Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110006309 | EPITAXIAL SiC SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF EXPITAXIAL SiC SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - An epitaxial SiC single crystal substrate including a SiC single crystal wafer whose main surface is a c-plane or a surface that inclines a c-plane with an angle of inclination that is more than 0 degree but less than 10 degrees, and SiC epitaxial film that is formed on the main surface of the SiC single crystal wafer, wherein the dislocation array density of threading edge dislocation arrays that are formed in the SiC epitaxial film is 10 arrays/cm | 01-13-2011 |
20120146056 | SILICON CARBIDE EPITAXIAL WAFER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a silicon carbide epitaxial wafer, the entire surface of which is free of step bunching. Also provided is a method for manufacturing said silicon carbide epitaxial wafer. The provided method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: a step wherein a 4H—SiC single-crystal substrate having an off-axis angle of 5° or less is polished until the lattice disorder layer on the surface of the substrate is 3 nm or less; a step wherein, in a hydrogen atmosphere, the polished substrate is brought to a temperature between 1400° C. and 1600° C. and the surface of the substrate is cleaned; a step wherein silicon carbide is epitaxially grown on the surface of the cleaned substrate as the amounts of SiH | 06-14-2012 |
20120280254 | SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to the present invention, there is provided an SiC epitaxial wafer which reduces triangular defects and stacking faults, which is highly uniform in carrier concentration and film thickness, and which is free of step bunching, and its method of manufacture. The SiC epitaxial wafer of the present invention is an SiC epitaxial wafer in which an SiC epitaxial layer is formed on a 4H—SiC single crystal substrate that is tilted at an off angle of 0.4°-5°, wherein the density of triangular-shaped defects of said SiC epitaxial layer is 1 defect/cm | 11-08-2012 |
20130009170 | EPITAXIAL SiC SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF EPITAXIAL SiC SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - An epitaxial SiC single crystal substrate including a SiC single crystal wafer whose main surface is a c-plane or a surface that inclines a c-plane with an angle of inclination that is more than 0 degree but less than 10 degrees, and SiC epitaxial film that is formed on the main surface of the SiC single crystal wafer, wherein the dislocation array density of threading edge dislocation arrays that are formed in the SiC epitaxial film is 10 arrays/cm | 01-10-2013 |
20140145214 | SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER - A SiC epitaxial wafer manufacturing method of the present invention includes: manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer including a SiC epitaxial layer on a surface of a SiC single crystal wafer while supplying a raw material gas into a chamber using a SIC epitaxial wafer manufacturing apparatus; and manufacturing a subsequent SiC epitaxial wafer after measuring a surface density of triangular defects originating from a material piece of an internal member of the chamber on the SiC epitaxial layer of the previously manufactured SiC epitaxial wafer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140175461 | SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a SiC epitaxial wafer in which the surface density of stacking faults is reduced, and a manufacturing method thereof. The method for manufacturing such a SiC epitaxial wafer comprises a step of determining a ratio of basal plane dislocations (BPD), which causes stacking faults in a SiC epitaxial film of a prescribed thickness which is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate having an off angle, to basal plane dislocations which are present on a growth surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, a step of determining an upper limit of surface density of basal plane dislocations on the growth surface of a SiC single crystal substrate used based on the above ratio, and a step of preparing a SiC single crystal substrate which has surface density equal to or less than the above upper limit, and forming a SiC epitaxial film on the SiC single crystal substrate under the same conditions as the growth conditions of the epitaxial film used in the step of determining the ratio. | 06-26-2014 |
20140190400 | EPITAXIAL WAFER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an epitaxial wafer manufacturing device ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140230722 | EPITAXIAL WAFER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An epitaxial wafer manufacturing device, including a shield ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140339571 | SILICON CARBIDE EPITAXIAL WAFER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A SiC epitaxial wafer obtained by forming a SiC epitaxial layer on a 4H—SiC single-crystal substrate that is tilted at an off-angle of 0.4° to 5°, wherein linear density of step bunchings, which are connected to shallow pits which are due to screw dislocation in the SiC epitaxial wafer, is 5 mm | 11-20-2014 |