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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2004
Applicants:
Kaoru Inoue, Shiga, JP;
Yoshito Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Katsunori Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kaoru Inoue, Shiga, JP;
Yoshito Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Katsunori Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/4763 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor layer composed of a group III–V nitride, an oxide film formed by oxidizing a second semiconductor layer composed of a group III–V nitride to be located on the gate electrode formation region of the first semiconductor layer, an insulating film formed on the oxide film to have a composition different from the composition of the oxide film, and a gate electrode formed on the insulating film.