IP Library Granted Patent US 12,563,795
Granted Patent B2
US 12,563,795 · App. 18/181,636 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Multilayer structure

Inventors: Hiroshi Fukui (Obu, JP); Morimichi Watanabe (Nagoya, JP); Jun Yoshikawa (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
H10D62/117C30B29/16C30B29/68H01L21/02565H10D62/875C30B25/14H01L21/0242H01L21/0262H10D62/40H10D62/80
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Patent No.
US 12,563,795
App. No.
18/181,636
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multilayer structure of the present invention is a multilayer structure including a base substrate and a semiconductor film that is made of α-Ga 2 O 3 or an α-Ga 2 O 3 -based solid solution and has a corundum crystal structure, the semiconductor film being disposed on the base substrate. The semiconductor film has an average film thickness of greater than or equal to 10 μm. The semiconductor film is convexly or concavely warped. An amount of warpage of the semiconductor film is 20 μm or greater and 64 μm or less.

Claims (10)

1 . A multilayer structure comprising:

a base substrate; and

a semiconductor film made of α-Ga 2 O 3 or an α-Ga 2 O 3 -based solid solution and having a corundum crystal structure, the semiconductor film being disposed on the base substrate, wherein

the semiconductor film has an average film thickness of greater than or equal to 10 μm,

the semiconductor film is convexly or concavely warped, and

an amount of warpage of the semiconductor film is 20 μm or greater and 64 μm or less.

2 . The multilayer structure according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of warpage of the semiconductor film is defined by an amount α of warpage and by an amount β of warpage, in an instance in which, in a plan-view illustration of the semiconductor film as viewed in plan, a straight line X and a straight line Y are defined as two straight lines passing a point G and being orthogonal to each other, the point G being a center of gravity in the plan-view illustration; a point A and a point B are defined as two points each positioned on the straight line X and 20 mm away from the point G, and a point C and a point D are defined as two points each positioned on the straight line Y and 20 mm away from the point G; a point P is defined as a point from which a distance to a line segment AB is a maximum, among points on a curved line AB, which is a curved line extending on a surface of the semiconductor film from the point A to the point B, and a point R is defined as a point from which a distance to a line segment CD is a maximum, among points on a curved line CD, which is a curved line extending on the surface of the semiconductor film from the point C to the point D; and the amount α of warpage is defined as the distance from the point P to the line segment AB, and the amount β of warpage is defined as the distance from the point R to the line segment CD.

3 . The multilayer structure according to claim 2 , wherein in an instance in which a point O is defined as a point positioned on the surface of the semiconductor film and corresponding to the point G, a length of a line segment PO is less than or equal to 10 mm, and a length of a line segment RO is less than or equal to 10 mm.

4 . The multilayer structure according to claim 2 , wherein a value of the smaller of the amount α of warpage and the amount β of warpage is 50% or greater and 100% or less of a value of the larger of the amount α of warpage and the amount β of warpage.

5 . The multilayer structure according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of warpage of the semiconductor film is 30 μm or greater and 64 μm or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: FUKUI, HIROSHI; WATANABE, MORIMICHI; YOSHIKAWA, JUN
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-159611 · Sep 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021021939 · Jun 9, 2021
Related Publication 20230231013A1 · Jul 20, 2023
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