Abstract: A semiconductor device formed on a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate comprises an epitaxial layer formed on a surface sloping (or inclining) by 0 to less than 1 degree from a (000-1) face of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, wherein at least one of a P type semiconductor area or an N type semiconductor area is selectively formed in the epitaxial layer by ion implantation, a metal electrode is formed so as to contact a surface layer of the P type semiconductor area or the N type semiconductor area, a rectification function is shown between the metal electrode and the P type semiconductor area or the N type semiconductor area, and the semiconductor device is formed on the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate of a Schottky barrier diode or a PN type diode.

Abstract: Provided is a silicon carbide epitaxial wafer which is formed on a substrate that is less than 1° off from the {0001} surface of silicon carbide having an ?-type crystal structure, wherein the crystal defects in the SiC epitaxial wafer are reduced while the flatness of the surface thereof is improved.

Abstract: A semiconductor device formed on a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate comprises an epitaxial layer formed on a surface sloping (or inclining) by 0 to less than 1 degree from a (000-1) face of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, wherein at least one of a P type semiconductor area or an N type semiconductor area is selectively formed in the epitaxial layer by ion implantation, a metal electrode is formed so as to contact a surface layer of the P type semiconductor area or the N type semiconductor area, a rectification function is shown between the metal electrode and the P type semiconductor area or the N type semiconductor area, and the semiconductor device is formed on the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate of a Schottky barrier diode or a PN type diode.

Abstract: A magnetic recording system having a magnetic head and a magnetic-field generating device including a compensation circuit for supplying a current generating a magnetic field to cancel a leakage magnetic field applied to the magnetic recording medium, the leakage field arising from at least one of an actuator magnetically driven to drive the magnetic head and an actuator magnetically driven to focus and track a laser beam on the magneto-optical disk.