IP Library Granted Patent US 12685040
Granted Patent B2
US 12685040 · App. 18/451,934 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate

Inventors: Masahiro Sakai (Nagoya, JP); Katsuhiro Imai (Nagoya, JP); Hiroki Kobayashi (Chiryu, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
H10P14/2908H10D62/405H10D62/8503H10H20/0137H10H20/818H10H20/825H10P14/2926
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12685040
App. No.
18/451,934
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate includes: a first surface; and a second surface, wherein warping of a crystal plane of the first surface has a plurality of extremes.

Claims (16)

1 . A Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate, comprising:

a first surface; and

a second surface,

wherein warping of a crystal plane of the first surface has a plurality of extremes.

2 . The Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein warping of a crystal plane in a <11-20> direction passing through a center of the substrate in the crystal plane of the first surface, and warping of a crystal plane in a <1-100> direction perpendicular to the <11-20> direction and passing through the center of the substrate each have a plurality of extremes.

3 . The Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the extremes is 3 or more.

4 . The Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the extremes have an interval of 3 mm or more between adjacent extremes.

5 . The Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein an off-angle variation of the Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate as a whole is 0.40° or less.

6 . The Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate has a diameter of 75 mm or more.

7 . A Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate, comprising:

a first surface; and

a second surface,

wherein warping of a crystal plane in a <11-20> direction passing through a center of the substrate in the crystal plane of the first surface, and warping of a crystal plane in a <1-100> direction perpendicular to the <11-20> direction and passing through the center of the substrate each have 3 or more of extremes,

wherein the extremes have an interval of 3 mm or more between adjacent extremes,

wherein an off-angle variation of the Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate as a whole is 0.40° or less, and

wherein the Group-III element nitride semiconductor substrate has a diameter of 75 mm or more.