摘要:
In silicon single crystal growth by the Czochralski method using a quartz crucible, a silicon single crystals with a uniform distribution of oxygen concentration can be produced in high yield without being affected by changes of crystal diameter and initial amount of melt feedstock. The oxygen concentration is adjusted by estimating oxygen concentration during growth on the basis of a relationship among three parameters: crucible rotation rate (Ω), crucible temperature (T), and the ratio (β) of contact area of molten silicon with the inner wall of the crucible and with atmospheric gas, and by associating the temperature (T) with the ratio (β) by the function 1/β×Exp(−E/T) where E is the dissolution energy (E) of quartz into molten silicon to control at least one of the rotation rate (Ω) and temperature (T) to conform the estimated oxygen concentration to a target concentration.
摘要:
A process for producing nitrogen-doped semiconductor wafers has the nitrogen being derived from a dopant gas which contains NH3. The process includes pulling a single crystal from a melt of molten semiconductor material, feeding the dopant gas to the semiconductor material, and cutting the nitrogen-doped semiconductor wafers off the pulled single crystal. The dopant gas is fed to the semiconductor material at most until pulling begins for that part of the single crystal from which the semiconductor wafers are cut.
摘要:
A method for controlling oxygen precipitation (106) in a silicon crystal (12) grown according to the Czochralski silicon crystal growing technique which includes the steps of forming a cylindrical portion (22) of the silicon crystal (12) from a reservoir of molten silicon (24) according to the Czochralski silicon crystal growing technique. The method includes the steps of terminating the Czochralski silicon crystal growing technique by forming a first tapered portion (101) in silicon crystal (12) at a predetermined rate. A second tapered portion (102) includes a cascaded middle portion (108) that connects to the first tapered portion (101) and that concentrates oxygen precipitation (106) within cascaded middle portion (108) and away from the cylindrical portion (22) of silicon crystal (12). At least a third tapered portion (104) is formed for separating silicon crystal (12) from molten silicon (24).
摘要:
There are disclosed a silicon seed crystal which is composed of silicon single crystal and used for the Czochralski method, wherein oxygen concentration in the seed crystal is 15 ppma (JEIDA) or less, a silicon seed crystal which is used for the Czochralski method, wherein the silicon seed crystal does not have a straight body, and a method for producing a silicon single crystal by the Czochralski method comprising using said seed crystal, bringing a tip end of the seed crystal into contact with a silicon melt to melt the tip end of the seed crystal, with or without performing necking operation, and growing a silicon single crystal. The method is capable of improving the rate of success in making crystals dislocation-free and the productivity of single crystal rods regardless of the use of necking operation.
摘要:
A method for controlling oxygen precipitation (106) in a silicon crystal (12) grown according to the Czochralski silicon crystal growing technique which includes the steps of forming a cylindrical portion (22) of the silicon crystal (12) from a reservoir of molten silicon (24) according to the Czochralski silicon crystal growing technique. The method includes the steps of terminating the Czochralski silicon crystal growing technique by forming a first tapered portion (101) in silicon crystal (12) at a predetermined rate. A second tapered portion (102) includes a cascaded middle portion (108) that connects to the first tapered portion (101) and that concentrates oxygen precipitation (106) within cascaded middle portion (108) and away from the cylindrical portion (22) of silicon crystal (12). At least a third tapered portion (104) is formed for separating silicon crystal (12) from molten silicon (24).
摘要:
A method or technique is disclosed for predicting precisely where oxygen precipitation will occur in semiconductor wafers that are being processed in connection with integrated circuit manufacture; the technique is based upon the discovery that such precipitation will occur at resistivity peaks measured prior to any thermal treatment of the wafers. In other words, the technique permits characterizing the wafers by the diametral resistivity profile that is obtained in the initial resistivity measurements, whereby a change in oxygen precipitation can be predicted precisely where compensated intrinsic regions have been measured in the initial measurements.
摘要:
A process for producing silicon wafers with low defect density is one wherein a) a silicon single crystal having an oxygen doping concentration of at least 4*10.sup.17 /cm.sup.3 is produced by molten material being solidified to form a single crystal and is then cooled, and the holding time of the single crystal during cooling in the temperature range of from 850.degree. C. to 1100.degree. C. is less than 80 minutes; b) the single crystal is processed to form silicon wafers; and c) the silicon wafers are annealed at a temperature of at least 1000.degree. C. for at least one hour. Also, it is possible to prepare a silicon single crystal based upon having an oxygen doping concentration of at least 4*10.sup.17 /cm.sup.3 and a nitrogen doping concentration of at least 1*10.sup.14 /cm.sup.3 for (a) above.
摘要翻译:一种制造低缺陷密度的硅晶片的方法是其中a)通过熔融材料固化形成单晶并且然后冷却而产生具有至少4×10 17 / cm 3的氧掺杂浓度的硅单晶,然后冷却 在850℃至1100℃的温度范围内的冷却期间单晶的保持时间小于80分钟; b)处理单晶以形成硅晶片; 和c)将硅晶片在至少1000℃的温度下退火至少1小时。 此外,可以基于上述(a)的氧掺杂浓度至少为4×10 17Ω/ cm 3和氮掺杂浓度为至少1×10 14 / cm 3来制备硅单晶。
摘要:
The ratio between variations in the oxygen concentration before and after a silicon wafer is subjected to two types of heat treatments in which the temperatures and processing times are different is defined. The silicon wafer is subjected to a first heat treatment, and the interstitial oxygen concentrations before and after the first heat treatment are respectively set to [Oi].sub.1ini and [Oi].sub.1af. The silicon wafer is successively subjected to second and third heat treatments, and the interstitial oxygen concentrations before and after the second and third heat treatments are respectively set to [Oi].sub.2ini and [Oi].sub.2af. At this time, the interstitial oxygen concentrations [Oi].sub.1ini, [Oi].sub.1af, [Oi].sub.2ini and [Oi].sub.2af are so set as to satisfy the condition that ([Oi].sub.2ini -[Oi].sub.2af)/[Oi].sub.1ini -[Oi].sub.1af).gtoreq.20.
摘要:
A method for controlling the oxygen concentration profile of a rod of crystalline material such as silicon being pulled from a melt in a crucible includes varying the crucible rotation speed during the pulling process. In a preferred embodiment, the average oxygen concentration profile of a rod pulled at a constant crucible rotation speed is measured and then this information is used in growing another rod by controlling the crucible rotation speed during the pulling process so that its slope is opposite to the slope of the measured average oxygen concentration profile.
摘要:
The seed to tail oxygen concentration gradient in silicon crystals, which are drawn from a silicon melt contained in a silica vessel according to the Czochralski process, is controlled by a process employing stop-go crucible rotation to provide fluid shearing at the melt-crucible interface.