System and method for producing group 13 nitride crystals comprised of growth vessels stacked within inner vessels placed over support tables with a central rotating shaft and revolving shafts attached to the support tables

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PATENT NO 10138570
APP PUB NO 20170260644A1
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15604819

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A crystal growth apparatus includes a pressure-resistant vessel; a plurality of support tables arranged inside the pressure-resistant vessel; inner vessels each placed over the support tables, respectively; growth vessels contained the inner vessels, respectively; a heating means for heating the growth vessels; and a central rotating shaft connected to the support tables. The central rotating shaft is distant from central axes of the inner vessels, respectively. A seed crystal, a raw material of the Group 13 element and a flux are charged in each of the growth vessels, and the growth vessels are heated to form a melt and a nitrogen-containing gas is supplied to the melt to grow a crystal of a nitride of said Group 13 element while the central rotating shaft is rotated.

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NGK INSULATORS LTDJAPAN'S AICHI AICHI

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Imai, Katsuhiro Nagoya, JP 89 314
Shimodaira, Takanao Nagoya, JP 28 74
Wada, Takashi Aichi-pref., JP 107 1034
Yoshino, Takashi Ama, JP 121 1040

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