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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method of preparing a compound semiconductor crystal is able to dope the crystal with carbon with high reproducibility. The method includes the steps of sealing a carbon oxide gas of a predetermined partial pressure and a compound semiconductor material in a gas-impermeable airtight vessel, increasing the temperature of the vessel to melt the compound semiconductor material sealed in the vessel, and then decreasing the temperature of the vessel to solidify the melted compound semiconductor material to grow a compound semiconductor crystal containing a predetermined amount of carbon. With this method, a compound semiconductor crystal with a carbon concentration of 0.1×10 cm to 20×10 cm is prepared with high reproducibility.