Gallium nitride crystal substrate
A gallium nitride crystal substrate has a diameter of 50-155 mm and a thickness of 300-800 μm and includes any of a flat portion and a notch portion in a part of an outer edge. The gallium nitride crystal substrate contains any of oxygen atoms, silicon atoms, and carriers at a concentration of 2×10 17 to 4×10 18 cm −3 , and has an average dislocation density of 1000 to 5×10 7 cm −2 in any of a first flat region extending over a width from the flat portion to a position at a distance of 2 mm in a direction perpendicular to a straight line indicating the flat portion in a main surface and a first notch region extending over a width from the notch portion to a position at a distance of 2 mm in a direction perpendicular to a curve indicating the notch portion in the main surface.
1. A gallium nitride crystal substrate including a main surface having a diameter not smaller than 50 mm and not greater than 155 mm and a thickness not smaller than 300 μm and not greater than 800 μm,
a part of an outer edge of the gallium nitride crystal substrate including any of a flat portion and a notch portion,
the gallium nitride crystal substrate containing any of oxygen atoms, silicon atoms, and carriers at a concentration not lower than 2×10 17 cm −3 and not higher than 4×10 18 cm −3 ,
the gallium nitride crystal substrate having an average dislocation density not lower than 1000 cm −2 and not higher than 5×10 7 cm −2 in any of a first flat region extending over a width from the flat portion to a position at a distance of 2 mm in a direction perpendicular to a straight line indicating the flat portion in the main surface and a first notch region extending over a width from the notch portion to a position at a distance of 2 mm in a direction perpendicular to a curve indicating the notch portion in the main surface.
2. A gallium nitride crystal substrate including a main surface having a diameter not smaller than 50 mm and not greater than 155 mm and a thickness not smaller than 300 μm and not greater than 800 μm,
a part of an outer edge of the gallium nitride crystal substrate including any of a flat portion and a notch portion,
the gallium nitride crystal substrate containing any of oxygen atoms, silicon atoms, and carriers at a concentration not lower than 2×10 17 cm −3 and not higher than 4×10 18 cm −3 , and
the gallium nitride crystal substrate having average residual stress not lower than −10 MPa and not higher than 10 MPa in any of a first flat region extending over a width from the flat portion to a position at a distance of 2 mm in a direction perpendicular to a straight line indicating the flat portion in the main surface and a first notch region extending over a width from the notch portion to a position at a distance of 2 mm in a direction perpendicular to a curve indicating the notch portion in the main surface.
3. The gallium nitride crystal substrate according to claim 1 , the gallium nitride crystal substrate having average residual stress not lower than −10 MPa and not higher than 10 MPa in any of the first flat region and the first notch region.
4. A gallium nitride crystal substrate including a main surface having a diameter not smaller than 50 mm and not greater than 155 mm and a thickness not smaller than 300 μm and not greater than 800 μm,
a part of an outer edge of the gallium nitride crystal substrate including any of a flat portion and a notch portion,
the gallium nitride crystal substrate containing any of oxygen atoms, silicon atoms, and carriers at a concentration not lower than 2×10 17 cm −3 and not higher than 4×10 18 cm −3 ,
the gallium nitride crystal substrate having an average dislocation density not lower than 1000 cm −2 and not higher than 5×10 7 cm −2 in any of a second flat region extending over a width from the flat portion to a position at a distance of 1 mm in a direction perpendicular to a straight line indicating the flat portion in the main surface and a second notch region extending over a width from the notch portion to a position at a distance of 1 mm in a direction perpendicular to a curve indicating the notch portion in the main surface.
5. A gallium nitride crystal substrate including a main surface having a diameter not smaller than 50 mm and not greater than 155 mm and a thickness not smaller than 300 μm and not greater than 800 μm,
a part of an outer edge of the gallium nitride crystal substrate including any of a flat portion and a notch portion,
the gallium nitride crystal substrate containing any of oxygen atoms, silicon atoms, and carriers at a concentration not lower than 2×10 17 cm −3 and not higher than 4×10 18 cm −3 , and
the gallium nitride crystal substrate having average residual stress not lower than −10 MPa and not higher than 10 MPa in any of a second flat region extending over a width from the flat portion to a position at a distance of 1 mm in a direction perpendicular to a straight line indicating the flat portion in the main surface and a second notch region extending over a width from the notch portion to a position at a distance of 1 mm in a direction perpendicular to a curve indicating the notch portion in the main surface.
6. The gallium nitride crystal substrate according to claim 4 , the gallium nitride crystal substrate having average residual stress not lower than −10 MPa and not higher than 10 MPa in any of the second flat region and the second notch region.