Abstract:
A CVD device equipped with a container chamber (100) having an interior space (100a), and containing a substrate in a manner such that the film formation surface thereof faces upward from the bottom side (fifth region (A5)) of the interior space (100a). Silane gas and propane gas are supplied to the interior space (100a). A stainless-steel ceiling (120) is provided on the top of the interior space (100a). The ceiling (120) is provided with first through third partition members (171-173) attached thereto which comprise stainless steel, are positioned so as to extend in the -Z-direction and transect the X-direction, and divide the top side of the interior space (100a) into first through fourth regions (A1-A4). The substrate positioned inside the interior space (100a) is heated to 1600° C. The first through third partition members (171-173) and the ceiling (120) are cooled to 300° C. or lower by a cooling mechanism.
Abstract:
A SiC epitaxial wafer manufacturing method of the present invention includes: manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer including a SiC epitaxial layer on a surface of a SiC single crystal wafer while supplying a raw material gas into a chamber using a SiC epitaxial wafer manufacturing apparatus; and manufacturing a subsequent SiC epitaxial wafer after measuring a surface density of triangular defects originating from a material piece of an internal member of the chamber on the SiC epitaxial layer of the previously manufactured SiC epitaxial wafer.
Abstract:
A SiC epitaxial wafer obtained by forming a SiC epitaxial layer on a 4H—SiC single-crystal substrate that is tilted at an off-angle of 0.4° to 5°, wherein linear density of step bunchings, which are connected to shallow pits which are due to screw dislocation in the SiC epitaxial wafer, is 5 mm−1 or less.
Abstract:
A SiC epitaxial wafer including: a SiC epitaxial layer that is formed on a SiC substrate having an off angle, wherein the surface density of triangular defects, in which a distance from a starting point to an opposite side in a horizontal direction is equal to or greater than (a thickness of the SiC epitaxial layer/tan(x))×90% and equal to or less than (the thickness of the SiC epitaxial layer/tan(x))×110%, in the SiC epitaxial layer is in the range of 0.05 pieces/cm2 to 0.5 pieces/cm2 (where x indicates the off angle).
Abstract:
The method for producing an SiC epitaxial wafer according to the present invention includes: a step of vacuum baking a coated carbon-based material member at a degree of vacuum of 2.0×10−3 Pa or less in a dedicated vacuum baking furnace; a step of installing the coated carbon-based material member in an epitaxial wafer manufacturing apparatus; and a step of placing an SiC substrate in the epitaxial wafer manufacturing apparatus and epitaxially growing an SiC epitaxial film on the SiC substrate.
Abstract:
A CVD device including: a chamber containing a substrate having a SiC-film formation surface; a heating mechanism for heating the substrate from a direction opposite the film formation surface; a third supply space (231) for supplying a third raw-material gas containing carbon in a direction (X) toward the substrate from the lateral side of the substrate; a second supply space (221) for supplying a second raw-material gas containing silicon in the direction (X) from the lateral side of the substrate toward the side farther than the third raw-material gas when viewed from the film formation surface; and a blocking gas supply section for supplying a blocking gas for suppressing the upward movement of the third raw-material gas and the second raw-material gas in a second direction from the side facing the film formation surface toward the film formation surface.