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Method of fabricating SOI wafer

US7084046B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 2002
Grant dateAug 1, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76254
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

After completion of annealing for bonding of the base wafer 1 and bond wafer 2, the bond wafer 2 is thinned to a first thickness suitable for ion implantation, and boron is ion-implanted to thereby form a high-boron-concentration layer 10. A second thinning step based on selective etching is then carried out while using the high-boron-concentration layer 10 as an etch stop layer. This is successful in providing a method of fabricating an SOI wafer which is suppressed both in intra-wafer uniformity of the firm thickness and in inter-wafer uniformity of the film thickness even when a required level for the thickness of the SOI layer is extremely small.

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