JP6853552B2 - 電気光学装置 - Google Patents
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以上のようにして、電気光学装置が完成する。
2 埋め込み酸化層
3 支持基板
4 pタイプ領域(p+ドープ半導体シリコン層)
5 nタイプ領域(n+ドープ半導体シリコン層)
6−1 第1の電気コンタクト部
6−2 第2の電気コンタクト部
7−1,7−2 電極配線(金属電極)
8 酸化物クラッド
9 第1のシリコン半導体層(pドープ半導体シリコン)
10 第2のシリコン半導体層(nドープ多結晶シリコン)
11 nタイプ領域(n+ドープ多結晶シリコン層)
12 誘電体層
13 Si1−xGex(x=0.01〜0.9)層
14 Si1−xGex積層層
15 組成変調Si1−xGex(x=0.01〜0.9)層
16 歪Si1−xGex(x=0.01〜0.9)層
17 酸化又は窒化Si1−xGex(x=0.01〜0.9)層
18 酸化膜マスク
19 SiNxハードマスク層
20 コンタクトホール
21 第1のアーム
22 第2のアーム
23 駆動用電極パッド
24 光分岐器
25 光合波器
101 真性半導体領域
102,103 スラブ領域
105 本体領域
106 (真正半導体)シリコン層
107 ゲート領域
108 多結晶シリコン層
110 リブ型導波路
111 スラブ部分
141 リブ部
142 第1のスラブ部
143 第2のスラブ部
151 本発明の実施形態に係る電気光学装置の周波数特性
152 関連する電気光学装置の周波数特性
Claims (9)
- リブ部及び前記リブ部から第1の方向へ延びる第1のスラブ部を含むリブ型導波路を有する第1の半導体層と、
前記リブ部上のみに形成された誘電体層と、
前記誘電体層の上面から前記第1の方向とは逆の第2の方向へと延びる第2の半導体層と、
前記第1のスラブ部に前記第1の方向の側で接するように前記第1の半導体層に形成された第1の高濃度不純物領域と、
前記第2の半導体層の前記第2の方向寄りの領域であって、前記第1の半導体層と積層方向に重なる領域以外の領域に形成された第2の高濃度不純物領域と、
を有し、
前記第1の半導体層は、前記リブ部から前記第2の方向へ延びる第2のスラブ部をさらに有し、前記第2のスラブ部には高純度不純物領域が接していない、ことを特徴とする電気光学装置。 - 前記第2のスラブ部の前記第2の方向の長さは1μm以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電気光学装置。
- 前記第1の半導体層は、第1の導電タイプを有し、前記第2の半導体層は、第2の導電タイプを有することを特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載の電気光学装置。
- 前記第1の半導体層は、前記リブ部と同等の高さを有する第1の電気コンタクト部を含むことを特徴とする請求項1乃至3のいずれか一つに記載の電気光学装置。
- 前記リブ部に、少なくともその一部が埋め込まれるように、Si1−xGex層又は歪Si1−xGex層が形成されていることを特徴とする請求項1及至4のいずれか一つに記載の電気光学装置。
- 前記Si1−xGex層が、組成の異なる複数のSi1−xGex層の積層層又は組成を膜厚方向に変化させた組成変調Si1−xGex層であることを特徴とする請求項5に記載の電気光学装置。
- 前記Si1−xGex層の表面を酸化あるいは窒化して、前記誘電体層の一部あるいは全部をなすことを特徴とする請求項5又は6に記載の電気光学装置。
- 前記誘電体層が、シリコン酸化物、シリコン窒化物、ハフニウム酸化物、ジルコニウム酸化物、希土類酸化物から選択されるいずれか1種類、あるいは少なくとも2種類からなる合金または積層膜であることを特徴とする請求項1及至6のいずれか一つに記載の電気光学装置。
- 前記第1および第2の半導体層の各々が、多結晶シリコン、アモルファスシリコン、歪シリコン、単結晶シリコン、Si1−xGexからなる群から選択される少なくとも一層からなることを特徴とする請求項1及至8のいずれか一つに記載の電気光学装置。
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