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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a group-III nitride superlattice layer on a silicon substrate

US8043977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2006
Grant dateOct 25, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10H20/815
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor device containing a silicon single crystal substrate 101, a silicon carbide layer 102 provided on a surface of the substrate, a Group III nitride semiconductor junction layer 103 provided in contact with the silicon carbide layer, and a superlattice-structured layer 104 constituted by Group III nitride semiconductors on the Group III nitride semiconductor junction layer. In this semiconductor device, the silicon carbide layer is a layer of a cubic system whose lattice constant exceeds 0.436 nm and is not more than 0.460 nm and which has a nonstoichiometric composition containing silicon abundantly in terms of composition, and the Group III nitride semiconductor junction layer has a composition of AlxGaYInzN1-αMα (0≦X, Y, Z≦1, X+Y+Z=1, 0≦α<1, M is a Group V element except nitrogen).

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