Abstract: Provided is an SiC composite substrate 10 having a monocrystalline SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, wherein: some or all of the interface at which the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 and the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 are in contact is an unmatched interface I12/11 that is not lattice-matched; the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 has a smooth obverse surface and has, on the side of the interface with the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, a surface that has more pronounced depressions and projections than the obverse surface; and the close-packed plane (lattice plane 11p) of the crystals of the polycrystalline SiC in the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 is randomly oriented with reference to the direction of a normal to the obverse surface of the monocrystalline SiC layer 12. The present invention improves the adhesion between the polycrystalline SiC substrate and the monocrystalline SiC layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an SiC composite substrate 10 having a single-crystal SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, wherein: the single-crystal SiC layer 12 is provided on one surface of a holding substrate 21 comprising Si, and a single-crystal SiC-layer carrier 14 is prepared; polycrystalline SiC is then accumulated on the single-crystal SiC layer 12 by a physical or chemical means, and an SiC laminate 15 is prepared in which the single-crystal SiC layer 12 and the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 are laminated on the holding substrate 21; and the holding substrate 21 is then physically and/or chemically removed. With the present invention, an SiC composite substrate having a single-crystal. SiC layer with good crystallinity is obtained with a simple manufacturing process.

Abstract: A method of transferring a device layer in a SOI wafer obtained by stacking a Si layer, an insulator layer, and the device layer to a transfer substrate, includes a step of temporarily bonding a surface on which the device layer is formed of the SOI wafer to a supporting substrate using an adhesive for temporary bonding, a step of removing the Si layer of the SOI wafer until the insulator layer is exposed and obtaining a thinned device wafer, a step of coating only the transfer substrate with an adhesive for transfer and then bonding the insulator layer in the thinned device wafer to the transfer substrate via the adhesive for transfer, a step of thermally curing the adhesive for transfer under a load at the same time as or after bonding, a step of peeling off the supporting substrate, and a step of removing the adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat dissipation substrate, which is a composite substrate composed of two layers, and which is characterized in that a surface layer (first layer) (1) is configured of single crystal silicon and a handle substrate (second layer) (2) is configured of a material that has a higher thermal conductivity than the first layer. A heat dissipation substrate of the present invention has high heat dissipation properties.

Abstract: A compound semiconductor laminate substrate comprising two single-crystalline compound semiconductor substrates directly bonded together and laminated, the single-crystalline compound semiconductor substrates having the same composition including A and B as constituent elements and having the same atomic arrangement, characterized in that the front and back surfaces of the laminate substrate are polar faces comprising the same kind of atoms of A or B, and that a laminate interface comprises a bond of atoms of either B or A and is a unipolar anti-phase region boundary plane in which the crystal lattices of the atoms are matched. In this way, the polar faces of the front and rear surfaces of the compound semiconductor laminate substrate are made monopolar, thereby facilitating semiconductor element process designing, and making it possible to manufacture a low-cost, high-performance, and stable semiconductor element without implementing complex substrate processing.

Abstract: A silicon carbide substrate production method includes: the step of providing covering layers 1b, 1b, each containing silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbonitride, or silicide, respectively on both surfaces of a base material substrate 1a carbon, silicon or silicon carbide, and turning the surface of each of the covering layers 1b, 1b into a smooth surface to prepare a support substrate 1; a step of forming a polycrystalline silicon carbide film 10 on both surfaces of the support substrate 1 by a gas phase growth method or a liquid phase growth method; and a step of separating the polycrystalline silicon carbide films from the support substrate while preserving, on the surface thereof, the smoothness of the covering layer surfaces 1b, 1b by chemically removing at least the covering layers 1b, 1b, from the support substrate 1. The silicon carbide substrate has a smooth surface and reduced internal stress.

Abstract: A method for producing a SiC composite substrate 10 having a single crystal SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11. After the single crystal SiC layer 12 is provided on the front surface of a holding substrate 21 including Si and having a silicon oxide film 21a on the front and back surfaces thereof to produce a single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14, a part or all of the thickness of the silicon oxide film 21a on one area or all of the back surface of the holding substrate 21 in the single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14 is removed to impart warpage to the single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14?. Then, polycrystalline SiC is deposited on the single crystal SiC layer 12 by chemical vapor deposition to form the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, and the holding substrate is physically and/or chemically removed.

Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle that reduces damage on a fuel gas pump and deformation of a dash panel toward a cabin side when the vehicle collides head-on. The fuel gas pump is secured to a stack frame via a bracket such that a rotation, axis line of a motor adapted to drive a fuel gas pump inclines with respect to a reference line along the from-rear direction of the vehicle in plan view of the vehicle. Two fastening members secure the stack frame to the bracket in a state of being respectively inserted through a through hole and a cutout portion formed at a mounting portion. The cutout portion is formed such that, when the bracket turns together with the fuel gas pump with respect to the stack frame using one fastening member as a rotational center, the other fastening member exits out of an opening of the cutout portion.

Abstract: A method for producing a SiC composite substrate 10 having a single crystal SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11. After the single crystal SiC layer 12 is provided on the front surface of a holding substrate 21 including Si and having a silicon oxide film 21a on the front and back surfaces thereof to produce a single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14, a part or all of the thickness of the silicon oxide film 21a on one area or all of the back surface of the holding substrate 21 in the single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14 is removed to impart warpage to the single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14?. Then, polycrystalline SiC is deposited on the single crystal SiC layer 12 by chemical vapor deposition to form the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, and the holding substrate is physically and/or chemically removed.

Abstract: A sapphire composite base material including: an inorganic glass substrate, a polyvinyl butyral or silica intermediate film on the inorganic glass substrate, and a single crystal sapphire film on the intermediate film. There is also provided a method for producing a sapphire composite base material, including steps of: forming an ion-implanted layer inside the single crystal sapphire substrate; forming a polyvinyl butyral or silica intermediate film on at least one surface selected from the surface of the single crystal sapphire substrate before or after the ion implantation, and a surface of an inorganic glass substrate; bonding the ion-implanted surface of the single crystal sapphire substrate to the surface of the inorganic glass substrate via the intermediate film to obtain a bonded body; and transferring a single crystal sapphire film to the inorganic glass substrate via the intermediate film.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an SiC composite substrate 10 having a single-crystal SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, wherein: the single-crystal SiC layer 12 is provided on one surface of a holding substrate 21 comprising Si, and a single-crystal SiC-layer carrier 14 is prepared; polycrystalline SiC is then accumulated on the single-crystal SiC layer 12 by a physical or chemical means, and an SiC laminate 15 is prepared in which the single-crystal SiC layer 12 and the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 are laminated on the holding substrate 21; and the holding substrate 21 is then physically and/or chemically removed. With the present invention, an SiC composite substrate having a single-crystal. SiC layer with good crystallinity is obtained with a simple manufacturing process.

Abstract: Provided is a composite substrate which is provided with: a single crystal silicon carbide thin film 11 having a thickness of 1?m or less; a handle substrate 12 which supports the single crystal silicon carbide thin film 11 and is formed from a heat-resistant material (excluding single crystal silicon carbide) having a heat resistance of not less than 1,100° C.; and an intervening layer 13 which has a thickness of 1?m or less and is arranged between the single crystal silicon carbide thin film 11 and the handle substrate 12, and which is formed from at least one material selected from among silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, zirconium oxide, silicon and silicon carbide, or from at least one metal material selected from among Ti, Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, Zr, Mo, Ta and W. This composite substrate according to the present invention enables the formation of a nanocarbon film having few defects at low cost.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an SiC composite substrate 10 that includes a single crystal SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11. After manufacturing a single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14 by providing the single crystal SiC layer 12 on one surface of a holding substrate 21 including Si. A polycrystalline SiC is deposited on the single crystal SiC layer 12 through chemical vapor deposition to manufacture an SiC laminated body 15 laminated with the single crystal SiC layer 12 and the polycrystalline SiC layer 11 having a thickness t on the holding substrate 21?. At the same time, the single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14 is heated at a temperature less than 1,414 degrees Celsius, and a portion of the thickness t of the polycrystalline SiC is deposited. Then, the holding substrate 21? is physically and/or chemically removed.

Abstract: Provided is an SiC composite substrate 10 having a monocrystalline SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, wherein: some or all of the interface at which the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 and the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 are in contact is an unmatched interface I12/11 that is not lattice-matched; the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 has a smooth obverse surface and has, on the side of the interface with the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, a surface that has more pronounced depressions and projections than the obverse surface; and the close-packed plane (lattice plane 11p) of the crystals of the polycrystalline SiC in the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 is randomly oriented with reference to the direction of a normal to the obverse surface of the monocrystalline SiC layer 12. The present invention improves the adhesion between the polycrystalline SiC substrate and the monocrystalline SiC layer.

Abstract: A MSE-type zeolite which has a Si/Al ratio of 5 or more, is a proton-type zeolite, and is obtained by transforming a raw material MSE-type zeolite synthesized without using a structure directing agent into an ammonium-type zeolite through ion exchange, then, exposing the MSE-type zeolite to water vapor, and subjecting the exposed MES-type zeolite to an acid treatment.

Abstract: Provided is a beta-type zeolite which has a high catalytic activity and is not easily deactivated. The beta-type zeolite of the invention has a substantially octahedral shape, has a Si/Al ratio of 5 or more, and is a proton-type zeolite. The Si/Al ratio is preferably 40 or more. This beta-type zeolite is preferably obtained by transforming a raw material beta-type zeolite synthesized without using a structure directing agent into an ammonium-type zeolite through ion exchange, then, exposing the beta-type zeolite to water vapor, and subjecting the exposed beta-type zeolite to an acid treatment.

Abstract: A method for producing hybrid substrates which can be incorporated into a semiconductor production line involves: forming an ion-injection region (3) by injecting ions from the surface of a silicon substrate (1); adhering the ion-injection surface of the silicon substrate and the surface of a sapphire substrate (4) to one another directly or with an insulating film (2) interposed therebetween; and then obtaining a hybrid substrate (8) having a silicon thin-film (semiconductor layer; 6) on the sapphire substrate (4), by detaching the silicon substrate (1) in the ion-injection region (3). This method is characterized in that the adhering to the silicon substrate (1) occurs after the sapphire substrate (4) is heat-treated in advance in a reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: An inductor array chip includes a magnetic laminated body and a plurality of inductors. The magnetic laminated body includes a plurality of stacked magnetic layers. The plurality of inductors are arranged inside the magnetic laminated body. The inductance of a first inductor differs from the inductance of a second inductor. The inductors include a plurality of coil-shaped conductors and via-hole conductors. The plurality of coil-shaped conductors are arranged between the magnetic layers. The via-hole conductors electrically connect the plurality of coil-shaped conductors. The inductors include a plurality of inductors in which the section sizes of the coil-shaped conductors differ from one another.

Abstract: A hybrid substrate has an SOI structure having a good silicon active layer, without defects such as partial separation of the silicon active layer is obtained without trimming the outer periphery of the substrate. An SOI substrate is obtained by sequentially laminating a first silicon oxide film and a silicon active layer in this order on a silicon substrate. A terrace portion that does not have the silicon active layer is formed in the outer peripheral portion of the silicon substrate surface. A second silicon oxide film is formed on the silicon active layer surface of the SOI substrate The bonding surfaces of the SOI substrate and a supporting substrate that has a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the SOI substrate is subjected to an activation treatment. The SOI substrate and the supporting substrate are bonded with the second silicon oxide film being interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A method for producing SOS substrates which can be incorporated into a semiconductor production line, and is capable of producing SOS substrates which have few defects and no variation in defects, and in a highly reproducible manner, or in other words, a method for producing SOS substrates by: forming an ion-injection region (3) by injecting ions from the surface of a silicon substrate (1); adhering the ion-injection surface of the silicon substrate (1) and the surface of a sapphire substrate (4) to one another directly or with an insulating film (2) interposed therebetween; and then obtaining an SOS substrate (8) having a silicon layer (6) on the sapphire substrate (4), by detaching the silicon substrate in the ion-injection region (3). This method is characterized in that the orientation of the sapphire substrate (4) is a C-plane having an off-angle of 1 degree or less.