Patent ID: 8420543
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for treating the GaN-containing semiconductor epitaxy layer by using the etching process to remove the threading dislocation, comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate being selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, silicon, lithium aluminate (LiAlO forming a GaN-containing semiconductor epitaxy layer with a threading dislocation on the substrate by using Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) method; using an etching gas to perform an etching process to remove the threading dislocation in the GaN-containing epitaxy semiconductor, wherein the etching gas being selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrogen halide, and halide gas, a temperature range for the etching process being 800° C. to 1200° C., a pressure range of the etching process being 10 torr to 800 torr for 10 minutes; and immersing the etched GaN-containing epitaxy semiconductor layer in an acid solution for about 15 minutes to 30 minutes, wherein the acid solution being mixed by 1:3 of a phosphoric acid and a sulfuric acid; wherein the GaN-containing semiconductor epitaxy layer being selected from the group consisting of GaN bulk, n-type doping GaN-containing semiconductor layer, p-type doping GaN-containing semiconductor layer, Quantum Wells GaN-containing semiconductor layer, Multiple Quantum Wells GaN-containing semiconductor layer, and single crystal GaN.