IP Library Granted Patent US 8,624,291
Granted Patent B2
US 8,624,291 · App. 13/091,581 · Granted Jan 7, 2014

Crystalline aluminum carbide thin film, semiconductor substrate having the aluminum carbide thin film formed thereon and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 8,624,291
App. No.
13/091,581
Granted
Jan 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a crystalline aluminum carbide thin film, a semiconductor substrate having the crystalline aluminum carbide thin film formed thereon, and a method of fabricating the same. Further, the method of fabricating the AlC thin film includes supplying a carbon containing gas and an aluminum containing gas to a furnace, to growing AlC crystals on a substrate.

Claims (8)

1. A crystalline aluminum carbide (AlC) thin film configured to emit light at a wavelength in the range of 310 nm to 413 nm, in a cathode luminescence (CL) measurement.

2. The AlC thin film of claim 1 , wherein the AlC thin film is formed on a c-plane of a sapphire substrate.

3. A crystalline aluminum carbide (AlC) thin film having a band gap of from 3.4 eV to 4.3 eV, in a transmittance measurement.

4. A crystalline aluminum carbide (AlC) thin film disposed on a sapphire substrate or a silicon carbide substrate.

5. A semiconductor substrate comprising a crystalline AlC thin film disposed on a sapphire substrate or a silicon carbide substrate.

6. The semiconductor substrate of claim 5 , wherein the AlC thin film is formed on a c-plane of a sapphire substrate.

7. The semiconductor substrate of claim 5 , wherein the AlC thin film emits light at a wavelength in the range of 310 nm to 413 nm, in a cathode luminescence (CL) measurement.

8. The semiconductor substrate of claims 5 , wherein the AlC thin film has a band gap from 3.4 eV to 4.3 eV, in a transmittance measurement.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2014
From: SEOUL OPTO DEVICE CO., LTD
To: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 032723/0126 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2011
From: SAKAI, SHIRO
To: SEOUL OPTO DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026167/0108 →