Heated insert cell for Ga & In – ABI

Details

Large loading capacity from 85cc to 3000cc
Higher stability than any other effusion cell
Lowest growth defect density compared to any other effusion cell
Wafer growth uniformities improved by factor of up to 3
Reduced flux transient
Reusable insert

Presentation

The Riber ABI effusion cell is designed to produce stable purity molecular beams.

The ABI cell relies on the concept of a cylindrical crucible with a self-heated beam-shaper insert on top. This unique design enables extended campaign durations – 4 times higher loading capacity than conventional conical crucibles and large ingot loading (reduced source material oxidation and increased material quality).

It is specifically adapted for the growth of epitaxial layers of medium vapor pressure materials.

ABI cells perform with a very high reproducibility, with excellent run-to-run stability and long-term flux stability – less than 1% variation over 40 h

ABI give improved epilayer quality compared to standard conical cell, with best in class uniformity – better than 1.5% – and low defects density. The flux transient is also reduced to less than 2%.

The insert has been carefully engineered to improve the flux stability over the load consumption, while maintaining excellent uniformities of thickness and composition. The design also enables to get the same evaporation surface over time. The insert is reusable.

It is heated on the conical section and on the lip in order to prevent condensation and droplet formation or cross contamination, thus reducing “oval defects” observed in GaAs growth with other technology.

Flexible operating conditions are obtained with independent temperature control of the insert filament.

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