Patent · US Expired

Method for fabricating a nitride semiconductor device

US6764871B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by
5References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 2003
Grant dateJul 20, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 20, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for fabricating a nitride semiconductor device comprising steps of forming a low-temperature deposited layer composed of a Group III-Group V nitride semiconductor containing at least Al onto a surface of substrate (101) at a first temperature; subjecting the low-temperature deposited layer to heat treatment at a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, and converting the low-temperature deposited layer into a faceted layer (102); initially growing a GaN based semiconductor layer (103) onto a surface of the faceted layer at a third temperature; and fully growing the GaN based semiconductor layer at a fourth temperature that is lower than the third temperature. By employing the method for fabricating a nitride semiconductor device according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a nitride semiconductor device with high quality and high reliability.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.