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Granted Patent B2
US 11,646,209 · App. 17/477,866 · Granted May 9, 2023

Method of cleaning wafer and wafer with reduced impurities

Inventors: Jong Hwi Park (Suwon-si, KR); Il Hwan Yoo (Suwon-si, KR); Kap-Ryeol Ku (Suwon-si, KR); Jung-Gyu Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jung Woo Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Eun Su Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Byung Kyu Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Sang Ki Ko (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SENIC INC.
H01L21/67046H01L21/02057H01L21/02167H01L21/0445H01L29/1608H01L29/7813C30B29/36
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Patent No.
US 11,646,209
App. No.
17/477,866
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of cleaning a wafer comprises: a scrubbing operation comprising treating a target wafer to be cleaned with a brush at a rotation rate of 200 rpm or less to prepare a brush cleaned wafer; and a cleaning operation comprising cleaning the brush cleaned wafer with a cleaning solution to prepare a cleaned bare wafer, wherein the cleaning operation comprises a first cleaning operation and a second cleaning operation sequentially.

Claims (16)

1. A bare wafer comprising a silicon carbide with a 4H structure, wherein at least one surface of the bare wafer comprises a calcium in an amount of 10 ppb or less, an iron in an amount of 1 ppb or less, a nickel in an amount of 0.1 ppb or less, and a copper in an amount of 1 ppb or less, wherein the at least one surface comprises a Si surface where a silicon atom layer is exposed, and comprises a calcium in an amount of 8 atoms/cm 2 or less, an iron in an amount of 0.1 atoms/cm 2 or less, a nickel in an amount of 0.2 atoms/cm 2 or less, and a copper in an amount of 0.1 atoms/cm 2 or less.

2. A semiconductor device comprising:

the bare wafer of claim 1 ;

an epitaxial layer disposed on the at least one surface of the bare wafer;

a barrier layer disposed on the epitaxial layer;

a source electrode disposed in contact with the epitaxial layer;

a gate electrode disposed on the barrier layer; and

a drain electrode disposed on a surface opposite to the at least one surface of the bare wafer.

3. A bare wafer comprising a silicon carbide with a 4H structure, wherein at least one surface of the bare wafer comprises a calcium in an amount of 10 ppb or less, an iron in an amount of 1 ppb or less, a nickel in an amount of 0.1 ppb or less, and a copper in an amount of 1 ppb or less, wherein the at least one surface comprises a Si surface, where a silicon atom layer is exposed, and comprises a manganese in an amount of 18 atoms/cm 2 or less and a zinc in an amount of 1.6 atoms/cm 2 or less.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

the bare wafer of claim 3 ;

an epitaxial layer disposed on the at least one surface of the bare wafer;

a barrier layer disposed on the epitaxial layer;

a source electrode disposed in contact with the epitaxial layer;

a gate electrode disposed on the barrier layer; and

a drain electrode disposed on a surface opposite to the at least one surface of the bare wafer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: SENIC INC.
To: EIN CRYSTAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072990/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: SKC CO., LTD.
To: SENIC INC.
Reel/Frame 058555/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: PARK, JONG HWI; YOO, IL HWAN; KU, KAP-RYEOL; KIM, JUNG-GYU; CHOI, JUNG WOO; YANG, EUN SU; JANG, BYUNG KYU; KO, SANG KI
To: SKC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057674/0115 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0122141 · Sep 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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