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Silicon single crystal wafer having few defects wherein nitrogen is doped and a method for producing it

US6077343A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 1999
Grant dateJun 20, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S117/917
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is disclosed a method for producing a silicon single crystal wafer wherein a silicon single crystal is grown in accordance with the CZ method with doping nitrogen in an N-region in a defect distribution chart which shows a defect distribution in which the horizontal axis represents a radial distance D (mm) from the center of the crystal and the vertical axis represent a value of F/G (mm.sup.2 /.degree. C..multidot.min), where F is a pulling rate (mm/min) of the single crystal, and G is an average intra-crystal temperature gradient (.degree. C./mm) along the pulling direction within a temperature range of the melting point of silicon to 1400.degree. C. There can be provided a method of producing a silicon single crystal wafer consisting of N-region where neither V-rich region nor I-rich region is present in the entire surface of the crystal by CZ method, under the condition that can be controlled easily in a wide range, in high yield, and in high productivity.

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