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Statistical experimental design for MBE process characterization

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Lee, KK; Bicknell-Tassius, R; Dagnall, G; Brown, A; May, G
Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium
December 1, 1996

This paper presents a statistically designed experiment for systematic characterization of the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) process to quantitatively describe the effects of process conditions on the qualities of grown films. This methodology is applied to a five-layer, undoped AlGaAs and InGaAs single quantum well structure grown on a GaAs substrate. Six input factors (time and temperature for oxide removal, substrate temperatures for AlGaAs and InGaAs layer growth, beam equivalent pressure of the As source and quantum well interrupt time) are examined by means of a Resolution IV, 26-2 fractional factorial design requiring sixteen trials. Several responses are characterized, including defect density, x-ray diffraction, and photoluminescence. Results indicate that the manipulation of each of the six factors over the ranges examined are statistically significant and lead to considerable variation in the responses. Following characterization, back-propagation neural networks are trained to model the process responses. The neural process models exhibit very good agreement with experimental results.

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Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium

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December 1, 1996

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Lee, K. K., Bicknell-Tassius, R., Dagnall, G., Brown, A., & May, G. (1996). Statistical experimental design for MBE process characterization. Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium, 378–385.
Lee, K. K., R. Bicknell-Tassius, G. Dagnall, A. Brown, and G. May. “Statistical experimental design for MBE process characterization.” Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium, December 1, 1996, 378–85.
Lee KK, Bicknell-Tassius R, Dagnall G, Brown A, May G. Statistical experimental design for MBE process characterization. Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium. 1996 Dec 1;378–85.
Lee, K. K., et al. “Statistical experimental design for MBE process characterization.” Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium, Dec. 1996, pp. 378–85.
Lee KK, Bicknell-Tassius R, Dagnall G, Brown A, May G. Statistical experimental design for MBE process characterization. Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium. 1996 Dec 1;378–385.

Published In

Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium

Publication Date

December 1, 1996

Start / End Page

378 / 385