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20100258898 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device made of group III/N materials and a method of fabricating the device. The method includes growing by epitaxy on a substrate layer the following successive layers: a layer adapted to contain an electron gas, a barrier layer, and a surface layer. The method also includes an etching step performed on at least part of the surface layer. After the etching step, an epitaxial regrowth is performed to grow a covering layer on the etched surface layer. The material of the surface layer and the material of the covering layer include at least one Group III element and nitrogen. | 10-14-2010 |
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