IP Library Granted Patent US 9,917,022
Granted Patent B2
US 9,917,022 · App. 15/198,770 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Silicon single crystal wafer, manufacturing method thereof and method of detecting defects

Inventor: Woo Young Sim (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SK SILTRON CO., LTD.
H01L22/10C30B15/203C30B29/06C30B31/04H01L21/02532H01L21/02598H01L21/02694H01L21/30604H01L21/324H01L21/3225H01L29/32
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Patent No.
US 9,917,022
App. No.
15/198,770
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A silicon single crystal wafer is provided. The silicon single crystal wafer includes an IDP which is divided into an NiG region and an NIDP region, wherein the IDP region is a region where a Cu based defect is not detected, the NiG region is a region where an Ni based defect is detected and the NIPD region is a region where an Ni based defect is not detected.

Claims (16)

1. A method of detecting a silicon single crystal wafer, the method comprising:

coating a nickel (Ni) solution onto the silicon single crystal wafer to form a metal precipitate in the silicon single crystal wafer;

performing a first heat treatment so as to form a core of the metal precipitate;

performing a second heat treatment to expand the core of the metal precipitate;

etching the silicon single crystal wafer having the expanded core of the metal precipitate; and

detecting a defect in the etched silicon single crystal wafer based on the expanded core of the metal precipitate.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal precipitate is formed by reaction of nickel (Ni) in the nickel (Ni) solution to an oxygen (O) precipitate of the silicon single crystal wafer.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of nickel (Ni) in the nickel (Ni) solution is equal to or greater than at least 1E 13 atom/cm 2 .

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat treatment is performed at a temperature of about 870° C. for about four hours.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in performing the second heat treatment, the core of the metal precipitate is used as a seed to expand the core of the metal precipitate.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat treatment is performed at a temperature of about 1000° C. for about one hour to three hours.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein etching the silicon single crystal wafer exposes the expanded core of the metal precipitate and forms a step difference between a first region where the metal precipitate is not formed and a second region where the metal precipitate is formed.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: prior to performing the first heat treatment, if an oxygen (O) concentration of the silicon single crystal wafer is determined to be equal to or less than a threshold concentration, performing a prior heat treatment, and

if the oxygen (O) concentration of the silicon single crystal wafer is greater than the threshold concentration, performing the first heat treatment without the prior heat treatment.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the threshold concentration is about 8 ppma.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the prior heat treatment is performed at a temperature of about 800° C. for about four hours.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2018
From: LG SILTRON INCORPORATED
To: SK SILTRON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045012/0661 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2013-0001875 · Jan 8, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0001876 · Jan 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14028063 · Sep 16, 2013
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