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EP 3146093 A1 20170329 - GROUP III NITRIDE BULK CRYSTALS AND THEIR FABRICATION METHOD

Title (en)

GROUP III NITRIDE BULK CRYSTALS AND THEIR FABRICATION METHOD

Title (de)

GRUPPE-III-NITRID-MASSENKRISTALLE UND DEREN HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

CRISTAUX MASSIFS DE NITRURE DU GROUPE III ET LEUR PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION

Publication

EP 3146093 A1 20170329 (EN)

Application

EP 15727806 A 20150524

Priority

  • US 201462002488 P 20140523
  • US 2015032330 W 20150524

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2015179852A1] In one instance, the invention provides a bulk crystal of group III nitride having a thickness of more than 1 mm without cracking above the sides of a seed crystal. This bulk group III nitride crystal is expressed as Gax1Aly1In1-x1-y1N (0≤x1≤1, 0<x1+y1≤1) and the seed crystal is expressed as Gax2Aly2In1-x2-y2N (0≤x2≤1, 0≤x2+y2≤1). The bulk crystal of group III nitride can be grown in supercritical ammonia or a melt of group III metal using at least one seed crystal having basal planes of c-orientation and sidewalls of m-orientation. By exposing only c-planes and m-planes in this instance, cracks originating from the sides of the seed crystal are avoided.

IPC 8 full level

C30B 7/10 (2006.01); C30B 29/40 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C30B 7/105 (2013.01); C30B 29/406 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2015179852A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2015179852 A1 20151126; EP 3146093 A1 20170329

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2015032330 W 20150524; EP 15727806 A 20150524