IP Library Granted Patent US 11,624,128
Granted Patent B2
US 11,624,128 · App. 17/340,401 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Group III nitride crystal, group III nitride substrate, and method of manufacturing group III nitride crystal

Inventors: Yusuke Mori (Osaka, JP); Masashi Yoshimura (Osaka, JP); Masayuki Imanishi (Osaka, JP); Akira Kitamoto (Osaka, JP); Tomoaki Sumi (Osaka, JP); Junichi Takino (Osaka, JP); Yoshio Okayama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
C30B29/38C01B21/06C30B25/02C30B29/403C30B29/406C01B21/0635H01L21/0254H01L21/02389H01L21/02576H01L21/02645
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Patent No.
US 11,624,128
App. No.
17/340,401
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A group III nitride crystal, wherein the group III nitride crystal is doped with an N-type dopant and a germanium element, the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×10 19 cm −3 or more, and the concentration of the germanium element is nine times or more higher than the concentration of the N-type dopant.

Claims (12)

1. A group III nitride crystal,

wherein the group III nitride crystal is doped with an N-type dopant and a germanium element,

the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×10 19 cm −3 or more, and

the concentration of the germanium element is nine times or more higher than the concentration of the N-type dopant.

2. The group III nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×10 19 cm −3 or more and 5×10 21 cm −3 or less.

3. The group III nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein the N-type dopant contains at least one of a silicon element and an oxygen element.

4. The group III nitride crystal according to claim 3 , wherein the N-type dopant contains the oxygen element.

5. The group III nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein the group III nitride crystal has an absorption coefficient of 60 cm −1 or less for light having an energy of less than a band gap energy value of the group III nitride crystal.

6. The group III nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein the group III nitride crystal has an absorption coefficient of 60 cm −1 or less for light having an energy of less than 3.39 eV.

7. The group III nitride crystal according to claim 1 , wherein the group III nitride crystal has an electrical resistivity of 1 mΩ·cm or less.

8. A group III nitride substrate including the group III nitride crystal according to claim 1 .

9. The group III nitride substrate according to claim 8 , wherein the group III nitride crystal has a thickness of 100 μm or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 9, 2022
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059909/0607 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2021
From: MORI, YUSUKE; YOSHIMURA, MASASHI; IMANISHI, MASAYUKI; KITAMOTO, AKIRA; SUMI, TOMOAKI; TAKINO, JUNICHI; OKAYAMA, YOSHIO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057799/0872 →