Patents by Inventor Junichi TAKINO

Junichi TAKINO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11879184
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a group-III nitride crystal, the manufacturing apparatus includes: a raw material chamber that produces therein a group-III element oxide gas; and a nurturing chamber in which a group-III element oxide gas supplied from the raw material chamber and a nitrogen element-containing gas react therein to produce a group-III nitride crystal on a seed substrate, wherein an angle that is formed by a direction along a shortest distance between a forward end of a group-III element oxide gas supply inlet to supply the group-III element oxide gas into the nurturing chamber and an outer circumference of the seed substrate placed in the nurturing chamber, and a surface of the seed substrate is denoted by “?”, wherein a diameter of the group-Ill element oxide gas supply inlet is denoted by “S”, wherein a distance between a surface, on which the seed substrate is placed, of a substrate susceptor that holds the seed substrate and a forward end of a first carrier gas supply inlet to supply a first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Shigeyoshi Usami, Junichi Takino, Masayuki Hoteida, Shunichi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 11859311
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a group-III nitride crystal, the manufacturing method includes: preparing a seed substrate; increasing temperature of the seed substrate placed in a nurturing chamber; and supplying a group-III element oxide gas produced in a raw material chamber connected to the nurturing chamber by a connecting pipe and a nitrogen element-containing gas into the nurturing chamber to grow a group-III nitride crystal on the seed substrate, wherein a flow amount y of a carrier gas supplied into the raw material chamber at the temperature increase step satisfies following two relational equations (I) and (II), y<[1?k*H(Ts)]/[k*H(Ts)?j*H(Tg)]*j*H(Tg)*t (I), y?1.58*10?4*(22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Shigeyoshi Usami, Junichi Takino, Shunichi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 11795573
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a group III nitride crystal according to a first aspect includes: preparing a seed substrate; generating a group III element oxide gas; supplying the group III element oxide gas; supplying a nitrogen element-containing gas; supplying an oxidizing gas containing nitrogen element containing at least one selected from the group consisting of NO gas, NO2 gas, N2O gas, and N2O4 gas; and growing the group III nitride crystal on the seed substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Akira Kitamoto, Junichi Takino, Tomoaki Sumi, Yoshio Okayama
  • Publication number: 20230323563
    Abstract: A group-III nitride substrate includes: a first region having a first impurity concentration in a polished surface; and a second region having a second impurity concentration lower than the first impurity concentration in the polished surface, wherein a first dislocation density of the first region is lower than a second dislocation density of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Junichi TAKINO, Tomoaki SUMI, Yoshio OKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11753739
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a group-III nitride crystal includes: preparing a seed substrate; and supplying a group-III element oxide gas and a nitrogen element-containing gas at a supersaturation ratio (Po/Pe) greater than 1 and equal to or less than 5, then, growing a group-III nitride crystal on the seed substrate, wherein the Po is a supply partial pressure of the group-III element oxide gas, and the Pe is an equilibrium partial pressure of the group-III element oxide gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Akira Kitamoto, Junichi Takino, Tomoaki Sumi
  • Patent number: 11713517
    Abstract: A group-III nitride substrate includes: a first region having a first impurity concentration in a polished surface; and a second region having a second impurity concentration lower than the first impurity concentration in the polished surface, wherein a first dislocation density of the first region is lower than a second dislocation density of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Akira Kitamoto, Junichi Takino, Tomoaki Sumi, Yoshio Okayama
  • Patent number: 11713516
    Abstract: A group III nitride crystal, wherein the group III nitride crystal is doped with an N-type dopant and a hydrogen element, and the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×1020 cm?3 or more, and the concentration of the hydrogen element is 1×1019 cm?3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Akira Kitamoto, Tomoaki Sumi, Junichi Takino, Yoshio Okayama
  • Patent number: 11624128
    Abstract: A group III nitride crystal, wherein the group III nitride crystal is doped with an N-type dopant and a germanium element, the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×1019 cm?3 or more, and the concentration of the germanium element is nine times or more higher than the concentration of the N-type dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Akira Kitamoto, Tomoaki Sumi, Junichi Takino, Yoshio Okayama
  • Publication number: 20220411964
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a group-III nitride crystal, the manufacturing method includes: preparing a seed substrate; increasing temperature of the seed substrate placed in a nurturing chamber; and supplying a group-III element oxide gas produced in a raw material chamber connected to the nurturing chamber by a connecting pipe and a nitrogen element-containing gas into the nurturing chamber to grow a group-III nitride crystal on the seed substrate, wherein a flow amount y of a carrier gas supplied into the raw material chamber at the temperature increase step satisfies following two relational equations (I) and (II), y<[1?k*H(Ts)]/[k*H(Ts)?j*H(Tg)]j*H(Tg)*t (I), y?1.58*10?4*(22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Shigeyoshi USAMI, Junichi TAKINO, Shunichi MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20220411962
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a group-III nitride crystal, the manufacturing apparatus includes: a raw material chamber that produces therein a group-III element oxide gas; and a nurturing chamber in which a group-III element oxide gas supplied from the raw material chamber and a nitrogen element-containing gas react therein to produce a group-III nitride crystal on a seed substrate, wherein an angle that is formed by a direction along a shortest distance between a forward end of a group-III element oxide gas supply inlet to supply the group-III element oxide gas into the nurturing chamber and an outer circumference of the seed substrate placed in the nurturing chamber, and a surface of the seed substrate is denoted by “?”, wherein a diameter of the group-Ill element oxide gas supply inlet is denoted by “S”, wherein a distance between a surface, on which the seed substrate is placed, of a substrate susceptor that holds the seed substrate and a forward end of a first carrier gas supply inlet to supply a first
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Shigeyoshi USAMI, Junichi TAKINO, Masayuki HOTEIDA, Shunichi MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20220403547
    Abstract: The manufacturing apparatus for a group-III compound semiconductor crystal according to the present disclosure comprises a reaction container. The reaction container has a raw material reaction section, a crystal growth section, and a gas flow channel. The raw material reaction section has a raw material reaction chamber, and a raw material gas nozzle. The crystal growth section has a substrate supporting member, and reactive gas nozzles. The gas flow channel includes a first flow channel, a second flow channel, and a connection portion. The first flow channel has a first opening, and the second flow channel has a second opening. The area of the second opening is configured to be larger than the area of the first opening. The connection portion connects the first opening and the second opening with each other. The gas flow channel forms a gas flow path in the reaction container. The substrate supporting member is disposed inside the gas flow path and located on the downstream side of the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki HOTEIDA, Junichi TAKINO, Shunichi MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20220341056
    Abstract: A group Ill nitride crystal manufacturing apparatus includes a raw material chamber generating a group Ill elemental oxide gas, and a growth chamber allowing the group Ill element oxide gas supplied from the raw material chamber to react with a nitrogen element-containing gas to generate a group III nitride crystal on a seed substrate, and the growth chamber incudes a decomposition promoting part promoting decomposition of the unreacted nitrogen element- containing gas between the seed substrate and an exhaust port for discharging the unreacted group Ill oxide gas and the nitrogen element-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Shigeyoshi USAMI, Akira KITAMOTO, Junichi TAKINO, Masayuki HOTEIDA, Shunichi MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20220325437
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a group III nitride crystal includes: preparing a seed substrate; causing surface roughness on the surface of the seed substrate; and supplying a group III element oxide gas and a nitrogen element-containing gas to grow a group III nitride crystal on the seed substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Shigeyoshi USAMI, Akira KITAMOTO, Junichi TAKINO
  • Patent number: 11396716
    Abstract: A group-III nitride substrate includes: a base material part of a group-III nitride including a front surface, a back surface, and an inner layer between the front surface and the back surface, wherein the carbon concentration of the front surface of the base material part is higher than the carbon concentration of the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Akira Kitamoto, Junichi Takino, Tomoaki Sumi, Yoshio Okayama
  • Publication number: 20220056614
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a group-III nitride crystal includes: preparing a seed substrate; and supplying a group-III element oxide gas and a nitrogen element-containing gas at a supersaturation ratio (Po/Pe) greater than 1 and equal to or less than 5, then, growing a group-III nitride crystal on the seed substrate, wherein the Po is a supply partial pressure of the group-III element oxide gas, and the Pe is an equilibrium partial pressure of the group-III element oxide gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Junichi TAKINO, Tomoaki SUMI
  • Publication number: 20220002904
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a group III nitride crystal according to a first aspect includes: preparing a seed substrate; generating a group III element oxide gas; supplying the group III element oxide gas; supplying a nitrogen element-containing gas; supplying an oxidizing gas containing nitrogen element containing at least one selected from the group consisting of NO gas, NO2 gas, N2O gas, and N2O4 gas; and growing the group III nitride crystal on the seed substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Junichi TAKINO, Tomoaki SUMI, Yoshio OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210388528
    Abstract: A group III nitride crystal, wherein the group III nitride crystal is doped with an N-type dopant and a germanium element, the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×1019 cm?3 or more, and the concentration of the germanium element is nine times or more higher than the concentration of the N-type dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Tomoaki SUMI, Junichi TAKINO, Yoshio OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210388529
    Abstract: A group III nitride crystal, wherein the group III nitride crystal is doped with an N-type dopant and a hydrogen element, and the concentration of the N-type dopant is 1×1020 cm?3 or more, and the concentration of the hydrogen element is 1×1019 cm?3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Tomoaki SUMI, Junichi TAKINO, Yoshio OKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11186922
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a Group-III nitride semiconductor crystal includes a raw material reaction chamber, a raw material reactor which is provided in the raw material reaction chamber and configured to generate a Group-III element-containing gas, a board-holding member configured to hold a board in the raw material reaction chamber, a raw material nozzle configured to spray the Group-III element-containing gas toward the board, a nitrogen source nozzle configured to spray a nitrogen element-containing gas toward the board, in which, in a side view seen in a direction perpendicular to a vertical direction, a spray direction of the nitrogen source nozzle intersects with a spray direction of the raw material nozzle before the board, and a mixing part in which the Group-III element-containing gas and the nitrogen element-containing gas are mixed together is formed around the intersection as a center, a heater, and a rotation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Hoteida, Shunichi Matsuno, Junichi Takino
  • Patent number: 11155931
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a group-III nitride crystal includes: preparing a seed substrate; and supplying a group-III element oxide gas and a nitrogen element-containing gas at a supersaturation ratio (Po/Pe) greater than 1 and equal to or less than 5, then, growing a group-III nitride crystal on the seed substrate, wherein the Po is a supply partial pressure of the group-III element oxide gas, and the Pe is an equilibrium partial pressure of the group-III element oxide gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Masayuki Imanishi, Akira Kitamoto, Junichi Takino, Tomoaki Sumi