Patents by Inventor Hirobumi Nagaoka
Hirobumi Nagaoka 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).
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Publication number: 20220033992Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Kazunori KAMADA, Hirobumi NAGAOKA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Yuji KAGAMITANI
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Patent number: 11162190Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Kazunori Kamada, Hirobumi Nagaoka, Shinichiro Kawabata, Yuji Kagamitani
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Publication number: 20200109489Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Kazunori KAMADA, Hirobumi NAGAOKA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Yuji KAGAMITANI
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Patent number: 10526726Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Kazunori Kamada, Hirobumi Nagaoka, Shinichiro Kawabata, Yuji Kagamitani
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Publication number: 20170051434Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Kazunori KAMADA, Hirobumi NAGAOKA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Yuji KAGAMITANI
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Patent number: 9518337Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Kazunori Kamada, Hirobumi Nagaoka, Shinichiro Kawabata, Yuji Kagamitani
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Publication number: 20150247256Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Kazunori KAMADA, Hirobumi NAGAOKA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Yuji KAGAMITANI
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Patent number: 9096945Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Kazunori Kamada, Hirobumi Nagaoka, Shinichiro Kawabata, Yuji Kagamitani
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Publication number: 20130108537Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Kazunori KAMADA, Hirobumi NAGAOKA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Yuji KAGAMITANI
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Patent number: 8142566Abstract: A Ga-containing nitride semiconductor single crystal characterized in that (a) the maximum reflectance measured by irradiating the Ga-containing nitride semiconductor single crystal with light at a wavelength of 450 nm is 20% or less and the difference between the maximum reflectance and the minimum reflectance is within 10%, (b) the ratio of maximum value to minimum value (maximum value/minimum value) of the dislocation density measured by a cathode luminescence method is 10 or less, and/or (c) the lifetime measured by a time-resolved photoluminescence method is 95 ps or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Kiyomi, Hirobumi Nagaoka, Hirotaka Oota, Isao Fujimura
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Patent number: 7794541Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a GaN-based material having high thermal conductivity. A gallium nitride-based material is grown by HVPE (Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth) by supplying a carrier gas (G1) containing H2 gas, GaCl gas (G2), and NH3 gas (G3) to a reaction chamber (10), and setting the growth temperature at 900 (° C.) (inclusive) to 1,200 (° C.) (inclusive), the growth pressure at 8.08×104 (Pa) (inclusive) to 1.21×105 (Pa) (inclusive), the partial pressure of the GaCl gas (G2) at 1.0×104 (Pa) (inclusive) to 1.0×104 (Pa) (inclusive), and the partial pressure of the NH3 gas (G3) at 9.1×102 (Pa) (inclusive) to 2.0×104 (Pa) (inclusive).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignees: Tohoku University, Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Yoshio Waseda, Kenji Shimoyama, Kazumasa Kiyomi, Hirobumi Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20100162945Abstract: A method to make gallium nitride-based material by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicants: Tohoku University, Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Yoshio Waseda, Kenji Shimoyama, Kazumasa Kiyomi, Hirobumi Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20100140536Abstract: A gallium nitride-based material prepared by a vertical Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth method which has thermal conductivity of at least 2.8×102 W/m·K at 25° C. is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicants: Tohoku University, Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki SHIBATA, Yoshio Waseda, Kenji Shimoyama, Kazumasa Kiyomi, Hirobumi Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20090081110Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a GaN-based material having high thermal conductivity. A gallium nitride-based material is grown by HVPE (Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth) by supplying a carrier gas (G1) containing H2 gas, GaCl gas (G2), and NH3 gas (G3) to a reaction chamber (10), and setting the growth temperature at 900 (° C.) (inclusive) to 1,200 (° C.) (inclusive), the growth pressure at 8.08×104 (Pa) (inclusive) to 1.21×105 (Pa) (inclusive), the partial pressure of the GaCl gas (G2) at 1.0×104 (Pa) (inclusive) to 1.0×104 (Pa) (inclusive), and the partial pressure of the NH3 gas (G3) at 9.1×102 (Pa) (inclusive) to 2.0×104 (Pa) (inclusive).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicants: Tohoku University, MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Yoshio Waseda, Kenji Shimoyama, Kazumasa Kiyomi, Hirobumi Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20080308812Abstract: A Ga-containing nitride semiconductor single crystal characterized in that (a) the maximum reflectance measured by irradiating the Ga-containing nitride semiconductor single crystal with light at a wavelength of 450 nm is 20% or less and the difference between the maximum reflectance and the minimum reflectance is within 10%, (b) the ratio of maximum value to minimum value (maximum value/minimum value) of the dislocation density measured by a cathode luminescence method is 10 or less, and/or (c) the lifetime measured by a time-resolved photoluminescence method is 95 ps or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2005Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa Kiyomi, Hirobumi Nagaoka, Hirotaka Oota, Isao Fujimura