IP Library Granted Patent US 7,259,409
Granted Patent B2
US 7,259,409 · App. 10/665,524 · Granted Aug 21, 2007

Thin film device and its fabrication method

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Patent No.
US 7,259,409
App. No.
10/665,524
Granted
Aug 21, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin film device includes a metal sulfide layer formed on a single crystal silicon substrate by epitaxial growth; and a compound thin film with ionic bonding, which is formed on the metal sulfide layer by epitaxial growth. Alternatively, a thin film device includes a metal sulfide layer formed on a single crystal silicon substrate by epitaxial growth; and at least two compound thin films with ionic bonding, which are formed on the metal sulfide layer by epitaxial growth. For example, (11 2 0) surface AlN/MnS/Si (100) thin films formed by successively stacking a MnS layer (about 50 nm thick) and an AlN layer (about 1000 nm thick) on a single crystal Si (100) substrate, are used as a substrate, and a (11 2 0) surface GaN layer (about 100 nm thick) operating as a light emitting layer is formed on the substrate, thereby fabricating a thin film device.

Claims (3)

1. A thin film device comprising: a metal sulfide layer selected from the group consisting of manganese sulfide (MnS), magnesium sulfide (MgS), and calcium sulfide (CaS), which is formed on a single crystal silicon substrate; and a thin film comprising an ionic compound, which is formed on the metal sulfide layer, wherein said single crystal silicon is a single crystal silicon (100), and said ionic compound thin film is an aluminum nitride (AlN) having a (1120) surface as its top surface.

2. The thin film device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an ionic compound having a (1120) thin film, which has a (1120) surface formed by epitaxial growth as its top surface, and is formed on said aluminum nitride (AlN) layer having the (1120) surface as its top surface, or via another intermediate layer.

3. The thin film device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said compound thin film comprises a gallium nitride (GaN) thin film having a (1120) surface as its top surface.

Assignments (8)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026891/0655 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2010
From: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE; FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025546/0719 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 3, 2010
From: FUJI ELECTRIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024023/0056 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2010
From: FUJI ELECTRIC CORPORATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024023/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2004
From: CHIKYO, TOYOHIRO; YOO, YOUNG ZO; AHMET, PARHAT
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCES
Reel/Frame 015288/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2004
From: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE; FUJI ELECTRIC CORPORATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, LTD.
To: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE; FUJI ELECTRIC CORPORATE RESEARCH AND EVELOPMENT, LTD.
Reel/Frame 015287/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2004
From: KOINUMA, HIDEOMI; SONG, JEONG-HWAN
To: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 015288/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2004
From: KONISHI, YOSHINORI; YONEZAWA, YOSHIYUKI
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CORPORATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, LTD.
Reel/Frame 015288/0613 →