Method for Preparing Thin GaN Layers by Implantation and Recycling of a Starting Substrate
First Claim
1. A method of fabrication of a thin layer of GaN from a starting substrate of which at least a thick surface area along a free face of the starting substrate comprises GaN, the method comprising the following steps:
- bombarding the free face of the starting substrate with helium ions and hydrogen ions, wherein the helium ions are implanted first in the thick surface area and the hydrogen ions are implanted second, and wherein implantation doses of the helium ions and the hydrogen ions range between 1.1017 atoms/cm2 and 4.1017 atoms/cm2; and
applying a fracture treatment to the starting substrate adapted to cause a detachment of the thick surface area between the free face and an implantation depth of the helium ions and of the hydrogen ions from a remainder of the starting substrate.
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Abstract
A method for preparing a thin layer of GaN from a starting substrate in which at least one thick surface area extending along a free face of the starting substrate includes GaN, where the method includes bombarding the free face of the substrate with helium and hydrogen atoms, the helium being implanted first into the thickness of the thick surface area and the hydrogen being implanted thereafter, and where the helium and hydrogen doses each vary between 1.1017 atoms/cm2 and 4.1017 atoms/cm2. The starting substrate is subjected to a rupture process in order to induce the separation, relative to a residue of the starting substrate, of the entire portion of the thick area located between the free face and the helium and hydrogen implantation depth. The helium is advantageously implanted in a dose at least equal to that of hydrogen, and can also be implanted alone.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of fabrication of a thin layer of GaN from a starting substrate of which at least a thick surface area along a free face of the starting substrate comprises GaN, the method comprising the following steps:
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bombarding the free face of the starting substrate with helium ions and hydrogen ions, wherein the helium ions are implanted first in the thick surface area and the hydrogen ions are implanted second, and wherein implantation doses of the helium ions and the hydrogen ions range between 1.1017 atoms/cm2 and 4.1017 atoms/cm2; and applying a fracture treatment to the starting substrate adapted to cause a detachment of the thick surface area between the free face and an implantation depth of the helium ions and of the hydrogen ions from a remainder of the starting substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of fabrication of a thin layer of GaN from a starting substrate of which at least a thick surface area along a free face of the starting substrate comprises GaN, the method comprising the following steps:
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bombarding the free face of the starting substrate with helium ions and then, optionally, hydrogen ions, wherein the helium ions are implanted first in the thick surface area, and wherein a cumulative implantation dose is between 3.1017 atoms/cm2 and 4.5 1017 atoms/cm2 inclusive, and comprising a majority of helium ions, applying a fracture treatment to the starting substrate adapted to cause a detachment of the thick surface area between the free face and an implantation depth of the helium ions from a remainder of the starting substrate. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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