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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Sicrystal Gmbh, Nuremberg, DE;
Michael Vogel, Nuremberg, DE;
Bernhard Ecker, Nuremberg, DE;
Ralf Müller, Zirndorf, DE;
Matthias Stockmeier, Egloffstein, DE;
Arnd-Dietrich Weber, Forchheim, DE;
SICRYSTAL GMBH, Nuremberg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate with improved mechanical and electrical characteristics. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a bulk SiC crystal in a physical vapor transport growth system. The silicon carbide substrate comprises an inner region () which constitutes at least 30% of a total surface area of said substrate (), a ring shaped peripheral region () radially surrounding the inner region (), wherein a mean concentration of a dopant in the inner region () differs by at least 1·10cmfrom the mean concentration of this dopant in the peripheral region ().