IP Library Granted Patent US 12,378,694
Granted Patent B2
US 12,378,694 · App. 17/671,370 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Nitride crystal, semiconductor laminate, and method for manufacturing nitride crystal

Inventors: Hajime Fujikura (Hitachi, JP); Takeshi Kimura (Hitachi, JP); Taichiro Konno (Hitachi, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
C30B29/38C30B25/18
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Patent No.
US 12,378,694
App. No.
17/671,370
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to improve quality of a nitride crystal. A crystal represented by a composition formula In x Al y Ga 1-x-y N (satisfying 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, and 0≤x+y≤1), wherein the concentration of carbon in the crystal is less than 1×10 15 cm −3 , and the concentration of an electron trap E3 that exits in an energy range from 0.5 eV to 0.65 eV from a lower end of a conduction band in the crystal is less than 1×10 14 cm −3 .

Claims (26)

1. A nitride crystal that is represented by a composition formula In x Al y Ga 1-x-y N (satisfying 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, and 0≤x+y≤1),

wherein a concentration of carbon in the nitride crystal is less than 1×10 15 cm −3 , and

the nitride crystal satisfies Expressions (1-1) and (1-2):

[ E 3]<1×10 14   (1-1)

[ E 3]·[ C] 2 ≤1×10 43   (1-2),

where [C] represents the concentration of carbon in the crystal expressed in the unit of cm −3 , and

[E3] represents the concentration of an electron trap E3 that exists in an energy range from 0.5 eV to 0.65 eV from a lower end of a conduction band in the crystal, the concentration of E3 being expressed in the unit of cm −3 .

2. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 , satisfying Expression (2):

[ E 3]·[ C] 2 ≤1×10 42   (2).

3. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concentration of an electron trap E1 that exists in an energy range from 0.15 eV to 0.3 eV from the lower end of the conduction band in the crystal is 3×10 12 cm −3 or less.

4. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concentration of an electron trap Ex that exists in an energy range from 0.68 eV to 0.75 eV from the lower end of the conduction band in the crystal is 3×10 13 cm −3 or less.

5. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concentration of E3 in the crystal is less than 2×10 13 cm −3 .

6. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concentration of boron in the crystal is less than 1×10 15 cm −3 .

7. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concentration of oxygen in the crystal is less than 1×10 15 cm −3 .

8. The nitride crystal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the total concentration of electron traps that exist in an energy range from 0.1 eV to 1.0 eV from the lower end of the conduction band in the crystal is less than 1×10 14 cm −3 .

9. A semiconductor laminate comprising:

a substrate; and

a nitride crystal layer that is provided on the substrate and is constituted by the nitride crystal according to claim 1 .

10. A method for manufacturing a nitride crystal, comprising:

a step of epitaxially growing the nitride crystal according to claim 1 on a substrate.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061961/0204 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: FUJIKURA, HAJIME; KIMURA, TAKESHI; KONNO, TAICHIRO
To: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED; SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059011/0478 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-021522 · Feb 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220259765A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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