摘要:
A process for imparting controlled oxygen precipitation behavior to a single crystal silicon wafer. Specifically, prior to formation of the oxygen precipitates, the wafer bulk comprises dopant stabilized oxygen precipitate nucleation centers. The dopant is selected from a group consisting of nitrogen and carbon, and the concentration of the dopant is sufficient to allow the oxygen precipitate nucleation centers to withstand thermal processing, such as an epitaxial deposition process, while maintaining the ability to dissolve any grown-in nucleation centers.
摘要:
A process for imparting controlled oxygen precipitation behavior to a single crystal silicon wafer. Specifically, prior to formation of the oxygen precipitates, the wafer bulk comprises dopant stabilized oxygen precipitate nucleation centers. The dopant is selected from a group consisting of nitrogen and carbon, and the concentration of the dopant is sufficient to allow the oxygen precipitate nucleation centers to withstand thermal processing, such as an epitaxial deposition process, while maintaining the ability to dissolve any grown-in nucleation centers.
摘要:
A silicon wafer having a controlled oxygen precipitation behavior such that a denuded zone extending inward from the front surface and oxygen precipitates in the wafer bulk sufficient for intrinsic gettering purposes are ultimately formed. Specifically, prior to formation of the oxygen precipitates, the wafer bulk comprises dopant stabilized oxygen precipitate nucleation centers. The dopant is selected from a group consisting of nitrogen and carbon and the concentration of the dopant is sufficient to allow the oxygen precipitate nucleation centers to withstand thermal processing such as an epitaxial deposition process while maintaining the ability to dissolve any grown-in nucleation centers.
摘要:
A method of lowering the resistivity of resultant silicon crystal from a Czochralski crystal growing process by adding arsenic dopant to the melt in multiple stages.
摘要:
A single crystal silicon ingot having a constant diameter portion that contains arsenic dopant atoms at a concentration which results in the silicon having a resistivity that is less than about 0.003 Ω·cm.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a single crystal silicon ingot, as well as to the ingot or wafer resulting therefrom. The process comprises controlling (i) a growth velocity, v, (ii) an average axial temperature gradient, G0, and (iii) a cooling rate of the crystal from solidification to about 750° C., in order to cause the formation of a segment having a first axially symmetric region extending radially inward from the lateral surface of the ingot wherein silicon self-interstitials are the predominant intrinsic point defect, and a second axially symmetric region extending radially inward from the first and toward the central axis of the ingot. The process is characterized in that v, G0 and the cooling rate are controlled to prevent the formation of agglomerated intrinsic point defects in the first region, while the cooling rate is further controlled to limit the formation of oxidation induced stacking faults in a wafer derived from this segment, upon subjecting the wafer to an oxidation treatment otherwise suitable for the formation of such faults.
摘要翻译:本发明涉及一种制备单晶硅锭的方法,以及由此产生的锭或晶片。 该方法包括控制(i)生长速度v,(ii)平均轴向温度梯度G 0 O 3,和(iii)晶体从凝固到约750℃的冷却速率。 ,以便形成具有第一轴向对称区域的区段,该第一轴向对称区域从该晶锭的侧表面径向向内延伸,其中硅自间隙是主要的固有点缺陷,以及第二轴向对称区域,其从第一 并朝向锭的中心轴线。 该方法的特征在于控制v,G 0和冷却速率以防止在第一区域中形成凝聚的固有点缺陷,同时进一步控制冷却速率以限制氧化物的形成 在对晶片进行氧化处理(其他适用于形成这样的故障的氧化处理)之后,在来自该段的晶片中引起堆垛层错。
摘要:
A process for cleaning organic contaminants from the surface of polycrystalline silicon. In the process, the surface of the polycrystalline silicon is exposed to an oxidizing medium which directly oxidizes the organic contaminant. The oxidized contaminants are then carried away from the polycrystalline silicon surface.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for forming single crystal silicon ingots or wafers that contain an axially symmetric region in which vacancies are the predominant intrinsic point defect, that are substantially free of oxidation induced stacking faults, and are nitrogen doped to stabilize oxygen precipitation nuclei therein.
摘要:
A single crystal silicon, ingot or wafer form, which contains an axially symmetric region in which vacancies are the predominant intrinsic point defect, is substantially free of oxidation induced stacking faults and is nitrogen doped to stabilize oxygen precipitation nuclei therein, and a process for the preparation thereof.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for forming single crystal silicon ingots or wafers that contain an axially symmetric region in which vacancies are the predominant intrinsic point defect, that are substantially free of oxidation induced stacking faults, and are nitrogen doped to stabilize oxygen precipitation nuclei therein.