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Granted Patent B2
US 12,270,122 · App. 17/836,470 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Silicon carbide wafer and semiconductor device

Inventors: Jung Woo Choi (Cheonan-si, KR); Myung Ok Kyun (Cheonan-si, KR); Jong Hwi Park (Cheonan-si, KR); Jung Doo Seo (Cheonan-si, KR); Jung-Gyu Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Kap-Ryeol Ku (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: SENIC Inc.
C30B29/36C30B25/20H01L29/1608H01L29/34H01L29/7813
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Patent No.
US 12,270,122
App. No.
17/836,470
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A silicon carbide wafer has one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface. An average Rmax roughness of the one surface is 2.0 nm or less, and an average Ra roughness of the one surface is 0.1 nm or less. An edge region is a region in which a distance from an edge of the silicon carbide wafer toward a center is 5% to 75% of a radius of the silicon carbide wafer, and a central region is a region having a radius of 25% of the radius of the silicon carbide wafer at the center of the silicon carbide wafer. A difference between an average Rmax roughness of the edge region of the one surface and an average Rmax roughness of the central region of the one surface is 0.01 nm to 0.5 nm.

Claims (23)

1. A silicon carbide wafer comprising one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface,

wherein an average Rmax roughness of the one surface is 2.0 nm or less,

wherein an average Ra roughness of the one surface is 0.1 nm or less,

wherein an edge region is a region in which a distance from an edge of the silicon carbide wafer toward a center is 5% to 75% of a radius of the silicon carbide wafer,

wherein a central region is a region having a radius of 25% of the radius of the silicon carbide wafer at the center of the silicon carbide wafer, and

wherein a difference between an average Rmax roughness of the edge region of the one surface and an average Rmax roughness of the central region of the one surface is 0.01 nm to 0.5 nm.

2. The silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 , wherein a total light transmittance for a D65 standard light source is 10% to 40%.

3. The silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 , wherein the average Rmax roughness of the one surface is 1.5 nm or less.

4. The silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 , wherein the difference between the average Ra roughness of the edge region of the one surface and the average Ra roughness of the central region of the one surface is 0.08 nm or less.

5. The silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 , wherein a haze for a D65 standard light source is 0.3% to 0.5%.

6. The silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 , wherein the average Ra roughness of the silicon carbide wafer is 0.07 nm or less.

7. The silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 , wherein the one surface is a Si surface where silicon atoms appear more mainly than carbon atoms.

8. The silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the silicon carbide wafer is 4 inches or more and comprises 4H-silicon carbide.

9. An epitaxial wafer comprising:

a silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 ; and

an epitaxial layer that is formed on the one surface of the silicon carbide wafer.

10. A semiconductor device comprising:

a silicon carbide wafer of claim 1 ;

an epitaxial layer that is formed on the one surface of the silicon carbide wafer;

a barrier region disposed opposite to the silicon carbide wafer with the epitaxial layer interposed therebetween;

a source electrode in contact with the epitaxial layer;

a gate electrode disposed on the barrier region; and

a drain electrode disposed on the other surface of the silicon carbide wafer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: SENIC INC.
To: EIN CRYSTAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072990/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2022
From: CHOI, JUNG WOO; KYUN, MYUNG OK; PARK, JONG HWI; SEO, JUNG DOO; KIM, JUNG-GYU; KU, KAP-RYEOL
To: SENIC INC.
Reel/Frame 060151/0373 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0078554 · Jun 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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