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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2000
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A new and improved method for growing a p-type nitride III-V compound semiconductor is provided which can produce a p-type nitride compound semiconductors having a high carrier concentration, without the need for annealing to activate impurities after growth. In a preferred embodiment, a p-type nitride compound semiconductor, such as p-type GaN, is grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition methods using a nitrogen source material which does not release hydrogen during release of nitrogen and the semiconductor is grown in an inactive gas. The nitrogen source materials may be selected from nitrogen compounds that contain hydrogen radicals and alkyl radicals and/or phenyl radicals provided that the total amount of hydrogen radicals is less than or equal to the sum total of alkyl radicals and phenyl radicals present in the nitrogen compound used as the nitrogen source material.