Patents by Inventor Yuki Hiromura

Yuki Hiromura 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: 11094537
    Abstract: Provided are a group III nitride composite substrate having a low sheet resistance and produced with a high yield, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor device using the group III nitride composite substrate. A group III nitride composite substrate includes a group III nitride film and a support substrate formed from a material different in chemical composition from the group III nitride film. The group III nitride film is joined to the support substrate in one of a direct manner and an indirect manner. The group III nitride film has a thickness of 10 ?m or more. A sheet resistance of a group III-nitride-film-side main surface is 200 ?/sq or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Ishibashi, Akihiro Hachigo, Yuki Hiromura, Naoki Matsumoto, Seiji Nakahata, Fumitake Nakanishi, Takuya Yanagisawa, Koji Uematsu, Yuki Seki, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshizumi, Hidenori Mikami
  • Publication number: 20200176305
    Abstract: Provided are a group III nitride composite substrate having a low sheet resistance and produced with a high yield, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor device using the group III nitride composite substrate. A group III nitride composite substrate includes a group III nitride film and a support substrate formed from a material different in chemical composition from the group III nitride film. The group III nitride film is joined to the support substrate in one of a direct manner and an indirect manner. The group III nitride film has a thickness of 10 ?m or more. A sheet resistance of a group III-nitride-film-side main surface is 200 ?/sq or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji ISHIBASHI, Akihiro HACHIGO, Yuki HIROMURA, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Seiji NAKAHATA, Fumitake NAKANISHI, Takuya YANAGISAWA, Koji UEMATSU, Yuki SEKI, Yoshiyuki YAMAMOTO, Yusuke YOSHIZUMI, Hidenori MIKAMI
  • Patent number: 10600676
    Abstract: Provided are a group III nitride composite substrate having a low sheet resistance and produced with a high yield, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor device using the group III nitride composite substrate. A group III nitride composite substrate includes a group III nitride film and a support substrate formed from a material different in chemical composition from the group III nitride film. The group III nitride film is joined to the support substrate in one of a direct manner and an indirect manner. The group III nitride film has a thickness of 10 ?m or more. A sheet resistance of a group III-nitride-film-side main surface is 200 ?/sq or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Ishibashi, Akihiro Hachigo, Yuki Hiromura, Naoki Matsumoto, Seiji Nakahata, Fumitake Nakanishi, Takuya Yanagisawa, Koji Uematsu, Yuki Seki, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshizumi, Hidenori Mikami
  • Publication number: 20180166325
    Abstract: Provided are a group III nitride composite substrate having a low sheet resistance and produced with a high yield, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor device using the group III nitride composite substrate. A group III nitride composite substrate includes a group III nitride film and a support substrate formed from a material different in chemical composition from the group III nitride film. The group III nitride film is joined to the support substrate in one of a direct manner and an indirect manner. The group III nitride film has a thickness of 10 ?m or more. A sheet resistance of a group III-nitride-film-side main surface is 200 ?/sq or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji ISHIBASHI, Akihiro HACHIGO, Yuki HIROMURA, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Seiji NAKAHATA, Fumitake NAKANISHI, Takuya YANAGISAWA, Koji UEMATSU, Yuki SEKI, Yoshiyuki YAMAMOTO, Yusuke YOSHIZUMI, Hidenori MIKAMI
  • Patent number: 9917004
    Abstract: Provided are a group III nitride composite substrate having a low sheet resistance and produced with a high yield, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor device using the group III nitride composite substrate. A group III nitride composite substrate includes a group III nitride film and a support substrate formed from a material different in chemical composition from the group III nitride film. The group III nitride film is joined to the support substrate in one of a direct manner and an indirect manner. The group III nitride film has a thickness of 10 ?m or more. A sheet resistance of a group III-nitride-film-side main surface is 200 ?/sq or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Ishibashi, Akihiro Hachigo, Yuki Hiromura, Naoki Matsumoto, Seiji Nakahata, Fumitake Nakanishi, Takuya Yanagisawa, Koji Uematsu, Yuki Seki, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshizumi, Hidenori Mikami
  • Patent number: 9136337
    Abstract: A group III nitride composite substrate includes a support substrate and a group III nitride film. A ratio st/mt of a standard deviation st of the thickness of the group III nitride film, to a mean value mt of the thickness thereof is 0.001 or more and 0.2 or less, and a ratio so/mo of a standard deviation so of an absolute value of an off angle between a main surface of the group III nitride film and a plane of a predetermined plane orientation, to a mean value mo of the absolute value of the off angle thereof is 0.005 or more and 0.6 or less. Accordingly, there is provided a low-cost and large-diameter group III nitride composite substrate including a group III nitride film having a large thickness, a small thickness variation, and a high crystal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Ishibashi, Akihiro Hachigo, Yuki Hiromura, Naoki Matsumoto, Seiji Nakahata, Fumitake Nakanishi, Yusuke Yoshizumi, Hidenori Mikami
  • Publication number: 20150194442
    Abstract: Provided are a group III nitride composite substrate having a low sheet resistance and produced with a high yield, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor device using the group III nitride composite substrate. A group III nitride composite substrate includes a group III nitride film and a support substrate formed from a material different in chemical composition from the group III nitride film. The group III nitride film is joined to the support substrate in one of a direct manner and an indirect manner. The group III nitride film has a thickness of 10 ?m or more. A sheet resistance of a group III-nitride-film-side main surface is 200 ?/sq or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Keiji Ishibashi, Akihiro Hachigo, Yuki Hiromura, Naoki Matsumoto, Seiji Nakahata, Fumitake Nakanishi, Takuya Yanagisawa, Koji Uematsu, Yuki Seki, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshizumi, Hidenori Mikami
  • Patent number: 9005362
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for growing a group III nitride crystal that has a large size and has a small number of pits formed in the main surface of the crystal by using a plurality of tile substrates. A method for growing a group III nitride crystal includes a step of preparing a plurality of tile substrates 10 including main surfaces 10m having a shape of a triangle or a convex quadrangle that allows two-dimensional close packing of the plurality of tile substrates; a step of arranging the plurality of tile substrates 10 so as to be two-dimensionally closely packed such that, at any point across which vertexes of the plurality of tile substrates 10 oppose one another, 3 or less of the vertexes oppose one another; and a step of growing a group III nitride crystal 20 on the main surfaces 10m of the plurality of tile substrates arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Hiromura, Koji Uematsu, Hiroaki Yoshida, Shinsuke Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20140103353
    Abstract: A group III nitride composite substrate includes a support substrate and a group III nitride film. A ratio st/mt of a standard deviation st of the thickness of the group III nitride film, to a mean value mt of the thickness thereof is 0.001 or more and 0.2 or less, and a ratio so/mo of a standard deviation so of an absolute value of an off angle between a main surface of the group III nitride film and a plane of a predetermined plane orientation, to a mean value mo of the absolute value of the off angle thereof is 0.005 or more and 0.6 or less. Accordingly, there is provided a low-cost and large-diameter group III nitride composite substrate including a group III nitride film having a large thickness, a small thickness variation, and a high crystal quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji ISHIBASHI, Akihiro HACHIGO, Yuki HIROMURA, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Seiji NAKAHATA, Fumitake NAKANISHI, Yusuke YOSHIZUMI, Hidenori MIKAMI
  • Publication number: 20120031324
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for growing a group III nitride crystal that has a large size and has a small number of pits formed in the main surface of the crystal by using a plurality of tile substrates. A method for growing a group III nitride crystal includes a step of preparing a plurality of tile substrates 10 including main surfaces 10m having a shape of a triangle or a convex quadrangle that allows two-dimensional close packing of the plurality of tile substrates; a step of arranging the plurality of tile substrates 10 so as to be two-dimensionally closely packed such that, at any point across which vertexes of the plurality of tile substrates 10 oppose one another, 3 or less of the vertexes oppose one another; and a step of growing a group III nitride crystal 20 on the main surfaces 10m of the plurality of tile substrates arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hiromura, Koji Uematsu, Hiroaki Yoshida, Shinsuke Fujiwara