IP Library Granted Patent US 10,229,977
Granted Patent B2
US 10,229,977 · App. 15/708,156 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Nitrogen-containing semiconductor device

Inventors: Cheng-Hsueh Lu (Tainan, TW); Hsin-Chiao Fang (Tainan, TW); Chi-Hao Cheng (Tainan, TW); Chih-Feng Lu (Tainan, TW); Chi-Feng Huang (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Genesis Photonics Inc.
H01L29/205H01L33/04H01L33/32
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Patent No.
US 10,229,977
App. No.
15/708,156
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nitrogen-containing semiconductor device including a substrate, a first AlGaN buffer layer, a second AlGaN buffer layer and a semiconductor stacking layer is provided. The first AlGaN buffer layer is disposed on the substrate, and the second AlGaN buffer layer is disposed on the first AlGaN buffer layer. A chemical formula of the first AlGaN buffer layer is Al x Ga 1-x N, wherein 0≤x≤1. The first AlGaN buffer layer is doped with at least one of oxygen having a concentration greater than 5×10 17 cm −3 and carbon having a concentration greater than 5×10 17 cm −3 . A chemical formula of the second AlGaN buffer layer is Al y Ga 1-y N, wherein 0≤y≤1. The semiconductor stacking layer is disposed on the second AlGaN buffer layer.

Claims (24)

1. A nitrogen-containing semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first AlGaN buffer layer, disposed on the substrate, wherein a chemical formula of the first AlGaN buffer layer is Al x Ga 1-x N, wherein 0≤x≤1, and the first AlGaN buffer layer is doped with at least one of oxygen having a concentration greater than 5×10 17 cm −3 and carbon having a concentration greater than 5×10 17 cm −3 ;

a GaN buffer layer, disposed on the first AlGaN buffer layer;

a second AlGaN buffer layer, disposed on the GaN buffer layer, wherein a chemical formula of the second AlGaN buffer layer is Al y Ga 1-y N, wherein 0≤y≤1;

a third AlGaN buffer layer, wherein a chemical formula of the third AlGaN buffer layer is Al z Ga 1-z N, wherein 0≤z≤1, the third AlGaN buffer layer is disposed between the first AlGaN buffer layer and the GaN buffer layer, and a concentration of Al in the first AlGaN buffer layer is greater than a concentration of Al in the third AlGaN buffer layer; and

a semiconductor stacking layer, disposed on the second AlGaN buffer layer,

wherein a concentration of Al in the third AlGaN buffer layer decreases from a side connected to the first AlGaN buffer layer to a side connected to the GaN buffer layer.

2. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the material of the substrate comprises sapphire, a surface of the substrate connected to the first AlGaN buffer layer is a patterned surface, and when the material of the substrate comprises silicon or SiC, the surface of the substrate connected to the first AlGaN buffer layer is a smooth surface.

3. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein x in the chemical formula of the first AlGaN buffer layer is greater than y in the chemical formula of the second AlGaN buffer layer.

4. A nitrogen-containing semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first AlGaN buffer layer, disposed on the substrate, wherein a chemical formula of the first AlGaN buffer layer is Al x Ga 1-x N, wherein 0≤x≤1;

a GaN buffer layer, disposed on the first AlGaN buffer layer;

a second AlGaN buffer layer, disposed on the GaN buffer layer, wherein a chemical formula of the second AlGaN buffer layer is Al y Ga 1-y N, wherein 0≤y≤1, and the first AlGaN buffer layer is doped with at least one of oxygen having a concentration greater than 5×10 17 cm −3 and carbon having a concentration greater than 5×10 17 cm −3 ;

a third AlGaN buffer layer, wherein a chemical formula of the third AlGaN buffer layer is Al z Ga 1-z N, wherein 0≤z≤1, the third AlGaN buffer layer is disposed between the first AlGaN buffer layer and the GaN buffer layer, and a concentration of Al in the first AlGaN buffer layer is greater than a concentration of Al in the third AlGaN buffer layer; and

a semiconductor stacking layer, disposed on the second AlGaN buffer layer,

wherein a concentration of Al in the third AlGaN buffer layer decreases from a side connected to the first AlGaN buffer layer to a side connected to the GaN buffer layer.

5. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein when a material of the substrate comprises sapphire, a surface of the substrate connected to the first AlGaN buffer layer is a patterned surface, and when the material of the substrate comprises silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon, a surface of the substrate connected to the first AlGaN buffer layer is a smooth surface.

6. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a thickness of the first AlGaN buffer layer is in a range from 1 nanometer to 100 nanometers, a thickness of the GaN buffer layer is in a range from 100 nanometers to 10 micrometers, a thickness of the second AlGaN buffer layer is in a range from 0.5 nanometers to 20 nanometers.

7. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate comprises sapphire, silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon.

8. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first AlGaN buffer layer is in a range from 1 nanometer to 100 nanometers, a thickness of the GaN buffer layer is in a range from 100 nanometers to 10 micrometers, a thickness of the second AlGaN buffer layer is in a range from 0.5 nanometers to 20 nanometers.

9. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a material of the substrate comprises sapphire, silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon.

10. The nitrogen-containing semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein x in the chemical formula of the first AlGaN buffer layer is greater than y in the chemical formula of the second AlGaN buffer layer.

Assignments (3)
ADDRESS CHANGE REGISTRATION FORM Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
To: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 066044/0133 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066044/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2017
From: LU, CHENG-HSUEH; FANG, HSIN-CHIAO; CHENG, CHI-HAO; LU, CHIH-FENG; HUANG, CHI-FENG
To: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 043618/0540 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 105130176 A · Sep 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180083108A1 · Mar 22, 2018
Cited By (1)
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