REFERENCE SAMPLE WITH INCLINED SUPPORT BASE, METHOD FOR EVALUATING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING SIC SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:EP3451362A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-06

    申请号:EP17789662.8

    申请日:2017-04-27

    IPC分类号: H01J37/28 G01N1/00 H01J37/20

    摘要: A reference sample (41) has a step/terrace structure made of monocrystalline SiC and a surface of each terrace has first or second stack orientation. In the reference sample (41), contrast as difference in lightness and darkness between an image of a terrace with a surface directly under which the first stack orientation lies and an image of a terrace with a surface directly under which the second stack orientation lies changes according to an incident electron angle which is an angle that an electron beam emitted from a scanning electron microscope forms with a perpendicular to the terrace surface. Even when a SiC substrate has an off angle (e.g., from 1° to 8°), using an inclined support base (20a) capable of correcting the off angle enables sharp contrast that reflects difference between the first and second stack orientations directly under the surface to be obtained irrespective of the off angle.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER
    44.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3375914A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-19

    申请号:EP16863829.4

    申请日:2016-11-08

    IPC分类号: C30B29/36 C30B19/04 C30B19/12

    摘要: In a first step, protrusions (42) are formed on a surface of an SiC substrate (40), and the SiC substrate (40) is etched. In a second step, the protrusions (42) of the SiC substrate (40) are epitaxially grown through MSE process, and an epitaxial layer (43a) containing threading screw dislocation, which has been largely grown in the vertical (c-axis) direction as a result of MSE process, is at least partially removed. In a third step, MSE process is performed again on the SiC substrate (40) after the second step, to cause epitaxial layers (43) containing no threading screw dislocation to be grown in the horizontal (a-axis) direction to be connected at the molecular level, so that one monocrystalline 4H-SiC semiconductor wafer (45) having a large area is generated throughout an Si-face or a C-face of the SiC substrate (40).

    ETCHING METHOD FOR SIC SUBSTRATE AND HOLDING CONTAINER
    45.
    发明公开
    ETCHING METHOD FOR SIC SUBSTRATE AND HOLDING CONTAINER 审中-公开
    SIC基板和保持容器的蚀刻方法

    公开(公告)号:EP3223303A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-27

    申请号:EP15861337.2

    申请日:2015-11-17

    摘要: Provided is a method for controlling the rate of etching of a SiC substrate based on a composition of a storing container. The etching method of the present invention is for etching the SiC substrate by heating the SiC substrate under Si vapor pressure, in a state where the SiC substrate is stored in a crucible. The crucible is formed of a tantalum metal, and has a tantalum carbide layer provided on an internal space side of the tantalum metal, and a tantalum silicide layer provided on the side further toward the internal space side than the tantalum carbide layer. The rate of etching of the SiC substrate is controlled based on difference in a composition of the tantalum silicide layer.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种基于储存容器的组成来控制SiC衬底的蚀刻速率的方法。 本发明的蚀刻方法用于在将SiC基板收纳在坩埚中的状态下,通过在Si蒸气压下加热SiC基板来对SiC基板进行蚀刻。 坩埚由钽金属形成,并且具有设置在钽金属的内部空间侧上的碳化钽层和设置在比碳化钽层更靠近内部空间侧的侧面上的硅化钽层。 基于钽硅化物层的组成差异来控制SiC衬底的蚀刻速率。

    METHOD FOR EVALUATING SIC SUBSTRATE WITH INCLINED SUPPORT BASE

    公开(公告)号:EP3783637A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-24

    申请号:EP20200972.6

    申请日:2017-04-27

    IPC分类号: H01J37/28 H01J37/26

    摘要: A reference sample (41) has a step/terrace structure made of monocrystalline SiC and a surface of each terrace has first or second stack orientation. In the reference sample (41), contrast as difference in lightness and darkness between an image of a terrace with a surface directly under which the first stack orientation lies and an image of a terrace with a surface directly under which the second stack orientation lies changes according to an incident electron angle which is an angle that an electron beam emitted from a scanning electron microscope forms with a perpendicular to the terrace surface. Even when a SiC substrate has an off angle (e.g., from 1° to 8°), using an inclined support base (20a) capable of correcting the off angle enables sharp contrast that reflects difference between the first and second stack orientations directly under the surface to be obtained irrespective of the off angle.