IP Library Granted Patent US 8,829,651
Granted Patent B2
US 8,829,651 · App. 11/397,931 · Granted Sep 9, 2014

Nitride-based semiconductor substrate and semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,829,651
App. No.
11/397,931
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nitride-based semiconductor substrate has a diameter of 25 mm or more, a thickness of 250 micrometers or more, a n-type carrier concentration of 1.2×10 18 cm −3 or more and 3×10 19 cm −3 or less, and a thermal conductivity of 1.2 W/cmK or more and 3.5 W/cmK or less. Alternatively, the substrate has an electron mobility μ [cm2/Vs] of more than a value represented by log e μ=17.7−0.288 log e n and less than a value represented by log e μ=18.5−0.288 log e n, where the substrate has a n-type carrier concentration n [cm −3 ] that is 1.2×10 18 cm −3 or more and 3×10 19 cm −3 or less.

Claims (15)

1. A nitride-based semiconductor substrate, comprising:

a substrate comprising a nitride-based semiconductor,

wherein the substrate comprises:

a diameter of 25 mm or more;

a thickness of 250 micrometers or more;

a dislocation density of 1×10 7 cm −2 or less;

an oxygen impurity concentration of 10 16 cm −3 or less;

an n-type carrier concentration in a range of 1.2×10 18 cm −3 to 3×10 19 cm −3 ; and

a thermal conductivity in a range of 1.2 W/cmK to 3.5 W/cmK.

2. The nitride-based semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein:

the substrate comprises an electrical resistivity of 0.001 ohm·cm or more and 0.02 ohm·cm or less.

3. The nitride-based semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a concentration of As, Cl, P, Na, K, Li, Ca, Sn, Ti, Fe, Cr and Ni to be all 1×10 17 cm −3 or less.

4. A semiconductor device, comprising:

the nitride-based semiconductor substrate as defined in claim 1 ; and

a nitride-based semiconductor layer grown epitaxially on the nitride-based semiconductor substrate.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2016
From: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037827/0453 →
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Jul 24, 2015
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036181/0104 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 15, 2014
From: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032268/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2006
From: OSHIMA, YUICHI
To: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017878/0235 →