HIGH RESISTANCE SILICON CARBIDE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP94/02400 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 12, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 12, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 21, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/04171 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 1995A process for producing high-resistance SiC from low-resistance SiC starting material. The flat (shallow) donor levels of a prevailing nitrogen impurity are overcompensated by admixture of a trivalent doping element with the concentration of the doping element in the SiC being such that it changes the conductivity type from a n-conductivity to a p-conductivity. In addition, a transition element is added having donor levels approximately in the middle of the SiC energy gap, so that the excess acceptor levels are in turn compensated and a high specific resistance is achieved.