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Method of manufacturing semiconductor wafer by forming a strain relaxation SiGe layer on an insulating layer of SOI wafer

US8110486B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2007
Grant dateFeb 7, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 5, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/0262
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor wafer is produced at a step of forming a lattice relaxation or a partly lattice-relaxed strain relaxation SiGe layer on an insulating layer in a SOI wafer comprising an insulating layer and a SOI layer, wherein at least an upper layer side portion of the SiGe layer is formed on the SOI layer at a gradient of Ge concentration gradually decreasing toward the surface and then subjected to a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere.

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