Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semi-conductor on insulator substrate from an SOI substrate, wherein a Si1-xGex layer is formed on a superficial layer of silicon having a buried electrical insulating layer. A silicon oxide layer is formed on the Si1-xGex layer. The resulting stack of silicon, Si1-xGex and silicon oxide layers is etched up to the buried insulating layer leaving an island of the stack, or up to the superficial layer leaving a zone of silicon and an island of the stack. A mask is formed to protect against oxidation on the etched structure, wherein the protective mask only leaves visible the silicon oxide layer of the island. The germanium of the Si1-xGex layer is condensed on the island to obtain an island comprising a layer that is enriched in germanium, or even a layer of germanium, on the insulating layer, with a silicon oxide layer on top of it.
Abstract:
A method for making a germanium-on-insulator layer from an SGOI substrate, including: a) depositing on the substrate a layer of a metallic element M capable of selectively forming a silicide, the layer being in contact with a silicon-germanium alloy layer; and b) a reaction between the alloy layer and the layer of a metallic element M, by which a stack of M silicide-germanium-insulator layers is obtained. Such a method may, for example, find application to production of electronic devices such as MOSFET transistors.