SILICON WAFER HEAT TREATMENT METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silicon wafer heat treatment method that can suppress the level of oxygen and roughness on the surface of a silicon wafer after RTP (rapid thermal processing), greatly reduce void defects, such as COP (crystal originated particles), made on the surface layer of the...

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Hauptverfasser: SENDA TAKESHI, ARAKI KOJI, AOKI TATSUHIKO, TOYODA EIJI, ISOGAI HIROMICHI, SUDO HARUO
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silicon wafer heat treatment method that can suppress the level of oxygen and roughness on the surface of a silicon wafer after RTP (rapid thermal processing), greatly reduce void defects, such as COP (crystal originated particles), made on the surface layer of the wafer, and form high-density oxygen precipitate on the bulk portion of the wafer.SOLUTION: The method includes: providing inert gas for the surface W1 of a wafer W and oxygen-bearing gas for the reverse side W2 of the wafer W; rapidly raising the temperature to an achievable maximum temperature T1 ranging from 1300°C to 1400°C; rapidly lowering the temperature after keeping the achievable maximum temperature T1; switching the inert gas to oxygen-bearing gas when the temperature reaches T2 ranging from 700°C to 900°C during the process of lowering the temperature and providing the oxygen-bearing gas for the surface W1 of the wafer W; and diffusing oxygen in the oxygen-bearing gas inwards to the surface W1 of the wafer W.