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Method for forming cavities in a semiconductor substrate by implanting atoms

US6429104B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2000
Grant dateAug 6, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/977
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for treating substrates, in particular semiconductors, by implanting atoms so as to produce a substrate of cavities at a controlled depth, characterized in that it comprises steps which consists in: implanting atoms in the substrate at a first depth, to obtain a first concentration of atoms at said first depth; implanting atoms in the substrate at a second depth, different from the first, to obtain at said second depth, a second concentration of atoms, lower than the first; carrying out on the substrate a treatment for causing at least part of the atoms implanted in said second depth to migrate towards the first depth so as to create the cavities at the first depth preferably.

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