Patent ID: 6890816

Claim:
A process for fabricating a semiconductor structure comprising: providing a monocrystalline compound semiconductor substrate, the substrate including gallium arsenide and having a lattice structure; forming an epitaxial layer of a compound semiconductor material overlying the substrate, the epitaxial layer including a monocrystalline gallium arsenide material with a surface terminating with either gallium or arsenic, wherein the gallium terminated surface has one of a 4×2, 6×2, or 3×2 surface structure, and wherein the arsenic terminated surface has one of a 2×4, or 4×4 surface structure, the epitaxial layer providing a smooth and contaminant free surface for subsequent processing; depositing, at a temperature of about 25° C. to about 300° C., a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, and hafnium onto the epitaxial layer to form a template layer comprising the metal; depositing, at a pressure of about 10 −6 to about 10 −5 Torr and at a temperature of about 25° C. to about 400° C., a seed layer comprising perovskite material onto the template layer; heating the structure, at a temperature of up to about 620° C., to anneal the seed layer until the seed layer is monocrystalline; and epitaxially growing, at a temperature of about 300° C. to about 620° C. and at a pressure of about 10 −6 to about 10 −5 Torr, a monocrystalline oxide layer overlying the seed layer; the oxidelayer selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal titanates, alkaline earth metal zirconates, alkaline earth metal hafnates, alkaline earth metal tantalates, alkaline earth metal ruthenates, alkaline earth metal niobates, alkaline earth metal vanadates, alkaline earth metal tin-based perovskites, lanthanum aluminate, lanthanum scandium oxide, and combinations thereof, wherein the seed layer helps to initiate growth of the monocrystalline oxide layer, further wherein a lattice structure of the monocrystalline oxide layer exhibits a substantially 45 degree rotation with respect to the substrate lattice structure.