Optoelectronic substrate and methods of making same
First Claim
1. An improved method of fabricating a device having a Group III nitride layer, in which method an auxiliary substrate is provided having a first Group III nitride layer disposed thereon, and then at least one epitaxial Group III nitride layer is deposited on an exposed face of the first Group III nitride layer, and then a further metal layer is deposited over at least a portion of the epitaxial Group III nitride layer(s), and then a final substrate is bonded on the deposited metal layer, and finally the auxiliary substrate is removed to form the device from the final substrate and deposited layers, wherein the improvement comprises providing the auxiliary substrate by the steps comprising:
- preparing a bonding surface of a free-standing Group III nitride substrate by polishing the N-face of such substrate and then by depositing a dielectric layer onto the polished N-face, wherein the free-standing Group III nitride substrate has a dislocation density that is less than about 106 and an exposed Ga-face opposite to the N-face;
implanting one or more atomic species through the dielectric layer into the Group III nitride substrate in order to form a splitting area below the N-face of Group III nitride substrate;
bonding the bonding surface of the dielectric layer of the free-standing Group III nitride substrate to the auxiliary substrate; and
splitting the free-standing Group III nitride substrate at the splitting area to leave the auxiliary substrate with the first Group III nitride layer disposed thereon, the first Group III nitride layer having a nitrogen face that faces the auxiliary substrate and an opposite Ga-face that is exposed.
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a device by providing an auxiliary substrate having a metal nitride layer disposed thereon where the nitride layer has a nitrogen face and an opposite face and a dislocation density that is less than about 106, with the nitrogen face of the nitride layer facing the auxiliary substrate; depositing at least one epitaxial nitride layer on the exposed opposite face of the nitride layer of the structure; depositing a further metal layer over at least a portion of the epitaxial nitride layer(s); bonding a final substrate on the deposited metal layer; and removing the auxiliary substrate to form the device from the final substrate and deposited layers. Preferably, the device that is formed includes a LED or laser.
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1. An improved method of fabricating a device having a Group III nitride layer, in which method an auxiliary substrate is provided having a first Group III nitride layer disposed thereon, and then at least one epitaxial Group III nitride layer is deposited on an exposed face of the first Group III nitride layer, and then a further metal layer is deposited over at least a portion of the epitaxial Group III nitride layer(s), and then a final substrate is bonded on the deposited metal layer, and finally the auxiliary substrate is removed to form the device from the final substrate and deposited layers, wherein the improvement comprises providing the auxiliary substrate by the steps comprising:
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preparing a bonding surface of a free-standing Group III nitride substrate by polishing the N-face of such substrate and then by depositing a dielectric layer onto the polished N-face, wherein the free-standing Group III nitride substrate has a dislocation density that is less than about 106 and an exposed Ga-face opposite to the N-face; implanting one or more atomic species through the dielectric layer into the Group III nitride substrate in order to form a splitting area below the N-face of Group III nitride substrate; bonding the bonding surface of the dielectric layer of the free-standing Group III nitride substrate to the auxiliary substrate; and splitting the free-standing Group III nitride substrate at the splitting area to leave the auxiliary substrate with the first Group III nitride layer disposed thereon, the first Group III nitride layer having a nitrogen face that faces the auxiliary substrate and an opposite Ga-face that is exposed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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