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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Seiji Sarayama, Miyagi, JP;
Hirokazu Iwata, Miyagi, JP;
Akihiro Fuse, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 9/00 (2006.01); C30B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A crystal growth apparatus comprises a reaction vessel holding a melt mixture containing an alkali metal and a group III metal, a gas supplying apparatus supplying a nitrogen source gas to a vessel space exposed to the melt mixture inside the reaction vessel, a heating unit heating the melt mixture to a crystal growth temperature, and a support unit supporting a seed crystal of a group III nitride crystal inside the melt mixture.