Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Including semiconductor material other than silicon or... – Group iii-v compound
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-22
2007-05-22
Gupta, Yogendra N. (Department: 1722)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Including semiconductor material other than silicon or...
Group iii-v compound
C257S607000, C257S609000, C257S611000, C117S054000, C117S063000, C117S902000, C117S952000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10757864
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a Group III nitride substrate that has less variations in in-plane carrier concentration and includes crystals grown at a high growth rate. The manufacturing method of the present invention includes: (i) forming a semiconductor layer (a seed layer12) on a substrate, with the semiconductor layer being formed of a semiconductor expressed by a composition formula of AluGavIn1−u−vN (wherein 0≦u≦1 and 0≦v≦1) and having a (0001) plane present at its surface; (ii) processing the surface of the semiconductor layer so that the surface becomes a plane sloped with respect to the (0001) plane of the semiconductor layer; and (iii) bringing the surface of the semiconductor layer into contact with a melt containing a solvent and at least one Group III element selected from gallium, aluminum, and indium, in an atmosphere containing nitrogen, to make the at least one Group III element and the nitrogen react with each other to grow Group III nitride crystals (GaN single crystals13) on the semiconductor layer.
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Ishibashi Akihiko
Kidoguchi Isao
Kitaoka Yasuo
Minemoto Hisashi
Gupta Yogendra N.
Hamre Schumann Mueller & Larson P.C.
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
Song Matthew J.
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