III-nitride crystal manufacturing method, III-nitride crystal substrate, and III-nitride semiconductor device
US7998847B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H20/825
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Affords methods of manufacturing bulk III-nitride crystals whereby at least the surface dislocation density is low globally.The present III-nitride crystal manufacturing method includes: a step of preparing an undersubstrate (1) containing a III-nitride seed crystal, the III-nitride seed crystal having a matrix (1s), and inversion domains (1t) in which the polarity in the <0001> directions is inverted with respect to the matrix (1s); and a step of growing a III-nitride crystal (10) onto the matrix (1s) and inversion domains (1t) of the undersubstrate (1) by a liquid-phase technique; and is characterized in that a first region (10s), being where the growth rate of III-nitride crystal (10) growing onto the matrix (1s) is greater, covers second regions (10t), being where the growth rate of III-nitride crystal (10) growing onto the inversion domains (1t) is lesser.
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