Patent ID: 7981713

Claim:
A method of making a group III-V nitride-based semiconductor device, comprising: growing a group III-V nitride-based semiconductor film on a hetero-substrate and then depositing a metal film thereon; heating the hetero-substrate with the metal film in an atmosphere containing hydrogen gas or hydride gas to form a void in the group III-V nitride-based semiconductor film; growing a first layer comprising a GaN single crystal on the metal film by HVPE; continuously growing a second layer on the first layer in a same reactor by the HVPE, the second layer comprising a group III-V nitride-based semiconductor single crystal represented by Al x Ga 1-x N, where 0.9<x≦1, wherein the second layer has a thickness of 50 μm or more; removing the hetero-substrate while leaving the first layer and the second layer to provide a group III-V nitride-based semiconductor substrate, wherein the group III-V nitride-based semiconductor substrate is a self-standing substrate; flattening a top surface and a back surface of the group III-V nitride-based semiconductor substrate; forming a device structure comprising an epitaxial growth layer on the group III-V nitride-based semiconductor substrate; and flattening the back surface of the group III-V nitride-based semiconductor substrate to remove the first layer to render the second layer exposed, such that the group III-V nitride-based semiconductor device is formed such that the device structure is formed on the second layer.