochemical deposition method to etch forming p type silicon nano wire on p type silicon wafer, then using formed vertical arrangement p type silicon nano array as templet depositing n-type wide bandgap oxide, finally respectively sputtering metal electrode on p type silicon back and n-type zinc oxide surface, forming ohmic contact electrode through annealing alloying. Said method prepared p - Si / n wide bandgap oxide heterogenous pn junction diode fully utilizes nano structure possessed large specific surface area, increasing carrier recombination probability and having lower positive direction cut-in voltage and large forward current density.

The invention relates to the preparation technology of heterojunction ultraviolet laser diodes, in particular to a method for preparing pointed-cone-shaped p-NiO (nickel oxide) / n-ZnO (zinc oxide) heterojunctions by combining the film coating technology and the femtosecond laser technology. According to the method, firstly, heat oxidation is utilized to form a NiO layer on a nickel sheet, then, an atomic layer deposition method is utilized for preparing a ZnO layer, next, an ITO (indium tin oxide) transparent upper electrode is formed outside the n-type ZnO layer by a sputtering method, finally, a pointed-cone-shaped array is formed on the nickel sheet covered with an NiO / ZnO / ITO layer by the femtosecond laser processing technology, pointed-cone-shaped p-NiO / n-ZnO heterojunctions are formed, voltage is applied to the ITO and the bottom of the nickel sheet, and the electroluminescence can be realized.

The invention relates to the field of power semiconductors, and provides a heterojunction freewheel diode integrated silicon carbide groove gate MOSFET, which is used for overcoming the disadvantagesof large cell area and low integration degree of the existing silicon carbide groove gate MOSFET with an integrated freewheel diode. A P + type electric field shield region is arranged directly underthe anode region of the heterojunction diode in the cell structure of the silicon carbide trench gate MOSFET provided by the invention, the electric field shielding effect required by the heterojunction diode is realized while the heterojunction diode is integrated; in the anode region of the heterojunction diode, polysilicon with different doping types and concentrations can be used to adjust theon-voltage drop of heterojunction diodes. The invention not only integrates the freewheeling diode on the silicon carbide trench gate MOSFET, but also has the advantages of low conduction loss and low switching loss, high integration level and low area cost.

Bias-switchable dual-band infrared detectors and methods of manufacturing such detectors are provided. The infrared detectors are based on a back-to-back heterojunction diode design, where the detector structure consists of, sequentially, a top contact layer, a unipolar hole barrier layer, an absorber layer, a unipolar electron barrier, a second absorber, a second unipolar hole barrier, and a bottom contact layer. In addition, by substantially reducing the width of one of the absorber layers, a single-band infrared detector can also be formed.

A solar cell array has at least one solar cell including a photovoltaic structure having a sun-facing front face and a back face, and having an active region, and an isotype heterojunction diode connected in electrical parallel with the active region of the photovoltaic structure.

Methods and systems for optoelectronics transceivers integrated on a CMOS chip are disclosed and may include receiving optical signals from optical fibers via grating couplers on a top surface of a CMOS chip, which may include a guard ring. Photodetectors may be integrated in the CMOS chip. A CW optical signal may be received from a laser source via grating couplers, and may be modulated using optical modulators, which may be Mach-Zehnder and / or ring modulators. Circuitry in the CMOS chip may drive the optical modulators. The modulated optical signal may be communicated out of the top surface of the CMOS chip into optical fibers via grating couplers. The received optical signals may be communicated between devices via waveguides. The photodetectors may include germanium waveguide photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, and / or heterojunction diodes. The CW optical signal may be generated using an edge-emitting and / or a vertical-cavity surface emitting semiconductor laser.

The invention discloses a GaN-based heterojunction diode and a preparation method thereof. The GaN-based heterojunction diode comprises a GaN intrinsic layer and a barrier layer which sequentially grow on a substrate; one part of groove area is formed in one part of barrier layer; a high-hole concentration structure layer covers the upper surface of a groove; a cathode electrode is located in onepart of area, which is not covered with the high-hole concentration structure layer, on the upper surface of the barrier layer; a first part of an anode electrode is located in the other part of area,which is not covered with the high-hole concentration structure layer, on the upper surface of the barrier layer and the position of the first part is next to the high-hole concentration structure layer; a second part of the anode electrode covers the upper surface of the high-hole concentration structure layer; and a passivation protection layer covers an area, which is not covered with the cathode electrode and the anode electrode, on the upper surface of the barrier layer. The GaN-based heterojunction diode is high in reliability and good in repeatability, adjustment of threshold voltage of the diode can be achieved, and the GaN-based heterojunction diode with low threshold voltage and low reverse leakage current is obtained.

The invention relates to the preparation technology of heterojunction ultraviolet laser diodes, in particular to a method for preparing pointed-cone-shaped p-NiO (nickel oxide) / n-ZnO (zinc oxide) heterojunctions by combining the film coating technology and the femtosecond laser technology. According to the method, firstly, heat oxidation is utilized to form a NiO layer on a nickel sheet, then, an atomic layer deposition method is utilized for preparing a ZnO layer, next, an ITO (indium tin oxide) transparent upper electrode is formed outside the n-type ZnO layer by a sputtering method, finally, a pointed-cone-shaped array is formed on the nickel sheet covered with an NiO / ZnO / ITO layer by the femtosecond laser processing technology, pointed-cone-shaped p-NiO / n-ZnO heterojunctions are formed, voltage is applied to the ITO and the bottom of the nickel sheet, and the electroluminescence can be realized.

The invention aims to provide a preparation method of a NiO / ZnO nano-rod based heterojunction diode. According to the preparation method, FTO (fluorine-doped tin oxide) conductive glass is used as a substrate, and a method for sol-gel spin coating is adopted to obtain a ZnO nano-rod heterojunction diode with a NiO nano structure for surface modification. The preparation method is simple and feasible, can achieve film forming at a low temperature, has good film-forming property and good device performance, and has broad application prospects in the field of photoelectric devices.