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Patent US6261929 - Methods of forming a plurality of semiconductor layers using spaced trench ... - Google Patents
Methods of forming compound semiconductor layers include the steps of forming a plurality of selective growth regions at spaced locations on a first substrate and then forming a plurality of semiconductor layers at spaced locations on the first substrate by growing a respective semiconductor layer on...http://www.google.com/patents/US6261929?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6261929 - Methods of forming a plurality of semiconductor layers using spaced trench arrays
Publication number US6261929 B1
Application number US 09/512,242
Also published as US6486042, US20020013036, WO2001063654A2, WO2001063654A3
Publication number 09512242, 512242, US 6261929 B1, US 6261929B1, US-B1-6261929, US6261929 B1, US6261929B1
Inventors Thomas Gehrke, Kevin J. Linthicum, Robert F. Davis
Patent Citations (54), Non-Patent Citations (74), Referenced by (234), Classifications (23), Legal Events (5)
Methods of forming a plurality of semiconductor layers using spaced trench arrays
US 6261929 B1
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U.S. Classification 438/478, 257/E21.123, 257/E21.131, 438/462, 257/E21.127, 438/483
Cooperative Classification H01L21/0237, H01L21/0254, H01L21/0265, H01L21/02458, H01L21/02639, H01L21/02447, H01L21/02505, H01L21/02381
European Classification H01L21/02K4C1B1, H01L21/02K4B1A2, H01L21/02K4B1B1, H01L21/02K4E3S3, H01L21/02K4B5L3, H01L21/02K4A1A3, H01L21/02K4A1, H01L21/02K4E3S7P