Patents by Inventor Kenji Fujito

Kenji Fujito 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).

  • Publication number: 20230253461
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru NAGAO, Yusuke TSUKADA, azunori KAMADA, Shuichi KUBO, Hirotaka IKEDA, Kenji FUJITO, Hideo FUJISAWA, Yutaka MIKAWA, Tae MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11664428
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagao, Yusuke Tsukada, Kazunori Kamada, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tae Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20210273058
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru NAGAO, Yusuke TSUKADA, Kazunori KAMADA, Shuichi KUBO, Hirotaka IKEDA, Kenji FUJITO, Hideo FUJISAWA, Yutaka MIKAWA, Tae MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11038024
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagao, Yusuke Tsukada, Kazunori Kamada, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tae Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11031475
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10 ?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagao, Yusuke Tsukada, Kazunori Kamada, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tae Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10655244
    Abstract: A disc-like GaN substrate is a substrate produced by a tiling method and having an angel between the normal line and m-axis on the main surface of the substrate of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 to 55 mm, to 4 or less. In a preferred embodiment, a disc-like GaN substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface, and which has an angle between the normal line and m-axis on the first main surface of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 mm or more. The disc-like GaN substrate comprises at least four crystalline regions each being exposed to both of the first main surface and the second main surface, wherein the four crystalline regions are arranged in line along the direction of the orthogonal projection of c-axis on the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Tsukada, Satoru Nagao, Kazunori Kamada, Masayuki Tashiro, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tetsuharu Kajimoto, Takashi Fukada
  • Patent number: 10570530
    Abstract: A periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystals grown with a non-polar or semi-polar principal surface have numerous stacking faults. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a period table Group 13 metal nitride crystal wherein the occurrence of stacking faults of this kind are suppressed. The present invention achieves the foregoing by a periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal being characterized in that, in a Qx direction intensity profile that includes a maximum intensity and is derived from an isointensity contour plot obtained by x-ray reciprocal lattice mapping of (100) plane of the periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal, a Qx width at 1/300th of peak intensity is 6×10?4 rlu or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Enatsu, Satoru Nagao, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito
  • Publication number: 20200013860
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru NAGAO, Yusuke Tsukada, Kazunori Kamada, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tae Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10475887
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagao, Yusuke Tsukada, Kazunori Kamada, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tae Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20190312111
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru NAGAO, Yusuke TSUKADA, Kazunori KAMADA, Shuichi KUBO, Hirotaka IKEDA, Kenji FUJITO, Hideo FUJISAWA, Yutaka MIKAWA, Tae MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180334758
    Abstract: A disc-like GaN substrate is a substrate produced by a tiling method and having an angel between the normal line and m-axis on the main surface of the substrate of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 to 55 mm, to 4 or less. In a preferred embodiment, a disc-like GaN substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface, and which has an angle between the normal line and m-axis on the first main surface of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 mm or more. The disc-like GaN substrate comprises at least four crystalline regions each being exposed to both of the first main surface and the second main surface, wherein the four crystalline regions are arranged in line along the direction of the orthogonal projection of c-axis on the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TSUKADA, Satoru NAGAO, Kazunori KAMADA, Masayuki TASHIRO, Kenji FUJITO, Hideo FUJISAWA, Yutaka MIKAWA, Tetsuharu KAJIMOTO, Takashi FUKADA
  • Publication number: 20180258552
    Abstract: A periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystals grown with a non-polar or semi-polar principal surface have numerous stacking faults. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a period table Group 13 metal nitride crystal wherein the occurrence of stacking faults of this kind are suppressed. The present invention achieves the foregoing by a periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal being characterized in that, in a Qx direction intensity profile that includes a maximum intensity and is derived from an isointensity contour plot obtained by x-ray reciprocal lattice mapping of (100) plane of the periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal, a Qx width at 1/300th of peak intensity is 6×10?4 rlu or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki ENATSU, Satoru NAGAO, Shuichi KUBO, Hirotaka IKEDA, Kenji FUJITO
  • Patent number: 10066319
    Abstract: A disc-like GaN substrate is a substrate produced by a tiling method and having an angel between the normal line and m-axis on the main surface of the substrate of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 to 55 mm, to 4 or less. In a preferred embodiment, a disc-like GaN substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface, and which has an angle between the normal line and m-axis on the first main surface of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 mm or more. The disc-like GaN substrate comprises at least four crystalline regions each being exposed to both of the first main surface and the second main surface, wherein the four crystalline regions are arranged in line along the direction of the orthogonal projection of c-axis on the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Tsukada, Satoru Nagao, Kazunori Kamada, Masayuki Tashiro, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tetsuharu Kajimoto, Takashi Fukada
  • Patent number: 10023976
    Abstract: A periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystals grown with a non-polar or semi-polar principal surface have numerous stacking faults. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a period table Group 13 metal nitride crystal wherein the occurrence of stacking faults of this kind are suppressed. The present invention achieves the foregoing by a periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal being characterized in that, in a Qx direction intensity profile that includes a maximum intensity and is derived from an isointensity contour plot obtained by x-ray reciprocal lattice mapping of (100) plane of the periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal, a Qx width at 1/300th of peak intensity is 6×10?4 rlu or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Enatsu, Satoru Nagao, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito
  • Publication number: 20180057960
    Abstract: A periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystals grown with a non-polar or semi-polar principal surface have numerous stacking faults. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a period table Group 13 metal nitride crystal wherein the occurrence of stacking faults of this kind are suppressed. The present invention achieves the foregoing by a periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal being characterized in that, in a Qx direction intensity profile that includes a maximum intensity and is derived from an isointensity contour plot obtained by x-ray reciprocal lattice mapping of (100) plane of the periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal, a Qx width at 1/300th of peak intensity is 6×10?4 rlu or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki ENATSU, Satoru NAGAO, Shuichi KUBO, Hirotaka IKEDA, Kenji FUJITO
  • Patent number: 9840791
    Abstract: A periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystals grown with a non-polar or semi-polar principal surface have numerous stacking faults. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a period table Group 13 metal nitride crystal wherein the occurrence of stacking faults of this kind are suppressed. The present invention achieves the foregoing by a periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal being characterized in that, in a Qx direction intensity profile that includes a maximum intensity and is derived from an isointensity contour plot obtained by x-ray reciprocal lattice mapping of (100) plane of the periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal, a Qx width at 1/300th of peak intensity is 6×10?4 rlu or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Enatsu, Satoru Nagao, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito
  • Patent number: 9551088
    Abstract: A method of growing high-quality, group-III nitride, bulk single crystals. The group III-nitride bulk crystal is grown in an autoclave in supercritical ammonia using a source material or nutrient that is a group III-nitride polycrystals or group-III metal having a grain size of at least 10 microns or more and a seed crystal that is a group-III nitride single crystal. The group III-nitride polycrystals may be recycled from previous ammonothermal process after annealing in reducing gas at more then 600° C. The autoclave may include an internal chamber that is filled with ammonia, wherein the ammonia is released from the internal chamber into the autoclave when the ammonia attains a supercritical state after the heating of the autoclave, such that convection of the supercritical ammonia transfers source materials and deposits the transferred source materials onto seed crystals, but undissolved particles of the source materials are prevented from being transferred and deposited on the seed crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kenji Fujito, Tadao Hashimoto, Shuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9502241
    Abstract: Provided is a high-quality Group III nitride crystal of excellent processability. A Group III nitride crystal is produced by forming a film is composed of an oxide, hydroxide and/or oxyhydroxide containing a Group III element by heat-treating a Group III nitride single crystal at 1000° C. or above, and removing the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUSBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Matsumoto, Kunitada Suzaki, Kenji Fujito, Satoru Nagao
  • Publication number: 20160319460
    Abstract: A disc-like GaN substrate is a substrate produced by a tiling method and having an angel between the normal line and m-axis on the main surface of the substrate of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 to 55 mm, to 4 or less. In a preferred embodiment, a disc-like GaN substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface, and which has an angle between the normal line and m-axis on the first main surface of 0 to 20° inclusive and a diameter of 45 mm or more. The disc-like GaN substrate comprises at least four crystalline regions each being exposed to both of the first main surface and the second main surface, wherein the four crystalline regions are arranged in line along the direction of the orthogonal projection of c-axis on the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TSUKADA, Satoru NAGAO, Kazunori KAMADA, Masayuki TASHIRO, Kenji FUJITO, Hideo FUJISAWA, Yutaka MIKAWA, Tetsuharu KAJIMOTO, Takashi FUKADA
  • Patent number: 9428386
    Abstract: Provided is a base substrate with which a Group-III nitride crystal having a large area and a large thickness can be grown while inhibiting crack generation. A single-crystal substrate for use in growing a Group-III nitride crystal thereon, which satisfies the following Z1>0 expression (1), wherein Z1 (?m) is an amount of warpage of physical shape in a growth surface of the single-crystal substrate and Z2<0 expression (2), wherein Z2 (?m) is an amount of warpage calculated from a radius of curvature of crystallographic-plane shape in a growth surface of the single-crystal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Fujito, Yasuhiro Uchiyama