IP Library Granted Patent US 12,217,967
Granted Patent B2
US 12,217,967 · App. 17/600,226 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Indium phosphide substrate

Inventors: Shunsuke Oka (Kitaibaraki, JP); Kenji Suzuki (Kitaibaraki, JP); Hideaki Hayashi (Kitaibaraki, JP)
Assignee: JX ADVANCED METALS CORPORATION
H01L21/304H01L21/02013H01L21/02016H01L21/02021H01L21/02024
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Patent No.
US 12,217,967
App. No.
17/600,226
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an indium phosphide substrate which has suppressed sharpness of a wafer edge when polishing is carried out from the back surface of the wafer by a method such as back lapping. An indium phosphide substrate, wherein when planes A each parallel to a main surface are taken in a wafer, the phosphide substrate has an angle θ on the main surface side of 0°<θ≤110° for all of the planes A where a distance from the main surface is 100 μm or more and 200 μm or less, wherein the angle θ is formed by a plane B, the plane B including an intersection line of an wafer edge with each of the planes A and being tangent to the wafer edge, and an plane of each of the planes A extending in a wafer outside direction, and wherein in a cross section orthogonal to the wafer edge, the indium phosphide substrate has an edge round at least on the main surface side, and the edge round on the main surface side has a radius of curvature R f of from 200 to 350 μm.

Claims (34)

1. An indium phosphide substrate,

wherein when planes A each parallel to a main surface are taken in the indium phosphide substrate, the indium phosphide substrate has an angle θ on a main surface side of 0°<θ≤110° for each of the planes A where a distance from the main surface to each of the planes A is 100 μm or more and 200 μm or less, wherein the angle θ is formed by a plane B, the plane B including an intersection line of an edge of the indium phosphide substrate with each of the planes A and being tangent to the edge, and a plane of each of the planes A extending in an outside direction of the indium phosphide substrate, and

wherein in a cross section orthogonal to the edge, the indium phosphide substrate has an edge round at least on the main surface side, and the edge round on the main surface side has a radius of curvature R f of 223 to 350 μm,

a chamfered width from the edge on the main surface side of the wafer indium phosphide substrate is in the range of 50 to 95 μm,

the edge includes a straight portion smoothly connected to the edge round and along a thickness direction of the indium phosphide substrate.

2. The indium phosphide substrate according to claim 1 , wherein each of the angles θ is 60°≤θ≤100° for all of the planes A where the distance from the main surface is 100 μm or more and 200 μm or less.

3. An indium phosphide substrate,

wherein when planes A each parallel to a main surface are taken in the indium phosphide substrate, the indium phosphide substrate has an angle θ on a main surface side of 0°<θ≤100° for each of the planes A where a distance from the main surface to each of the planes A is 150 μm or more and 200 μm or less, wherein the angle θ is formed by a plane B, the plane B including an intersection line of an edge of the indium phosphide substrate with each of the planes A and being tangent to the edge, and a plane of each of the planes A extending in an outside direction of the indium phosphide substrate, and

wherein in a cross section orthogonal to the edge, the indium phosphide substrate has an edge round at least on the main surface side, and the edge round on the main surface side has a radius of curvature R f of 223 to 350 μm,

a chamfered width from the edge on the main surface side of the indium phosphide substrate is in the range of 50 to 95 μm,

the edge includes a straight portion smoothly connected to the edge round and along a thickness direction of the indium phosphide substrate.

4. The indium phosphide substrate according to claim 3 , wherein each of the angles θ is 60°≤θ≤95° for all of the planes A where the distance from the main surface is 150 μm or more and 200 μm or less.

5. An indium phosphide substrate,

wherein when planes A each parallel to a main surface are taken in the indium phosphide substrate, the indium phosphide substrate has an angle θ on a main surface side of 60°≤θ≤90° for each of the planes A where a distance from the main surface to each of the planes A is 100 μm or more and 200 μm or less, wherein the angle θ is formed by a plane B, the plane B including an intersection line of an edge of the indium phosphide substrate with each of the planes A and being tangent to the edge, and a plane of each of the planes A extending in an outside direction of the indium phosphide substrate,

wherein in a cross section orthogonal to the edge, the indium phosphide substrate has an edge round at least on the main surface side, and the edge round on the main surface side has a radius of curvature R f of 223 to 350 μm; and

wherein the indium phosphide substrate has a diameter of 50.8 mm or less,

a chamfered width from the edge on the main surface side of the wafer indium phosphide substrate is in the range of 50 to 95 μm,

the edge includes a straight portion smoothly connected to the edge round and along a thickness direction of the indium phosphide substrate.

6. The indium phosphide substrate according to claim 5 , wherein each of the angles θ is 60°≤θ≤90° for all of the planes A where the distance from the main surface is 150 μm or more and 200 μm or less.

7. An indium phosphide substrate,

wherein when planes A each parallel to a main surface are taken in the indium phosphide substrate, the indium phosphide substrate has an angle θ on a main surface side of 80°≤θ≤110° for each of the planes A where a distance from the main surface to each of the planes A is 100 μm or more and 200 μm or less, wherein the angle θ is formed by a plane B, the plane B including an intersection line of an edge of the indium phosphide substrate with each of the planes A and being tangent to the edge, and a plane of each of the planes A extending in an outside direction of the indium phosphide substrate,

wherein in a cross section orthogonal to the edge, the indium phosphide substrate has an edge round at least on the main surface side, and the edge round on the main surface side has a radius of curvature R f of 223 to 350 μm; and

wherein the indium phosphide substrate has a diameter of 76.2 mm or less,

a chamfered width from the edge on the main surface side of the indium phosphide substrate is in the range of 50 to 95 μm,

the edge includes a straight portion smoothly connected to the edge round and along a thickness direction of the indium phosphide substrate.

8. The indium phosphide substrate according to claim 7 , wherein each of the angles θ is 80°≤θ≤100° for all of the planes A where the distance from the main surface is 150 μm or more and 200 μm or less.

9. An indium phosphide substrate,

wherein when planes A each parallel to a main surface are taken in the indium phosphide substrate, the indium phosphide substrate has an angle θ on a main surface side of 80°≤θ≤100° for each of the planes A where a distance from the main surface to each of the planes A is 100 μm or more and 200 μm or less, wherein the angle θ is formed by a plane B, the plane B including an intersection line of an edge of the indium phosphide substrate with each of the planes A and being tangent to the edge, and a plane of each of the planes A extending in an outside direction of the indium phosphide substrate,

wherein in a cross section orthogonal to the edge, the indium phosphide substrate has an edge round at least on the main surface side, and the edge round on the main surface side has a radius of curvature R f of 223 to 350 μm; and

wherein the indium phosphide substrate has a diameter of 100 mm or less,

a chamfered width from the edge on the main surface side of the indium phosphide substrate is in the range of 50 to 95 μm,

the edge includes a straight portion smoothly connected to the edge round and along a thickness direction of the indium phosphide substrate.

10. The indium phosphide substrate according to claim 9 , wherein each of the angles θ is 80°≤θ≤95° for all of the planes A where the distance from the main surface is 150 μm or more and 200 μm or less.

11. The indium phosphide substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the radius of curvature R f of the edge round on the main surface side is from 303 to 338 μm.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2024
From: JX METALS CORPORATION
To: JX ADVANCED METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069477/0584 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2024
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069405/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: OKA, SHUNSUKE; SUZUKI, KENJI; HAYASHI, HIDEAKI
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057660/0500 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-013045 · Jan 29, 2020 · national
JP 2020-082768 · May 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220208549A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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