摘要:
The present invention provides a method of more efficiently producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer, which can suppress metal contamination by achieving higher gettering capability.A method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer 100 according to the present invention includes a first step of irradiating a semiconductor wafer 10 with cluster ions 16 to form a modifying layer 18 formed from a constituent element of the cluster ions 16 in a surface portion 10A of the semiconductor wafer; and a second step of forming an epitaxial layer 20 on the modifying layer 18 of the semiconductor wafer 10.
摘要:
Provided is a semiconductor epitaxial wafer having metal contamination reduced by achieving higher gettering capability, a method of producing the semiconductor epitaxial wafer, and a method of producing a solid-state image sensing device using the semiconductor epitaxial wafer. The method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer 100 includes a first step of irradiating a semiconductor wafer 10 containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen with cluster ions 16 thereby forming a modifying layer 18 formed from a constituent element of the cluster ions 16 contained as a solid solution, in a surface portion of the semiconductor wafer 10; and a second step of forming a first epitaxial layer 20 on the modifying layer 18 of the semiconductor wafer 10.
摘要:
An object is to provide a method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer having higher gettering capability and a reduced haze level of the surface of a semiconductor epitaxial layer.The method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer, according to the present invention includes: a first step of irradiating a semiconductor wafer 10 with cluster ions 16 thereby forming a modifying layer 18 formed from a constituent element of the cluster ions 16 contained as a solid solution, in a surface portion 10A of the semiconductor wafer; a second step of performing heat treatment for crystallinity recovery on the semiconductor wafer 10 after the first step such that the haze level of the semiconductor wafer surface portion 10A is 0.20 ppm or less; and a third step of forming an epitaxial layer 20 on the modifying layer 18 of the semiconductor wafer after the second step.