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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
Shigeki Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A method of fabricating a group III-V nitride compound semiconductor in which high crystallinity is achieved without lack of nitrogen, even when it is grown at a low temperature, and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device employing the method of fabricating a group III-V nitride compound semiconductor are provided. Along with carrier gas, a gas source including a nitrogen-including compound such as hydrazine, a substitution product of hydrazine, amine or azide as a nitrogen source is supplied to a reaction tube of a MOCVD apparatus. These nitrogen-including compounds have higher decomposition efficiencies than those of ammonia. Therefore, even though MOCVD is performed at a growth temperature below or equal to 900° C., a large amount of nitrogen which contributes growth is supplied onto the growth surface of a substrate (that is, an underlying layer). As a result, crystallinity of the group III-V nitride compound semiconductor layer is improved. Further, the amount of the supplied nitrogen source relative to the amount of the source of the group V element supplied can be made smaller.