Innovation

Localized Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) Wafer

University of California System: University of California, Santa Barbara
posted on 06/10/2009

A new and simple way to realize silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers with localized insulator region.

Suggested Uses

  • Electronic and photonic devices
     
     

 

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Advantages

  • 4.5X lower thermal impedance
  • Improved thermal dissipation capacity of electronic and photonic devices
  • Higher output power and reduced threshold currents
  • Different devices can be integrated on the same substrate easily

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Detailed Description

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a new and simple way to realize silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers with localized insulator region. The fabrication is implemented by well-known CMOS technology and completely compatible to current SOI wafer manufacturing flow.  

File Number: 18966 

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Background
Within the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers the substrates are limited by thickness of the top device layer and BOX layer, plus potential surface morphology issue and material defects  


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