公开(公告)号：US20080277690A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-13

申请号：US12176624

申请日：2008-07-21

申请人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

发明人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L27/12

CPC分类号： H01L21/76259 ,  Y10S438/967

摘要： A cost efficient and manufacturable method of fabricating strained semiconductor-on-insulator (SSOI) substrates is provided that avoids wafer bonding. The method includes growing various epitaxial semiconductor layers on a substrate, wherein at least one of the semiconductor layers is a doped and relaxed semiconductor layer underneath a strained semiconductor layer; converting the doped and relaxed semiconductor layer into a porous semiconductor via an electrolytic anodization process, and oxidizing to convert the porous semiconductor layer into a buried oxide layer. The method provides a SSOI substrate that includes a relaxed semiconductor layer on a substrate; a high-quality buried oxide layer on the relaxed semiconductor layer; and a strained semiconductor layer on the high-quality buried oxide layer. In accordance with the present invention, the relaxed semiconductor layer and the strained semiconductor layer have identical crystallographic orientations.

摘要翻译： 提供了制造应变半导体绝缘体（SSOI）衬底的成本有效和可制造的方法，其避免晶片接合。 该方法包括在衬底上生长各种外延半导体层，其中半导体层中的至少一个是在应变半导体层下面的掺杂和弛豫半导体层; 通过电解阳极氧化处理将掺杂和松弛的半导体层转化成多孔半导体，并氧化以将多孔半导体层转化为掩埋氧化物层。 该方法提供了在衬底上包括松弛半导体层的SSOI衬底; 在松弛的半导体层上形成高质量的掩埋氧化物层; 以及在高质量掩埋氧化物层上的应变半导体层。 根据本发明，松弛半导体层和应变半导体层具有相同的晶体取向。

公开(公告)号：US07897444B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-01

申请号：US12363239

申请日：2009-01-30

申请人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

发明人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L21/84

CPC分类号： H01L21/76243 ,  H01L29/66772 ,  H01L29/7849 ,  H01L29/78654

摘要： A strained (tensile or compressive) semiconductor-on-insulator material is provided in which a single semiconductor wafer and a separation by ion implantation of oxygen process are used. The separation by ion implantation of oxygen process, which includes oxygen ion implantation and annealing creates, a buried oxide layer within the material that is located beneath the strained semiconductor layer. In some embodiments, a graded semiconductor buffer layer is located beneath the buried oxide layer, while in other a doped semiconductor layer including Si doped with at least one of B or C is located beneath the buried oxide layer.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种应变（拉伸或压缩）半导体绝缘体材料，其中使用单个半导体晶片和通过氧气工艺的离子注入分离。 通过离子注入氧气工艺的分离，其中包括氧离子注入和退火，产生位于应变半导体层之下的材料内的掩埋氧化物层。 在一些实施例中，渐变半导体缓冲层位于掩埋氧化物层的下方，而在其它掺杂半导体层中，包含掺杂有B或C中的至少一个的掺杂半导体层位于掩埋氧化物层的下方。

公开(公告)号：US07592671B2

公开(公告)日：2009-09-22

申请号：US11620663

申请日：2007-01-06

申请人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

发明人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L29/94

CPC分类号： H01L21/76259 ,  Y10S438/967

摘要： A cost efficient and manufacturable method of fabricating strained semiconductor-on-insulator (SSOI) substrates is provided that avoids wafer bonding. The method includes growing various epitaxial semiconductor layers on a substrate, wherein at least one of the semiconductor layers is a doped and relaxed semiconductor layer underneath a strained semiconductor layer; converting the doped and relaxed semiconductor layer into a porous semiconductor via an electrolytic anodization process, and oxidizing to convert the porous semiconductor layer into a buried oxide layer. The method provides a SSOI substrate that includes a relaxed semiconductor layer on a substrate; a high-quality buried oxide layer on the relaxed semiconductor layer; and a strained semiconductor layer on the high-quality buried oxide layer. In accordance with the present invention, the relaxed semiconductor layer and the strained semiconductor layer have identical crystallographic orientations.

摘要翻译： 提供了制造应变半导体绝缘体（SSOI）衬底的成本有效和可制造的方法，其避免晶片接合。 该方法包括在衬底上生长各种外延半导体层，其中半导体层中的至少一个是在应变半导体层下面的掺杂和弛豫半导体层; 通过电解阳极氧化处理将掺杂和松弛的半导体层转化成多孔半导体，并氧化以将多孔半导体层转化为掩埋氧化物层。 该方法提供了在衬底上包括松弛半导体层的SSOI衬底; 在松弛的半导体层上形成高质量的掩埋氧化物层; 以及在高质量掩埋氧化物层上的应变半导体层。 根据本发明，松弛半导体层和应变半导体层具有相同的晶体取向。

公开(公告)号：US07172930B2

公开(公告)日：2007-02-06

申请号：US10883887

申请日：2004-07-02

申请人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

发明人： Thomas N. Adam ,  Stephen W. Bedell ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Keith E. Fogel ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L21/00 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L21/331 ,  H01L21/8222 ,  H01L21/36

CPC分类号： H01L21/76259 ,  Y10S438/967

摘要： A cost efficient and manufacturable method of fabricating strained semiconductor-on-insulator (SSOI) substrates is provided that avoids wafer bonding. The method includes growing various epitaxial semiconductor layers on a substrate, wherein at least one of the semiconductor layers is a doped and relaxed semiconductor layer underneath a strained semiconductor layer; converting the doped and relaxed semiconductor layer into a porous semiconductor via an electrolytic anodization process, and oxidizing to convert the porous semiconductor layer into a buried oxide layer. The method provides a SSOI substrate that includes a relaxed semiconductor layer on a substrate; a high-quality buried oxide layer on the relaxed semiconductor layer; and a strained semiconductor layer on the high-quality buried oxide layer. In accordance with the present invention, the relaxed semiconductor layer and the strained semiconductor layer have identical crystallographic orientations.

摘要翻译： 提供了制造应变半导体绝缘体（SSOI）衬底的成本有效和可制造的方法，其避免晶片接合。 该方法包括在衬底上生长各种外延半导体层，其中半导体层中的至少一个是在应变半导体层下面的掺杂和弛豫半导体层; 通过电解阳极氧化处理将掺杂和松弛的半导体层转化成多孔半导体，并氧化以将多孔半导体层转化为掩埋氧化物层。 该方法提供了在衬底上包括松弛半导体层的SSOI衬底; 在松弛的半导体层上形成高质量的掩埋氧化物层; 以及在高质量掩埋氧化物层上的应变半导体层。 根据本发明，松弛半导体层和应变半导体层具有相同的晶体取向。

公开(公告)号：US09059245B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-16

申请号：US13483781

申请日：2012-05-30

申请人： Tze-Chiang Chen ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

发明人： Tze-Chiang Chen ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L21/76 ,  H01L21/762

CPC分类号： H01L21/76243

摘要： Semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrates including a buried oxide (BOX) layer having a thickness of less than 300 Å are provided. The (SOI) substrates having the thin BOX layer are provided using a method including a step in which oxygen ions are implanted at high substrate temperatures (greater than 600° C.), and at a low implant energy (less than 40 keV). An anneal step in an oxidizing atmosphere follows the implant step and is performed at a temperature less than 1250° C. The anneal step in oxygen containing atmosphere converts the region containing implanted oxygen atoms formed by the implant step into a BOX having a thickness of less than 300 Å. In some instances, the top semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate has a thickness of less than 300 Å.

摘要翻译： 提供了包括厚度小于300埃的掩埋氧化物（BOX）层的绝缘体上半导体（SOI）衬底。 使用包括以高衬底温度（大于600℃）和低注入能量（小于40keV）注入氧离子的步骤的方法提供具有薄BOX层的（SOI）衬底。 氧化气氛中的退火步骤遵循注入步骤，并且在低于1250℃的温度下进行。含氧气氛中的退火步骤将包含由注入步骤形成的注入的氧原子的区域转换成厚度较小的BOX 比300Å。 在一些情况下，SOI衬底的顶部半导体层具有小于300埃的厚度。

公开(公告)号：US20130320483A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-05

申请号：US13483781

申请日：2012-05-30

申请人： Tze-Chiang Chen ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

发明人： Tze-Chiang Chen ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Ghavam G. Shahidi

IPC分类号： H01L21/762 ,  H01L29/02

CPC分类号： H01L21/76243

摘要： Semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrates including a buried oxide (BOX) layer having a thickness of less than 300 Å are provided. The (SOI) substrates having the thin BOX layer are provided using a method including a step in which oxygen ions are implanted at high substrate temperatures (greater than 600° C.), and at a low implant energy (less than 40 keV). An anneal step in an oxidizing atmosphere follows the implant step and is performed at a temperature less than 1250° C. The anneal step in oxygen containing atmosphere converts the region containing implanted oxygen atoms formed by the implant step into a BOX having a thickness of less than 300 Å. In some instances, the top semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate has a thickness of less than 300 Å.

摘要翻译： 提供了包括厚度小于300埃的掩埋氧化物（BOX）层的绝缘体上半导体（SOI）衬底。 使用包括以高衬底温度（大于600℃）和低注入能量（小于40keV）注入氧离子的步骤的方法提供具有薄BOX层的（SOI）衬底。 氧化气氛中的退火步骤遵循注入步骤，并且在低于1250℃的温度下进行。含氧气氛中的退火步骤将包含由注入步骤形成的注入的氧原子的区域转换成厚度较小的BOX 比300Å。 在一些情况下，SOI衬底的顶部半导体层具有小于300埃的厚度。

公开(公告)号：US20090298258A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-03

申请号：US12538115

申请日：2009-08-08

申请人： Joel P. de Souza ,  John A. Ott ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger

发明人： Joel P. de Souza ,  John A. Ott ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger

IPC分类号： H01L21/30

CPC分类号： H01L21/187 ,  H01L21/76251

摘要： The present invention provides a method for removing or reducing the thickness of ultrathin interfacial oxides remaining at Si—Si interfaces after silicon wafer bonding. In particular, the invention provides a method for removing ultrathin interfacial oxides remaining after hydrophilic Si—Si wafer bonding to create bonded Si—Si interfaces having properties comparable to those achieved with hydrophobic bonding. Interfacial oxide layers of order of about 2 to about 3 nm are dissolved away by high temperature annealing, for example, an anneal at 1300°-1330° C. for 1-5 hours. The inventive method is used to best advantage when the Si surfaces at the bonded interface have different surface orientations, for example, when a Si surface having a (100) orientation is bonded to a Si surface having a (110) orientation. In a more general aspect of the invention, the similar annealing processes may be used to remove undesired material disposed at a bonded interface of two silicon-containing semiconductor materials. The two silicon-containing semiconductor materials may be the same or different in surface crystal orientation, microstructure (single-crystal, polycrystalline, or amorphous), and composition.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种在硅晶片接合之后去除或减少残留在Si-Si界面处的超薄界面氧化物的厚度的方法。 特别地，本发明提供了一种去除在亲水性Si-Si晶片接合之后残留的超薄界面氧化物以产生具有与通过疏水性接合实现的性能相当的特性的结合Si-Si界面的方法。 约2至约3nm的界面氧化物层通过高温退火（例如1300°-1330℃退火1-5小时）被溶解掉。 当粘合界面处的Si表面具有不同的表面取向时，例如当具有（100）取向的Si表面被结合到具有（110）取向的Si表面时，本发明的方法被用于最好的优点。 在本发明的更一般的方面中，类似的退火工艺可用于去除设置在两个含硅半导体材料的键合界面处的不期望的材料。 两种含硅半导体材料在表面晶体取向，微结构（单晶，多晶或无定形）和组成上可以相同或不同。

公开(公告)号：US20120156861A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-21

申请号：US13405760

申请日：2012-02-27

申请人： Joel P. de Souza ,  John A. Ott ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger

发明人： Joel P. de Souza ,  John A. Ott ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger

IPC分类号： H01L21/302

CPC分类号： H01L21/187 ,  H01L21/76251

摘要： Methods for removing or reducing the thickness of a material layer remaining at Si-Si interfaces after silicon wafer bonding. The methods include an anneal which is performed at a temperature sufficient to dissolve oxide, yet not melt silicon.

摘要翻译： 在硅晶片接合之后去除或减少残留在Si-Si界面处的材料层的厚度的方法。 所述方法包括在足以溶解氧化物但不熔融硅的温度下进行的退火。

公开(公告)号：US20110230030A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-22

申请号：US12724608

申请日：2010-03-16

申请人： Joel P. de Souza ,  Masafumi Hamaguchi ,  Ahmet S. Ozcan ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger ,  Donald R. Wall

发明人： Joel P. de Souza ,  Masafumi Hamaguchi ,  Ahmet S. Ozcan ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger ,  Donald R. Wall

IPC分类号： H01L21/336

CPC分类号： H01L21/26506 ,  H01L21/324 ,  H01L29/165 ,  H01L29/6659 ,  H01L29/7833 ,  H01L29/7848

摘要： An embedded epitaxial semiconductor portion having a different composition than matrix of the semiconductor substrate is formed with a lattice mismatch and epitaxial alignment with the matrix of the semiconductor substrate. The temperature of subsequent ion implantation steps is manipulated depending on the amorphizing or non-amorphizing nature of the ion implantation process. For a non-amorphizing ion implantation process, the ion implantation processing step is performed at an elevated temperature, i.e., a temperature greater than nominal room temperature range. For an amorphizing ion implantation process, the ion implantation processing step is performed at nominal room temperature range or a temperature lower than nominal room temperature range. By manipulating the temperature of ion implantation, the loss of strain in a strained semiconductor alloy material is minimized.

摘要翻译： 具有与半导体衬底的矩阵不同的组成的嵌入式外延半导体部分与半导体衬底的矩阵形成晶格失配和外延对准。 随后离子注入步骤的温度根据离子注入工艺的非晶化或非非晶化性质进行操作。 对于非非晶化离子注入工艺，离子注入处理步骤在升高的温度，即大于标称室温范围的温度下进行。 对于非晶化离子注入工艺，离子注入处理步骤在标称室温范围或低于标称室温范围的温度下进行。 通过操纵离子注入的温度，使应变半导体合金材料中的应变损失最小化。

公开(公告)号：US07253034B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-07

申请号：US10902557

申请日：2004-07-29

申请人： Kevin K. Chan ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger

发明人： Kevin K. Chan ,  Joel P. de Souza ,  Alexander Reznicek ,  Devendra K. Sadana ,  Katherine L. Saenger

IPC分类号： H01L21/70 ,  H01L21/762

CPC分类号： H01L21/84 ,  H01L21/76243 ,  H01L21/76267 ,  H01L27/1203 ,  H01L27/1207

摘要： This invention provides a separation by implanted oxygen (SIMOX) method for forming planar hybrid orientation semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrates having different crystal orientations, thereby making it possible for devices to be fabricated on crystal orientations providing optimal performance. The method includes the steps of selecting a substrate having a base semiconductor layer having a first crystallographic orientation separated by a thin insulating layer from a top semiconductor layer having a second crystallographic orientation; replacing the top semiconductor layer in selected regions with an epitaxially grown semiconductor having the first crystallographic orientation; then using an ion implantation and annealing method to (i) form a buried insulating region within the epitaxially grown semiconductor material, and (ii) thicken the insulating layer underlying the top semiconductor layer, thereby forming a hybrid orientation substrate in which the two semiconductor materials with different crystallographic orientations have substantially the same thickness and are both disposed on a common buried insulator layer. In a variation of this method, an ion implantation and annealing method is instead used to extend an auxiliary buried insulator layer (initially underlying the base semiconductor layer) upwards (i) into the epitaxially grown semiconductor, and (ii) up to the insulating layer underlying the top semiconductor layer.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了通过注入氧（SIMOX）分离方法，用于形成具有不同晶体取向的平面杂化取向绝缘体上半导体（SOI）衬底，从而使得可以以提供最佳性能的晶体取向来制造器件。 该方法包括以下步骤：从具有第二晶体取向的顶部半导体层选择具有由薄绝缘层分离的第一晶体取向的基底半导体层的衬底; 用具有第一晶体取向的外延生长的半导体代替选定区域中的顶部半导体层; 然后使用离子注入和退火方法来（i）在外延生长的半导体材料内形成掩埋绝缘区，并且（ii）加厚顶部半导体层下面的绝缘层，从而形成混合取向衬底，其中两个半导体材料 具有不同的晶体取向具有基本上相同的厚度并且均设置在公共掩埋绝缘体层上。 在该方法的变型中，替代地使用离子注入和退火方法将辅助掩埋绝缘体层（最初在基底半导体层下面）向上（i）延伸到外延生长的半导体中，以及（ii）直到绝缘层 在顶部半导体层下面。