Patent Publication Number: US-8120060-B2

Title: Monolithically integrated silicon and III-V electronics

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/732,442, entitled “INTEGRATED LIGHT ARRAYS,” filed on Nov. 1, 2005 and U.S. Application Ser. No. 60/790,204, entitled “INTEGRATED LIGHT ARRAYS,” filed on Apr. 7, 2006, which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
    
    
     FIELD OF INVENTION 
     This invention relates generally to the manufacture of semiconductor structures. More particularly the invention relates to the monolithic integration of silicon and other monocrystalline semiconductor materials and/or devices. 
     BACKGROUND 
     The concept of combining III-V materials with silicon was born in the 1980s. Although the degree of progress in silicon technology could not be anticipated at the time and therefore many potential applications could not be detailed, such technology was pursued on a fundamental basis. The basic idea was that combining the ability to emit and detect light (III-V material) with digital logic (silicon digital circuits) would result in new markets as well as disrupt old markets. However, actually accomplishing this goal in a practical way has proven more a challenge than was at first recognized. 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Herein, methods and structures for monolithically integrating monocrystalline silicon and monocrystalline non-silicon materials and devices are provided. 
     In one aspect, a monolithically integrated semiconductor device structure comprises a silicon substrate, a first monocrystalline semiconductor layer disposed over the silicon substrate, wherein the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of relaxed silicon, an insulating layer disposed over the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in a first region, a monocrystalline silicon layer disposed over the insulating layer in the first region, at least one silicon-based electronic device comprising an element including at least a portion of the monocrystalline silicon layer, a second monocrystalline semiconductor layer disposed over at least a portion of the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in a second region and absent from the first region, wherein the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from the lattice constant of relaxed silicon, and at least one III-V electronic device comprising an element including at least a portion of the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer. 
     In another aspect, a method of forming a monolithically integrated semiconductor device structure is provided. The method comprises providing a silicon substrate, disposing a first monocrystalline semiconductor layer over the silicon substrate, wherein the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of relaxed silicon, disposing an insulating layer over the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in a first region, disposing a monocrystalline silicon layer over the insulating layer in the first region, forming at least one silicon-based electronic device comprising an element including at least a portion of the monocrystalline silicon layer, disposing a second monocrystalline semiconductor layer over at least a portion of the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in a second region and absent from the first region, wherein the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from the lattice constant of relaxed silicon, and forming at least one III-V electronic device comprising an element including at least a portion of the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer. 
     In another method, a monolithically integrated semiconductor device structure comprises a silicon substrate, a first monocrystalline semiconductor layer disposed over the silicon substrate, wherein the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of relaxed silicon, a monocrystalline silicon layer disposed over the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in the first region, at least one silicon-based electronic device comprising an element including at least a portion of the monocrystalline silicon layer, a second monocrystalline semiconductor layer disposed on at least a portion of the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer in a second region and absent from the first region, wherein the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a lattice constant different from the lattice constant of relaxed silicon, and at least one III-V electronic device comprising an element including at least a portion of the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer. 
    
    
     
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       The accompanying drawings are not intended to be drawn to scale. In the drawings, each identical or nearly identical component that is illustrated in various figures is represented by a like numeral. For purposes of clarity, not every component may be labeled in every drawing. In the drawings: 
         FIG. 1  is a cross-section schematic of a multilayer wafer comprising monocrystalline silicon and monocrystalline non-silicon semiconductor layers, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIGS. 2A-2C  are cross-section schematics of multilayer wafers, in accordance with various embodiments; 
         FIGS. 3A-3D  are cross-section schematics illustrating a process for making a multilayer wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIGS. 4A-4H  are cross-section schematics illustrating another process for making a multilayer wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIGS. 5A-5H  are cross-section schematics illustrating another process for making a multilayer wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIGS. 6A-6H  are cross-section schematics illustrating another process for making a multilayer wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIGS. 7A-7H  are cross-section schematics illustrating another process for making a multilayer wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 8  is a cross-section schematic of a monolithically integrated semiconductor structure that may be formed using a multilayer starting wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 9  is a flowchart of a method for forming a monolithically integrated semiconductor structure using a multilayer starting wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 10  is a cross-section schematic of an integrated device structure wherein silicon electronics are monolithically integrated with III-V light emitting devices, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 11  is a cross-section schematic of a light emitting device structure, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 12  is a top view schematic of a light emitting device structure, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIGS. 13A-13C  are cross-sections schematics illustrating a method of fabricating a light emitting device structure monolithically integrated on a multilayer wafer, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 14  is a top view schematic of an integrated device structure comprising silicon electronics monolithically integrated with a light emitting device and a silicon photodetector, in accordance with one embodiment. 
         FIGS. 15A-15B  are schematics of a monolithically integrated optical interconnect bus, in accordance with one embodiment. 
         FIG. 16  is a top view schematic of an array of light emitting devices monolithically integrated with silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 17  is a top view schematic of an array of light emitting devices monolithically integrated with an array of photodetectors and silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 18  is a top view schematic of a two-dimensional array of light emitting devices monolithically integrated with silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 19  is a cross-section schematic of the integrated device system of  FIG. 18 , in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 20  is a top view schematic of a two-dimensional array of light emitting devices and photodetectors monolithically integrated with silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment; 
         FIG. 21  is a cross-section of a monolithically integrated system including at least one silicon photodetector and at least one non-silicon photodetector, in accordance with one embodiment; and 
         FIG. 22  is a cross-section of a monolithically integrated system comprising silicon electronics and non-silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Embodiments presented herein provide examples of implementations of methods and structures to facilitate the monolithic integration of a silicon-based monocrystalline layer with one or more monocrystalline semiconductor layers having a lattice constant(s) other than that of relaxed silicon. In some embodiments, silicon-based devices are monolithically integrated with devices having active regions formed of one or more monocrystalline semiconductors having lattice constant(s) other than that of relaxed silicon. Silicon-based devices can include (but are not limited to) silicon-based electronics, such as n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) and p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) field effect transistors (FETs), complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices, and bipolar transistors. Silicon-based devices can also include optoelectronic devices, such as silicon-based photodetectors. Non-silicon semiconductor devices can include (but are not limited to) III-V light emitting devices (e.g., light emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes), III-V photodetectors, and III-V electronic devices, such as III-V high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs), and metal semiconductor FETs (MESFETs). 
     In some embodiments, monolithic integration of a silicon-based monocrystalline layer with monocrystalline semiconductor layer(s) having lattice constant(s) other than that of relaxed silicon can facilitate the integration of light emitting devices with silicon-based devices, such as CMOS circuits. The light emitting devices can emit visible, infrared, and/or ultraviolet light, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. As a result of the ability to monolithically integrate these devices, light emitting devices can be monolithically integrated with silicon CMOS circuits that control and/or drive the light emitting devices. The silicon CMOS circuits can also perform computational functions. The light emitting devices can take the form of an array of light emitting devices, such as one-dimensional arrays or two-dimensional arrays. Thus, the light emitting devices can be arranged to emit light over a line and/or an area (e.g., a rectangular area), and may be controlled and selectively driven to emit light by the monolithically integrated silicon CMOS circuits. Photodetectors can also be monolithically integrated with the silicon CMOS, with or without light emitting devices. The photodetectors may be silicon-based photodetectors, if desired, and may be integrated proximate the light emitting devices so as to detect the light emitted by the light emitting devices. Output from the photodetectors can be provided to the silicon CMOS circuits, which can vary the driving of the light emitting devices based at least partially on the outputs of the photodetectors. Such functionality can be used to regulate drive power provided to a light emitting device and/or to activate redundant light emitting devices when a given light emitting device is detected to be functioning incorrectly, for example, when the light emitting device&#39;s output has failed or degraded. 
     Monolithic integration of light emitting devices and silicon-based electronics, such as CMOS, can be utilized to form micro-displays, high resolution printer bars and/or areas, imaging bars and/or areas, computers-on-chip having integrated micro-displays, and optical interconnects for silicon-based electronics. 
     In some embodiments, monolithic integration of a silicon-based monocrystalline layer with monocrystalline semiconductor layer(s) having lattice constants other than that of relaxed silicon can facilitate the integration of silicon photodetectors with non-silicon photodetectors, such as germanium and/or III-V photodetectors. The integration of silicon and non-silicon photodetectors can enable high-resolution imaging chips having silicon and non-silicon photodetector arrays, further integrated with silicon-based electronics, such as CMOS. 
     In some embodiments, monolithic integration of a silicon-based monocrystalline layer with monocrystalline semiconductor layers having lattice constants other than that of relaxed silicon can also facilitate the integration of silicon-based electronic devices, such as silicon MOSFETs and bipolar transistors, and non-silicon semiconductor electronic devices, such as III-V HEMTs, HBTs and/or MESFETs. Such integration can enable the integration of digital circuits formed with silicon CMOS and analog/RF circuits formed of III-V materials. 
     Some embodiments presented achieve the monolithic integration of silicon and non-silicon materials and devices using a multilayer starting wafer that includes a silicon-based monocrystalline layer with one or more monocrystalline semiconductor layers having lattice constants other than that of relaxed silicon. Furthermore, some techniques presented herein allow for the epitaxial deposition of non-silicon materials on the monocrystalline non-silicon semiconductor layer. The epitaxially grown non-silicon materials can include device heterostructures for non-silicon semiconductor devices, such as III-V light emitting devices (e.g., LEDs and laser diodes), III-V photodetectors, and III-V electronic devices, such as III-V HEMTs, HBTs, and MESFETs. The multilayer starting wafer allows for the surface of the epitaxially grown non-silicon device materials to be substantially coplanar with the silicon-based monocrystalline layer, thereby facilitating co-processing (e.g., photolithography, interconnect formation, and other back-end processing) of the silicon and non-silicon device structures. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates an embodiment of a multilayer wafer comprising monocrystalline silicon and monocrystalline non-silicon semiconductor layers. Multilayer wafer  100  includes a silicon substrate  110 , a monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  disposed over the silicon substrate  110 , an insulating layer  130  disposed over the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 , and a monocrystalline silicon layer  140  disposed over the insulator layer  130 . 
     Monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may comprise one or more semiconductor layers. At least one of the layers in monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  can have a lattice constant different from the lattice constant of relaxed silicon. Monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may include one or more germanium layers, one or more silicon-germanium layers, and/or one or more III-V semiconductor layers. Monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may include a silicon-germanium graded layer. The silicon-germanium graded layer may have a bottom interface with a first germanium content (e.g., 0% germanium) and may be graded so as to have an increasing germanium content up to a top interface having a second germanium content (e.g., 100% germanium). A germanium layer may be disposed over such a silicon-germanium graded layer, as part of layer  120 . 
     In some embodiments, monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may include one or more III-V semiconductor layers. Examples of III-V semiconductor layers include gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, indium phosphide, indium gallium arsenide, indium gallium nitride, aluminum gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium nitride, and/or other III-V semiconductor layers known to those of skill in the art. In some embodiments, the III-V semiconductor layer may be disposed over a germanium layer. Furthermore, the germanium layer may be disposed over a silicon-germanium graded layer, as previously described. In some embodiments, the III-V semiconductor layer may be disposed over a silicon-germanium layer and/or a silicon-germanium graded layer. 
     In some embodiments, monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may include two or more monocrystalline semiconductor layers disposed one over the other and having lattice constants different from each other and different from the lattice constant of relaxed silicon. The two or more monocrystalline semiconductor layers can comprise, for example, a germanium layer and an indium phosphide layer, a germanium layer and a gallium nitride layer, a gallium arsenide layer and an indium phosphide layer, and/or a gallium arsenide layer and a gallium nitride layer. One of the monocrystalline semiconductor layers may be suited as an active layer in light-emission devices and the other monocrystalline semiconductor layer may be suited as a channel layer in analog and/or RF devices. 
     Insulating layer  130  may include any insulating material layer, such as silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, any other insulating materials known to those of skill in the art, and/or any combinations thereof. In some embodiments, layer  130  is a non-insulating layer, such as a semiconductor and/or a metal layer. In other embodiments, layer  130  may be absent. In such embodiments, the monocrystalline silicon layer  140  may be disposed on (e.g., in contact with) the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . 
     Monocrystalline silicon layer  140  may include a relaxed silicon layer and/or a strained silicon layer. The strained silicon layer may have any desired strain, for example, the strained silicon layer may have a tensile strain of about 1% to 2%. Alternatively, or additionally, a silicon-germanium layer may be disposed over the insulating layer  130 . 
     The multilayer wafer  100  may have any desired diameter, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. In some embodiments the multilayer wafer has a diameter of at least 150 mm, at least 200 mm, or any other suitable diameter available for a silicon substrate. 
       FIGS. 2A-2C  schematically illustrate examples of multilayer wafers in accordance with some embodiments.  FIGS. 2A-2C  illustrates a multilayer wafer  201  having a monocrystalline silicon layer  140  disposed over an insulating layer  130 . The insulating layer  130  is disposed over one or more germanium, silicon-germanium, and/or III-V layers  120  disposed over a silicon-germanium graded layer  121 . The silicon-germanium graded layer  121  is disposed over a silicon substrate  110 . 
       FIG. 2B  illustrates a multilayer wafer  202  comprising a monocrystalline silicon layer  140  disposed over an insulating layer  130 . The insulating layer  130  is disposed over one or more germanium, silicon-germanium, and/or III-V layers  120  which are disposed over a silicon substrate  110 . 
       FIG. 2C  illustrates a multilayer wafer  203  comprising a monocrystalline silicon layer  140  disposed over an insulating layer  130 . The insulating layer  130  is disposed over one or more germanium, silicon-germanium, and/or III-V layers  120 . Layer(s)  120  are disposed over an insulating layer  135  which is disposed over a silicon substrate  110 . In some embodiments insulating layers  130  and/or  135  may be replaced with a non-insulating layer, such as a semiconductor and/or a metal. 
     In some embodiments, the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  of the multilayer wafers presented herein can overlay substantially all of the silicon substrate  110 . The monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may be disposed over all or substantially all of the silicon substrate  110 . The insulator  130  and/or the monocrystalline silicon layer  140  may also be disposed over substantially all of the silicon substrate  110 . Such multilayer wafers may be fabricated using wafer bonding techniques as described below. 
       FIGS. 3A-3D  illustrate an example of a method of making a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  201  illustrated in  FIG. 2A . As shown in  FIG. 3A , the method may include providing a handle wafer which can include a silicon substrate  110 . A lattice-mismatched silicon-germanium graded layer  121  may be epitaxially grown on the silicon substrate  110 , using techniques known to those skilled in the art. For example, the silicon-germanium graded layer  121  may be grown using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The silicon-germanium graded layer  121  may have a graded germanium content increasing from a lower germanium content to a higher germanium content at the surface of the silicon-germanium graded layer  121 . The lower germanium content at a lower interface of the silicon-germanium graded layer  121  may be 0% germanium (e.g., pure silicon) and may be increased in a stepwise manner, continuous manner, or other manner to a desired final germanium content at a top surface of the silicon-germanium graded layer  121 . In some embodiments the germanium content at the top surface of the silicon-germanium graded layer is 100% germanium, or any other desired germanium content (e.g., greater than 90% germanium, greater than 75% germanium, greater than 50% germanium). The silicon-germanium graded layer may be chemically mechanically polished (CMP) so as to eliminate any crosshatch roughness introduced during the deposition of the lattice mismatched silicon-germanium on the silicon substrate. Silicon-germanium layer  121  may also be CMPed intermittently via the interruption of the growth process so as to reduce any cross-hatch roughness that may form during epitaxial growth and, in turn, reduce the final threading dislocation density. 
     A germanium and/or silicon-germanium layer  120  may be disposed over the silicon-germanium graded layer  121 . In some embodiments the germanium layer may be chemically mechanically polished after the growth process. In some embodiments, one or more layers may be disposed over the germanium layer and/or silicon-germanium layer  120 , including one or more III-V layers. Alternatively, one or more III-V layers may be disposed directly on the silicon-germanium graded layer  121 . The one or more III-V layers may include any number of III-V materials (e.g., gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, gallium nitride, any ternary III-V, and/or any combinations thereof). Furthermore, the one or more III-V layers may include graded III-V layers, such as indium gallium arsenide graded layers, or any other graded layer structure including III-V semiconductors. 
     An insulating layer  130  may be disposed over the germanium and/or silicon-germanium layer  120 . The insulating layer  130  may include any type of insulator, such as an oxide (e.g., silicon dioxide), silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, or any other suitable insulator material. Alternatively, or additionally, a non-insulating layer may be deposited over the germanium and/or silicon-germanium layer  120 . The insulating layer  130  may further be polished, for example using chemical mechanical polishing. 
       FIG. 3B  illustrates a donor wafer which may be wafer bonded to the handle wafer shown in  FIG. 3A . The donor wafer may be a silicon substrate  190 . The silicon substrate  190  may be prepared for wafer bonding and layer transfer using an ion cut procedure. Alternatively, or additionally, a bond and etch back layer transfer process may be used, as is known by those of skill in the art. In the ion cut process, ions (e.g., hydrogen ions, helium ions) are implanted (as indicated by arrows  191 ) into the surface of silicon substrate  190  so as to form an implantation ion peak  192  at a desired depth from the surface of the silicon substrate. The silicon material above the ion peak  192  (referred to herein as silicon layer  140 ) can serve as the transfer layer for the wafer bonding process. 
       FIG. 3C  illustrates the wafer bonding process, wherein the donor wafer of  FIG. 3B  is bonded to the handle wafer of  FIG. 3A . As illustrated, the silicon layer  140  of the handle wafer is bonded to the insulating layer  130  of the donor wafer. Alternatively, an insulating layer (e.g., oxide layer) may be disposed over the silicon layer  140  of the donor wafer illustrated in  FIG. 3B  prior to wafer bonding. In such an embodiment, the wafer bonding process can comprise the bonding of an oxide layer to an oxide layer. After wafer bonding, the bonded pair of wafers may be annealed at a desired temperature so as to initiate crack formation and delamination of layer  140 . Annealing may also strengthen bonding of the transfer layer to the handle wafer. The resulting multilayer semiconductor wafer structure is shown in  FIG. 3D  where silicon layer  140  is disposed over the handle wafer shown in  FIG. 3A . Since the surface of the delaminated layer  140  may be rough, the wafer surface can then be polished, for example, by chemical mechanical polishing. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates a method of making multilayer wafer  202  shown in  FIG. 2  using a non-silicon donor substrate. The non-silicon donor substrate may include a germanium substrate or III-V substrate, such as gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, indium phosphide, or gallium phosphide.  FIG. 4A  illustrates a donor substrate  180  formed of a non-silicon material. The donor substrate  180  is implanted (indicated by arrows  181 ) with ions used in an ion-cut process. The ions are implanted with implantation energies so as to form a peak concentration at a desired depth  182  from the surface of the non-silicon donor substrate  180 . The material layer  120  lies above the implant peak  182 . 
       FIG. 4B  illustrates a silicon handle substrate  110  to which the donor substrate  180  may be wafer bonded, as shown in  FIG. 4C . After wafer bonding, the wafer bonded pair may be annealed so as to initiate crack formation at the implant peak  182  of the donor substrate and thereby result in the layer transfer of non-silicon layer  120  onto the silicon handle substrate  110 , as shown in  FIG. 4D . Annealing may also strengthen the bond between layer  120  and the silicon handle substrate  110 . An insulating layer  130  may then be deposited on the non-silicon layer  120 , as shown in  FIG. 4E . 
     A second donor wafer comprising a silicon substrate  190  may be prepared. Optionally, the silicon substrate  190  may have an insulating layer disposed over it (not shown); for example such an insulating layer may be formed of silicon oxide and may be deposited and/or thermally grown. The silicon substrate  190  may then undergo ion implantation (indicated by arrows  191 ) so as to implant ions to be used for a second ion cut process. The ions implanted into the silicon substrate are provided with a suitable implantation energy so as to create an ion implant peak  192  at a desired depth from the surface of the silicon substrate  190 . Such a process, in turn, defines a silicon layer  140  of the silicon substrate  190 , which will be layer transferred to the handle wafer comprising silicon substrate  110 .  FIG. 4G  illustrates a wafer bonding process wherein the surface of the silicon substrate  190  is bonded to layer  130  of the handle wafer. After wafer bonding the bonded pair may be annealed so as to initiate crack formation at the ion implant peak  192  of the silicon substrate  190  and therefore layer transfer silicon layer  140  onto layer  130  of the handle wafer, as shown in  FIG. 4H . The resulting multilayer semiconductor wafer includes the layers of multilayer wafer  202  of  FIG. 2B . 
       FIGS. 5A-5H  illustrate an alternate method of making multilayer wafer  212  starting with a donor wafer comprising a non-silicon material such as germanium, silicon-germanium and/or III-V semiconductors, disposed over a silicon-germanium graded layer on a silicon substrate.  FIG. 5A  illustrates such a donor wafer comprising a silicon substrate  110   a  on which a silicon graded layer  121  is disposed. A germanium, silicon-germanium, and/or III-V layer  120   a  is disposed over the silicon-germanium graded layer  121 . Ions can be implanted through the surface of the donor wafer so as to create an ion implant peak  182  at a desired depth in layer  120   a . The material above the ion implant peak is labeled as layer  120  in  FIG. 5A . The remaining acts in the method of  FIG. 5  are similar to those described for the method of  FIG. 4 , except that the non-silicon donor substrate  180  is replaced by the wafer illustrated in  FIG. 5A . 
       FIGS. 6A-6H  illustrate a method of making a multilayer wafer  203  of  FIG. 2C  starting with a non-silicon substrate  180 , such as a germanium or a III-V substrate, and using a method similar to that of  FIG. 4 . The acts of the method are similar to those described for  FIG. 4 , except that an insulating layer  135  is disposed over the non-silicon donor substrate  180  of  FIG. 6A  and/or the handle wafer  110  of  FIG. 6B . 
       FIGS. 7A-7H  illustrate another method of making multilayer wafer  203  using a starting wafer comprising a non-silicon layer, such a germanium, silicon-germanium, and/or III-V layers  120   a  deposited on a silicon-germanium graded layer  121  that has been deposited on a silicon substrate  110   a . Insulating layer  135  may be deposited on the non-silicon layer  184  and/or on a handle silicon substrate  110 . The remaining acts of the process of  FIG. 7  are similar to those of  FIG. 6 . 
     A multilayer wafer such as multilayer wafer  100  shown in  FIG. 1  comprises a monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  having a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of relaxed silicon. Such a multilayer wafer may be used as a starting wafer to monolithically integrate silicon and non-silicon devices. Silicon devices may be formed in and/or on the monocrystalline silicon layer  140  and non-silicon devices may be formed in regions wherein the silicon layer  140  and the insulator layer  130  have been removed so as to expose the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . High quality semiconductor material layers epitaxially regrown on the exposed monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may serve as material layers for non-silicon devices, such as III-V, silicon-germanium, and/or germanium electronic and/or optoelectronic devices. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a semiconductor structure  800  that may be formed using multilayer wafer  100  as a starting wafer, in accordance with one embodiment. The semiconductor structure  800  monolithically integrates a first region  810  and a second region  820 . The first region  810  can include a monocrystalline silicon layer  141  disposed over an insulating layer  131  which is further disposed over monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 , wherein the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  has a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of relaxed silicon. The monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  is disposed over a silicon substrate  110 . 
     Semiconductor structure  800  further comprises a second region  820  wherein a second monocrystalline semiconductor layer (e.g., layers  220  and  222  in the illustrated embodiment) is disposed over at least a portion of the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . The second monocrystalline semiconductor layer (e.g., layers  220  and  222 ) is absent from the first region of the semiconductor structure. The second monocrystalline semiconductor layer ( 220  and  222 ) has a lattice constant different from that of the relaxed silicon, and may have a composition different from that of monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . 
     Monocrystalline semiconductor layer  220  may be disposed in contact with at least a portion of the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . As shall be discussed further below, such a structure may be formed by epitaxial growth on an exposed region of the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . In some embodiments, monocrystalline semiconductor layer  220  may have a composition similar to that of monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 , or alternatively a portion or all of monocrystalline semiconductor layer  220  may have a composition different from monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . Furthermore, layer  220  may be doped, in part or in whole, as desired for the intended device application. 
     Monocrystalline semiconductor layer  222  may be disposed over semiconductor layer  220 , wherein semiconductor layer  222  may comprise heterostructures suitable for the intended devices to be formed in region  820 . In some embodiments, semiconductor layer  222  may include one or a plurality of III-V semiconductor material layers, silicon-germanium, and/or germanium layers. In some embodiments, layer  222  may include a silicon cap layer which may be disposed in contact on III-V, silicon-germanium, and/or germanium material layers. The silicon cap layer may serve as an encapsulating layer that impedes III-V and/or germanium exposure to any processing environment used to fabricate devices on such a structure (e.g., a silicon foundry). 
     Applicants have appreciated the benefit of having substantially co-planar silicon device regions and non-silicon device regions. Coplanarity between the surfaces of silicon regions and non-silicon regions may facilitate photolithography process steps since both silicon regions and non-silicon regions may be at substantially the same height (e.g., silicon and non-silicon semiconductor surfaces are at substantially the same height). As such, photolithography steps, which may be sensitive to significant height variations on the surface of a wafer, may be facilitated. Interconnect fabrication between devices in the silicon region and the non-silicon region may also be facilitated as a result of the substantial coplanarity between the regions. As used herein, coplanarity may depend on the feature scale of the lithography processes employed. In some embodiments, coplanar semiconductor surfaces are less than 100 nanometers, less than 200 nanometers, or less than 400 nanometers apart. For instance, when using photolithography employed for 70 nanometer gate-length CMOS, the substantially coplanar surfaces may be less than 200 nanometers apart (e.g., less than 100 nanometers, less than 50 nanometers). 
     It should be appreciated that any number of other layers may be introduced in semiconductor structure  800 . For instance, non-silicon regions  820  including monocrystalline semiconductor layers  220  and  222  may be isolated from monocrystalline silicon regions  141  by insulating layers  230 . Although the illustration of  FIG. 8  shows layers  230  disposed so as to fill the entire gap between the monocrystalline silicon layer  141  and the monocrystalline semiconductor layers  222  and  220 , it should be appreciated that the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. 
     The monolithically integrated structures presented herein which combine monocrystalline silicon regions and monocrystalline non-silicon regions may be formed using fabrication processes that use a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 , as a starting wafer. The flowchart of one example of such a method is illustrated in  FIG. 9 . The method may include providing a multilayer wafer (e.g., multilayer wafer  100 ) as a starting wafer (act  310 ). In act  320 , a front-end silicon device process may be performed so as to form the front-end of silicon devices in first regions of the monocrystalline silicon layer  140 . Such silicon devices may include electronic and/or optoelectronic devices, such as silicon transistors (e.g., CMOS, biopolars) and/or opto-electronic devices (e.g., silicon photodetectors). Optionally, the front-end of silicon devices fabricated in the first regions may be coated via the deposition of a protective material, including but not limited to nitrides, oxides, oxynitride, combinations thereof, or any other suitable material as is known to those skilled in the art. 
     In second regions of the silicon monocrystalline layer  140 , the silicon monocrystalline layer  140  and the insulator layer  130  may be removed (e.g., etched) so as to expose the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  (act  330 ). Etches utilized to remove the silicon and/or insulator may include chemical or physical etches, and may be dry or wet etches, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. Once the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  is exposed in the second region, any desired semiconductor material layers may be epitaxially grown on the exposed regions which serve as seed layer for the epitaxial growth process (at  340 ). In this manner, semiconductor materials that are lattice-matched to the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may be grown. The semiconductor layers grown on the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may include germanium layers, silicon-germanium layers, III-V layers, and/or any combinations thereof. At least one of such layers has a lattice constant different than the lattice constant of relaxed silicon. 
     Optionally, prior to the epitaxial growth on the exposed semiconductor layer  120 , insulating (e.g., dielectric) material may be deposited so as to surround the sidewalls of the monocrystalline silicon layer  141  (e.g., as shown for semiconductor structure  800 ) that has been exposed due to the etch in the second region. Such a process may result in the formation of insulating layers  230  as illustrated in  FIG. 8 . Such a process may involve depositing a blanket insulating layer over the whole wafer surface and etching part of the deposited blanket insulating layer so as to expose the monocrystalline semiconductor layer in region  820  while leaving intact the insulator on the sidewall of region  820 . It should be appreciated that such insulating sidewalls  230  may be formed of dielectric materials such as oxide, nitrides, oxy-nitrides, and/or any combinations thereof or of other suitable materials. Upon the epitaxial growth of semiconductor  220  and  222  on semiconductor  120 , the sidewalls  230  may facilitate selective epitaxial growth wherein the exposed monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  serves as a seed layer for subsequent epitaxial growth. Growth on the insulator  230  may be inhibited via the use of appropriate growth chemistries, temperatures, and/or pressures, as is known by those of skill in the art. If a blanket insulating protective layer is present over the silicon regions  810 , growth of the semiconductor may also be inhibited in these regions via the use of selective growth. Alternatively, if selective growth is not utilized, semiconductor growth may take place over the silicon regions  810 , and a post-growth etch may be performed to remove any semiconductor material deposited in those regions. 
     Semiconductor epitaxial growth of act  340  may allow for the growth of desired device layers including III-V, germanium, and/or silicon-germanium layers. The epitaxial growth may also incorporate desired doping, such P-type, N-type, and intrinsic doping desired in device structures. Furthermore, a silicon capping layer may be deposited at the end of the growth process so as to encapsulate the III-V, germanium, and/or silicon-germanium layers regrown on the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  (act  350 ). Incorporation of silicon capping layer can facilitate reintroduction into a silicon fabrication facility after the epitaxial growth. In some embodiments, the epitaxially grown semiconductor layer surface (e.g., layer  222  or the silicon capping layer surface) in the second region can be substantially coplanar with the silicon surface in the first region (e.g., layer  141 ), as previously described above. 
     In act  360 , front-end processing of the non-silicon devices and back-end processing for silicon devices in the first region and non-silicon devices in the epitaxially grown second region may be performed. Back-end processing may include forming interconnections between devices on the wafer. It should be appreciated that interconnections may be formed between silicon devices in the first region, between non-silicon devices in the second region, and between both silicon and non-silicon devices. Such a process is compatible with standard silicon fabrication facilities, and furthermore in the embodiment wherein the silicon and the non-silicon regions have semiconductor surfaces that are substantially coplanar, photolithography and interconnection processes in back-end processing may be significantly facilitated. Also, such a process may enable the entire process to be performed in a silicon CMOS fabrication facility. This process may be advantageous, since back-end processing technology may be more advanced for silicon CMOS fabrication facilities. 
     The fabrication process described may facilitate monolithic integration of silicon and non-silicon (e.g., III-V) devices since silicon CMOS front-end process temperatures are typically higher than temperatures that minimize dopant diffusion in III-V devices. Therefore, in some embodiments, III-V device layers may not be present in the wafer when silicon front-end processing is performed. However, the melting temperatures of III-V, germanium, and/or silicon-germanium buried monocrystalline semiconductors layers may be high enough to enable these layers to survive silicon front-end processing. Also, since back-end processing (e.g., interconnect formation) generally has a lower thermal budget that silicon front-end processing, any III-V device layers may readily survive silicon back-end processing. 
     Such monolithically integrated semiconductors structures, and associated methods for forming such structures, may be used to monolithically integrate silicon devices (electronic or optoelectronic) and III-V and/or germanium devices (electronic and/or optoelectronic). 
       FIG. 10  illustrates an integrated device structure  1000  wherein silicon electronics are monolithically integrated with III-V light emitting devices (e.g., LEDs or laser diodes) in accordance with one embodiment. Silicon devices  510  (e.g., silicon CMOS, bipolar transistors, and/or silicon photodetectors) may be fabricated so as to reside in a first region  810  of the multilayer wafer, and III-V light emitting devices  520  may be grown on monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  in a second region  820 . Light emitting devices formed in region  820  may include a vertical stack of III-V layers doped so as to form a p-n or p-i-n structure. Layers  222  may also include an active layer (e.g., one or more quantum wells) and confinement layers disposed below and above the active layer. The surface of layer  222  may include a silicon capping layer, as previously described. The top of layer  222  of the light emitting devices  520  may be contacted and interconnected electrically with silicon devices  510  via interconnect  410 . The other side of the vertical light-emitting device structure may be contacted through a metal-filled via  420 , which may also be interconnected with silicon devices  510  (not shown). It should be appreciated that this is just one type of contacting scheme and others may be employed as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. 
       FIG. 11  illustrates a cross-section of a light emitting device structure  520 ′ in accordance with one embodiment. Light emitting device structure  520 ′ is an illustrative example of a light emitting device  520  of integrated device structure  1000 . Light emitting device  520 ′ includes a monocrystalline semiconductor layer  220  which may be a germanium layer. Layer  220  may be p+ doped and can serve as the p-side of the light emitting device. Semiconductor layer  222 , disposed over the semiconductor layer  220 , may include light emitting device confinement layers, cladding layers, active layers, and capping layers (e.g., a silicon capping layer). Layer  222  may include a p+ doped gallium arsenide layer  1102 . A bottom p-type AlInGaP confinement layer  1104  may be disposed over layer  1102 . A quantum well active layer  1106  may be disposed over the bottom confinement layer  1104 . Quantum well  1106  may be undoped and be formed of InGaP so have to have a bandgap confinement due to the bandgap and/or bandgap offset with the surround confinement layers. A top n-type AlInGaP confinement layer  1108  may be disposed over the active layer  1106 . An n+ doped gallium arsenide layer  1110  may be disposed over the confinement layer  1108 . An n+ doped silicon capping layer  1112  may be disposed over layer  1110 . 
     Gallium arsenide layer  1102  and cladding layers  1104  and  1108  may be doped with about 5×10 17  dopants/cm 3 . Cladding layers  1104  and  1108  may be about 200 nm thick and the active region  1106  can be about 22 nm thick. Gallium arsenide layer  1110  may serve as a current spreading layer and may be about 50 nm thick and doped with about 1×10 19  dopants/cm 3 . The silicon encapsulation layer  1112  may be about 80 nm thick and doped with about 1×10 21  dopants/cm 3 . Alternatively, the doping order may be reversed so as to from an n-p doped heterostructure wherein bottom layers are n-doped and the surface layers are p-doped. 
     Light emitting device  520 ′ can include silicide layer  1114  formed as a result of depositing a contact metal layer  1116  on silicon capping layer  1112 . Contact metal layer  1116  may be disposed in contact with interconnect  410 . Contact metal layer  1116  may only cover part of the light emitting device surface therefore allowing for light emission through regions that are not covered. For example, contact metal layer  1116  may have loop geometry as viewed from a top view. Light emitting device  520 ′ can include a germanicide layer  1118  formed as a result of deposition a contact metal layer  1120  on germanium layer  220 . 
     In some embodiments, a III-V heterostructure and a silicon capping layer is deposited in-situ in one reactor system (e.g., an MOCVD reactor) capable of depositing III-V and IV materials. For example, the III-V heterostructure and the capping silicon layer of light emitting device  520 ′ may be grown using low pressure MOCVD (e.g., a Thomas Swan close-coupled showerhead reactor). Source materials can include trimethylgallium (TMGa), trimethylaluminum (TMAl), trimethlyindium(TMIn) for column III elements, PH 3  and AsH 3  for column V elements and SiH 4  for silicon. Dimethylzinc (DMZn) and B 2 H 6  can be employed as p-type dopant sources and Si 2 H 6  may be employed as an n-type dopant source. The carrier gas may include nitrogen. Deposition may be carried out at a wafer temperature of about 650° C. and pressure of about 100 Torr. V/III ratio can be set to about 83 for the deposition of the light emitting device layers. 
     It should be appreciated that light emitting device  520 ′ is only one example of a semiconductor layer structure for a light emitting device. In some embodiments, the light emitting device may include a heterostructure, whereas in other embodiments the light emitting device may include a homostructure. Other III-V materials may be used to form light emitting device structures that emit light of differing wavelengths, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. In the light emitting device of  520 ′, the AlInGaP layers may be (Al x Ga 1-x ) 0.5 In 0.5 P layers (e.g., x=0.3) lattice matched to GaAs, which may serve as a material for a high-brightness visible light emitting device in the red to green region of the visible light spectrum. 
       FIG. 12  illustrates a top view  1200  of a light emitting device monolithically integrated on a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 , in accordance with one embodiment. For example, light emitting device  520  of monolithically integrated device structure  1000  can be fabricated to have a top view  1200 . The light emitting device can include an insulating region  230  (e.g., an isolation trench) which may be formed of any suitable electrically insulating material, such as an oxide (e.g., silicon oxide), silicon nitride, or combination thereof. The light emitting device can include a growth well  1210  within which the light emitting device heterostructure (or homostructure) may be epitaxially grown on a monocrystalline semiconductor layer (e.g., layers  220  and  222 ) of a multilayer starting wafer (e.g., multilayer wafer  100 ). The light emitting device can have an emitting area  1220  from which light generated within the light emitting device active area may at least partially be emitted from. The light emitting device may be contacted in any suitable manner. As shown in top view  1200 , a first metal contact  1230  may contact the top-side of the light emitting device semiconductor structure through contact via  1240 , and a second metal contact  420  may contact the bottom-side of the light emitting device semiconductor heterostructure through contact via  1250 . 
     The light emitting device emission area may have any suitable dimensions and shape. In the top view shown in  FIG. 12 , the light emitting device emission area is rectangular or square, although other shapes may also be used, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. The dimensions of the light emitting device semiconductor area may be defined by the dimensions of the growth well. As previously described, the growth well may be formed by starting with a multilayer wafer  100  and removing (e.g., etching) monocrystalline semiconductor layer  140  and insulator layer  130  in regions where light emitting devices (or other non-silicon devices or materials) may be formed via epitaxial growth on the exposed monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 . The dimensions of the light emitting device emission area may therefore be defined by the lithography process used to form the growth well. In one embodiment, the light emitting device emission area is less than about 100×100 μm 2 . Since the emission area may be limited by the resolution of the lithography process (e.g., CMOS feature length lithography limit) employed to define the growth wells, in some embodiments the light emitting device emission area may be defined to be less than about 1×1 μm 2 . 
     A plurality of growth wells and hence separate light emitting devices may be defined, where one or more light emitting devices may be isolated by an isolation trench, such as that formed by insulating layer  230 . The isolation trench may have any suitable dimensions, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. In some embodiments, the pitch of each light emitting device unit, including isolation trenches and contact layers is less than about 100 μm. 
     In some embodiments, when selective epitaxial deposition of the light emitting device semiconductor structure is not employed, the material growth near the sidewalls (e.g., insulating sidewalls, such as dielectric sidewalls) of the growth well may be polycrystalline. In such embodiments, after the epitaxial growth in the wells, an etching processes may be used to remove polycrystalline semiconductor grown in regions other than the desired emission areas (e.g., area  1220 ). 
     It should be appreciated that if an array of light emitting devices is formed, then the light emitting devices in the array can share a same bottom contact (e.g., contact  420 ). Also, as illustrated in  FIG. 12 , the top contact (e.g., the p-contact) and/or the top contact via may have an annular configuration so as to promote current spreading while also promoting light emission from the surface of the light emitting device. In some embodiments, when the pitch of the light emitting devices in an array is small (e.g., having an emission area less than about 20×20 μm 2 ), finger-shaped top contacts and/or fan-out to bond-pads may be incorporated into the light emitting device array. 
       FIG. 13  illustrates an example of a method of fabricating a light emitting device structure monolithically integrated on a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 , in accordance with one embodiment. Such a process, potentially having a different heterostructure and/or contacting scheme, may be utilized to form other non-silicon material heterostructures and/or devices on a multilayer wafer. 
     The process may include providing a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 . Front-end silicon device processing may be performed in first regions (regions  141 ) of the multilayer wafer on monocrystalline silicon layer  140  of a multilayer starting wafer  100 . The multilayer wafer may be spin-coated with photoresist and pre-baked at 90° C. for 30 min. A lithography mask may then be used to develop and pattern the photoresist so as to expose regions of the multilayer wafer in which the light emitting devices will be formed. 
     Next, the monocrystalline silicon layer  140  and insulating layer  130  of the multilayer wafer may be etched to reveal the underlying monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  in areas designated for light emitting device array fabrication. With positive photoresist as an etchmask, Electron Cyclotron Resonance Reactive Ion Etching (ECR-RIE) may be used to dry etch the monocrystalline silicon layer  140 . Process conditions may include a SF 6 :O 2  (30:5 sccm) etch chemistry, a total pressure of 30 mTorr, a source power of 400 W and bias power of 30 W. Using the same etchmask, a buffered oxide etch (BOE) solution may be employed to etch the insulating layer  130 . 
     The exposed monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may then be isolated using a similar ECRRIE recipe as above with a positive photoresist as an etchmask. A timed etch may be used to define isolation trenches  1320  (e.g., ˜1 μm deep). The trenches in conjunction with a reverse biased p-n junction inserted below the light emitting devices may provide electrical isolation between light emitting devices in a one-dimensional array, thus allowing operation of a two-dimensional passive matrix of light emitting devices. A conformal PECVD oxide (e.g., 1.2 μm thick) layer may then be deposited on the wafer. The oxide layer may provide a template for epitaxy and/or fill the isolation trenches  1320  with an oxide layer  1330 . A BOE solution with a positive photoresist as an etchmask may be used to etch growth wells in the oxide layer so as to expose the underlying monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  for epitaxial growth. 
     The wafer may then be cleaned so as to ensure that it is free from all photoresist residues prior to growth (e.g., MOCVD). A commercial photoresist stripper (e.g., Microstrip 2001® by Fujifilm) in addition to a one-hour oxygen plasma ash process may be used to prepare the wafer for growth of the light emitting device semiconductor structure.  FIG. 13A  shows a schematic cross-section of a portion of the patterned wafer just prior to MOCVD growth. As shown in  FIG. 13A  the silicon region  141  on which front-end silicon devices may have been fabricated may be protected with a protective layer  1310 , which may be formed of any suitable material layer(s), such nitride, oxynitride, and/or oxide. 
     It should be appreciated that the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may include any semiconductor having a lattice constant other than that of relaxed silicon. In some embodiments the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  may include a germanium layer that may be used for growth of a non-silicon heterostructure. In such embodiments, a germanium pre-growth clean may be used comprising of a 10:1 DI:HF clean for 15 s, followed by a H 2 O 2  clean for 15 s, and then followed by a 10:1 DI:HF clean for 15 s. In other embodiments wherein the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  includes other materials intended to be used as growth layers, other suitable pre-growth cleans may be used, as is known by those skilled in the art. After a pre-clean, the patterned wafers may be loaded into a reactor (e.g., MOCVD reactor) for growth. 
     In embodiments where the growth conditions are selected to promote selective epitaxial growth, monocrystalline layers may be selectively grown on the exposed monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  and no significant growth may take place on dielectric surfaces, such as growth well sidewalls. If non-selective growth is performed, polycrystalline material may be deposited on any insulating layers (e.g., dielectric layers) and in the growth wells near insulating (e.g., dielectric) sidewalls, while material may grow epitaxially in the central area of the growth wells, as shown in  FIG. 13B . Although  FIG. 13B  illustrates a specific heterostructure grown on the underlying monocrystalline layer  120 , it should be appreciated that other materials and/or heterostructures may be grown, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. 
     After growth, monocrystalline epitaxial material deposited in the growth wells may be protected using an oxide hard mask (e.g., a 3000-Å-thick PECVD oxide) and any polycrystalline material may be etched. In embodiments where the grown layers include a silicon capping layer, the silicon capping layer may be dry etched using a SF 6 /O 2  plasma. For the heterostructure illustrated in  FIG. 13B , the top GaAs current spreading and bottom GaAs buffer layers may be wet chemical etched using a H 3 PO 4 :H 2 O 2 :H 2 O (3:1:50) solution. A HCl:H 3 PO 4 :H 2 O (1:1:1) solution may be used to etch the AlGaInP/InGaP/AlGaInP stack. After etching is complete, the oxide hard mask may be stripped using a BOE solution. 
     As shown in  FIG. 13C , a conformal oxide layer  1340  (e.g., 3000 Å thick PECVD oxide) may then be deposited to insulate the light emitting device mesa sidewall. Sidewall insulation can prevent the top contact metal from shorting the light emitting device p-n junction at the mesa sidewall and also prevents exposure of III-V material at the light emitting device sidewalls during subsequent processing steps. Top and bottom contact vias may then be etched in the oxide (e.g., using a BOE solution) to expose the silicon capping layer and the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  for subsequent ohmic contact formation. A metal contact layer (e.g., 500 Å Ti/1 μm Al) may be sputter-deposited on the wafer and patterned into the top  1350  and bottoms  1360  contacts of the light emitting device (e.g., using a DI:BOE (1000:15) solution and a PAN etch (77% Phosphoric acid, 20% Acetic acid, 3% Nitric acid)). 
     The process may then include removing protective layer  1310  used to protect the silicon front-end during the growth and fabrication of the non-silicon devices (e.g., light emitting devices). Silicon back-end processing may then be performed to complete the fabrication of the silicon devices in region  141 . The back-end processing may include forming metal interconnections between the silicon and non-silicon devices. Various modifications may be applied to the process described above, including but not limited to, forming other types of heterostructures for non-silicon devices, such as heterostructures for non-silicon electronic devices (e.g., HEMTs, HBTs, MESFETs) and/or optoelectronic devices (photodetectors, laser diodes), as shall be described further below. Also, any number of non-silicon devices may be formed using such a method and may be interconnected as desired to form monolithically integrated silicon and non-silicon devices. 
       FIG. 14  illustrates a top view of an integrated device structure comprising silicon electronics  1410  monolithically integrated with a light emitting device  1452  and a silicon photodetector  1450 , in accordance with one embodiment. Such an integrated device structure may be formed using a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 . The integrated structure may have silicon electronic and optoelectronic (e.g., silicon photodetector  1450 ) devices formed on a first region of the multilayer wafer, such as region  810  of  FIG. 10 . The silicon electronics  1410  and silicon photodetector  1450  may be formed on a monocrystalline silicon layer (e.g., layer  141  of  FIG. 10 ). The light emitting device  1452  may be formed in regions of the multilayer wafer wherein the silicon monocrystalline layer of the starting multilayer wafer has been removed, thereby exposing a monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  disposed under the monocrystalline silicon layer and having a lattice constant different than that of relaxed silicon. The device layers, for example the heterostructure layers of the light emitting device  1452 , may be epitaxially grown on the exposed monocrystalline semiconductor layer having a lattice constant different than that of relaxed silicon (e.g., layer  120  of  FIG. 10 ), as previously described. 
     The light emitting device  1452  may be an LED comprising an active region having a material that can emit light in a desired wavelength or wavelength range, such as a suitable III-V material. The semiconductor structure layers of light emitting device  1452  may be epitaxially grown as described in the method of  FIG. 9 . The top view presented in  FIG. 14  shows the top contacting semiconductor layer  1422  of the light emitting device  1452 . As previously described, the top contacting semiconductor layer  1422  may be a silicon capping layer, which may be deposited via epitaxial growth. The top view of the light emitting device  1452  also shows an insulating region  1423  which may surround the light emitting device semiconductor material and isolate the light emitting device from the silicon layer on which the silicon electronics and/or optoelectronics may be formed. Light emitting device  1452  may further comprise a top metal contact  1402 , which may have a ring-like geometry. The top metal contact  1402  may be connected to an interconnect  1401  which may comprise a standard silicon interconnect metal. The interconnect  1401  may provide a connection with the silicon electronics  1410 . The bottom of the light emitting device  1452  may be contacted by interconnect  1403  which may be disposed in contact with a metal filled via that extends through insulating layer  1423  and contacts the bottom semiconductor layer of the light emitting device  1452  (as shown in the cross section of  FIG. 10 ). 
     The integrated device structure  1400  may include silicon photodetector  1450 , which may have any suitable photodetector device configuration. In one embodiment, the silicon photodetector is a lateral p-n junction and/or a p-i-n junction. Such a structure may be formed via implantation of p-type and n-type dopants in select regions. In another embodiment, the silicon photodetector  1450  is a vertical silicon photodetector formed via implantation of p-type and/or n-type dopants and/or via selective epitaxial growth. The p and n regions (not shown) of the silicon photodetector  1450  may be contacted with interconnects  1404  and  1405  which may provide interconnection between the silicon photodetector  1450  and the silicon electronics  1410 . 
     Silicon electronics  1410  may include silicon CMOS, silicon bipolar transistors, silicon-germanium HBTs, and/or associated circuit elements such as diodes, resistors, capacitors, and/or inductors. Silicon electronics  1410  may perform a variety of functions. Silicon electronics may provide drive power to the light emitting device  1452 . Silicon electronics  1410  may also control the drive power provided by the light emitting device in response to signals provided by other circuits not shown herein, such as external circuits providing a display signal. Silicon electronics  1410  may receive a signal from photodetector  1450  which may be used to regulate the control of the light emitting device  1452 . Alternatively, or additionally, the signal from silicon photodetector  1450  may be processed by digital circuits in the silicon electronics and used for purposes other than regulating the control of the light emitting device  1452 . 
     Silicon photodetector  1450  may be used to accomplish various functions. In one embodiment, silicon photodetector  1450  may be used to monitor whether the light emitting device  1452  is operational and the signal provided by the silicon photodetector may be provided to the silicon electronics  1410  which can respond accordingly (e.g., turn on a backup light emitting device if light emitting device  1410  is malfunctioning and/or vary the drive power supplied to the light emitting device  1452 ). In another embodiment, the silicon photodetector may be used in an optical interconnect scheme and/or for imaging purposes, as described further below. 
       FIGS. 15A-15B  illustrate a monolithically integrated optical interconnect bus, in accordance with one example embodiment. Integrated device system  1500  may include monolithically integrated silicon electronics  1510  and  1512  situated in separate regions of a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . Silicon electronics  1510  may communicate with silicon electronics  1512 , and vice versa, via optical interconnect bus  1580 , as illustrated in  FIG. 15A . Optical interconnect bus  1580  may include optical transceiver  1582  in electrical communication with silicon electronics  1510  and optical transceiver  1584  in electrical communication with silicon electronics  1512 . The optical interconnect bus may include one or more waveguides allowing for optical communication between optical transceivers  1582  and  1584 . Optical transceiver  1582  may include light emitting device  1552  which may be controlled by silicon electronics  1510  via metal interconnects. Optical transceiver  1582  may further comprise silicon photodetector  1550  which may be electrically interconnected with silicon electronics  1510 . Optical transceiver  1584  may include light emitting device  1554  in electrical communication via interconnects with silicon electronics  1512 . Optical transceiver  1584  may also include silicon photodetector  1556  in electrical communication with silicon electronics  1512  via metal interconnects. 
     One or more waveguides  1583  may provide for optical communication between optical transceiver  1582  and  1584 . The one or more waveguides  1583  may comprise optical waveguide  1570  arranged so as to provide for an optical communication channel from light emitting device  1554  to silicon photodetector  1550 . Optical waveguide  1572  may provide for an optical communication channel from light emitting device  1552  to silicon photodetector  1556 . 
     Optical interconnect bus  1580  may enable optical communication between silicon electronics  1510  and  1512 . During operation, when silicon electronics  1510  determines that information is to be communicated to silicon electronics  1512 , a modulated drive power (e.g., encoded with desired information to be communicated) may be provided to light emitting device  1552  so as to generate light which may travel, at least partially, through waveguide  1572  and may be detected by silicon photodetector  1556 . An electrical output signal may be provided by silicon photodetector  1556  to silicon electronics  1552 , which in turn may process the signal from an analog to a digital domain. In this manner, signals having encoded information (e.g., digitally encoded) may be communicated optically between silicon electronics in different regions of a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 . Similarly, silicon electronics  1512  may modulate a drive power provided to light emitting device  1554  so as to encode a signal. Light emitting device  1554  may emit light which may travel, at least partially, along waveguide  1570  and can be detected by photodetector  1550 . Silicon detector  1550  can provide an electric output signal to silicon electronics  1510 , which may convert the analog electrical signal provided by silicon photodetector  1550  to a digital signal for further processing. 
     Such optical bus interconnects, when monolithically integrated with silicon electronics, may facilitate communication between silicon electronics (e.g., silicon digital CMOS electronics) separated by large distances on chip. Although the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 15A  shows one light emitting device and one photodetector for each silicon electronics region (e.g.,  1510  and  1512 ), it should be appreciated that multiple light emitting devices and/or multiple silicon photodetectors may be electrically coupled to one silicon electronics module (e.g., silicon electronics  1510  or  1512 ). Furthermore, different light emitting devices may have different emission wavelengths, as may result from using a different material having differing bandgaps for an active region and/or resulting from different sized quantum wells in the active region (e.g., thereby resulting in varying the quantum confinement and hence the emission wavelength). Alternatively, or additionally, a time division and/or frequency division multiplexing scheme may be used so as to encode information for transmission via the optical bus  1580 , as should be appreciated by those of skill in the art. 
     The optical bus illustrated in the embodiment of  FIG. 15A  may be fabricated on a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100  illustrated in  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 15B  illustrates a cross-section of such an embodiment, wherein light emitting device  1552  may be fabricated to be a laterally emitting light emitting device, thereby emitting at least some light laterally, which in turn may be guided by waveguide  1572  to silicon photodetector  1556 . 
     Optical waveguide  1572  (and/or  1570 ) may comprise a waveguide core  1575 . The optical waveguide may also comprise waveguide cladding layers  1574  and  1576 . Waveguide core  1575  may have a larger index of a refraction than waveguide cladding layers  1574  and  1576 , thereby providing optical confinement for light emitted by light emitting device  1552 . Waveguide core  1575  may comprise silicon nitride and/or silicon oxynitride and waveguide cladding layers  1574  and/or  1576  may comprise silicon oxide. Alternatively, waveguide core  1575  may comprise a silicon layer and cladding layers  1574  and/or  1576  may comprise any material having an index of a refraction smaller than that of the waveguide core, for example, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride, and/or silicon nitride. In some embodiments, the waveguide core  1575  is formed of a monocrystalline silicon layer, such as part or all of monocrystalline silicon layer  140  of multilayer wafer  100 . Cladding layers  1574  and/or  1576  may be deposited and/or grown (e.g., via thermal oxidation of monocrystalline silicon layer  140 ), as is known by those of skill in the art. 
       FIG. 16  illustrates a top view of an array of light emitting devices monolithically integrated with silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment. Monolithically integrated device system  1600  may include an array of light emitting devices  1652 ,  1654 , . . .  1656 . Light emitting devices  1652 ,  1654  . . .  1656  which may have their top contacts electrically connected to silicon electronics  1610  by interconnects  1601 ,  1604 , . . .  1606 , respectively. The bottom contacts of light emitting devices  1652 ,  1654 , . . .  1656  may be electrically coupled to interconnect  1603 , which may, in turn, be coupled to silicon electronics, to a supply voltage source, or to ground, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. Silicon electronics  1610  may be used to control the drive current supplied to light emitting devices  1652 ,  1654 , . . .  1656 , and light emitting devices  1652 ,  1654 , . . .  1656  may emit at least some light vertically. 
     Such an array of light emitting devices (e.g., LEDs) may be used as a high resolution printer bar as the spacing between light emitting devices may be defined using lithography, and hence the light emitting device size and/or the spacing between the light emitting devices may be as small as the resolution limit of the lithography process utilized (e.g., less than 20 microns, less than 10 microns, less than 1 micron, less than 0.5 microns, less than 0.25 microns, less than 0.1 microns). The array of light emitting devices monolithically integrated with silicon electronics may be fabricated using a multilayer starting wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100  of  FIG. 1 . The light emitting devices and the silicon electronics may be integrated using the process described in association with  FIGS. 9 and 10 . 
       FIG. 17  illustrates a top view of monolithically integrated system  1700  comprising an array of light emitting devices, an array of photodetectors, and silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment. Integrated system  1700  may be fabricated using a starting wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 , and may be similar in structure to the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 14  wherein a light emitting device is integrated with a silicon photodetector and silicon electronics. Monolithically integrated system  1700  may comprise light emitting devices  1752 ,  1754 , . . .  1756 . The top contacts of the light emitting devices may be electrically contacted to silicon electronic  1710  via interconnects  1701 ,  1704  . . .  1706 . The bottom contacts of the light emitting devices may be electrically coupled to interconnect  1703 , which may in turn be electrically connected to a supply voltage source or ground, or alternatively may be coupled to silicon electronics  1710 . Monolithically integrated system  1700  may include silicon photodetectors  1750 ,  1753 , . . .  1755 . The silicon photodetectors may have one terminal electrically coupled to silicon electronics  1710  by interconnects  1702 ,  1705 , . . .  1707 . Another terminal of the silicon photodetectors may be electrically connected to interconnect  1708 , which may be electrically coupled to a supply voltage source, ground, or silicon electronics  1710 . 
     Monolithically integrated system  1700  may serve as an image scanner, wherein light emitting device array  1752  may emit light via the control of drive power supplied by silicon electronics  1710  via interconnects  1701 ,  1704 , . . .  1706 . Light emitted by the array of light emitting devices may impinge on an image being scanned and/or imaged, and reflected light may be detected by the array of photodetector  1750 ,  1753 , . . .  1755 . The photodetectors may emit an electrical signal as a result of the detected light, which may be transmitted via interconnects  1702 ,  1705 , . . .  1707  to silicon electronic  1710 , which may process the electrical signal and perform image scanning operations, as in known by those of skill in the art. The monolithically integrated light emitting devices in the light emitting device array can therefore be used as local light sources for illuminating a region from which light reflection may be detected by the array of silicon photodetectors (and/or III-V photodetectors). By moving the integrated array, a surface may be scanned (e.g., imaged) using only one monolithically integrated component. 
     Monolithically integrated system  700  can also serve as a printer bar (e.g., a printing engine) which may include photodetector feedback control. The printer bar may use light emission from the light emitting devices to discharge charge placed on paper thus allowing toner to be selectively placed in certain areas of the paper. The printer bar can operate in a manner similar to system  1600  of  FIG. 16 , except that photodetector  1750 ,  1753 , . . .  1755  can detect at least a portion of the light emitted by light emitting device  1752 ,  1754 , . . .  1756 , respectfully. The photodetectors can provide electrical signals in response to the detected light which can be transmitted to silicon electronics  1710 , which can in turn modify drive power provided to one or more of the light emitting devices in response to the detected light. Such a feedback control system can ensure that the light emitting devices are functioning properly and emitting the desired amount of light, and, if not, silicon electronics  1710  may modify the drive power to the light emitting devices and/or activate and control redundant backup light emitting devices to replace the malfunctioning light emitting devices. Silicon photodetectors (and/or III-V photodetectors) monolithically integrated with light emitting devices can therefore allow for the control of light output from each light emitting device in a printer engine. This may be advantageous since light flux may be hard to control in a non-monolithic design, and each printed dot may in turn have a different darkness level. Using monolithically integrated silicon CMOS control circuitry and photodetectors, each light emitting device can be precisely controlled so as to emit the desired flux of light photons. 
     Although the illustration of  FIG. 17  shows one illustrative arrangement of light emitting devices and photodetectors, other configurations are possible. Also, if multiple metallization interconnect layers are used, as is possible for CMOS processes, the metal interconnect layers  1702 ,  1705 , . . .  1707  may be disposed over the light emitting devices  1752 ,  1754 , . . .  1756 , respectively. Such a configuration may allow for the packing density and hence the resolution of the light emitting device array and/or photodetector array to be increased. 
     It should be appreciated that the embodiments having one-dimensional arrays of light emitting devices may be modified so as to include an area of light emitting devices (e.g., a two-dimensional array) and/or an array of photodetectors (e.g., a two-dimensional array of photodetectors). Such systems could serve as printer areas and/or scanner areas, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. 
       FIG. 18  illustrates a top view of monolithically integrated system  1800  comprising a two-dimensional array of light emitting devices monolithically integrated with silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment. Monolithic integrated system  1800  may be fabricated using a starting multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 , and the light emitting device semiconductor structures may be epitaxially grown on the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  of multilayer wafer  100 . Monolithically integrated system  1800  may include rows of multiple light emitting devices, each row comprising a plurality of light emitting devices. In the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 18 , a first row comprises light emitting devices  1852 ,  1854 , . . .  1856 . A second row comprises light emitting devices  1862 ,  1864 , . . .  1866 . Additional rows of light emitting devices may be arranged consecutively, wherein a last row of light emitting devices comprises light emitting device  1872 ,  1874 , . . . and  1876 . 
     Monolithically integrated system  1800  may include silicon electronics  1810  and/or  1811  which may be electrically coupled to the array of light emitting devices. Silicon electronics  1810  and/or  1811  may serve as driver circuits and/or multiplexing addressing circuits for the two-dimensional array of light emitting devices. In one embodiment, row interconnects  1803 ,  1804 , . . .  1805  may serve as row interconnects to electrically couple to bottom contacts of the light emitting devices. Interconnects  1806 ,  1807 , . . . and  1808  may serve as column interconnects electrically coupled to top contacts of the light emitting devices. It should be appreciated that row and column interconnects may be separated by an insulating layer so as to ensure that the row and column interconnects are not in contact. Such an interconnect structure may provide for row and column addressing of the light emitting devices in the two-dimensional array. 
     The two-dimensional array of light emitting devices monolithically integrated with silicon control and/or multiplexing circuitry (e.g., silicon electronics  1810  and/or  1811 ) may serve as a printer area and/or as a microdisplay. Each light emitting device of the two-dimensional array of light emitting devices may serve as a pixel in a microdisplay and/or printer area. Alternatively, multiple light emitting devices may be associated with one pixel. In some embodiments, the multiple light emitting devices associated with one pixel may emit different wavelengths of light (e.g., red, green, and blue). Optics may be associated with a microdisplay and disposed over the light emitting devices so as to magnify the size of the microdisplay making it viewable to the human eye. Ultra-low cost displays can be fabricated in this manner, as very small light emitting devices can be fabricated with silicon lithography processes. Small size may be related to cost, so shrinking a display may reduces cost drastically since processes and materials cost may be relatively fixed per unit area. For extreme high brightness applications, like projection displays, the light emitting devices may include surface-emitting lasers (e.g., vertical cavity surface emitting lasers). 
     In further embodiments, photodetector arrays covering an area (e.g., forming a two-dimensional array) could be inter-dispersed with light emitting devices covering an area (e.g., forming a two-dimensional array). Thus, using such a monolithically integrated system, area printing and scanning can be performed. Entire areas can be scanned with no moving parts, and printing exposure can be done to an entire area or page (e.g., if the light emitting device array can be built large enough or magnified using optics). 
     In other embodiments, a monolithically integrated system comprising a light emitting device array of high resolution can be used as an exposure source for a programmable lithography system. In such a system, a wafer being processed may be coated with photoresist and may be exposed using the monolithically integrated system comprising the high resolution light emitting device array. The light emitting devices may be driven by integrated silicon electronics that may activate light emitting devices based at least partially on programmable commands. The programmable commands may be obtained based on mask files which define areas which should be exposed, thereby defining light emitting devices which should be activated. Such a monolithic system may therefore serve as a programmable “lithography” system for large-feature size electronics, limited only by the pitch of the light emitting device array (e.g., a two-dimensional array). For example, a light emitting device array formed of 0.25 micron light emitting devices may be used to perform the photolithography exposure of silicon circuits having gate lengths greater than or equal to about 0.5 microns. 
     In other embodiments, the ability to monolithically integrate silicon electronics with a two-dimensional array of light emitting devices allows for the fabrication of a silicon microprocessor monolithically integrated with a microdisplay including a plurality of light emitting devices. The microdisplay may have a high resolution, since each light emitting device may have a size limited essentially by the minimum feature size of the lithography process utilized. Such a system may serve as a computer-on-chip having an integrated microdisplay. 
       FIG. 19  illustrates a cross-section of the monolithically integrated system  1800 . Cross-section  1900  illustrates a cross-section of two light emitting devices  1872  and  1874  of the monolithically integrated system  1800 . Arrows denote the emission of light from the light emitting devices. The cross-section further illustrates the electrical separation of row interconnect  1805  and column interconnects ( 1806  and  1807 ) by insulating layer  1885 . The insulating layer  1885  may comprise any suitable insulating material, including but not limited to silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and/or silicon oxi-nitride. The cross-section further illustrate an insulating layer  1850  disposed between the metal layer  1805  and silicon layer  141 . As in other embodiments presented herein, interconnects may comprise one or more metal layers, as the techniques presented herein are not limited in this respect. 
       FIG. 20  illustrates a top view of a monolithically integrated system  2000  comprising an array of light emitting devices, an array of photodetectors, and silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment. Monolithically integrated system  2000  may be fabricated using a multilayer starting wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 , and the silicon electronics and photodetectors may be fabricated on monocrystalline silicon layer  140  of multilayer wafer  100 . The array of light emitting devices may be fabricated via the growth of epitaxial heterostructure layers on monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120 , as previously described 
     Monolithically integrated system  2000  may include an array of pixels (e.g., a two-dimensional array), wherein each pixel may comprise one or more light emitting devices and one or more photodetectors. For clarity, only the light emitting devices and interconnects for one pixel are shown in  FIG. 20 , although it should be understood that any number of pixels may be arranged to form the array of pixel. In the illustrative embodiment of  FIG. 20 , pixels  2090  may comprise light emitting devices  2052 - 9 , although it should be appreciated that any number of light emitting devices may be included in a pixel. In some embodiments, each pixel may comprise light emitting devices having different emission wavelengths, such as red, green and blue emission wavelengths. Pixel  2090  may also include one or more photodetectors, such as photodetector  2063 . Row and column addressing interconnects for the light emitting devices and row and column addressing interconnects for the photodetector may be provided thereby allowing for selectable electrical coupling of any one of the light emitting devices and/or any one of the photodetectors to silicon electronics  2010  and/or  2011 . 
     During operation of system  2000 , photodetectors within each pixel may detect at least a portion of the light emitted by one or more surrounding light emitting devices which are activated within that pixel. The photodetector may provide an output signal which may be received via silicon electronics  2010  and/or  2011  by a row and column addressing scheme. The photodetector signal can be used by silicon electronics  2010  and/or  2011  to determine whether the light emitting devices are functioning properly and/or to adjust the drive power supplied to one or more light emitting devices or activate redundant backup light emitting devices within each pixel. Thus, if a light emitting device within a pixel malfunctions, a redundant light emitting device within that pixel may be activated so as to replace the malfunctioning light emitting device. Such a system may provide for redundancy and thus extended lifetime of the monolithically integrated system  2000 . As previously described, such an integrated system may be used as a printer array and/or a microdisplay. The microdisplay may be monolithically integrated with silicon microprocessor electronics, thereby enabling a computer on a chip. 
       FIG. 21  illustrates a cross-section of monolithically integrated system  2100  including at least one silicon photodetector and at least one non-silicon photodetector, in accordance with one embodiment. Monolithically integrated system  2100  may be fabricated using a starting multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 . At least one silicon photodetector  2150  may be formed on monocrystalline silicon layer  141  such that the silicon-based photodetector  2150  includes an active region formed in the monocrystalline silicon layer  141 . 
     Monolithic integrated system  2100  may include at least one non-silicon photodetector comprising an active region including at least a portion of monocrystalline semiconductor layer  222 . Photodetector  2115  may be formed by epitaxially growing III-V, germanium, and/or silicon-germanium layers, or combinations thereof, on monocrystalline semiconductor layer  120  having a lattice constant different than that of relaxed silicon. In some embodiments, the non-silicon photodetector  2115  comprises an active region including a III-V material layer. In one embodiment, a non-silicon photodetector comprises an active region including a germanium layer and/or a silicon-germanium layer. The non-silicon photodetector may include appropriate dopant, such as a p-n vertical dopant profile or a p-i-n vertical dopant profile, which may be formed via in situ doping during epitaxial growth of layers  220  and  222 . In one embodiment, the non-silicon photodetector is a lateral photodetector formed via the implantation of p dopants and/or n dopants having laterally-defined regions in layer  202 . In embodiments including a vertical non-silicon photodetector, a metal filled via  2120  may provide for contact with a bottom region of the semiconductor structure which forms photodetector  2115 . Alternatively, if the non-silicon photodetector is a lateral photodetector, surface contacts may be used to contact both the n-side and p-side regions of the photodetector. 
     Monolithically integrated system  2100  may further include silicon electronics  2110  which may receive output signals from silicon photodetector  2150  via interconnect  2152  and/or from non-silicon photodetector  2115  via interconnect  2112 . Silicon electronics  2110  may process the received signals and output the signals as desired by the intended application. As previously described, silicon electronic may include electronics (e.g., CMOS, bipolars) which may be used to address and/or digitally process the signals received from the silicon and/or non-silicon photodetectors. 
     In some embodiments, arrays of silicon and non-silicon photodetectors may be monolithically integrated on a multilayer wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 . Such arrays of silicon and non-silicon photodetectors may provide for detection of light in different wavelength regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In one embodiment, the silicon photodetectors may have a bandgap different from that of the material(s) in the active region of the non-silicon photodetector, and therefore the silicon and non-silicon photodetectors will be sensitive to different wavelength regions. In some embodiments, such monolithically integrated systems fabricated on a multilayer wafer may be used for imaging applications (e.g., a camera chip) providing for imaging in multiple wavelength regimes using a monolithically integrated chip. 
       FIG. 22  illustrates a cross-section of a monolithically integrated system  2200  comprising silicon electronics and non-silicon electronics, in accordance with one embodiment. Monolithically integrated system  2200  may be fabricated using a multilayer starting wafer, such as multilayer wafer  100 . Silicon electronics  2210  may be fabricated on monocrystalline silicon layer  141 . Non-silicon electronics  2290  may be fabricated on monocrystalline semiconductor layer  222 . Silicon electronics  2210  may include silicon MOSFETs such as NMOS, PMOS, and combinations thereof, such as silicon CMOS. Silicon electronics  2110  may include silicon bipolars, silicon diodes, resistors, capacitors, and/or inductors. 
     Non-silicon electronics  2290  may include III-V HBTs, HEMTs and/or MESFETs. Non-silicon electronics  2290  may include germanium and/or silicon-germanium based electronic devices, such as germanium and/or silicon-germanium FETs. Alternatively or additionally, non-silicon electronics may include silicon-germanium HBTs. Silicon electronics  2210  and non-silicon electronics  2290  may be interconnected via interconnect  2215 . In some embodiments interconnect  2215  may be a metal interconnect used for contacting silicon. Such an interconnect may be compatible with both the silicon electronics and the non-silicon electronics region. In some embodiments, the monocrystalline semiconductor layer  222  may be capped with a silicon capping layer to facilitate the reintroduction of the wafer into a silicon fabrication facility and/or the contacting of the non-silicon device using silicon silicidation metals. 
     As previously described in the description of the process of  FIG. 9 , the non-silicon electronics material  222  (and  220 ) may be epitaxially grown after silicon front-end processing of silicon electronics  2210  has been performed. Via the growth of a silicon capping layer at the surface of layer  222 , the wafer may be reintroduced into a silicon fabrication facility after epitaxial growth of layers  222  (and  220 ) to facilitate silicon device and/or non-silicon device back-end processing. During such back-end processing, interconnection  2215  between silicon and non-silicon electronics may be formed. 
     Monolithically integrated device system  2200  may be used to enable the fabrication of monolithically integrated III-V analog devices with silicon analog and/or silicon digital circuits. Such device integration may allow for the fabrication of a monolithically integrated communication circuit, wherein a III-V (e.g., GaAs, GaN) power amplifier and/or III-V analog circuits may be monolithically integrated with silicon circuits that can provide for digital processing capabilities and can be used to improve the performance of the III-V devices. In some embodiments, the monolithically integrated silicon circuits may improve the performance of III-V devices by compensating for performance variations between III-V devices. Silicon compensation of III-V devices may involve using silicon logic circuitry to compensate for variations in the electrical behavior of III-V devices (e.g., which may be due to process variations between devices). 
     Thus, monolithically integrated communication chips can be fabricated using the techniques presented herein. In typical RF (or optical systems), III-V devices may serve as the front-end of the communication system, interacting with electromagnetic waves and translating analog signals into digital signals. When III-V circuits and devices are used, separate chips are typically incorporated into a chipset including a III-V chip and a silicon chip. Presently, III-V chips are typically fabricated using separate manufacturing infrastructures. Using the techniques described herein, III-V HEMTs, HBTs, bipolars, and/or MESFETs can be monolithically integrated with silicon CMOS technology, thereby enabling a single-chip communication solution. By creating a single-chip solution, power use can be decreased, and bandwidth can be increased, thus increasing performance, while at the same time decreasing cost. In some embodiments, III-V devices can be manufactured in same way they are currently fabricated in III-V fabrication facilities. In other embodiments, once incorporated into a silicon fabrication facility, silicon processes can be used to replace specialized III-V processing. 
     Single-chip solutions can enable a cell-phone-on-a-chip and/or a computer-on-a-chip. Since the techniques presented herein enable power amps, III-V transceiver circuits, microdisplays, and/or silicon logic to be monolithically integrated on a single chip, a fully integrated cell-phone-on-chip and/or computer-on-chip may be fabricated. For some embodiments, it is anticipated that a cell-phone-on-a-chip and/or a computer-on-a-chip fabricated using the techniques presented herein may entail fabrication costs of about $1-$10 for low-end applications. 
     This invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of “including,” “comprising,” or “having,” “containing,” “involving,” and variations thereof herein, is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. The use of “disposing” as used herein is meant to include any method of creating a layer, structure, or device. Such methods can include, but are not limited to, deposition (e.g., epitaxial growth, chemical vapor deposition, physical deposition) and wafer bonding. 
     Having thus described several aspects of at least one embodiment of this invention, it is to be appreciated various alterations, modifications, and improvements will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Such alterations, modifications, and improvements are intended to be part of this disclosure, and are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the foregoing description and drawings are by way of example only.