IP Library Granted Patent US 8,512,868
Granted Patent B2
US 8,512,868 · App. 13/499,304 · Granted Aug 20, 2013

Hybrid silicon wafer

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Patent No.
US 8,512,868
App. No.
13/499,304
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid silicon wafer which is a silicon wafer having a structure wherein the main plane orientation of polycrystalline silicon that is prepared by a unidirectional solidification/melting method is (311), and monocrystalline silicon is embedded in the polycrystalline silicon. The hybrid silicon wafer according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the purity of the polycrystalline silicon portion excluding gas components is 6N or higher, the total amount of metal impurities is 1 wtppm or less, and, among the metal impurities, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Al are respectively 0.1 wtppm or less. Thus, a hybrid silicon wafer having the functions of both a polycrystalline silicon wafer and a monocrystalline silicon wafer is provided and the occurrence of polish bumps and macro-sized unevenness between the polycrystalline silicon and the monocrystalline silicon are prevented.

Claims (10)

1. A hybrid silicon wafer which is a silicon wafer having a structure wherein a main plane orientation of polycrystalline silicon that is prepared by a unidirectional solidification/melting method is (311), and monocrystalline silicon is embedded in the polycrystalline silicon.

2. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 1 , wherein bonding interfaces of the polycrystalline silicon prepared by the unidirectional solidification/melting method and the monocrystalline silicon are diffusion-bonded.

3. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 2 , wherein an area ratio of the monocrystalline silicon of the silicon wafer relative to an entire area of a surface of the silicon wafer is 30% or more.

4. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 3 , wherein purity of the polycrystalline silicon of the silicon wafer excluding gas components is 6N or higher, a total amount of metal impurities is 1 wtppm or less, and, among the metal impurities, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Al are respectively 0.1 wtppm or less.

5. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 4 , wherein C and O as the gas components of the polycrystalline silicon of the silicon wafer are respectively 100 wtppm or less.

6. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 5 , wherein the wafer is a disk shape, and a diameter of the wafer is 400 mm or more.

7. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 1 , wherein an area ratio of the monocrystalline silicon of the silicon wafer relative to an entire area of a surface of the silicon wafer is 30% or more.

8. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 1 , wherein purity of the polycrystalline silicon of the silicon wafer excluding gas components is 6N or higher, a total amount of metal impurities is 1 wtppm or less, and, among the metal impurities, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Al are respectively 0.1 wtppm or less.

9. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 8 , wherein C and O as the gas components of the polycrystalline silicon of the silicon wafer are respectively 100 wtppm or less.

10. The hybrid silicon wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the wafer is a disk shape, and an outer diameter of the wafer is 400 mm or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041649/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2012
From: SUZUKI, RYO; TAKAMURA, HIROSHI
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027969/0125 →