Patent ID: 9613803
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing a substrate having a top surface; forming a first semiconductor layer on the top surface of the substrate, the first semiconductor layer having a first unit cell geometry; epitaxially depositing a layer comprised of a metal-containing oxide on the first semiconductor layer, the layer of metal-containing oxide having a second unit cell geometry that differs from the first unit cell geometry; ion implanting the first semiconductor layer through the layer comprised of a metal-containing oxide; annealing the ion implanted first semiconductor layer; and forming a second semiconductor layer on the layer comprised of a metal-containing oxide, the second semiconductor layer having the first unit cell geometry; where the step of implanting forms dislocation nucleation centers in the first semiconductor layer, where the step of annealing forms misfit dislocations originating from the nucleation centers, and where the metal-containing oxide layer inhibits propagation of the misfit dislocations into the second semiconductor layer.