IP Library Granted Patent US 11,339,053
Granted Patent B2
US 11,339,053 · App. 16/524,513 · Granted May 24, 2022

Nitride crystal

Inventors: Hajime Fujikura (Ibaraki, JP); Taichiro Konno (Ibaraki, JP); Takehiro Yoshida (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignees: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED; SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
C01B21/0632C01P2006/40C01P2006/80
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Patent No.
US 11,339,053
App. No.
16/524,513
Granted
May 24, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to improve quality of a nitride crystal, and also improve performance and manufacturing yield of a semiconductor device manufactured using the crystal. Provided is a nitride crystal in which a composition formula is represented by In x Al y Ga 1-x-y N (satisfying 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x+y≤1), and the concentration of B in the crystal is less than 1×10 15 at/cm 3 , and each of the concentrations of O and C in the crystal is less than 1×10 15 at/cm 3 in a region of 60% or more of a main surface.

Claims (20)

1. A nitride crystal

in which a composition formula is represented by

In x Al y Ga 1-x-y N (satisfying 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x+y≤1), and

a concentration of B in the crystal is less than 1×10 15 at/cm 3 , and

an in-plane distribution of each of the concentrations of O and C in a main surface of the crystal is less than 1×10 15 at/cm 3 in a region of 60% or more of the main surface of the crystal, wherein the main surface of the crystal is +c-plane of the nitride crystal.

2. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein each of the concentrations of Si and Fe in the crystal is less than 1×10 15 at/cm 3 .

3. The nitride crystal according to claim 2 , wherein electric resistivity is 1×10 6 Ωcm or more under a temperature condition of 20° C. or more and 300° C. or less.

4. The nitride crystal according to claim 2 , wherein electric resistivity is 1×10 2 Ωcm or less under a temperature condition of 20° C. or more and 300° C. or less.

5. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of Si is less than 1×10 15 at/cm 3 and the concentration of Fe is 1×10 16 at/cm 3 or more.

6. The nitride crystal according to claim 5 , wherein electric resistivity is 1×10 7 Ω cm or more under a temperature condition of 20° C. or more and 300° C. or less.

7. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of Fe is less than 1×10 15 at/cm 3 and the concentration of Si or Ge or the total concentration of Si and Ge is 1×10 15 at/cm 3 or more in the crystal.

8. The nitride crystal according to claim 7 , wherein electric resistivity is 1×10 2 Ωcm or less under a temperature condition of 20° C. or more and 300° C. or less.

9. The nitride crystal according to claim 7 , wherein the concentration of Mg in the crystal is 1×10 17 at/cm 3 or more.

10. The nitride crystal according to claim 9 ,

wherein electric resistivity is 1×10 2 Ωcm or less under a temperature condition of 20° C. or more and 300° C. or less.

11. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the concentrations of O and C in the crystal is less than 5×10 14 at/cm 3 in a region of 60% or more of the main surface of the crystal.

12. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concentration of O in the crystal is less than 5×10 14 at/cm 3 in a region of 60% or more of the main surface of the crystal, and

the concentration of C in the crystal is less than 1×10 14 at/cm 3 in a region of 60% or more of the main surface of the crystal.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062142/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: FUJIKURA, HAJIME; KONNO, TAICHIRO; YOSHIDA, TAKEHIRO
To: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED; SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049971/0411 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-142906 · Jul 30, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-032386 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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