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Semiconductor device substrate and process for preparing the same

US5277748A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 1993
Grant dateJan 11, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/96
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for preparing a semiconductor device substrate comprises a step of making at least one surface of a first substrate composed of Si material porous, a step of oxidizing inside walls of pores in the resulting porous Si surface layer, a step of forming a monocrystalline Si layer on the porous Si surface layer, a step of bonding the monocrystalline Si layer to one surface of a second substrate through an insulating layer therebetween, a first etching step of removing the first substrate by selective etching except for the porous Si layer, and a second etching step of impregnating the porous Si layer exposed by the removal of the first substrate with hydrofluoric acid or a first liquid mixture of hydrofluoric acid and at least one of an alcohol and a hydrogen peroxide solution, or by buffered hydrofluoric acid or a second liquid mixture of bufffered hydrofluoric acid and at least one of an alcohol and an hydrogen peroxide solution, thereby selectively removing the porous Si layer.

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