摘要:
A silicon wafer for preventing a void defect in a bulk region from becoming source of contamination and slip generation in a device process is provided. And a heat-treating method thereof for reducing crystal defects such as COP in a region near the wafer surface to be a device active region is provided. The silicon wafer has a surface region 1 which is a defect-free region and a bulk region 2 including void defect of a polyhedron whose basic shape is an octahedron in which a corner portion of the polyhedron is in the curved shape and an inner-wall oxide film the void defect is removed. The silicon wafer is provided by performing a heat-treating method in which gas to be supplied, inner pressure of spaces and a maximum achievable temperature are set to a predetermined value when subjecting the silicon wafer produced by a CZ method to RTP.
摘要:
In a method of heat treating a wafer obtained by slicing a silicon single crystal ingot manufactured by the Czochralski method, a rapid heating/cooling heat treatment is carried out by setting a holding time at an ultimate temperature of 1200° C. or more and a melting point of silicon or less to be equal to or longer than one second and to be equal to or shorter than 60 seconds in a mixed gas atmosphere containing oxygen having an oxygen partial pressure of 1.0% or more and 20% or less and argon, and an oxide film having a thickness of 9.1 nm or less or 24.3 nm or more is thus formed on a surface of the silicon wafer.
摘要:
In a manufacturing method for a silicon wafer, a first heat treatment process is performed on the silicon wafer while introducing a first gas having an oxygen gas in an amount of 0.01 vol. % or more and 1.00 vol. % or less and a rare gas, and a second heat treatment process is performed while stopping introducing the first gas and introducing a second gas having an oxygen gas in an amount of 20 vol. % or more and 100 vol. % or less and a rare gas. In the first heat treatment process, the silicon wafer is rapidly heated to first temperature of 1300° C. or higher and a melting point of silicon or lower at a first heating rate, and kept at the first temperature. In the second heat treatment process, the silicon wafer is kept at the first temperature, and rapidly cooled from the first temperature at a first cooling rate.
摘要:
Provided is a silicon wafer suitable for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a shallow junction. A silicon wafer wherein, in a region at a depth of less than 50 μm from a surface, a density of oxygen deposition materials each having a diameter of not less than 10 nm is not more than 1×108/cm3. A silicon wafer for a semiconductor device, which is manufactured by applying heat treatment at a heat treatment temperature of not less than 1000° C. for heat treatment time of not more than 3 msec, wherein, in a region at a depth of less than 50 μm from a surface, a density of oxygen deposition materials each having a diameter of not less than 10 nm is not more than 1×108/cm3.
摘要翻译:提供了适合于制造具有浅结的半导体器件的硅晶片。 一种硅晶片,其中在距离表面小于50μm的深度的区域中,每个直径不小于10nm的氧沉积材料的密度不大于1×10 8 / cm 3。 一种用于半导体器件的硅晶片,其通过在不低于1000℃的热处理温度下进行热处理而不超过3毫秒的热处理时间进行热处理,其中在深度小于 50μm的表面,每个直径不小于10nm的氧沉积材料的密度不大于1×10 8 / cm 3。
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a strained silicon wafer, having steps of a first step of preparing a single crystal silicon substrate, a second step of forming a graded SiGe layer on the substrate, the graded SiGe layer having a first Ge composition ratio increased stepwisely from 5 to 60% at atomic ratio, a third step of forming a SiGe constant composition layer on the graded SiGe layer, the SiGe constant composition layer having a Ge composition ratio substantially equal to the Ge composition ratio on a surface of the-graded SiGe layer and a fourth step of forming a strained Si layer on the SiGe constant composition layer. The second through fourth steps are performed under the reduced pressure atmosphere while the single crystal silicon substrate is rotated in a circumferential direction at a rate from 300 rpm to 1500 rpm.
摘要:
A manufacturing method for a silicon substrate having a strained layer, has steps of forming a plurality of atomic steps having a height of 0.1 nm or more on the surface of a silicon substrate, forming a plurality of terraces having a width of 0.1 μm or more between the plurality of atomic steps and forming a SiGe layer or a SiGe layer and a Si layer on the silicon substrate.
摘要:
There is provided a thermal treatment method of a silicon wafer. The method includes the successive steps of: (a) terminating silicon atoms existing on an active surface of the silicon wafer with hydrogen, wherein the active surface is mirror-polished, and a semiconductor device is to be formed on the active surface; (b) terminating the silicon atoms existing on the active surface of the silicon wafer with fluorine; (c) rapidly heating the silicon wafer to a first temperature under an inert gas atmosphere or a reducing gas atmosphere, wherein the first temperature is in a range of 1300° C. to 1400° C.; (d) holding the silicon wafer at the first temperature for a certain time; and (e) rapidly cooling the silicon wafer.
摘要:
A silicon wafer for preventing a void defect in a bulk region from becoming source of contamination and slip generation in a device process is provided. And a heat-treating method thereof for reducing crystal defects such as COP in a region near the wafer surface to be a device active region is provided. The silicon wafer has a surface region 1 which is a defect-free region and a bulk region 2 including void defect of a polyhedron whose basic shape is an octahedron in which a corner portion of the polyhedron is in the curved shape and an inner-wall oxide film the void defect is removed. The silicon wafer is provided by performing a heat-treating method in which gas to be supplied, inner pressure of spaces and a maximum achievable temperature are set to a predetermined value when subjecting the silicon wafer produced by a CZ method to RTP.
摘要:
An image pickup device disposed in a predetermined position relative to a surface of a strained silicon wafer photographs the surface of the strained silicon wafer in a plurality of rotation angle positions on photographing conditions under which bright lines appearing on the surface of the strained silicon wafer can be photographed, in an environment where a light source device illuminates the surface of the strained silicon wafer which is rotating. A composite image in a predetermined angle position is generated from surface images of the strained silicon wafer in a plurality of rotation angle positions obtained by the image pickup device.
摘要:
A silicon wafer produced from a silicon single crystal ingot grown by Czochralski process is subjected to rapid heating/cooling thermal process at a maximum temperature (T1) of 1300° C. or more, but less than 1380° C. in an oxidizing gas atmosphere having an oxygen partial pressure of 20% or more, but less than 100%. The silicon wafer according to the invention has, in a defect-free region (DZ layer) including at least a device active region of the silicon wafer, a high oxygen concentration region having a concentration of oxygen solid solution of 0.7×1018 atoms/cm3 or more and at the same time, the defect-free region contains interstitial silicon in supersaturated state.
摘要翻译:将通过切克劳斯基法生长的硅单晶锭制成的硅晶片在氧化气体气氛中在1300℃以上但小于1380℃的最高温度(T1)下进行快速加热/冷却热处理 氧分压为20%以上但小于100%。 根据本发明的硅晶片在至少包括硅晶片的器件有源区的无缺陷区(DZ层)中具有0.7×10 18原子/ cm 3的氧固溶体浓度的高氧浓度区域 以上,同时无缺陷区域含有过饱和状态的间隙硅。