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Analysis of the Physical and Chemical Factors Determining Compositional Variations in the MOCVD Growth of Indium Gallium Arsenide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Erik O. Einset ,
Klavs F. Jensen  and
Thomas F. Kuech
Erik O. Einset
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
Klavs F. Jensen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
Thomas F. Kuech
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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Abstract

We present an analysis of compositional variations in the growth of the compound semiconductor, InxGal-xAs, by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). A three dimensional transport model for fluid flow, heat, and mass transfer is solved using the finite element method. The Delta Lattice Parameter (DLP) model is used to describe the thermodynamics of the solid solution, and the Hertz-Langmuir equation is used to calculate the evaporation rate of indium from the growing crystal. Wall depletion is incorporated by allowing for explicit wall deposition of In vapor throughout the reactor.

Comparison of model predictions with experimental observations by MOCVD of InGaAs in a horizontal reactor suggests that transport phenomena lead to composition variations across the substrate, and that solution thermodynamics have little effect on the InAs incorporation rate at a given deposition temperature. However, thermodynamic factors appear to influence the change in indium incorporation with growth temperature.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 204: Symposium E – Chemical Perspectives of Microelectronic Materials II , 1990 , 207
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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