Project Title: Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Deposition System

Project Description:

The student will help in developing and optimizing an atmospheric pressure chemical deposition system. Work will be conducted in the Micro Devices Lab (MDL). A repeatable process for depositing Si02 on GaAs would have to be developed. The dielectric films would also have to be characterized using ellipsometry and chemical etching.

Background Information:

The Si02 will be used as a passivation layer for planar Scholtky diodes.

Literature References:

General information about semiconductor processing would be very helpful.

Requirements:

The sponsor requires that interested students meet the following requirements:

Coursework in solid state devices and/or semiconductor fabrication techniques would be useful but not essential.

This opportunity is for:

Caltech students only

Research Sponsor

Sponsor: Imran Mehdi
Division: JPL
Mail Code: 168-314
Phone: 354-2001
E-mail: imran@merlin.jpl.nasa.gov