Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080200010 | Method for Manufacturing Bonded Wafer - A thickness of silicon oxide film of a wafer for active layer is controlled to be thinner than that of buried silicon oxide film. Consequently, uniformity in film thickness of the active layer of a bonded wafer is improved even if a variation in the in-plane thickness of the silicon oxide film is large at a time of ion implantation. Furthermore, since the silicon oxide film is rather thinner and thereby the ion implantation depth is relatively deeper, damages to the active layer and the buried silicon oxide film caused by the ion implantation can be reduced. | 08-21-2008 |
20090023272 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BONDED WAFER - There is provided a method of producing a bonded wafer by bonding two silicon wafers for active layer and support layer to each other and then thinning the wafer for active layer, in which nitrogen ions are implanted from the surface of the wafer for active layer to form a nitride layer in the interior of the wafer for active layer before the bonding. | 01-22-2009 |
20090075453 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - There is provided a method for suppressing the occurrence of defects such as voids or blisters even in the laminated wafer having an oxide film of a thickness thinner than the conventional one, wherein hydrogen ions are implanted into a wafer for active layer having an oxide film of not more than 50 nm in thickness to form a hydrogen ion implanted layer, and ions other than hydrogen are implanted up to a position that a depth from the surface side the hydrogen ion implantation is shallower than the hydrogen ion implanted layer, and the wafer for active layer is laminated onto a wafer for support substrate through the oxide film, and then the wafer for active layer is exfoliated at the hydrogen ion implanted layer. | 03-19-2009 |
20090098707 | Method for producing bonded wafer - In a method for producing a bonded wafer by bonding a wafer for active layer to wafer for support layer and then thinning the wafer for active layer, a terrace grinding for forming a terrace portion is carried out prior to a step of exposing the oxygen ion implanted layer to thereby leave an oxide film on a terrace portion of the wafer for support layer. | 04-16-2009 |
20090117708 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOI SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing an SOI substrate includes steps of forming a first oxide film on a surface of a first silicon substrate; implanting hydrogen ions into the surface of the first silicon substrate on which the first oxide film is formed to form an ion implant region inside the first silicon substrate; removing the entire or the portion of first oxide film; forming a laminate by bonding the second silicon substrate to a hydrogen ion-implanted surface of the first silicon substrate with the first oxide film, or second oxide film formed on a surface of the second silicon substrate, or the first oxide film and second oxide film, interposed therebetween; and subjecting the laminate to a heat treatment at a predetermined temperature to separate the first silicon substrate along the ion implant region, thereby obtaining an SOI substrate including a thin SOI layer formed on the second silicon substrate with the oxide film interposed therebetween. The method can reduce a degree of contamination from heavy metals inside the SOI substrate. | 05-07-2009 |
20090186464 | Method for producing bonded wafer - In the method for producing a bonded wafer by bonding a wafer for active layer to a wafer for support layer and then thinning the wafer for active layer, when oxygen ions are implanted into the wafer for active layer, the implantation step is divided into two stages conducted under specified conditions. | 07-23-2009 |
20090258475 | Method for producing bonded wafer - Even if an oxygen ion implanted layer in a wafer for active layer is not a completely continuous SiO | 10-15-2009 |
20090280621 | Method Of Producing Bonded Wafer - In a method of producing a bonded wafer, a volume fraction of SiO | 11-12-2009 |
20090298261 | Method For Producing Bonded Wafer - A bonded wafer is produced by comprising a step of implanting oxygen ions from a surface of a wafer for active layer to form an oxygen ion implanted layer at a given position inside the wafer for active layer; a step of bonding the wafer of active layer to a wafer for support substrate directly or through an insulating film; a step of subjecting the resulting bonded wafer to a heat treatment for increasing a bonding strength; a step of removing a portion of the wafer for active layer in the bonded wafer to a given position not exposing the oxygen ion implanted layer by a given method; a step of exposing the entire surface of the oxygen ion implanted layer; and a step of removing the exposed oxygen ion implanted layer to obtain an active layer of a given thickness, wherein the step of exposing the entire surface of the oxygen ion implanted layer is carried out by a dry etching under given conditions. | 12-03-2009 |
20090321874 | EPITAXIAL WAFER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A small amount of oxygen is ion-implanted in a wafer surface layer, and then heat treatment is performed so as to form an incomplete implanted oxide film in the surface layer. Thereby, wafer cost is reduced; a pit is prevented from forming in a surface of an epitaxial film; and a slip is prevented from forming in an external peripheral portion of a wafer. | 12-31-2009 |
20100015779 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BONDED WAFER - There is provided a bonded wafer having excellent thickness uniformity after thinning but also good surface roughness and being less in defects. | 01-21-2010 |
20100068867 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BONDED SILICON WAFER - A bonded silicon wafer is produced by a method comprising an oxygen ion implantation step on a silicon wafer for active layer having the specified wafer face; a step of bonding the silicon wafer for active layer to a silicon wafer for support; a first heat treatment step; an inner SiO | 03-18-2010 |
20100178750 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BONDED WAFER - A bonded wafer is produced by removing a part or all of native oxide films formed on each surface of both a wafer for active layer and a wafer for support substrate to be bonded; forming a uniform oxide film with a thickness of less than 5 nm on at least one surface of these wafers by a given oxide film forming method; bonding the wafer for active layer to the wafer for support substrate through the uniform oxide film; thinning the wafer for active layer; and subjecting the bonded wafer to a given heat treatment in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to substantially remove the uniform oxide film existing in the bonding interface. | 07-15-2010 |
20100184270 | Method for Producing Bonded Wafer - A bonded wafer is produced by comprising a step of implanting oxygen ions from a surface of a wafer for active layer to form an oxygen ion implanted layer at a given position inside the wafer for active layer; a step of bonding the wafer of active layer to a wafer for support substrate directly or through an insulating film; a step of subjecting the resulting bonded wafer to a heat treatment for increasing a bonding strength; a step of removing a portion of the wafer for active layer in the bonded wafer to a given position not exposing the oxygen ion implanted layer by a given method; a step of exposing the entire surface of the oxygen ion implanted layer; and a step of removing the exposed oxygen ion implanted layer to obtain an active layer of a given thickness, wherein the step of exposing the entire surface of the oxygen ion implanted layer is carried out by a dry etching under given conditions. | 07-22-2010 |
20110027969 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - There is provided a method for suppressing the occurrence of defects such as voids or blisters even in the laminated wafer having no oxide film wherein hydrogen ions are implanted into a wafer for active layer having no oxide film on its surface to form a hydrogen ion implanted layer, and ions other than hydrogen are implanted up to a position that a depth from the surface side the hydrogen ion implantation is shallower than the hydrogen ion implanted layer, and the wafer for active layer is laminated onto a wafer for support substrate, and then the wafer for active layer is exfoliated at the hydrogen ion implanted layer. | 02-03-2011 |
20110084367 | EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of producing an epitaxial wafer, comprising: implanting oxygen ions from a surface of a silicon wafer, thereby forming an ion implanted layer in a surface layer of the silicon wafer; after forming the ion implanted layer, implanting boron ions from the surface of the silicon wafer to the whole area in the ion implanted layer; performing heat treatment of the silicon wafer after implanting boron ions, thereby forming a thinning-stopper layer including a mixture of silicon particles, silicon oxides, and boron, and forming an active layer in the silicon wafer on the surface side of the thinning-stopper layer; and forming an epitaxial layer on the surface of the silicon wafer after the heat treatment. | 04-14-2011 |
20110136267 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FILM THINNING OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - The thickness of a semiconductor wafer layer, extending from a mirror-finished surface thereof to a solid-state image sensing device, is measured. Based on the residual thickness data, plasma etching is performed from the mirror-finished surface until a predetermined thickness is reached by controlling the plasma etching amount. By doing this, it is possible to reduce variation in the thickness of the solid-state image sensing device at low cost without causing an increase in the number of processes. | 06-09-2011 |
20120126361 | EPITAXIAL WAFER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A small amount of oxygen is ion-implanted in a wafer surface layer, and then heat treatment is performed so as to form an incomplete implanted oxide film in the surface layer. Thereby, wafer cost is reduced; a pit is prevented from forming in a surface of an epitaxial film; and a slip is prevented from forming in an external peripheral portion of a wafer. | 05-24-2012 |