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Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2019
Applicants:

Robert T. Bondokov, Watervliet, NY (US);

James R. Grandusky, Waterford, NY (US);

Jianfeng Chen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

Shichao Wang, Troy, NY (US);

Toru Kimura, Tokyo, JP;

Thomas Miebach, Malta, NY (US);

Keisuke Yamaoka, Tokyo, JP;

Leo J. Schowalter, Latham, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert T. Bondokov, Watervliet, NY (US);

James R. Grandusky, Waterford, NY (US);

Jianfeng Chen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

Shichao Wang, Troy, NY (US);

Toru Kimura, Tokyo, JP;

Thomas Miebach, Malta, NY (US);

Keisuke Yamaoka, Tokyo, JP;

Leo J. Schowalter, Latham, NY (US);

Assignee:

CRYSTAL IS, INC., Green Island, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 33/02 (2006.01); C30B 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 33/32 (2010.01); C30B 23/06 (2006.01); C01B 21/072 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 29/403 (2013.01); C30B 23/066 (2013.01); C30B 33/02 (2013.01); H01L 33/32 (2013.01); C01B 21/072 (2013.01); C01P 2006/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

In various embodiments, single-crystal aluminum nitride boules and substrates are formed from the vapor phase with controlled levels of impurities such as carbon. Single-crystal aluminum nitride may be heat treated via quasi-isothermal annealing and controlled cooling to improve its ultraviolet absorption coefficient and/or Urbach energy.


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