Patents by Inventor Masashi ISEMURA

Masashi ISEMURA 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: 10266965
    Abstract: A large Group III nitride crystal of high quality with few defects such as a distortion, a dislocation, and warping is produced by vapor phase epitaxy. A method for producing a Group III nitride crystal includes: a first Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a first Group III nitride crystal 1003 by liquid phase epitaxy; and a second Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a second Group III nitride crystal 1004 on the first crystal 1003 by vapor phase epitaxy. In the first Group III nitride crystal production process, the surfaces of seed crystals 1003a (preliminarily provided Group III nitride) are brought into contact with an alkali metal melt, a Group III element and nitrogen are cause to react with each other in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere in the alkali metal melt, and the Group III nitride crystals are bound together by growth of the Group III nitride crystals grown from the seed crystals 1003a to produce a first crystal 1003.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: Osaka University, Itochu Plastics Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Mamoru Imade, Masashi Isemura, Akira Usui, Masatomo Shibata, Takehiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10202710
    Abstract: A large Group III nitride crystal of high quality with few defects such as a distortion, a dislocation, and warping is produced by vapor phase epitaxy. A method for producing a Group III nitride crystal includes: a first Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a first Group III nitride crystal 1003 by liquid phase epitaxy; and a second Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a second Group III nitride crystal 1004 on the first crystal 1003 by vapor phase epitaxy by causing a Group III element metal to react with an oxidizing agent and nitrogen-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: Osaka University, Itochu Plastics Inc., Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Mamoru Imade, Masashi Isemura, Yoshio Okayama
  • Patent number: 10026612
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a method of producing a Group III nitride crystal that prevents a halogen-containing by-product from adversely affecting crystal generation and is superior in reactivity and operability. A method of producing a Group III nitride crystal includes a step of causing a Group III metal to react with an oxidizing gas and nitrogen-containing gas, thereby producing a Group III nitride crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: Osaka University, Itochu Plastics Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Mamoru Imade, Masashi Yoshimura, Masashi Isemura
  • Patent number: 10011921
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a Group III element nitride crystal by growing it on a plane on the ?c-plane side as a crystal growth plane. The present invention is a method for producing a Group III element nitride crystal, including a vapor phase growth step of growing a Group III element nitride crystal 12 on a crystal growth plane of a Group III element nitride seed crystal 11 by vapor deposition. The vapor phase growth step is a step of causing a Group III metal, an oxidant, and a nitrogen-containing gas to react with one another to grow the Group III element nitride crystal 12 or includes: a reduced product gas generation step of causing a Group III element oxide and a reducing gas to react with each other to generate a gas of a reduced product of the Group III element oxide; and a crystal generation step of causing the gas of the reduced product and a nitrogen-containing gas to react with each other to generate the Group III element nitride crystal 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Osaka University, Itochu Plastics Inc., National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura, Mamoru Imade, Masashi Isemura, Akinori Koukitu
  • Publication number: 20180094361
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a Group III nitride crystal that can produce a Group III nitride crystal of high quality with few defects such as crack, dislocation, and the like by vapor phase epitaxy. In order to achieve the above object, the method for producing a Group III nitride crystal of the present invention includes a step of: causing Group III element-containing gas 111a to react with nitrogen-containing gas 203a and 203b to generate a Group III nitride crystal 204, wherein in the Group III nitride crystal generation step, the reaction is performed in the presence of a carbon-containing substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Mamoru IMADE, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Masashi ISEMURA
  • Publication number: 20170321348
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a Group III element nitride crystal by growing it on a plane on the ?c-plane side as a crystal growth plane. The present invention is a method for producing a Group III element nitride crystal, including a vapor phase growth step of growing a Group III element nitride crystal 12 on a crystal growth plane of a Group III element nitride seed crystal 11 by vapor deposition. The vapor phase growth step is a step of causing a Group III metal, an oxidant, and a nitrogen-containing gas to react with one another to grow the Group III element nitride crystal 12 or includes: a reduced product gas generation step of causing a Group III element oxide and a reducing gas to react with each other to generate a gas of a reduced product of the Group III element oxide; and a crystal generation step of causing the gas of the reduced product and a nitrogen-containing gas to react with each other to generate the Group III element nitride crystal 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Mamoru IMADE, Masashi ISEMURA, Akinori KOUKITU
  • Publication number: 20170073840
    Abstract: A large Group III nitride crystal of high quality with few defects such as a distortion, a dislocation, and warping is produced by vapor phase epitaxy. A method for producing a Group III nitride crystal includes: a first Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a first Group III nitride crystal 1003 by liquid phase epitaxy; and a second Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a second Group III nitride crystal 1004 on the first crystal 1003 by vapor phase epitaxy by causing a Group III element metal to react with an oxidizing agent and nitrogen-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Mamoru IMADE, Masashi ISEMURA, Yoshio OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170073839
    Abstract: A large Group III nitride crystal of high quality with few defects such as a distortion, a dislocation, and warping is produced by vapor phase epitaxy. A method for producing a Group III nitride crystal includes: a first Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a first Group III nitride crystal 1003 by liquid phase epitaxy; and a second Group III nitride crystal production process of producing a second Group III nitride crystal 1004 on the first crystal 1003 by vapor phase epitaxy. In the first Group III nitride crystal production process, the surfaces of seed crystals 1003a (preliminarily provided Group III nitride) are brought into contact with an alkali metal melt, a Group III element and nitrogen are cause to react with each other in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere in the alkali metal melt, and the Group III nitride crystals are bound together by growth of the Group III nitride crystals grown from the seed crystals 1003a to produce a first crystal 1003.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Mamoru IMADE, Masashi ISEMURA, Akira USUI, Masatomo SHIBATA, Takehiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160268129
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a method of producing a Group III nitride crystal that prevents a halogen-containing by-product from adversely affecting crystal generation and is superior in reactivity and operability. A method of producing a Group III nitride crystal includes a step of causing a Group III metal to react with an oxidizing gas and nitrogen-containing gas, thereby producing a Group III nitride crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, ITOCHU PLASTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Mamoru IMADE, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masashi ISEMURA