Industrial Technology Research Institute

Chen-Zi Liao

Rong Xuan

Yen-Hsiang Fang

Hsun-Chih Liu

Chih-Wei Hu

Yi-Keng Fu

Chu-Li Chao

Chien-Pin Lu

A nitride semiconductor structure including a silicon substrate, a nucleation layer, a buffer layer and a nitride semiconductor layer is provided. The nucleation layer is disposed on the silicon substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the nucleation layer, in which the buffer layer includes n sub-buffer layers where n&#x2267;2, and each of the sub-buffer layers has island structures. The nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the buffer layer.

Nitride semiconductor structure

A semiconductor structure including a silicon substrate, a nucleation layer and a plurality of multi-layer sets is provided. The nucleation layer is disposed on the silicon substrate. The multi-layer sets are stacked over the nucleation layer, and each of the multi-layer sets includes a plurality of first sub-layers and a plurality of second sub-layers stacked alternately. A material of the first sub-layers and the second sub-layers includes Al-containing III-V group compound, wherein an average content of aluminum of the multi-layer sets decreases as a minimum distance between each of the multi-layer sets and the silicon substrate increases, and an aluminum content of the first sub-layers is different from an aluminum content of the second sub-layers.

Semiconductor structure

A nitride semiconductor structure is provided. The nitride semiconductor structure at least includes a silicon substrate, a AlN layer, a AlGaN layer and a GaN layer formed on the AlGaN layer. The silicon substrate has a surface tilted at 0&#x3c;tilted&#x2266;0.5&#xb0; with respect to a axis perpendicular to a (111) crystal plane, and the AlN layer is formed on the surface. The AlGaN layer is formed on the AlN layer. Moreover, an Al content in the AlGaN layer is decreased gradually in a layer thickness direction from the silicon substrate side toward the GaN layer side.

A nitride semiconductor structure including a silicon substrate, a nucleation layer, a discontinuous defect blocking layer, a buffer layer and a nitride semiconductor layer is provided. The nucleation layer disposed on the silicon substrate, wherein the nucleation layer has a defect density d1. A portion of the nucleation layer is covered by the discontinuous defect blocking layer. The buffer layer is disposed on the discontinuous defect blocking layer and a portion of the nucleation layer that is not covered by the discontinuous defect blocking layer. The nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the buffer layer. A ratio of a defect density d2 of the nitride semiconductor layer to the defect density d1 of the nucleation layer is less than or equal to about 0.5, at a location where about 1 micrometer above the interface between the nitride semiconductor layer and the buffer layer.

A nitride semiconductor template including a substrate, a mask layer, a first nitride semiconductor layer and a second nitride semiconductor is provided. The substrate has a plurality of trenches, each of the trenches has a bottom surface, a first inclined sidewall and a second inclined sidewall. The mask layer covers the second inclined sidewall and exposes the first inclined sidewall. The first nitride semiconductor layer is disposed over the substrate and the mask layer. The first nitride semiconductor layer fills the trenches and in contact with the first inclined sidewall. The first nitride semiconductor layer has voids located outside the trenches and parts of the mask layer are exposed by the voids. The first nitride semiconductor layer has a plurality of nano-rods. The second nitride semiconductor layer covers the nano-rods. The spaces between the nano-rods are not entirely filled by the second nitride semiconductor layer.

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