Patent ID: 6043140
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: C30B,H01L

Abstract:
A method for growing a III-V nitride compound semiconductor comprising the step of growing a III-V nitride compound semiconductor in vapor phase by using a nitrogen source material which does not release hydrogen during release of nitrogen and which prevents hydrogen from being caught in the grown crystal and inactivating dopants, impurities and/or carriers, and a Group III element source material, said nitrogen source material being supplied in an amount of hundreds of times the amount of the Group III element source material, said nitrogen source material comprising an amine compound selected from the group consisting of secondary amines of the formula HNR.sup.1 R.sup.2 and tertiary amines of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 N, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently methyl, ethyl or phenyl.