A method includes introducing a semiconductor-containing precursor gas into a reaction chamber through a gas passage; directing the semiconductor-containing precursor gas from the gas passage to a region over a shower plate, wherein the shower plate is above the gas passage and a wafer in the reaction chamber; guiding the semiconductor-containing precursor gas to flow through the shower plate; rotating the wafer; and epitaxially growing an epitaxy feature over the wafer by using the semiconductor-containing precursor gas to interact with the wafer when rotating the wafer.

The present invention relates to a layer formation method and, more specifically, to a semiconductor device manufacturing method for forming a semiconductor device through a low-temperature process. The layer formation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which comprises a silicon substrate containing germanium (Ge) or a substrate on which a silicon layer containing germanium (Ge) is formed, and which comprises an undoped gallium nitride (GaN) layer, an N-type gallium nitride (GaN) layer, an active layer and a P-type gallium nitride (GaN) layer, wherein a step of forming at least one gallium nitride layer from among the undoped gallium nitride (GaN) layer, the N-type gallium nitride (GaN) layer, the active layer and the P-type gallium nitride (GaN) layer comprises the steps of: a) sequentially supplying a gallium (Ga) precursor and a nitrogen (N2) precursor at 500 C. or lower, thereby forming a gallium nitride (GaN) layer on the substrate; and b) exposing the gallium nitride (GaN) layer to a hydrogen-containing plasma, and steps a) and b) are repeated multiple times.

A fin structure on a substrate is disclosed. The fin structure can comprises a first epitaxial region and a second epitaxial region separated by a dielectric region, a merged epitaxial region on the first epitaxial region and the second epitaxial region, an epitaxial buffer region on a top surface of the merged epitaxial region, and an epitaxial capping region on the buffer epitaxial region and side surfaces of the merged epitaxial region.

Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, and devices. Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a -(Al.sub.xGa.sub.1-x).sub.2O.sub.3, having an x value of less than about 5% and comprising at least one n-carrier dopant. Also disclosed are methods of making the same. Also disclosed are devices comprising the disclosed compositions.

Utility of an ECR plasma technique is enhanced. A film forming apparatus 1 deposits, on a surface of a substrate SUB, first target particles emitted by bombardment of ions (ions making ECR plasma) with a cylindrical target TA mounted on a cylindrical-target mounting section 27 and second target particles emitted by bombardment of ions (ions making plasma which is different in density from the ECR plasma) with a disk target TA2 mounted on a disk-target mounting section 31.

A SiC epitaxial wafer according to an embodiment includes a SiC substrate, and a SiC epitaxial layer on one surface of the SiC substrate. The SiC epitaxial layer has a buffer layer and a drift layer. The buffer layer is located between the drift layer and the SiC substrate, and has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the drift layer. The impurity concentration of the buffer layer is 2.010.sup.18 cm.sup.3 or more. In a case where the impurity concentration at a center in plan view in a laminating direction is measured in the laminating direction, uniformity of the impurity concentration in the buffer layer is 50% or less.

A method for growing a III-V material may include forming at least one layer on a stack including a crystalline layer made of III-V material, a first masking layer surmounting the germination layer, the first masking layer having at least one first opening; depositing a second masking layer covering an upper face of the sacrificial layer; forming at least one second opening in the second masking layer; removing the sacrificial layer selectively at the first masking layer and at the second masking layer; epitaxially growing a material made of the III-V material from the germination layer; forming al least one third opening in the second masking layer; and epitaxially growing at least one material made of the III-V material from the first epitaxial layer.

A Schottky barrier diode, including a first n-type semiconductor layer including a -Ga.sub.2O.sub.3-based single crystal epitaxial layer and having a first carrier concentration that determines reverse breakdown voltage and forward voltage, a second n-type semiconductor layer including a -Ga.sub.2O.sub.3-based single crystal substrate and having a second carrier concentration that is higher than the first carrier concentration and determines forward voltage, a Schottky electrode provided on a surface of the first n-type semiconductor layer on the opposite side to the second n-type semiconductor layer, and an ohmic electrode provided on a surface of the second n-type semiconductor layer on the opposite side to the first n-type semiconductor layer. The -Ga.sub.2O.sub.3-based single crystal substrate includes a surface that has a plane orientation rotated by an angle of not more than 37.5 from a (010) plane.

A method for producing a planar semiconductor surface includes forming a workpiece that has a carrier substrate, one or more insulating layers, a semiconductor layer, a first etch stop layer, and a second etch stop layer; forming a contact on the workpiece; biasing the workpiece to a second voltage through the contact; etching the second etch stop layer and part of the first etch stop layer with a photo-electrochemical etching and the second voltage that selectively removes the second etch stop layer faster than the first etch stop layer; biasing the workpiece to a first voltage through the contact; and etching the first etch stop layer and part of the semiconductor layer with the photo-electrochemical etching and the first voltage that selectively removes the first etch stop layer faster than the semiconductor layer to produce a semiconductor device with a planar surface on the semiconductor layer.

Disclosed are an MPS diode device and a preparation method therefor. The MPS diode device comprises a plurality of cells arranged in parallel, wherein each cell comprises a cathode electrode, and a substrate, epitaxial layer, buffer layer, and anode electrode that are formed in succession on the cathode electrode; two active regions are formed on the side of the epitaxial layer away from the substrate; the width of forbidden band of the buffer layer is greater than the width of forbidden band of the epitaxial layer, and a material of the buffer layer and a material of the epitaxial layer are allotropes; and first openings are formed at the positions in the buffer layer opposite to the active regions, and an ohmic metal layer is formed in the first openings.