摘要:
A semiconductor-on-insulator structure for electronics, optics or optoelectronics, in which a semiconductor layer includes desirable elastic constraints. The structure includes a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the insulating layer. The semiconductor layer has elastic constraints, and the insulating layer is made of an electrically insulating material having a viscosity temperature TG that is sufficiently high so as to protect the semiconductor layer from loss of the elastic constraints when the structure is exposed to a temperature of about 950° C. or more. Also described is a process for producing such a semiconductor-on-insulator structure.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of transferring useful layers from a donor wafer which includes a multi-layer structure on the surface of the donor wafer that has a thickness sufficient to form multiple useful layers for subsequent detachment. The layers may be formed of materials having sufficiently different properties such that they may be selectively removed. The layers of material may also include sub-layers that can be selectively removed from each other.
摘要:
The invention relates to a recyclable donor wafer that includes a substrate and a formed layer thereon, wherein the formed layer has a thickness sufficient to provide (a) at least two useful layers for detachment therefrom and (b) additional material that can be removed to planarize exposed surfaces of the useful layers prior to detachment from the donor wafer.
摘要:
A substrate suitable for producing a high frequency electronic circuit. This substrate includes a support substrate having a controlled amount of interstitial oxygen and which is treated to precipitate at least some of the oxygen therein; and a useful layer supported by the support substrate. Advantageously, the support substrate has high resistivity and includes oxygen precipitates beneath the useful layer while also being free of depleted zones of oxygen precipitates adjacent the useful layer. This is prepared by the methods disclosed herein which are applicable in particular to SOI substrates.
摘要:
A substrate suitable for producing a high frequency electronic circuit. This substrate includes a support substrate having a controlled amount of interstitial oxygen and which is treated to precipitate at least some of the oxygen therein; and a useful layer supported by the support substrate. Advantageously, the support substrate has high resistivity and includes oxygen precipitates beneath the useful layer while also being free of depleted zones of oxygen precipitates adjacent the useful layer. This is prepared by the methods disclosed herein which are applicable in particular to SOI substrates.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for production of a detachable substrate, comprising a method step for the production of an interface by means of fixing, using molecular adhesion, one face of a layer on one face of a substrate, in which, before fixing, a treatment stage for at least one of said faces is provided, rendering the mechanical hold at the interface at such a controlled level to be compatible with a subsequent detachment.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a substrate containing a useful semiconductor layer on a support having high resistivity by: preparing a base substrate of a semiconductor material containing a controlled quantity of interstitial oxygen, heat treating the base substrate to achieve at least partial precipitation of the interstitial oxygen therein, removing a superficial layer over a controlled depth from a surface of the base substrate that intended to receive a useful layer, forming the useful layer on the surface of the base substrate, with the base substrate serving as a support for the useful layer. This method is applicable in particular to SOI substrates having high resistivity for use in forming high frequency electronic circuits.
摘要:
A method of producing a semiconductor structure having at least one support substrate and an ultrathin layer. The method includes bonding a support substrate to a source substrate, detaching a useful layer along a zone of weakness to obtain an intermediate structure including at least the transferred useful layer and the support substrate, and treating the transferred useful layer to obtain an ultrathin layer on the support substrate. The source substrate includes a front face and a zone of weakness below the front face that defines the useful layer, and the useful layer is sufficiently thick to withstand heat treatments without forming defects therein so that it can be reduced in thickness to form the ultrathin layer. The resulting ultrathin layer is suitable for use in applications in the fields of electronics, optoelectronics or optics.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a substrate containing a useful semiconductor layer on a support having high resistivity by: preparing a base substrate of a semiconductor material containing a controlled quantity of interstitial oxygen, heat treating the base substrate to achieve at least partial precipitation of the interstitial oxygen therein, removing a superficial layer over a controlled depth from a surface of the base substrate that intended to receive a useful layer, forming the useful layer on the surface of the base substrate, with the base substrate serving as a support for the useful layer. This method is applicable in particular to SOI substrates having high resistivity for use in forming high frequency electronic circuits.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a free-standing substrate made of a semiconductor material. A first assembly is provided and it includes a relatively thinner nucleation layer of a first material, a support of a second material, and a removable bonding interface defined between facing surfaces of the nucleation layer and support. A substrate of a relatively thicker layer of a third material is grown, by epitaxy on the nucleation layer, to form a second assembly with the substrate attaining a sufficient thickness to be free-standing. The third material is preferably a monocrystalline material. Also, the removable character of the bonding interface is preserved with at least the substrate being heated to an epitaxial growth temperature. The coefficients of thermal expansion of the second and third materials are selected to be different from each other by a thermal expansion differential, determined as a function of the epitaxial growth temperature or subsequent application of external mechanical stresses, such that, as the second assembly cools from the epitaxial growth temperature, stresses are induced in the removable bonding interface to facilitate detachment of the nucleation layer from the substrate.