Nichia Corporation

Nichia Chemical Industries, Limited

Hiroyuki Kiyoku

Shuji Nakamura

Naruhito Iwasa

Tokuya Kozaki

Kazuyuki Chocho

Shinichi Nagahama

Hitoshi Maegawa

A method of growing a nitride semiconductor crystal which has very few crystal defects and can be used as a substrate is disclosed. This invention includes the step of forming a first selective growth mask on a support member including a dissimilar substrate having a major surface and made of a material different from a nitride semiconductor, the first selective growth mask having a plurality of first windows for selectively exposing the upper surface of the support member, and the step of growing nitride semiconductor portions from the upper surface, of the support member, which is exposed from the windows, by using a gaseous Group 3 element source and a gaseous nitrogen source, until the nitride semiconductor portions grown in the adjacent windows combine with each other on the upper surface of the selective growth mask.

Nitride semiconductor device having a nitride semiconductor substrate and an indium containing active layer

Nitride semiconductor growth method, nitride semiconductor substrate, and nitride semiconductor device

Nitride semiconductor growth method, nitride semiconductor substrate and nitride semiconductor device

A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device has an active layer of a single-quantum well structure or multi-quantum well made of a nitride semiconductor containing indium and gallium. A first p-type clad layer made of a p-type nitride semiconductor containing aluminum and gallium is provided in contact with one surface of the active layer. A second p-type clad layer made of a p-type nitride semiconductor containing aluminum and gallium is provided on the first p-type clad layer. The second p-type clad layer has a larger band gap than that of the first p-type clad layer. An n-type semiconductor layer is provided in contact with the other surface of the active layer.

Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device

A nitride semiconductor substrate including (a) a supporting substrate, (b) a first nitride semiconductor layer having a periodical T-shaped cross-section, having grown from periodically arranged stripe-like, grid-like or island-like portions on the supporting substrate, and (c) a second nitride semiconductor substrate covering said supporting substrate, having grown from the top and side surfaces of said first nitride semiconductor layer, wherein a cavity is formed under the second nitride semiconductor layer. A protective layer having a periodically arranged stripe-like, grid-like or island-like apertures is formed on the supporting substrate. The first nitride semiconductor layer is laterally grown from the exposed portion of the substrate. The growth is stopped before the first nitride semiconductor layer covers the supporting substrate. Thus, the first nitride semiconductor layer has a periodical T-shaped cross-section. Then, the protective layer is removed and the second nitride semiconductor layer is grown from the top and side surface of the first nitride semiconductor layer to cover the substrate.

Nitride semiconductor substrate and method for manufacturing the same, and nitride semiconductor device using nitride semiconductor substrate

Nitride semiconductor light-emitting devices

Method of growing nitride semiconductors, nitride semiconductor

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Hiroyuki Kiyoku