摘要:
A silicon single crystal wafer is subjected to two-stage heat treatment. In the first-stage it is heated at a temperature within the range of between 500.degree. C. and 1,000.degree. C. Subsequently the thus heated wafer is heated at a temperature higher than that at the first stage. Thus, a nondefective zone is formed in the surface region of the wafer, and the interior zone of the wafer becomes rich in micro defects capable of gettering impurities such as heavy metals.
摘要:
In a gettering method for processing semiconductor wafers a semiconductor wafer such as a silicon wafer is first annealed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, for example, in a nitrogen atmosphere, at a temperature in the range of 950.degree. to 1,300.degree. C., preferably at 1,050.degree. C., for more than 10 minutes, for example for four (4) hours, to diffuse out oxygen near the surfaces of the semiconductor wafer. Then the semiconductor wafer is annealed at a temperature in the range of 600.degree. to 800.degree. C., for example at 650.degree. C., for more than one hour, preferably for 16 hours, to create in the interior of the semiconductor wafer microdefects of high density.