Patent ID: 9437723
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device, the method further comprising: forming an electron transit layer, an electron supply layer, and an upper surface layer in order on a substrate by epitaxial growth; implanting ions of an impurity element of a first conductivity-type in regions immediately below where a source electrode and a drain electrode are to be formed in the electron supply layer and the upper surface layer; forming a heat-protective film on the upper surface layer after the implanting the ions of the impurity element of the first conductivity-type; and applying heat to activate the implanted ions so that the regions with the implanted ions become first conductivity-type regions; removing the heat-protective film and all of the upper surface layer; forming the source electrode and the drain electrode on one of the electron supply layer, and the electron transit layer; and forming a gate electrode on the electron supply layer, wherein the electron supply layer is formed of a nitride semiconductor including In, wherein the upper surface layer is formed of a material including a nitride of one or more elements selected among B, Al, and Ga.