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Method for manufacturing silicon wafer method

US7700394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 2005
Grant dateApr 20, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/3226
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is obtained a silicon wafer which has a large diameter, where no slip generated therein in a wide range of a density of oxygen precipitates even though a heat treatment such as SLA or FLA is applied thereto, and which has high strength.First, by inputting as input parameters combinations of a plurality of types of oxygen concentrations and thermal histories set for manufacture of a silicon wafer, a Fokker-Planck equation is solved to calculate each of a diagonal length L and a density D of oxygen precipitates in the wafer after a heat treatment step to form the oxygen precipitates (11) and immediately before a heat treatment step of a device manufacturing process is calculated. Then, a maximum heat stress S acting in a tangent line direction of an outer peripheral portion of the wafer in the heat treatment step of the device manufacturing process is calculated based on a heat treatment furnace structure and a heat treatment temperature used in the heat treatment step of the device manufacturing process, and then an oxygen concentration or the like satisfying the following Expression (1) is determined:12000×D−0.26≦L≦51000×S−1.55  (1).

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