Patents by Inventor Wenkan Jiang
Wenkan Jiang 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: 20240183074Abstract: A gallium-containing nitride crystals comprising: a top surface having a crystallographic orientation within 5 degrees of a plane selected from a (0001) +c-plane and a (000-1) ?c-plane; a substantially wurtzite structure; n-type electronic properties; an impurity concentration of hydrogen >5×1017 cm?3; an impurity concentration of oxygen between 2×1017 cm?3 and 1×1020 cm?3; an [H]/[O] ratio of at least 0.3; an impurity concentration of at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, F, and Cl >1×1016 cm?3; a compensation ratio between 1.0 and 4.0; an absorbance per unit thickness of at least 0.01 cm?1 at wavenumbers of 3175 cm?1, 3164 cm?1, and 3150 cm?1; and wherein, at wavenumbers between 3200 cm?1 and 3400 cm?1 and between 3075 cm?1 and 3125 cm?1, said gallium-containing nitride crystal is essentially free of infrared absorption peaks having an absorbance per unit thickness >10% of the absorbance per unit thickness at 3175 cm?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Wenkan JIANG, Dirk EHRENTRAUT, Mark P. D'EVELYN
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Publication number: 20240133076Abstract: A gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed, comprising: a top surface having a crystallographic orientation within about 5 degrees of a plane selected from a (0001) +c-plane and a (000-1) ?c-plane; a substantially wurtzite structure; n-type electronic properties; an impurity concentration of hydrogen greater than about 5×1017 cm?3; an impurity concentration of oxygen between about 2×1017 cm?3 and about 1×1020 cm?3; an [H]/[O] ratio of at least 0.3; an impurity concentration of at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, F, and Cl greater than about 1×1016 cm?3; a compensation ratio between about 1.0 and about 4.0; an absorbance per unit thickness of at least 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Wenkan JIANG, Dirk EHRENTRAUT, Mark P. D'EVELYN
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Patent number: 11898269Abstract: A gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed, comprising: a top surface having a crystallographic orientation within about 5 degrees of a plane selected from a (0001)+c-plane and a (000-1)?c-plane; a substantially wurtzite structure; n-type electronic properties; an impurity concentration of hydrogen greater than about 5×1017 cm?3, an impurity concentration of oxygen between about 2×1017 cm?3 and about 1×1020 cm?3, an [H]/[O] ratio of at least 0.3; an impurity concentration of at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, F, and Cl greater than about 1×1016 cm?3, a compensation ratio between about 1.0 and about 4.0; an absorbance per unit thickness of at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SLT Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wenkan Jiang, Dirk Ehrentraut, Mark P. D'Evelyn
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Publication number: 20230317444Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques related to techniques for processing materials for manufacture of group-III metal nitride and gallium based substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for growing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques. Merely by way of example, the disclosure can be applied to growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others for manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates. Such bulk or patterned substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic and electronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors, and others.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: SLT Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wenkan JIANG, Mark P. D'EVELYN, Derrick S. KAMBER, Dirk EHRENTRAUT, Jonathan D. COOK, James WENGER
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Publication number: 20230295839Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques related to techniques for processing materials for manufacture of group-III metal nitride and gallium based substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for growing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques. Merely by way of example, the disclosure can be applied to growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others for manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates. Such bulk or patterned substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic and electronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors, and others.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: SLT Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Keiji FUKUTOMI, Wenkan JIANG, Motoi TAMAKI, Mark P. D'EVELYN
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Patent number: 11721549Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques related to techniques for processing materials for manufacture of group-III metal nitride and gallium based substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for growing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques. Merely by way of example, the disclosure can be applied to growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others for manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates. Such bulk or patterned substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic and electronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors, and others.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mark P. D'Evelyn, Wenkan Jiang, Drew W. Cardwell, Dirk Ehrentraut
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Patent number: 11705322Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques related to techniques for processing materials for manufacture of group-III metal nitride and gallium based substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for growing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques. Merely by way of example, the disclosure can be applied to growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others for manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates. Such bulk or patterned substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic and electronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors, and others.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Wenkan Jiang, Mark P. D'Evelyn, Derrick S. Kamber, Dirk Ehrentraut, Jonathan D. Cook, James Wenger
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Publication number: 20210249252Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques related to techniques for processing materials for manufacture of group-III metal nitride and gallium based substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for growing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques. Merely by way of example, the disclosure can be applied to growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others for manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates. Such bulk or patterned substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic and electronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors, and others.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Wenkan JIANG, Mark P. D'EVELYN, Derrick S. KAMBER, Dirk EHRENTRAUT, Jonathan D. COOK, James WENGER
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Publication number: 20210249266Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques related to techniques for processing materials for manufacture of group-III metal nitride and gallium based substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for growing large area substrates using a combination of processing techniques. Merely by way of example, the disclosure can be applied to growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, and others for manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates. Such bulk or patterned substrates can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic and electronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photo electrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors, and others.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Mark P. D'Evelyn, Wenkan Jiang, Drew W. Cardwell, Dirk Ehrentraut
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Publication number: 20200263321Abstract: A gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed, comprising: a top surface having a crystallographic orientation within about 5 degrees of a plane selected from a (0001) +c-plane and a (000-1) ?c-plane; a substantially wurtzite structure; n-type electronic properties; an impurity concentration of hydrogen greater than about 5×1017 cm?3, an impurity concentration of oxygen between about 2×1017 cm?3 and about 1×1020 cm?3, an [H]/[O] ratio of at least 0.3; an impurity concentration of at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, F, and Cl greater than about 1×1016 cm?3, a compensation ratio between about 1.0 and about 4.0; an absorbance per unit thickness of at least 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Wenkan JIANG, Dirk EHRENTRAUT, Mark P. D'EVELYN
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Patent number: 10648102Abstract: Gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed, comprising: a top surface having a crystallographic orientation within about 5 degrees of a plane selected from a (0001) +c-plane and a (000-1) ?c-plane; a substantially wurtzite structure; n-type electronic properties; an impurity concentration of hydrogen greater than about 5×1017 cm?3; an impurity concentration of oxygen between about 2×1017 cm?3 and about 1×1020 cm?3; an [H]/[O] ratio of at least 0.3; an impurity concentration of at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, F, and CI greater than about 1×1016 cm?3; a compensation ratio between about 1.0 and about 4.0; an absorbance per unit thickness of at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Wenkan Jiang, Dirk Ehrentraut, Mark P. D'Evelyn
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Patent number: 10301745Abstract: An ultralow defect gallium-containing nitride crystal and methods of making ultralow defect gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed. The crystals are useful as substrates for light emitting diodes, laser diodes, transistors, photodetectors, solar cells, and photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generators.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mark P. D'Evelyn, Dirk Ehrentraut, Wenkan Jiang, Bradley C. Downey
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Publication number: 20180195206Abstract: A gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed, comprising: a top surface having a crystallographic orientation within about 5 degrees of a plane selected from a (0001) +c-plane and a (000-1) ?c-plane; a substantially wurtzite structure; n-type electronic properties; an impurity concentration of hydrogen greater than about 5×1017 cm?3; an impurity concentration of oxygen between about 2×1017 cm?3 and about 1×1020 cm?3; an [H]/[O] ratio of at least 0.3; an impurity concentration of at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, F, and Cl greater than about 1×1016 cm?3; a compensation ratio between about 1.0 and about 4.0; an absorbance per unit thickness of at least 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Wenkan Jiang, Dirk Ehrentraut, Mark P. D'Evelyn
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Patent number: 9650723Abstract: Large area seed crystals for ammonothermal GaN growth are fabricated by deposition or layer transfer of a GaN layer on a CTE-matched handle substrate. The sides and back of the handle substrate are protected from the ammonothermal growth environment by a coating comprising an adhesion layer, a diffusion barrier layer, and an inert layer. A patterned mask, also comprising an adhesion layer, a diffusion barrier layer, and an inert layer, may be provided over the GaN layer to allow for reduction of the dislocation density by lateral epitaxial growth.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Soraa, Inc.Inventors: Mark P. D'Evelyn, Wenkan Jiang, Derrick S. Kamber, Rajeev T. Pakalapati, Michael R. Krames
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Patent number: 9589792Abstract: High quality ammonothermal group III metal nitride crystals having a pattern of locally-approximately-linear arrays of threading dislocations, methods of manufacturing high quality ammonothermal group III metal nitride crystals, and methods of using such crystals are disclosed. The crystals are useful for seed bulk crystal growth and as substrates for light emitting diodes, laser diodes, transistors, photodetectors, solar cells, and for photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Soraa, Inc.Inventors: Wenkan Jiang, Mark P. D'Evelyn, Derrick S. Kamber, Dirk Ehrentraut, Michael Krames
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Publication number: 20170029978Abstract: An ultralow defect gallium-containing nitride crystal and methods of making ultralow defect gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed. The crystals are useful as substrates for light emitting diodes, laser diodes, transistors, photodetectors, solar cells, and photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generators.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: MARK P. D'EVELYN, DIRK EHRENTRAUT, WENKAN JIANG, BRADLEY C. DOWNEY
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Patent number: 9543392Abstract: Large-area, low-cost single crystal transparent gallium-containing nitride crystals useful as substrates for fabricating GaN devices for electronic and/or optoelectronic applications are disclosed. The gallium-containing nitride crystals are formed by controlling impurity concentrations during ammonothermal growth and processing to control the relative concentrations of point defect species.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Soraa, Inc.Inventors: Wenkan Jiang, Dirk Ehrentraut, Mark P. D'Evelyn
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Patent number: 9404197Abstract: An ultralow defect gallium-containing nitride crystal and methods of making ultralow defect gallium-containing nitride crystals are disclosed. The crystals are useful as substrates for light emitting diodes, laser diodes, transistors, photodetectors, solar cells, and photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generators.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Soraa, Inc.Inventors: Mark P. D'Evelyn, Dirk Ehrentraut, Wenkan Jiang, Bradley C. Downey
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Patent number: 9275912Abstract: Methods for quantifying extended defects in a gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device, are disclosed. The methods include providing a gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device, processing the gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device in an etchant solution comprising one or more of H3PO4, H3PO4 that has been conditioned by prolonged heat treatment to form polyphosphoric acid, and H2SO4; removing the gallium-containing nitride crystal, wafer, or device from the etchant solution; and quantifying the concentration of at least one of etch pits or etch grooves.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Soraa, Inc.Inventors: Wenkan Jiang, Dirk Ehrentraut, Bradley C. Downey, Mark P. D'Evelyn
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Publication number: 20140147650Abstract: High quality ammonothermal group III metal nitride crystals having a pattern of locally-approximately-linear arrays of threading dislocations, methods of manufacturing high quality ammonothermal group III metal nitride crystals, and methods of using such crystals are disclosed. The crystals are useful for seed bulk crystal growth and as substrates for light emitting diodes, laser diodes, transistors, photodetectors, solar cells, and for photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: SORAA, INC.Inventors: WENKAN JIANG, MARK P. D'EVELYN, DERRICK S. KAMBER, DIRK EHRENTRAUT, MICHAEL KRAMES