IP Library Granted Patent US 7,740,823
Granted Patent B2
US 7,740,823 · App. 11/976,237 · Granted Jun 22, 2010

Method of growing III group nitride single crystal and III group nitride single crystal manufactured by using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,740,823
App. No.
11/976,237
Granted
Jun 22, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of growing a III group nitride single crystal by using a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process, the method including: preparing an r-plane (1-102) substrate; forming a nitride-based nucleation layer on the substrate; and growing a nonpolar a-plane nitride gallium single crystal on the nitride-based nucleation layer while altering increase and decrease of a ratio of V/III group to alternate a horizontal growth mode and a vertical growth mode.

Claims (12)

1. A method of growing a III group nitride single crystal by using a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process, the method comprising:

preparing an r-plane (1-102) substrate;

forming a nitride-based nucleation layer on the substrate; and

growing a nonpolar a-plane (11-20) gallium nitride single crystal on the nitride-based nucleation layer while alternately increasing and decreasing a ratio of V/III group to alternate between a horizontal growth mode and a vertical growth mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising thermally processing the substrate, between the preparing an r-plane (1-102) substrate and the forming a nitride-based nucleation layer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the thermally processing the substrate is performed at a temperature of 1000 to 1200° C.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming a nitride-based nucleation layer is performed at a temperature of 500 to 600° C.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the nitride-based nucleation layer is 20 to 50 nm.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of V/III group of the vertical growth mode is within a range of 1300 to 1900, and the ratio of V/III group of the horizontal growth mode is within a range of 130 to 190.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, in the growing a nonpolar a-plane nitride gallium single crystal, the alternately increasing and decreasing a ratio of V/III group is performed 10 times or more at an interval of 15 to 60 seconds.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a time ratio of the horizontal growth mode to the vertical growth mode is within a range of 1 to 1.5.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the altering increase and decrease of a ratio of V/III group is performed by increasing and decreasing a flux of a nitrogen source gas.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 7, 2012
From: SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028744/0272 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2010
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024723/0532 →