IP Library Granted Patent US 7,238,542
Granted Patent B2
US 7,238,542 · App. 10/927,441 · Granted Jul 3, 2007

Manufacturing method for compound semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,238,542
App. No.
10/927,441
Granted
Jul 3, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is the object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing method for a compound semiconductor device capable of removing remaining organic substances without deteriorating a characteristic of the compound semiconductor device, wherein a surface of an i-type AlGaAs schottky layer is cleaned in a state where light is blocked using either one of ozonized (O 3 ) water whose ozone concentration is at most 13 mg/L and hydrogenated (H 2 ) water whose hydrogen ion concentration (pH) is from 6 to 8 inclusive, or using both of the ozonized water and the hydrogenated water after a schottky electrode made of Ti/Al/Ti is evaporated onto the exposed i-type AlGaAs schottky layer and a lift-off operation is performed using a remover.

Claims (35)

1. A method for manufacturing a compound semiconductor device that is a field-effect transistor made up of a compound semiconductor layer including GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaAs, InGaP or InP, said method comprising:

forming a resist pattern on said compound semiconductor layer;

removing said resist pattern; and

cleaning one of a contact layer and a schottky layer of said compound semiconductor layer using both ozone-containing water and hydrogen-containing water.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer using ozone-containing water, having an ozone concentration of at most 13 mg/L, and said hydrogen-containing water.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer in a state where light is blocked.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein

said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer includes GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaAs, InGaP or InP.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning a schottky layer on which a gate electrode is formed.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning a schottky layer on which a gate electrode is formed.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer includes GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaAs, InGaP or InP.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning a schottky layer on which a gate electrode is formed.

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning a schottky layer on which a gate electrode is formed.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer includes GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaAs, InGaP or InP.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning a schottky layer on which a gate electrode is formed.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer in a state where light is blocked.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein

said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer includes GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaAs, InGaP or InP.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning a schottky layer on which a gate electrode is formed.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning a schottky layer on which a gate electrode is formed.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer in a state where light is blocked.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer comprises cleaning said one of said contact layer and said schottky layer by an oxidation effect of said ozone-containing water or a deoxidation effect of said hydrogen-containing water.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033021/0806 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 13, 2014
From: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031997/0445 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 8, 2014
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031947/0358 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2004
From: KATO, YOSHIAKI; YAMAGUCHI, TUNEO; TAMURA, AKIYOSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015742/0393 →