GB2234854B - Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury telluride - Google Patents
Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury tellurideInfo
- Publication number
- GB2234854B GB2234854B GB9018970A GB9018970A GB2234854B GB 2234854 B GB2234854 B GB 2234854B GB 9018970 A GB9018970 A GB 9018970A GB 9018970 A GB9018970 A GB 9018970A GB 2234854 B GB2234854 B GB 2234854B
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- manufacture
- electronic components
- cadmium mercury
- mercury telluride
- telluride
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
- 229910000661 Mercury cadmium telluride Inorganic materials 0.000 title 1
- MCMSPRNYOJJPIZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N cadmium;mercury;tellurium Chemical compound [Cd]=[Te]=[Hg] MCMSPRNYOJJPIZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 title 1
Classifications
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- H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
- H01L21/70—Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components formed in or on a common substrate or of parts thereof; Manufacture of integrated circuit devices or of parts thereof
- H01L21/77—Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate
- H01L21/78—Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices
- H01L21/82—Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices to produce devices, e.g. integrated circuits, each consisting of a plurality of components
- H01L21/8254—Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices to produce devices, e.g. integrated circuits, each consisting of a plurality of components the substrate being a semiconductor, using II-VI technology
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- H01L21/04—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
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- H01L21/38—Diffusion of impurity materials, e.g. doping materials, electrode materials, into or out of a semiconductor body, or between semiconductor regions
- H01L21/383—Diffusion of impurity materials, e.g. doping materials, electrode materials, into or out of a semiconductor body, or between semiconductor regions using diffusion into or out of a solid from or into a gaseous phase
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- H01L21/42—Bombardment with radiation
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- H01L31/0248—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies
- H01L31/0256—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by the material
- H01L31/0264—Inorganic materials
- H01L31/0296—Inorganic materials including, apart from doping material or other impurities, only AIIBVI compounds, e.g. CdS, ZnS, HgCdTe
- H01L31/02966—Inorganic materials including, apart from doping material or other impurities, only AIIBVI compounds, e.g. CdS, ZnS, HgCdTe including ternary compounds, e.g. HgCdTe
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- H01L31/1032—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier the potential barrier being of the PN homojunction type the devices comprising active layers formed only by AIIBVI compounds, e.g. HgCdTe IR photodiodes
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- H01L31/101—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
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- H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
- H01L31/1828—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof the active layers comprising only AIIBVI compounds, e.g. CdS, ZnS, CdTe
- H01L31/1836—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof the active layers comprising only AIIBVI compounds, e.g. CdS, ZnS, CdTe comprising a growth substrate not being an AIIBVI compound
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Power Engineering (AREA)
- Electromagnetism (AREA)
- Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Toxicology (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
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Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB9018970A GB2234854B (en) | 1987-03-18 | 1990-08-31 | Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury telluride |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB8706370A GB2212976B (en) | 1987-03-18 | 1987-03-18 | Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury telluride |
GB9018970A GB2234854B (en) | 1987-03-18 | 1990-08-31 | Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury telluride |
Publications (3)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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GB9018970D0 GB9018970D0 (en) | 1990-10-17 |
GB2234854A GB2234854A (en) | 1991-02-13 |
GB2234854B true GB2234854B (en) | 1991-05-22 |
Family
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Family Applications (2)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GB8706370A Expired - Lifetime GB2212976B (en) | 1987-03-18 | 1987-03-18 | Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury telluride |
GB9018970A Expired - Lifetime GB2234854B (en) | 1987-03-18 | 1990-08-31 | Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury telluride |
Family Applications Before (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GB8706370A Expired - Lifetime GB2212976B (en) | 1987-03-18 | 1987-03-18 | Manufacture of electronic components of cadmium mercury telluride |
Country Status (1)
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GB (2) | GB2212976B (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPH01239089A (en) * | 1987-11-30 | 1989-09-25 | Toshiba Corp | Process for production of compound semiconductor single crystal and apparatus therefor |
JP2754765B2 (en) * | 1989-07-19 | 1998-05-20 | 富士通株式会社 | Method for manufacturing compound semiconductor crystal |
GB9204078D0 (en) * | 1992-02-26 | 1992-04-08 | Philips Electronics Uk Ltd | Infrared detector manufacture |
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1987
- 1987-03-18 GB GB8706370A patent/GB2212976B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1990
- 1990-08-31 GB GB9018970A patent/GB2234854B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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GB8706370D0 (en) | 1989-04-19 |
GB2212976B (en) | 1991-05-01 |
GB9018970D0 (en) | 1990-10-17 |
GB2212976A (en) | 1989-08-02 |
GB2234854A (en) | 1991-02-13 |
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Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
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732 | Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977) | ||
732E | Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977) | ||
PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 19990318 |