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Semiconductor-on-insulator annealing method

US6660606B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 2001
Grant dateDec 9, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2022

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

Abstract

The number of defects (HF defects) in the SOI layer of an SOI substrate is reduced. In an annealing method of annealing an SOI substrate in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature equal to or less than the melting point of a semiconductor, annealing is executed in a state wherein a flow of a reducing atmospheric gas parallel to the surface of the SOI substrate is generated near this surface.

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