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US 11,056,381 · App. 15/754,003 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Method for producing bonded SOI wafer

Inventors: Toru Ishizuka (Takasaki, JP); Masatake Nakano (Annaka, JP)
Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
H01L21/76254H01L21/02H01L21/02008H01L21/02236H01L21/3226H01L27/12H01L27/1203C30B15/007C30B15/20C30B29/06
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Patent No.
US 11,056,381
App. No.
15/754,003
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a bonded SOI wafer by bonding a bond wafer and a base wafer, each being formed of a silicon single crystal, together with a silicon oxide film placed therebetween, the method including: preparing, as the base wafer, a silicon single crystal wafer whose resistivity is 100 Ω·cm or more and initial interstitial oxygen concentration is 10 ppma or less; forming, on the front surface of the base wafer, a silicon oxide film by performing, on the base wafer, heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of 700° C. or higher and 1000° C. or lower for 5 hours or more; bonding the base wafer and the bond wafer together with the silicon oxide film placed therebetween; and thinning the bonded bond wafer to form an SOI layer.

Claims (10)

1. A method for producing a bonded SOI wafer by bonding a bond wafer and a base wafer, each being formed of a silicon single crystal, together with a silicon oxide film placed therebetween, comprising:

preparing, as the base wafer, a silicon single crystal wafer whose resistivity is 100 Ω·cm or more, initial interstitial oxygen concentration is 10 ppma or less, and nitrogen concentration is 1×10 13 to 1×10 15 atoms/cm 3 ;

forming, on a front surface of the base wafer, a silicon oxide film for a BOX film whose thickness is 1 μm or more by performing, on the base wafer, heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of 700° C. or higher and 1000° C. or lower for 5 hours or more, the heat treatment doubling as annihilation of NO donors associated with nitrogen doping;

bonding the base wafer and the bond wafer together with the silicon oxide film placed therebetween; and

thinning the bonded bond wafer to form an SOI layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resistivity is 1000 Ω·cm or more.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resistivity is 3000 Ω·cm or more.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resistivity is 7500 Ω·cm or more.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the nitrogen concentration is 8×10 13 to 1×10 15 atoms/cm 3 .

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method does not include an additional separate heat treatment step for annihilating the NO donors associated with the nitrogen doping.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2018
From: ISHIZUKA, TORU; NAKANO, MASATAKE
To: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044984/0815 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-189399 · Sep 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180247860A1 · Aug 30, 2018
Cited By (1)
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