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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,542,727 ETCNG PROCESSES and SOLUTIONS Henry C Patented Feb. 20, 1951 2,542,727 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,542,727 ETCNG PROCESSES AND SOLUTIONS Henry C. Theuerer, New York, N. Y., assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York No Drawing. Application December 29, 1949, Serial No. 135,817 Claims. (C. 41-42) 1. 2 This invention relates to methods of preparing of germanium of the types used in point contact the surfaces of germanium bodies for use in the rectifiers, whether n-type or p-type germanium. formation of translating devices and to etching The nature of the germanium used for forming fluids for use in these methods. rectifiers is well known in the art and forms no There has recently been developed a new type part of the presenti ion. The dependence of semiconductor triode amplifier, which has of germanium type up the presence of Small come to be known as the transistor, which is made amounts of impurities. et forth in the litera up of a body of germanium to which three Con ture, on pages 64 and 65 of "Crystal Rectifiers' nections are made, one connection making a by Torrey and Whitmer, volume 15 of Massa broad area contact with the germanium and the O chusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Lab other two connections each making point contact oratory Series (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1948). with the germanium at closely spaced points. Transistors of the type referred to above are If a signal current is passed in one direction most conveniently formed from germanium hav across the germanium body through one of the ing the shape of a disc or wafer. The wafer may point contacts and the broad area contact and a be cut from an ingot of n-type or p-type ger potential is applied in the opposite direction manium. N-type germanium, ordinarily con across the broad area contact and the other point taining an excess of donor atoms of the Order contact, the signal is amplified through the latter of several parts in 10,000,000, has been found path. In such a device, the most desirable am particularly suitable. It is convenient to mount plification characteristics are obtained only if 2) the germanium wafer on a stud, as of brass, by the germanium surface is given a Suitable pre a Suitable means, as by soldering one face of the paratory treatment, wafer to a face of the stud, so as to provide the This treatment involves cutting a body, as for broad area contact referred to above. instance a wafer, from an ingot of germanium, The exposed face of the germanium wafer is grinding the surface to a dull gray finish with a then ground. The grinding is most suitably car suitable wet abrasive powder, washing and dry ried out by grinding the germanium surface ing the surface, and then etching the Surface in against a smooth hard surface, as of glass, a suitable etchant solution until the dull, lustre charged with a slurry of water and an abrasive, less gray appearance has been replaced by a Sur Such as alundum, which is a pure crystalline face having a sharply delineated grain structure 30 aluminum oxide, having a fine particle size of and a metallic lustre on the grain Surfaces. The the Order of 600 mesh (passing a screen of 600 two point contact wires are then applied to the mesh per inch). Obviously, a coarser or finer treated surface, the broad area base contact hav abrasive may be used, for instance with a particle ing been applied to the germanium body at any size of 200 mesh, or larger, to 900 mesh or finer. time after it was cut from the ingot. The de 35 The germanium surface is then washed with vice is then subjected to an electrical "forming' water and dried, after which it has a dull, gray, operation to develop the desired characteristics. lustreless appearance. This preliminary treatment is more particularly The germanium surface is then etched in the described and claimed in the application of W. G. aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid and hydro Pfann, Serial No. 67,797, filed December 29, 1948. 40 gen peroxide referred to above. If the ger The nature of the etchant Solution used in this manium wafer is mounted on a brass stud, no treatment has a considerable effect upon the precautions are necessary to protect the stud characteristics of the finished device. Prior to during the etching operation since this etchant the present invention, an etchant which gave has only a mild action on the metal of the stud. satisfactory results was an aqueous solution of 45 The germanium wafer can therefore be etched nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid and copper nitrate. by direct immersion, together with the stud, in The present invention is based upon the dis the etching solution. With etchants previously covery that Superior transistor characteristics, as used, it was necessary to protect the mounting well as increased ease of manufacture, are pro stud during the etching, which was a costly and duced if the etching operation referred to above 50 time consuming Operation. is Carried out using an etchant which is an aque The solution of hydrofluoric acid and hydro ous Solution of hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen gen peroxide can be used effectively for etching peroxide. germanium in a considerable range of propor The etching process of the present invention tions and dilutions. Convenient commercial is effective when applied to surfaces of all bodies Sources of the ingredients of the etching solu 2,542,727 3 4. tion are an aqueous hydrofluoric acid Solution tions having at least this concentration. Prefer containing 48 per cent by weight of hydrogen ably concentrations of at least 35 grams of hy fiuoride and an aqueous solution of hydrogen per drogen fluoride per liter of solution are used in oxide containing 30 per cent by weight of hy order to gain the advantages of more rapid etch drogen peroxide. ing. A very satisfactory etching solution for the pur Concentrations of hydrogen fluoride in excess pose of the present invention is made up of 1 of 300 grams per liter of solution are undesirable part by volume of such a hydrofluoric acid solu because of the uncontrollably rapid etching rate. tion, 1 part by volume of such a hydrogen per Preferably the concentration is maintained at oxide solution and 4 additional parts by volume of O not more than 150 grams, or more preferably water. The hydrogen fiuoride concentration in 100 grams, per liter of solution. such a solution is about 95 grams per liter. With Immediately after removal from the etching such an etching solution, the desired transistor Solution, the etched body is thoroughly Washed properties can be obtained by etching the ger and dred, as by Washing it in a running stream manium surface for one minute. The resulting 5 of cold water and drying it in an air blast. germanium surface has a sharply delineated grain This treatment results in a germanium body structure and a metallic lustre within the grain which can be assembled into a transistor of supe boundaries. Etching for a longer period of time rior amplifying properties. Such a transistor results in continuous dissolution of germanium may be formed by applying two separate point from the surface but has no substantial effect 20 contact electrodes to the prepared germanium on the transistor properties. Therefore, etching surface. These electrodes may be of copper or may be continued for as long as desired, short of phosphor bronze, although electrodes of silver, actual mechanical damage to the germanium tungSten, noybdenum, aluminum, platinum and wafer, but in commercial practice it is desirable, other materials have been used. The points of for economic reasons, that the etching period be 25 contact between the tWO electrodes and the ger as short as possible. manium Surface are spaced closely togetner, In the etching solution referred to above, equal ordinarily at a distance of 0.001 inch to 0.006 volumes of a 48 per cent hydrofluoric acid Solu inch Iron one another, although in some cases tion and a 30 per cent hydrogen peroxide Solu the distance may be less than U.U0l inch and as tion were used (a ratio of i. 7 parts by weight of 30 large as 0.020 inch or more. The diameters of hydrofluoric acid to 1 part of hydrogen perox the junctions between the point contact elec ide), and the mixture was diluted with water. trodes and the germanium Surface may be of the A similar mixture, undiluted with additional wa Order of 0.001 inch Or leSS. ter, can also be used satisfactorily. The etching One of these point contact electrodes, referred action of the undiluted mixture is So great that 35 to as the emitter, and tile Oroad area, base con the resulting germanium surface is pitted but nection constitute the two input connections of this has no detrimenal effect on the transistor the transistor. The other point contact elec properties. It is, however, ordinarily more desir trode, referred to as the Collector, and the broad able to use a more dilute solution which offers area base connection constitute the two output greater control over the etching rate. 40 connections of the transistor. As the solution is made more dilute, the rate Prior to use, the transistor is subjected to an of etching decreases so that a longer immersion electrical forming operation. This forming is time is necessary to produce the characteristic carried out by electrically connecting the emitter etched surface appearance and the desired tran to the base, preferably with a positive bias, with sistor characteristics.
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