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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device which is highly reliable, and has high performance and high power, and to provide a fabrication method for the semiconductor device. Ž<P>SOLUTION: The semiconductor device includes a substrate 10, a nitride based compound semiconductor layer 12 placed on the substrate 10; an active area which is placed on the nitride based compound semiconductor layer 12, and is composed of an aluminum gallium nitride layer (Al<SB>x</SB>Ga<SB>1-x</SB>N where 0.1≤x≤1) 14; an element isolation region 24 which performs isolation of the active area mutually; a gate electrode 20, a source electrode 18, and a drain electrode 26 which have been placed on the active area surrounded by the isolation region 24; and groove portions 28a and 28b formed by etching for a part under the gate electrode 20. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž
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