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Koji Uematsu, Itami-Shi JP

Koji Uematsu, Itami-Shi JP

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20080210959Light emitting apparatus - In order to provide light emitting devices which have simple constructions and thus can be fabricated easily, and can stably provide high light emission efficiencies for a long time period, a light emitting device includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer at a first main surface side of a nitride semiconductor substrate, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer placed more distantly from the nitride semiconductor substrate than the n-type nitride semiconductor layer at the first main surface side and a light emitting layer placed between the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer at the first main surface side. The nitride semiconductor substrate has a resistivity of 0.5 Ω·cm or less and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer side is down-mounted so that light is emitted from the second main surface of the nitride semiconductor substrate at the opposite side from the first main surface.09-04-2008
20080217745Nitride Semiconductor Wafer - A nitride semiconductor substrate having properties preferable for the manufacture of various nitride semiconductor devices is made available, by specifying or controlling the local variation in the off-axis angle of the principal surface of the nitride semiconductor substrate. The substrate, being misoriented, is manufactured to have an off-axis angle distribution across its principal surface such that variation Δθ in the off-axis angle is continuous within a predetermined angular range.09-11-2008
20080296585GROWTH METHOD OF GaN CRYSTAL, AND GaN CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - A method of producing a GaN crystal is directed to growing a GaN crystal on a GaN seed crystal substrate. The method includes the steps of preparing a GaN seed crystal substrate including a first dopant such that the thermal expansion coefficient of the GaN seed crystal substrate becomes greater than that of the GaN crystal, and growing the GaN crystal to a thickness of at least 1 mm on the GaN seed crystal substrate. Accordingly, there can be provided a method of producing a GaN crystal that can suppress generation of a crack and grow a thick GaN crystal, and a GaN crystal substrate.12-04-2008
20080299748Group III-V Crystal - Favorable-quality III-V crystals are easily obtained at low cost without causing cracks, even when using a variety of substrates. The III-V crystals are obtained by manufacturing method characterized in including: a step of depositing a metal film (12-04-2008
20090071394AlxInyGa1-x-yN MIXTURE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF GROWING AlxInyGa1-x-yN MIXTURE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AlxInyGa1-x-yN MIXTURE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - A low dislocation density Al03-19-2009
20090236694Method of Manufacturing III-Nitride Crystal, and Semiconductor Device Utilizing the Crystal - The present III-nitride crystal manufacturing method, a method of manufacturing a III-nitride crystal (09-24-2009
20090315149MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NITRIDE SUBSTRATE, NITRIDE SUBSTRATE, AND NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a nitride substrate includes the steps of preparing a ground substrate; forming a mask on the ground substrate; placing the ground substrate in a reactor, and heating the ground substrate to a temperature of 850° C. to 1100° C. In the step of heating the ground substrate, HCl and NH3 are supplied into the reactor so that partial pressure P12-24-2009
20100009526FABRICATION METHOD AND FABRICATION APPARATUS OF GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTANCE - A fabrication method of a group III nitride crystal substance includes the steps of cleaning the interior of a reaction chamber by introducing HCl gas into the reaction chamber, and vapor deposition of a group III nitride crystal substance in the cleaned reaction chamber. A fabrication apparatus of a group III nitride crystal substance includes a configuration to introduce HCl gas into the reaction chamber, and a configuration to grow a group III nitride crystal substance by HVPE. Thus, a fabrication method of a group III nitride crystal substance including the method of effectively cleaning deposits adhering inside the reaction chamber during crystal growth, and a fabrication apparatus employed in the fabrication method are provided.01-14-2010
20100090313III-V Compound Crystal and Semiconductor Electronic Circuit Element - Favorable-quality III-V crystals are easily obtained at low cost without causing cracks, even when using a variety of substrates, and can be used to manufacture semiconductor devices with good quality and at high yields. The III-V crystals are characterized by the following properties: the carrier concentration, resistivity, and dislocation density of the III-V compound crystal are uniform to within ±30% variation along the surface; the III-V compound crystal is misoriented from the c-plane such that the crystal surface does not include any region where its off-axis angle with the c-plane is 0°; and the full width at half-maximum in XRD at the crystal center of the III-V compound is not greater than 150 arcsec.04-15-2010
20100139553Method of Growing III-Nitride Crystal - Affords a method of growing, across the entirety of a major surface of a first III-nitride crystal, a second III-nitride crystal by HVPE, in an ambient temperature higher than 1100° C. The present III-nitride crystal growth method comprises: a step of preparing a first III-nitride crystal (06-10-2010
20100155902Manufacturing Method of Nitride Substrate, Nitride Substrate, and Nitride-Based Semiconductor Device - A manufacturing method of a nitride substrate includes the steps of: preparing a ground substrate; forming a mask on the ground substrate; placing the ground substrate in a reactor, and heating the ground substrate to a temperature of 850° C. to 1100° C. In the step of heating the ground substrate, HCl and NH06-24-2010
20100189624GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND METHOD OF ITS GROWTH - Affords group III nitride crystal growth methods enabling crystal to be grown in bulk by a liquid-phase technique. One such method of growing group III nitride crystal from solution is provided with: a step of preparing a substrate having a principal face and including at least on its principal-face side a group III nitride seed crystal having the same chemical composition as the group III nitride crystal, and whose average density of threading dislocations along the principal face being 5×1007-29-2010
20100207138III Nitride Semiconductor Crystal, III Nitride Semiconductor Device, and Light Emitting Device - Group III nitride semiconductor crystals of a size appropriate for semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same, Group III nitride semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same, and light-emitting appliances. A method of manufacturing a Group III nitride semiconductor crystal includes a process of growing at least one Group III nitride semiconductor crystal substrate on a starting substrate, a process of growing at least one Group III nitride semiconductor crystal layer on the Group III nitride semiconductor crystal substrate, and a process of separating a Group III nitride semiconductor crystal, constituted by the Group III nitride semiconductor crystal substrate and the Group III nitride semiconductor crystal layer, from the starting substrate, and is characterized in that the Group III nitride semiconductor crystal is 10 μm or more but 600 μm or less in thickness, and is 0.2 mm or more but 50 mm or less in width.08-19-2010
20100229786Method for Growing Group III Nitride Crystal - A III-nitride crystal growth method that enables growing large-scale crystal under a liquid-phase technique is made available. The present III-nitride crystal growth method is a method of growing III-nitride crystal (09-16-2010
20110057197GaN SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND GaN-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A GaN single crystal substrate has a main surface with an area of not less than 10 cm03-10-2011
20110065265FABRICATION METHOD AND FABRICATION APPARATUS OF GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTANCE - A fabrication method of a group III nitride crystal substance includes the steps of cleaning the interior of a reaction chamber by introducing HCl gas into the reaction chamber, and vapor deposition of a group III nitride crystal substance in the cleaned reaction chamber. A fabrication apparatus of a group III nitride crystal substance includes a configuration to introduce HCl gas into the reaction chamber, and a configuration to grow a group III nitride crystal substance by HVPE. Thus, a fabrication method of a group III nitride crystal substance including the method of effectively cleaning deposits adhering inside the reaction chamber during crystal growth, and a fabrication apparatus employed in the fabrication method are provided.03-17-2011
20110108852GaN SUBSTRATE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The present GaN substrate can have an absorption coefficient not lower than 7 cm05-12-2011

Patent applications by Koji Uematsu, Itami-Shi JP