IP Library Granted Patent US 11,939,699
Granted Patent B2
US 11,939,699 · App. 18/115,346 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

SiC substrate and SiC ingot

Inventors: Masato Ito (Ichihara, JP); Hiromasa Suo (Ichihara, JP)
Assignee: Resonac Corporation
C30B29/36C01B32/956C01P2006/40
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Patent No.
US 11,939,699
App. No.
18/115,346
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the SiC substrate, when resistivities at a plurality of first measurement points that are in a region inside a boundary located 5 mm inward from an outer circumferential end thereof and that include a center and a plurality of measurement points separated by 10 mm from each other in the [11-20] direction or the [−1-120] direction from the center, and at two second measurement points that are located 1 mm inward from the outer circumferential end and located in each of the [11-20] direction from the center and the [−1-120] direction from the center are measured, a difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity among the resistivities of each of the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points is 2 mΩ·cm or less, and a region other than a high nitrogen concentration region called a facet is included.

Claims (42)

1. A SiC substrate,

wherein, when resistivities at a plurality of first measurement points that are in a region inside a boundary located 5 mm inward from an outer circumferential end thereof and that include a center and a plurality of measurement points separated by 10 mm from each other in the [11-20] direction or the [−1-120] direction from the center, and at two second measurement points that are located 1 mm inward from the outer circumferential end and located in each of the [11-20] direction from the center and the [−1-120] direction from the center are measured, a difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity among the resistivities of each of the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points is 2 mΩ·cm or less, and

a region other than a high nitrogen concentration region called a facet is included.

2. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity among the resistivities of each of the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points is 1 mΩ·cm or less.

3. The SiC substrate according to claim 2 ,

wherein the difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity among the resistivities of each of the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points is 0.5 mΩ·cm or less.

4. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when resistivities at a plurality of third measurement points that are in the region inside the boundary located 5 mm inward from the outer circumferential end and that are separated by 10 mm from each of the plurality of the first measurement points in the [1-100] direction or the [−1100] direction, and at two fourth measurement points that are located 1 mm inward from the outer circumferential end and located in each of the [1-100] direction from the center and the [−1100] direction from the center are further measured, a difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity among the resistivities of each of the plurality of first measurement points, the two second measurement points, the plurality of third measurement points, and the two fourth measurement points is 2 Ω·cm or less.

5. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein a difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity at any two measurement points is 2 m Ω·cm or less.

6. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the diameter is 149 mm or more.

7. The SiC substrate according to claim 6 ,

wherein the diameter is 199 mm or more.

8. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resistivities at the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points are 20 mΩ·cm or more.

9. The SiC substrate according to claim 8 ,

wherein the resistivities at the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points are 23 mΩ·cm or more.

10. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resistivities at the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points are 20 mΩ·cm or less.

11. The SiC substrate according to claim 10 ,

wherein the resistivities at the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points are 17 mΩ·cm or less.

12. A SiC substrate,

wherein, when resistivities at a plurality of first measurement points that are in a region inside a boundary located 5 mm inward from an outer circumferential end thereof and that include a center and a plurality of measurement points separated by 10 mm from each other in the [11-20] direction or the [−1-120] direction from the center, and at two second measurement points that are located 1 mm inward from the outer circumferential end and located in each of the [11-20] direction from the center and the [−1-120] direction from the center are measured, a difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity among the resistivities of each of the plurality of first measurement points and the two second measurement points is 1 mΩ·cm or less, and

the diameter is 149 mm or more.

13. A SiC ingot,

wherein, when a SiC substrate is cut out and resistivities on a cut surface thereof are measured, a difference between the maximum resistivity and the minimum resistivity among resistivities at each of a plurality of first measurement points that are in a region inside a boundary located 5 mm inward from an outer circumferential end and that include a center and a plurality of measurement points separated by 10 mm from each other in the [11-20] direction or the [−1-120] direction from the center, and two second measurement points that are located 1 mm inward from the outer circumferential end and located in each of the [11-20] direction from the center and the [−1-120] direction from the center is 2 mΩ·cm or less, and

a region other than a high nitrogen concentration region called a facet is included.

14. The SiC substrate according to claim 12 ,

wherein the SiC substrate has a region other than a high nitrogen concentration region called a facet.

15. The SiC substrate according to claim 14 ,

wherein at least one of the plurality of first measurement points belong to the region other than the facet.

16. The SiC substrate according to claim 14 ,

wherein one of the two second measurement points belong to the region other than the facet.

17. The SiC substrate according to claim 14 ,

wherein at least one of the center, one of the plurality of first measurement points, and one of the two second measurement points belong to the region other than the facet.

18. The SiC substrate according to claim 12 ,

wherein the SiC substrate has a facet of high nitrogen concentration and a region other than the facet.

19. The SiC substrate according to claim 18 ,

wherein at least one of the plurality of first measurement points belong to the region other than the facet.

20. The SiC substrate according to claim 13 ,

wherein an offset angle of the SiC ingot with respect to the [11-20] is 4 degrees or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2023
From: ITO, MASATO; SUO, HIROMASA
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065515/0798 →