Patent ID: 7811837
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating an electroluminescent device comprising: preparing a substrate; forming a gate oxide layer on the substrate; depositing a rare earth-doped silicon-rich layer, taken from the group of rare earth silicon-rich layers consisting of silicon-rich silicon oxide and silicon-rich silicon nitride, on the gate oxide layer as a light emitting layer; depositing a control oxide layer on the rare earth-doped silicon-rich layer; depositing a top electrode on the control oxide layer; patterning and etching the top electrode, the control oxide layer, the rare earth-doped silicon-rich layer, and the gate oxide layer; annealing and oxidizing to repair any damage caused to the rare earth-doped silicon-rich layer; and incorporating the electroluminescent device into a CMOS IC.