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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Lisa Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayuki Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shinya Nunoue, Ichikawa, JP;
Masaaki Onomura, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Nitride-based semiconductor element comprises a first layer, a mask formed on the first layer and has a plurality of opening portions, a nitride-based compound semiconductor layer formed on the mask, the nitride-based compound semiconductor layer including a first region having threading dislocations produced in such a manner that, in approximately a middle portion between two adjacent ones of the plurality of opening portions in the mask, a plurality of dislocations extend in a vertical direction to a surface of the mask, and a second region which comprises portions other than the middle portions and free from the dislocations, and a desired element structure formed on the semiconductor layer.