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The Incorporation and Behavior of Oxygen in AlGaAs Grown by Mombe Using Trimethylamine Alane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

C. R. Abernathy ,
J. Song ,
W. S. Hobson ,
S. J. Pearton ,
F. Ren ,
D. A. Bohling  and
G. T. Muhr
C. R. Abernathy
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
J. Song
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
W. S. Hobson
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
S. J. Pearton
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
F. Ren
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
D. A. Bohling
Affiliation:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA 18195
G. T. Muhr
Affiliation:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA 18195
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Abstract

Trimethylamine alane (TMAAl) has been demonstrated to be a superior Al precursor for growth of AIGaAs by metal-organic molecular beam (MOMBE). TMAA1 reduces both carbon and oxygen contamination relative to the standard Al source, triethylaluminum (TEA1). However, AlGaAs grown with TMAAl still shows a residual oxygen background of ∼2 × 1018 cm−3 when used with triethylgallium (TEGa) and either As4 or ASH3. This background is independent of Al mole fraction and is due primarily to alkoxides in the TEGa. AIGaAs grown with TMAAl and elemental Ga contains oxygen at levels commonly obtained in MBE, −2 × 1017 cm-3. While an oxygen level of −2 × 1018 cm-3 is not desirable, we have found that most of this impurity is electrically inactive as evidenced by room temperature photoluminescence and n-type dopant activation. In light of this, we have assessed the applicability of AlGaAs grown with TMAAl to the fabrication of high-speed GaAs/AIGaAs devices. The source is found to be suitable for structures like the heterojunction bipolar transistor.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 204: Symposium E – Chemical Perspectives of Microelectronic Materials II , 1990 , 183
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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