IP Library Granted Patent US 9,496,135
Granted Patent B2
US 9,496,135 · App. 11/730,885 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Epitaxial silicon wafer and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 9,496,135
App. No.
11/730,885
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An epitaxial silicon wafer includes a bulk wafer having a first doping concentration, a first epitaxial layer formed over the bulk wafer, the first epitaxial layer having a second doping concentration which is higher than the first doping concentration, and a second epitaxial layer formed over the first epitaxial layer, the second epitaxial layer having a third doping concentration which is lower than the second doping concentration.

Claims (15)

1. An epitaxial silicon wafer comprising:

a doped bulk wafer;

a first inter-layer formed directly on the doped bulk wafer;

a first epitaxial layer formed directly on the first inter-layer, the first epitaxial layer having a doping concentration higher than that of the doped bulk wafer;

a second inter-layer formed directly on the first epitaxial layer; and

a second epitaxial layer formed directly on the second inter-layer, and the second epitaxial layer having a doping concentration less than that of the first epitaxial layer,

wherein the bulk wafer, the first inter-layer, the first epitaxial layer, the second inter-layer, and the second epitaxial layer have a same conductivity type,

wherein both the first inter-layer and the second inter-layer have a different concentration from the first epitaxial layer and the second epitaxial layer, and

wherein both the first inter-layer and the second inter-layer have a concentration higher than that of the doped bulk wafer.

2. The epitaxial silicon wafer of claim 1 , wherein the doped bulk wafer has a resistivity ranging from approximately 1 Ω·cm to 50 Ω·cm.

3. The epitaxial silicon wafer of claim 1 , wherein the first epitaxial layer has a resistivity ranging from approximately 10-5 Ω·cm to 10-1 Ω·cm.

4. The epitaxial silicon wafer of claim 1 , wherein the second epitaxial layer has a resistivity ranging from approximately 1 Ω·cm to 50 Ω·cm.

5. The epitaxial silicon wafer of claim 1 , wherein the same conductivity is N-type or P-type.

6. The epitaxial silicon wafer of claim 5 , wherein the first epitaxial layer and the second epitaxial layer are formed using one selected from a group consisting of Boron, Arsenic, and Phosphorous.

7. The epitaxial silicon wafer of claim 1 , wherein both the first inter-layer and the second inter-layer are epitaxial layer.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
To: SK KEYFOUNDRY INC.
Reel/Frame 066794/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053703/0227 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2013
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 030988/0419 →
AFTER-ACQUIRED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY KUN-PLEDGE AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 18, 2009
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
Reel/Frame 022277/0133 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2007
From: CHA, HAN-SEOB
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 019221/0089 →