Si-doped GaAs single crystal substrate
View Patent ↗A Si-doped gallium arsenide single crystal substrate has a carrier concentration of 0.1×10 18 to 5.0×10 18 /cm 3 . The substrate is made by Vertical Bridgeman (VB) method or Vertical Gradient Freeze (VGF) method, and a minimum value and a maximum value of the carrier concentration in substrate plane are within a dispersion of 10% or less of an average carrier concentration in substrate plane.
1. A Si-doped gallium arsenide single crystal substrate, comprising:
a carrier concentration of 0.1×10 18 to 5.0×10 18 /cm 3 ,
wherein the substrate is made by a Vertical Bridgeman (VB) method or a Vertical Gradient Freeze (VGF) method, and
wherein a minimum value and a maximum value of the carrier concentration in a substrate plane are within a range of 10% or less of an average carrier concentration in the substrate plane.
2. The Si-doped gallium arsenide single crystal substrate according to claim 1 , wherein:
the substrate has in its plane a nearly circular and annular ring-shaped growth fringe to indicate a constant-carrier concentration, and the center of the growth fringe is located within 1/20 of a diameter of the substrate from the center of the substrate.
3. The Si-doped gallium arsenide single crystal substrate according to claim 2 , wherein:
the substrate has a dislocation density of 5,000/cm 2 or less, as an average value, in its plane.
4. The Si-doped gallium arsenide single crystal substrate according to claim 1 , wherein:
the substrate has a dislocation density of 5,000/cm 2 or less, as an average value, in its plane.