摘要:
An object of the present invention is to simplify the defect inspection of an internal defect and front and rear surface defects in a wafer. A defect inspection method of the present invention includes: a first imaging step of taking a transmitted image of a wafer 1 by disposing two light source/image pickup units 4 and 5 equipped with a light source, an image pickup device and an optical system oppositely to each other across the wafer 1, irradiating infrared light from at least one of the light source/image pickup units 4 and 5 to the wafer 1, and receiving transmitted light from the wafer 1; a second imaging step of taking the respective reflected images of both wafer surfaces by irradiating infrared light or visible light from the light source/image pickup units 4 and 5 to the wafer 1 and receiving reflected light from the wafer 1; and an extraction step of extracting the defects in the wafer 1 on the basis of the transmitted image and the reflected images of both surfaces, thereby simultaneously detecting both an internal defect and front and rear surface defects in the wafer.
摘要:
The objective of this invention is to provide a manufacturing method wherewith optimally low-COP substrates can be efficiently manufactured for epitaxial wafers in order to obtain high epitaxial surface quality that will not have an adverse effect on device characteristics. A phenomenon was discovered whereby COPs are eliminated by solution annealing or flattening when epitaxial films are formed on wafers wherein the density of grown-in defects (COPs) with a size of 0.130 &mgr;m or larger is 0.03 defects/cm2 or lower, the use of which phenomenon is characteristic of the invention. For example, by pulling a monocrystal while deliberately controlling the carbon concentration therein to within a prescribed high range, and employing wafers cut from silicon monocrystal ingots grown with a pulling speed wherewith no OSF-ring outer region is present in the wafer surface, wafers having the low COP densities noted above are obtained, and the COPs are eliminated by solution-annealing or flattening when forming the epitaxial film, wherefore high-quality epitaxial wafers can be manufactured with good yield.
摘要:
A strained Si-SOI substrate, and a method for producing the same are provided, wherein the method includes the steps of growing a SiGe mixed crystal layer 14 on an SOI substrate 10 having an Si layer 13 and a buried oxide film 12; forming protective films 15, 16 on the surface of the SiGe mixed crystal layer 14; implanting light element ions into a vicinity of the interface between the Si layer 13 and the buried oxide film 12; performing a first heat treatment at a temperature in the range of 400 to 1000° C.; performing a second heat treatment at a temperature not lower than 1050° C. under an oxidizing atmosphere; performing a third heat treatment at a temperature not lower than 1050° C. under an inert atmosphere; removing the Si oxide film 18 formed on the surface; and forming a strained Si layer 19.
摘要:
A semiconductor substrate manufacturing method has a first layer formation process, a second layer formation process, a heat treatment process, and a polishing process; in the first layer formation process, the thickness of the first SiGe layer is set to less than twice the critical thickness, which is the film thickness at which dislocations appear and lattice relaxation occurs due to increasing film thickness; in the second layer formation process, the Ge composition ratio of the second SiGe layer is at least at the contact face with the first SiGe layer or with the Si layer, set lower than the maximum value of the Ge composition ratio in the first SiGe layer, and moreover, a gradient composition region in at least a portion of which the Ge composition ratio increases gradually toward the surface is formed. By this means, the penetrating dislocation density is kept low, surface roughness is low, and worsening of roughness at the surface and at interfaces due to heat treatment in device manufacturing processes or similar is prevented.
摘要:
A semiconductor wafer is produced at a step of forming a lattice relaxation or a partly lattice-relaxed strain relaxation SiGe layer on an insulating layer in a SOI wafer comprising an insulating layer and a SOI layer, wherein at least an upper layer side portion of the SiGe layer is formed on the SOI layer at a gradient of Ge concentration gradually decreasing toward the surface and then subjected to a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere.
摘要:
A strained Si—SOI substrate, and a method for producing the same are provided, wherein the method includes the steps of growing a SiGe mixed crystal layer 14 on an SOI substrate 10 having an Si layer 13 and a buried oxide film 12; forming protective films 15, 16 on the surface of the SiGe mixed crystal layer 14; implanting light element ions into a vicinity of the interface between the Si layer 13 and the buried oxide film 12; performing a first heat treatment at a temperature in the range of 400 to 1000° C.; performing a second heat treatment at a temperature not lower than 1050° C. under an oxidizing atmosphere; performing a third heat treatment at a temperature not lower than 1050° C. under an inert atmosphere; removing the Si oxide film 18 formed on the surface; and forming a strained Si layer 19.
摘要:
A strained Si-SOI substrate is produced by a method comprising: growing a SiGe mixed crystal layer on an SOI substrate having a Si layer of not less than 5 nm in thickness and a buried oxide layer; forming a protective film on the SiGe mixed crystal layer; implanting light element ions into a vicinity of an interface between the silicon layer and the buried oxide layer; a first heat treatment for heat treating the substrate at a temperature of 400 to 1000° C. in an inert gas atmosphere; a second heat treatment for heat treating the substrate at a temperature not lower than 1050° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere containing chlorine; removing an oxide film from the surface of the substrate, and forming a strained silicon layer on the surface of the substrate.
摘要:
A semiconductor wafer is produced at a step of forming a lattice relaxation or a partly lattice-relaxed strain relaxation SiGe layer on an insulating layer in a SOI wafer comprising an insulating layer and a SOI layer, wherein at least an upper layer side portion of the SiGe layer is formed on the SOI layer at a gradient of Ge concentration gradually decreasing toward the surface and then subjected to a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer with a strained Si layer having sufficient tensile strain and few crystal defects, while achieving a relatively simple layered structure, is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming an SiGe mixed crystal layer 12 and a first Si layer 13 in this order on the surface of a silicon wafer 11; (b) forming an SiO2 layer 16 on top of the first Si layer and/or a support wafer 14; (c) forming a layered product 17 by stacking the silicon wafer and the support wafer with the SiO2 layer being placed therebetween; (d) forming a second Si layer 18 by thinning the silicon wafer of the layered product; (e) implanting hydrogen ion and/or rare gas ion, such that ionic concentration peaks in a predetermined area; (f) subjecting the layered product to a first heat treatment; and (g) carrying out a second heat treatment following the first heat treatment, thereby relaxing the SiGe mixed crystal layer and diffusing Ge through portions of the first Si layer and the second Si layer.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer with a strained Si layer having sufficient tensile strain and few crystal defects, while achieving a relatively simple layered structure, is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming an SiGe mixed crystal layer 12 and a first Si layer 13 in this order on the surface of a silicon wafer 11; (b) forming an SiO2 layer 16 on top of the first Si layer and/or a support wafer 14; (c) forming a layered product 17 by stacking the silicon wafer and the support wafer with the SiO2 layer being placed therebetween; (d) forming a second Si layer 18 by thinning the silicon wafer of the layered product; (e) implanting hydrogen ion and/or rare gas ion, such that ionic concentration peaks in a predetermined area; (f) subjecting the layered product to a first heat treatment; and (g) carrying out a second heat treatment following the first heat treatment, thereby relaxing the SiGe mixed crystal layer and diffusing Ge through portions of the first Si layer and the second Si layer.