IP Library Granted Patent US 7,569,438
Granted Patent B2
US 7,569,438 · App. 11/948,504 · Granted Aug 4, 2009

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,569,438
App. No.
11/948,504
Granted
Aug 4, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes the steps of forming an oxide film on a surface layer section, forming a window section by selectively removing the oxide film, forming a first semiconductor layer, forming a second semiconductor layer, forming a pair of support member holes for exposing the substrate semiconductor layer, forming a support member on the active surface side of the semiconductor substrate, forming an end-exposed surface exposing at least a part of an end of the first semiconductor layer, forming a substrate semiconductor layer exposed surface, removing the first semiconductor layer below the support member by wet etching, filling a hollow section obtained by the wet etching with an oxide film using thermal oxidation, exposing the second semiconductor layer and providing a semiconductor device to the second semiconductor layer.

Claims (45)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming an oxide film on a surface layer section of an entire surface of a semiconductor substrate;

forming a window section by selectively removing the oxide film from an active surface side of the semiconductor substrate, the window section exposing a substrate semiconductor layer forming the semiconductor substrate;

forming a first semiconductor layer having an etching selection ratio higher than an etching selection ratio of the substrate semiconductor layer so as to cover the substrate semiconductor layer exposed in the window section;

forming a second semiconductor layer having an etching selection ratio higher than the etching selection ratio of the first semiconductor layer so as to cover the first semiconductor layer;

forming a pair of support member holes for exposing the substrate semiconductor layer opened by removing the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer inside a pair of areas positioned on both sides of an element area section adjacently to the element area section formed using a part of the second semiconductor layer;

forming a support member on the active surface side of the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the element area section and to fill at least a part of each of the support member holes;

forming an end-exposed surface exposing at least a part of an end of the first semiconductor layer below the support member by etching the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer using the support member as a mask;

forming a substrate semiconductor layer exposed surface by removing at least a part of the oxide film to expose the substrate semiconductor layer after forming the end-exposed surface;

removing the first semiconductor layer below the support member by wet etching;

filling a hollow section obtained by the wet etching with an oxide film using thermal oxidation;

exposing the second semiconductor layer by removing the support member from at least above the element area section; and

providing a semiconductor device to the second semiconductor layer.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the step of forming the substrate semiconductor layer exposed surface includes

covering the active surface side of the semiconductor substrate with a resist, and

exposing the substrate semiconductor layer by executing wet etching to remove at least a part of the oxide film in the condition of covering the active surface side of the semiconductor substrate with the resist in the step of forming the substrate semiconductor layer exposed surface.

3. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming an oxide film on a surface layer section of an entire surface of a semiconductor substrate;

forming a window section by selectively removing the oxide film from an active surface side of the semiconductor substrate, the window section exposing a substrate semiconductor layer forming the semiconductor substrate;

forming a first semiconductor layer having an etching selection ratio higher than an etching selection ratio of the substrate semiconductor layer so as to cover the substrate semiconductor layer exposed in the window section;

forming a second semiconductor layer having an etching selection ratio higher than the etching selection ratio of the first semiconductor layer so as to cover the first semiconductor layer;

forming a protective layer capable of providing an etching selection ratio to the second semiconductor layer so as to cover the second semiconductor layer;

forming a pair of support member holes for exposing the substrate semiconductor layer opened by removing the protective layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the first semiconductor layer inside a pair of areas positioned on both sides of an element area section adjacently to the element area section formed using a part of the second semiconductor layer;

forming a support member capable of providing an etching selection ratio to the protective layer on the active surface side of the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the element area section and to fill at least a part of each of the support member holes;

forming an end-exposed surface exposing at least a part of an end of the first semiconductor layer below the support member by etching the protective layer; the first semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer using the support member as a mask;

forming a substrate semiconductor layer exposed surface by removing at least a part of the oxide film to expose the substrate semiconductor layer after forming the end-exposed surface;

removing the first semiconductor layer below the support member by wet etching;

filling a hollow section obtained by the wet etching with an oxide film using thermal oxidation;

exposing the protective layer by removing the support member from at least above the element area section;

exposing the second semiconductor layer by etching the protective layer; and

providing a semiconductor device to the second semiconductor layer.

4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the protective layer is made of silicon nitride.

5. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the step of forming the substrate semiconductor layer exposed surface includes

exposing the substrate semiconductor layer by removing the oxide film on a surface of the semiconductor substrate on a side opposite to the active surface side.

6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the step of forming the substrate semiconductor layer exposed surface includes

exposing the substrate semiconductor layer by dry-etching a surface of the semiconductor substrate on a side opposite to the active surface side to remove the oxide film on the surface opposite to the active surface side.

7. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the substrate semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are made of single crystal silicon, and

the first semiconductor layer is made of single crystal silicon-germanium.

8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising, prior to the step of forming the first semiconductor layer,

forming a buffer layer made of single crystal silicon on the semiconductor substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2019
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050265/0622 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2007
From: KANEMOTO, KEI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020190/0015 →