摘要:
A method for processing a nitride semiconductor crystal surface is characterized in that a process liquid (15) containing at least Na, Li or Ca is brought into contact with the surface of a nitride semiconductor crystal (11). The process liquid (15) may be a liquid containing at least Na whose Na content is 5-95 mol%. The process liquid (15) may be a liquid containing at least Li whose Li content is 5-100 mol%. A nitride semiconductor crystal obtained by such a method is also disclosed which has a maximum surface scratch depth of 0.01 mum or less and an average degenerated layer thickness of 2 mum or less. Namely, the method for processing a nitride semiconductor crystal surface enables to reduce surface scratch depth and degenerated layer thickness, and the nitride semiconductor crystal obtained by such a method has a shallow surface scratch depth and a thin degenerated layer thickness.
摘要:
In a semiconductor device 100, it is possible to prevent C from piling up at a boundary face between an epitaxial layer 22 and a group III nitride semiconductor substrate 10 by the presence of 30×10 10 pieces/cm 2 to 2000×10 10 pieces/cm 2 of sulfide in terms of S and 2 at% to 20 at% of oxide in terms of O in a surface layer 12 with a front surface 10a having a specific plane orientation. Accordingly, a high-resistivity layer is prevented from being formed at the boundary face between the epitaxial layer 22 and the group III nitride semiconductor substrate 10. Consequently, it is possible to improve the emission intensity of the semiconductor device 100.
摘要:
A compound semiconductor substrate 10 according to the present invention is comprised of a Group III nitride and has a surface layer 12 containing a chloride of not less than 200×10 10 atoms/cm 2 and not more than 12000× 10 10 atoms/cm 2 in terms of C1 and an oxide of not less than 3.0 at% and not more than 15.0 at% in terms of O, at a surface. The inventors conducted elaborate research and newly discovered that when the surface layer 12 at the surface of the compound semiconductor substrate 10 contained the chloride of not less than 200 × 10 10 atoms/cm 2 and not more than 12000x 10 10 atoms/cm 2 in terms of Cl and the oxide of not less than 3.0 at% and not more than 15.0 at% in terms of O, Si was reduced at an interface between the compound semiconductor substrate 10 and an epitaxial layer 14 formed thereon and, as a result, the electric resistance at the interface was reduced.
摘要:
A group III nitride crystal substrate is provided in which, wherein, a plane spacing of arbitrary specific parallel crystal lattice planes of the crystal substrate being obtained from X-ray diffraction measurement performed with variation of X-ray penetration depth from a main surface (1s) of the crystal substrate while X-ray diffraction conditions of the specific parallel crystal lattice planes of the crystal substrate are satisfied, a uniform distortion at a surface layer of the crystal substrate represented by a value of |d 1 - d 2 |/d 2 obtained from a plane spacing d 1 at the X-ray penetration depth of 0.3 µm and a plane spacing d 2 at the X-ray penetration depth of 5 µm is equal to or lower than 1.9 x 10 -3 , and wherein the main surface (1s) has a plane orientation inclined in the direction at an angle equal to or greater than 10° and equal to or smaller than 80° with respect to one of (0001) and (000-1) planes (1c) of the crystal substrate. A group III nitride crystal substrate suitable for manufacturing a light emitting device with a blue shift of an emission suppressed, an epilayer-containing group III nitride crystal substrate, a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same can thereby be provided.
摘要:
A group III nitride substrate in one embodiment has a surface layer. The surface layer contains 3 at. % to 25 at. % of carbon and 5×10 10 atoms/cm 2 to 200×10 10 atoms/cm 2 of a p-type metal element. The group III nitride substrate has a stable surface.
摘要:
A group III nitride substrate on which an epitaxially grown layer of good quality can be formed, and a method of manufacturing the same are obtained. A GaN substrate (1) is one of the following: a group III nitride substrate, wherein the number of atoms of an acid material per square centimeter of a surface (3) is not more than 2×10 14 , and the number of silicon atoms per square centimeter of the surface (3) is not more than 3×10 13 ; a group III nitride substrate, wherein the number of silicon atoms per square centimeter of a surface (3) is not more than 3×10 13 , and a haze level of the surface (3) is not more than 5 ppm; and a group III nitride substrate, wherein the number of atoms of an acid material per square centimeter of a surface (3) is not more than 2×10 14 , and a haze level of the surface (3) is not more than 5 ppm.