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Fabrication process for a semiconductor substrate

US6294478A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1997
Grant dateSep 25, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76259
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

SOI substrates are fabricated with sufficient quality and with good reproducibility. At the same time, conservation of resources and reduction of cost are realized by reuse of the wafer and the like. Carried out to achieve the above are a step of bonding a principal surface of a first substrate to a principal surface of a second substrate, the first substrate being Si substrate in which at least one layer of non-porous thin film is formed through a porous Si layer, a step of exposing the porous Si layer in a side surface of a bonding substrate comprised of the first substrate and the second substrate, a step of dividing the porous Si layer by oxidizing the bonding substrate, and a step of removing the porous Si and oxidized porous Si layer on the second substrate separated by the division of the porous Si layer.

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