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Group III nitride crystal substrate, method of its manufacture, and group III nitride semiconductor device

US8002892B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2005
Grant dateAug 23, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/02625
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Affords a Group-III nitride crystal substrate that is of low dislocation density and is inexpensive to manufacture, a method of manufacturing such a substrate, and Group-III nitride semiconductor devices that incorporate the Group-III nitride crystal substrate. The Group-III nitride crystal substrate manufacturing method includes: a step of growing, by liquid-phase epitaxy, a first Group-III nitride crystal (2) onto a base substrate (1); and a step of growing, by vapor-phase epitaxy, a second Group-III nitride crystal (3) onto the first Group-III nitride crystal (2). The Group-III nitride crystal substrate, produced by such a manufacturing method, has a dislocation density of 1×107 dislocations/cm2.

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