IP Library Granted Patent US 10,680,068
Granted Patent B2
US 10,680,068 · App. 16/319,053 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Semiconductor substrate

Inventors: Ko Imaoka (Kariya, JP); Takanori Murasaki (Kariya, JP); Toshihisa Shimo (Kariya, JP); Hidetsugu Uchida (Tokyo, JP); Akiyuki Minami (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SICOXS CORPORATION
H01L29/1608H01L29/04
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Patent No.
US 10,680,068
App. No.
16/319,053
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique related to a bonded semiconductor substrate capable of reducing an interface resistance is provided. The semiconductor substrate comprises a single-crystalline SiC substrate and a polycrystalline SiC substrate. The single-crystalline SIC substrate and the polycrystalline SiC substrate are bonded. A bonded region of the single-crystalline SiC substrate and the polycrystalline SiC substrate contains 1×10 21 (atoms/cm 3 ) or more of particular atoms.

Claims (44)

1. A semiconductor substrate comprising:

a single-crystalline SiC substrate; and

a polycrystalline SiC substrate,

wherein

the single-crystalline SiC substrate and the polycrystalline SiC substrate are bonded via an interface layer,

the interface layer is a composite material containing carbon and silicon,

the interface layer contains 1×10 21 (atoms/cm 3 ) or more of silicon (Si) atoms, and

in an element composition ratio in the composite material, a ratio of silicon is more than that of carbon.

2. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the interface layer is equal to or more than 0.25 nanometer.

3. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the interface layer is a composite material containing carbon, silicon, and nitrogen.

4. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the interface layer is a composite material containing carbon, silicon, and phosphorus.

5. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the interface layer contains 1×10 22 (atoms/cm 3 ) or more of the silicon atoms.

6. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

in an element composition ratio in the interface layer, a ratio of the silicon atoms is 10 (atomic %) or more.

7. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the single-crystalline SiC substrate is 4H—SiC.

8. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the polycrystalline SiC substrate is 3C—SiC.

9. A semiconductor substrate comprising:

a single-crystalline SiC substrate; and

a polycrystalline SiC substrate,

wherein

the single-crystalline SiC substrate and the polycrystalline SiC substrate are bonded via an interface layer,

the interface layer is a composite material containing carbon and silicon,

the interface layer contains 1×10 21 (atoms/cm 3 ) or more of carbon (C) atoms, and

in an element composition ratio in the composite material, a ratio of carbon is more than that of silicon.

10. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 9 , wherein

a thickness of the interface layer is equal to or more than 0.25 nanometer.

11. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 9 , wherein

the interface layer is a composite material containing carbon, silicon, and nitrogen.

12. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 9 , wherein

the interface layer is a composite material containing carbon, silicon, and phosphorus.

13. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 9 , wherein

the interface layer contains 1×10 22 (atoms/cm 3 ) or more of the carbon atoms.

14. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 9 , wherein

in an element composition ratio in the interface layer, a ratio of the carbon atoms is 10 (atomic %) or more.

15. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 9 , wherein

the single-crystalline SiC substrate is 4H—SiC.

16. The semiconductor substrate according to claim 9 , wherein

the polycrystalline SiC substrate is 3C—SiC.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: SICOXS CORPORATION
To: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071586/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2019
From: UCHIDA, HIDETSUGU; MINAMI, AKIYUKI
To: SICOXS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048089/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
To: SICOXS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048089/0024 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2019
From: IMAOKA, KO; MURASAKI, TAKANORI; SHIMO, TOSHIHISA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
Reel/Frame 048106/0634 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-141782 · Jul 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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