Patent ID: 6036773
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B82Y,C30B,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for growing Group III atomic layer which can be used for selectively growing a monolayer of Group III atoms on a surface of a substrate, the method comprising:configuring the substrate surface to have a fast-growth surface portion where growth of the Group III atomic layer proceeds at a relatively high rate and a slow-growth surface portion where the growth of the Group III atomic layer proceeds at a relatively low rate,supplying Group III atoms to the fast-growth surface portion in an amount not less than that which grows one layer of the Group III atoms, and not more than an amount that grows one atomic layer on the slow-growth surface portion where the atomic layer grows later than on the high-growth surface region, andallowing excess Group III atoms on the fast-growth surface portion to migrate to the slow-growth surface portion by surface migration, thereby self-limiting the growth on the fast-growth surface portion and growing only one layer of the Group III atoms on the fast-growth surface portion.