IP Library Granted Patent US 9,779,934
Granted Patent B2
US 9,779,934 · App. 12/591,423 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate, method of manufacturing the same and nitride semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,779,934
App. No.
12/591,423
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate includes a diameter of not less than 40 mm, a thickness of not less than 100 μm, a dislocation density of not more than 5×10 6 /cm 2 , an impurity concentration of not more than 4×10 19 /cm 3 , and a nanoindentation hardness of not less than 19.0 GPa at a maximum load in a range of not less than 1 mN and not more than 50 mN.

Claims (16)

1. A nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate, comprising:

a diameter of not less than 40 mm;

a thickness of not less than 100 μm;

a dislocation density of not more than 5×10 6 /cm 2 ;

an impurity concentration of not more than 4×10 19 /cm 3 ; and

a nanoindentation hardness of not less than 19.0 GPa at a maximum load in a range of not less than 1 mN and not more than 50 mN.

2. The nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a surface inclined from a C plane in a range of not less than 0° and not more than 5°.

3. The nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a surface inclined from an M plane in a range of not less than 0° and not more than 5°.

4. The nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

a direction of a crystal axis facing a direction closest to a normal line with respect to a surface of the substrate at each point in plane of the substrate comprises a dispersion of not more than 0.1° per 10 mm length along the surface of the substrate.

5. The nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a surface that an rms value in a 10 μm square region is not more than 3 nm.

6. A nitride semiconductor device, comprising:

the nitride semiconductor free-standing substrate according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2016
From: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037730/0397 →
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 Nov 19, 2009
From: FUJIKURA, HAJIME
To: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023589/0892 →