Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
438480000 | Including implantation of ion which reacts with semiconductor substrate to form insulating layer | 12 |
20080213982 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor wafer. The method includes preparing a substrate wafer having a non-single-crystalline thin layer; disposing at least one single crystalline pattern adjacent to the non-single-crystalline thin layer on the substrate wafer; and forming a material layer contacting the single crystalline pattern on the non-single-crystalline thin layer. | 09-04-2008 |
20080280424 | Manufacturing method of SOI substrate and manufacturing method of semiconductor device - After the plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers are provided adjacent to each other with a certain distance over a glass substrate which is a support substrate, heat treatment is performed on the glass substrate. The support substrate shrinks by this heat treatment, and the adjacent single-crystal semiconductor layers are in contact with each other due to the shrink. Energy beam irradiation is performed with the plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers being in contact with each other, the plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers are integrated, and thus a continuous single-crystal semiconductor layer is formed. | 11-13-2008 |
20090111248 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOI SUBSTRATE - A damaged region is formed by generation of plasma by excitation of a source gas, and by addition of ion species contained in the plasma from one of surfaces of a single crystal semiconductor substrate; an insulating layer is formed over the other surface of the single crystal semiconductor substrate; a supporting substrate is firmly attached to the single crystal semiconductor substrate so as to face the single crystal semiconductor substrate with the insulating layer interposed therebetween; separation is performed at the damaged region into the supporting substrate to which a single crystal semiconductor layer is attached and part of the single crystal semiconductor substrate by heating of the single crystal semiconductor substrate; dry etching is performed on a surface of the single crystal semiconductor layer attached to the supporting substrate; the single crystal semiconductor layer is recrystallized by irradiation of the single crystal semiconductor layer with a laser beam to melt at least part of the single crystal semiconductor layer. | 04-30-2009 |
20090149005 | METHOD FOR MAKING A DISMOUNTABLE SUBSTRATE - The invention concerns a method for forming a growth mask on the surface of an initial crystalline substrate, comprising the following steps:
| 06-11-2009 |
20090191694 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A surface of a single crystal semiconductor substrate is irradiated with ions to form a damaged region, an insulating layer is formed over the surface of the single crystal semiconductor substrate, and a surface of a substrate having an insulating surface is made to be in contact with a surface of the insulating layer to bond the substrate having an insulating surface to the single crystal semiconductor substrate. Then, the single crystal semiconductor substrate is separated at the damaged region by performing heat treatment to form a single crystal semiconductor layer over the substrate having an insulating surface, and the single crystal semiconductor layer is patterned to form a plurality of island-shaped semiconductor layers. One of the island-shaped semiconductor layers is irradiated with a laser beam which is shaped to entirely cover the island-shaped semiconductor layer. | 07-30-2009 |
20090221133 | Methods of Fabricating Silicon on Insulator (SOI) Wafers - Methods of fabricating SOI wafers are provided including providing a donor wafer and forming a hydrogen ion implantation layer in the donor wafer. A circumference portion of one side of the donor wafer is recessed to form a height difference. The one side of the donor wafer and a handle wafer are bonded to form a bonded wafer. The bonded wafer is heat treated to separate the bonded wafer along the hydrogen ion implantation layer. | 09-03-2009 |
20090275189 | Method for manufacturing silicon on sapphire wafer - The present invention provides an SOS wafer comprising a non-transparent polysilicon layer provided on a back surface of a sapphire substrate, a silicon nitride layer which protects the polysilicon layer, and a stress relaxing film which cancels stress produced in the silicon nitride layer, wherein the silicon nitride layer and the stress relaxing film are provided on the back surface side. | 11-05-2009 |
20100323502 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOI SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an SOI substrate including at least: an oxygen ion implantation step of ion-implanting oxygen ions from one main surface of a single-crystal silicon substrate to form an oxygen ion implanted layer; and a heat treatment step of performing a heat treatment with respect to the single-crystal silicon substrate having the oxygen ion implanted layer formed therein to change the oxygen ion implanted layer into a buried oxide film layer, wherein acceleration energy for the oxygen ion implantation is previously determined from a thickness of the buried oxide film layer to be obtained, and the oxygen ion implantation step is carried out with the determined acceleration energy to manufacture the SOI substrate. Thereby, it is possible to provide an SOI substrate manufacturing method that enables efficiently manufacturing an SOI substrate having a continuous and uniform thin buried oxide film layer. | 12-23-2010 |
20110053354 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAYER-STACKED WIRING - A layer-stacked wiring made up of a microcrystalline silicon thin film and a metal thin film is provided which is capable of suppressing an excessive silicide formation reaction between the microcrystalline silicon thin film and metal thin film, thereby preventing peeling of the thin film. In a polycrystalline silicon TFT (Thin Film Transistor) using the layer-stacked wiring, the microcrystalline silicon thin film is so configured that its crystal grains each having a length of the microcrystalline silicon thin film in a direction of a film thickness being 60% or more of a film thickness of the microcrystalline silicon thin film amount to 15% or less of total number of crystal grains or that its crystal grains each having a length of the microcrystalline silicon thin film in a direction of a film thickness being 50% or less of a film thickness of the microcrystalline silicon thin film amount to 85% or more of the total number of crystal grains making up the microcrystalline silicon thin film. | 03-03-2011 |
20130316522 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOI WAFER - The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing an SOI wafer, the method by which treatment that removes the outer periphery of a buried oxide film to obtain a structure in which a peripheral end of an SOI layer of an SOI wafer is located outside a peripheral end of the buried oxide film, and, after heat treatment is performed on the SOI wafer in a reducing atmosphere containing hydrogen or an atmosphere containing hydrogen chloride gas, an epitaxial layer is formed on a surface of the SOI layer. As a result, there is provided a method that can manufacture an SOI wafer having a desired SOI layer thickness by performing epitaxial growth without allowing a valley-shaped step to be generated in an SOI wafer with no silicon oxide film in a terrace portion, the SOI wafer fabricated by an ion implantation delamination method. | 11-28-2013 |
20140073119 | DEFECT FREE STRAINED SILICON ON INSULATOR (SSOI) SUBSTRATES - A method of forming a strained semiconductor material that in one embodiment includes forming a cleave layer in a host semiconductor substrate, and contacting a strain inducing material layer on a surface of a transfer portion of the host semiconductor substrate. A handle substrate is then contacted to an exposed surface of the stress inducing material layer. The transfer portion of the host semiconductor substrate may then be separated from the host semiconductor substrate along the cleave layer. A dielectric layer is formed directly on the transfer portion of the host semiconductor substrate. The handle substrate and the stress inducing material are then removed, wherein the transferred portion of the host semiconductor substrate provides a strained semiconductor layer that is in direct contact with a dielectric layer. | 03-13-2014 |
20160087141 | Composite substrates of silicon and ceramic - Composite substrates include a single crystal silicon layer disposed on a ceramic layer, including a transparent glass layer. Combination of single crystal devices and non-single crystal devices can be fabricated on a ceramic substrate. | 03-24-2016 |