IP Library Granted Patent US 12,151,941
Granted Patent B2
US 12,151,941 · App. 18/175,134 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

SiC substrate and SiC ingot

Inventors: Masato Ito (Ichihara, JP); Hiromasa Suo (Ichihara, JP)
Assignee: Resonac Corporation
C01B32/956C01P2006/60C01P2006/80
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Patent No.
US 12,151,941
App. No.
18/175,134
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a SiC substrate according to the present embodiment, a proportion of a first region in which a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of absorption coefficient for light having a wavelength of 1064 nm is 0.25 cm −1 or less is 70% or more of the total area.

Claims (23)

1. A SiC substrate, wherein a proportion of a first region, in which a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of absorption coefficient for light having a wavelength of 1064 nm is in a range of 0.25 cm −1 , is 70% or more of a total area thereof.

2. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the first region is 80% or more of the total area thereof.

3. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the first region is 90% or more of the total area thereof.

4. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the first region is 95% or more of the total area thereof.

5. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the SiC substrate is 149 mm or more.

6. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the SiC substrate is 199 mm or more.

7. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum absorption coefficient of the SiC substrate for light having a wavelength of 1064 nm is 3.00 cm −1 or less.

8. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum absorption coefficient of the SiC substrate for light having a wavelength of 1064 nm is 2.75 cm −1 or less.

9. The SiC substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the substrate includes a portion other than a high nitrogen concentration region called a facet,

wherein the substrate includes a dopant for determining a conductivity type and a dopant that is incorporated as an impurity, and

wherein the dopant for determining a conductivity type is nitrogen.

10. The SiC substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the proportion of the first region to the total area thereof is obtained by

dividing number of measurement points, at which absorption coefficient is within ±0.125 cm −1 of an average value of absorption coefficients of total measurement points, wherein measurement thereof is performed in one direction with a spot diameter of 1 mm and a measurement interval of 10 mm at the measurement points, by number of the total measurement points, and

multiplying the divided value by 100.

11. A SiC ingot, wherein, when cutting out a SiC substrate therefrom and evaluating a cut surface thereof, a proportion of a first region, in which a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of absorption coefficient for light having a wavelength of 1064 nm is in a range of 0.25 cm −1 , is 70% or more of a total area of the cut surface.

12. The SiC ingot according to claim 11 ,

wherein the ingot includes a portion other than a high nitrogen concentration region called a facet,

wherein the ingot includes a dopant for determining a conductivity type and a dopant that is incorporated as an impurity, and

wherein the dopant for determining a conductivity type is nitrogen.

13. The SiC ingot according to claim 12 , wherein the proportion of the first region to the total area thereof is obtained by

dividing number of measurement points, at which absorption coefficient is within ±0.125 cm −1 of an average value of absorption coefficients of total measurement points, wherein measurement thereof is performed in one direction with a spot diameter of 1 mm and a measurement interval of 10 mm at the measurement points, by number of the total measurement points, and

multiplying the divided value by 100.

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 Jun 14, 2023
From: ITO, MASATO; SUO, HIROMASA
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063953/0799 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-090458 · Jun 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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