Patent ID: 7718002
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: C30B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crystal manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a group III nitride crystal, comprising: a crucible that holds a mixed molten liquid including an alkali metal and a group III metal; a reaction vessel accommodating the crucible in the reaction vessel; a heating device that heats the crucible with the reaction vessel; a holding vessel having a lid that is capable of opening and closing, accommodating the reaction vessel and the heating device in the holding vessel; a sealed vessel accommodating the holding vessel in the sealed vessel, having an operating device that enables opening the lid of the holding vessel for supplying source materials into the crucible and taking out a manufactured group III nitride crystal under a sealed condition, and closing the lid of the holding vessel that is sealed in the sealed vessel, the sealed vessel including an inert gas atmosphere or a nitrogen atmosphere in the sealed vessel; and a gas supplying device for supplying a nitrogen gas to the mixed molten liquid through each of the vessels.