System and method for providing an electron blocking layer with doping control
View Patent ↗Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing an electron blocking layer with doping control. The electron blocking layer is included in a semiconductor assembly. The electron blocking layer includes a lithium aluminate layer. The lithium aluminate layer promotes reduced diffusion of magnesium into a layer stack of the semiconductor assembly.
1. A semiconductor assembly, comprising:
a layer stack, wherein the layer stack is an active layer; and
an electron blocking layer formed upon the layer stack; and
a lithium aluminate layer that inhibits diffusion of magnesium into the layer stack by separating the layer stack from a magnesium-doped layer.
2. The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the layer stack includes a substrate.
3. The semiconductor assembly of claim 2 , wherein the layer stack includes a cladding layer, the cladding layer being formed upon the substrate.
4. The semiconductor assembly of claim 3 , wherein the layer stack includes one or more barrier layers, a first barrier layer included in the one or more barrier layers being formed upon the cladding layer.
5. The semiconductor assembly of claim 4 , wherein the layer stack includes one or more quantum well layers, a quantum well layer included in the one or more quantum well layers being formed upon the first barrier layer.
6. The semiconductor assembly of claim 5 , wherein the lithium aluminate layer is patterned.
7. The semiconductor assembly of claim 6 , wherein the patterned layer of lithium aluminate forms uniformly-spaced stripes or islands of lithium aluminate.
8. The semiconductor assembly of claim 6 , wherein the patterned lithium aluminate layer is formed upon an aluminum nitride layer, the aluminum nitride layer being formed upon a second barrier layer included in the one or more barrier layers, the second barrier layer being formed upon the quantum well layer.
9. The semiconductor assembly of claim 6 , wherein the patterned lithium aluminate layer forms multiple rows of interleaved islands.
10. The semiconductor assembly of claim 9 , wherein the patterned lithium aluminate layer is formed upon an aluminum nitride layer, the aluminum nitride layer being formed upon a second barrier layer included in the one or more barrier layers, the second barrier layer being formed upon the quantum well layer.
11. The semiconductor assembly of claim 5 , wherein the lithium aluminate layer is formed directly upon a second barrier layer included in the one or more barrier layers, the second barrier layer being formed upon the quantum well layer.
12. The semiconductor assembly of claim 5 , wherein a gallium nitride layer is formed upon the electron blocking layer.
13. The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the layer stack is formed upon a lithium aluminate substrate.
14. A semiconductor assembly, comprising:
a layer stack; and
an electron blocking layer formed upon the layer stack; and
a lithium aluminate layer that inhibits diffusion of magnesium into the layer stack by separating the layer stack from a magnesium-doped layer, wherein the electron blocking layer comprises the lithium aluminate layer and the magnesium-doped layer.
15. An assembly, comprising:
a layer stack, the layer stack including a cladding layer and one or more barrier layers, a first barrier layer included in the one or more barrier layers being formed upon the cladding layer, the layer stack further including one or more quantum well layers, a quantum well layer included in the one or more quantum well layers being formed upon the first barrier layer;
an electron blocking layer formed upon the layer stack; and
a lithium aluminate layer that at least partially blocks diffusion of magnesium into the layer stack by its physical position being between the layer stack and a source of magnesium.
16. The assembly of claim 15 , wherein the layer stack is formed upon a lithium aluminate substrate.
17. The assembly as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the cladding layer is a silicon-doped gallium nitride cladding layer.
18. The assembly as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the one or more barrier layers are silicon-doped gallium nitride barrier layers.
19. The assembly as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the one or more quantum well layers are silicon-doped indium gallium nitride quantum well layers.
20. The assembly as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the source of magnesium comprises a magnesium-doped layer, wherein the electron blocking layer comprises the magnesium-doped layer and the lithium aluminate layer, and wherein the lithium aluminate layer is positioned between the magnesium-doped layer and the layer stack.