IP Library Granted Patent US 11,618,969
Granted Patent B2
US 11,618,969 · App. 16/349,418 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

SiC single crystal composite and SiC ingot

Inventors: Yohei Fujikawa (Hikone, JP); Hideyuki Uehigashi (Kariya, JP)
Assignees: SHOWA DENKO K.K.; DENSO CORPORATION
C30B29/36C01B32/956C30B23/02
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Patent No.
US 11,618,969
App. No.
16/349,418
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A SiC single crystal composite includes: a central portion positioned at a center in plan view; and an outer circumferential portion surrounding an outer circumference of the central portion, in which crystal planes of the central portion and the outer circumferential portion are inclined to each other or different from each other, a boundary is present between the central portion and the outer circumferential portion, and a direction of a crystal constituting the central portion and a direction of a crystal constituting the outer circumferential portion are different from each other via the boundary.

Claims (7)

1. A SiC ingot, comprising:

a first single crystal positioned at a center in plan view;

a second single crystal surrounding an outer circumference of the first single crystal; and

a joint portion connecting the first single crystal to the second single crystal,

wherein a direction of a crystal constituting the first single crystal and a direction of a crystal constituting the second single crystal are different from each other with the joint portion as a boundary,

wherein the first single crystal and the second single crystal are different from each other in polytype, and

the joint portion is provided inward of 5% or more of a diameter of the SiC ingot from an outer circumferential end of the SiC ingot and provided outward of a position inward of 30% of the diameter of the SiC ingot from the outer circumferential end of the SiC ingot.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064082/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2019
From: FUJIKAWA, YOHEI; UEHIGASHI, HIDEYUKI
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.; DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049161/0696 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-222273 · Nov 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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