摘要:
A method of estimating the amount of boron on the surface of silicone samples in which a plurality of reference samples shallowly ion-implanted with boron in different dosages are prepared and heat-treated under the same conditions of temperature and time as are used in a bonding heat treatment to obtain the bonded wafer, thereafter, the boron profile in the direction of the depth of the bonding interface in each reference sample is measured using a SIMS and compared with an actual boron profile at the bonding interface of a bonded wafer to be estimated so as to determine one reference sample whose boron profile is equivalent to the actual boron profile of the bonded wafer to be estimated, and finally a dosage of boron in the determined reference sample is estimated by convertion to be a surface density of boron presenting at the bonding interface of the bonded wafer to be estimated at an initial stage prior to the bonding heat treatment of the bonded wafer to be estimated. Thus, the boron profile obtained by SIMS measurement can be converted into the boron surface density with the result that the boron quantity at the bonding interface of a bonded wafer can be readily estimated to be a boron surface density.
摘要:
There is provided an SOI (Silicon On Insulator) substrate having a thick SOI layer, where crystallographic defects mainly consisting of OSFs (Oxidation Induced Stacking Fault) are practically prevented from occurrence in the SOI layer, according to the present invention.The manufacturing method for the SOI substrate according to the present invention comprises the following steps of: the silicon oxide film being formed by thermal oxidation on the surface of a first silicon wafer having a concentration of interstitial oxygen under 16 ppma (per JEIDA Standard); the first silicon wafer being superimposed on a second silicon wafer, which is a support for supporting the first silicon wafer, with the silicon oxide film sandwiched therebetween; then the superimposed wafers being heat-treated so as to obtain a bonded wafer; and further the bulk of the first silicon wafer of the bonded wafer being reduced by grinding and then polishing so as to obtain the SOI substrate with the SOI layer of more than 5 .mu.m in thickness, which is a single crystal layer, formed on the second silicon wafer.
摘要:
To provide a method of making a SOI film having a more uniform thickness in a SOI substrate which makes it possible to keep the variance at .+-.0.3 micrometers or less throughout the entire surface of the substrate, even for SOI substrates with a SOI film thickness between 1 micrometer and 10 micrometers. The surface of a SOI substrate is divided into a plurality of sections, then the SOI film thickness is measured for each section Wi (i=1-n) by means of the spectral interference method using an optical fiber cable, and, simultaneously, the SOI film is etched down to a prescribed thickness by a dry etching device, and thus a desired value and a variance (.+-.0.3 micrometers) of the SOI film thickness is obtained.
摘要:
A dielectrically isolated substrate is comprised of a single-crystal silicon substrate or bond substrate and a single-crystal silicon substrate or base substrate bonded together into a composite structure. The bond substrate has a (110) plane as a main crystal plane and is provided with vertically walled moats and substantially squared islands positioned adjacent to the moats. The moats and islands result from anisotropic etching using a specific mask pattern. Also disclosed is a process for producing the composite structure.