US PATENT SUBCLASS 257 / 15
.~.~.~ Superlattice


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257 /   HD   ACTIVE SOLID-STATE DEVICES (E.G., TRANSISTORS, SOLID-STATE DIODES)

9  DF  THIN ACTIVE PHYSICAL LAYER WHICH IS (1) AN ACTIVE POTENTIAL WELL LAYER THIN ENOUGH TO ESTABLISH DISCRETE QUANTUM ENERGY LEVELS OR (2) AN ACTIVE BARRIER LAYER THIN ENOUGH TO PERMIT QUANTUM MECHANICAL TUNNELING OR (3) AN ACTIVE LAYER THIN ENOUGH TO PERMIT CARRIER TRANSMISSION WITH SUBSTANTIALLY NO SCATTERING (E.G., SUPERLATTICE, QUANTUM WELL, OR BALLISTIC TRANSPORT DEVICE) {5}
12  DF  .~ Heterojunction {3}
14  DF  .~.~ Quantum well {4}
15.~.~.~ Superlattice {6}
16  DF  .~.~.~.~> Of amorphous semiconductor material
17  DF  .~.~.~.~> With particular barrier dimension
18  DF  .~.~.~.~> Strained layer superlattice {1}
20  DF  .~.~.~.~> Field effect device
21  DF  .~.~.~.~> Light responsive structure
22  DF  .~.~.~.~> With specified semiconductor materials


DEFINITION

Classification: 257/15

Superlattice:

(under subclass 14) Subject matter wherein a large number of quantum wells are present, the quantum wells being sufficiently close to each other that carrier quantum wave functions are spread out over plural quantum wells and the intervening barriers formed by the boundaries between adjacent layers having different carrier affinities.

(1) Note. Thicknesses of both the quantum well layers and the barrier layers are typically a few angstroms to a few hundred angstroms (10[supscrpt]-10[end supscrpt] meter) thick.

(2) Note. See the illustration, below, for energy level diagrams showing band edge energy discontinuities at four types of superlattice heterointerfaces. [figure]

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

148, Metal Treatment, digest 160 for superlattice treatment.