US5213986A
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Process for making thin film silicon-on-insulator wafers employing wafer bonding and wafer thinning
Assignee: FGP CORP
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Filing: 1992-04-10
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Granted: 1993-05-25
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Expires: 2012-04-10
Abstract
Abstract A very thin silicon film SOI device can be made utilizing a bond and etch-back process. In the presently claimed invention, boron dopant is introduced into a surface of a silicon device wafer and the doped surface is bonded onto another silicon wafer at an oxide surface. The device wafer is thinned by etching down to the doped region and, by subsequent annealing in hydrogen, boron is diffused out of the silicon surface layer to produce very thin SOI films.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald D. Pinker
- 👤 Steven L. Merchant
- 👤 Emil Arnold
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 09:11
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P90/00; H10P90/19; H10P90/1904; H10P90/1906; H10P90/1922; H10P32/00; H10P32/10; H10P32/15; H10P90/1914; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/10; H10W10/181; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for making SOI devices comprising the steps of (a) forming a first oxide layer on a first silicon wafer; (b) implanting boron ions into a surface layer of a second silicon wafer; (c) bonding said surface layer to said oxide layer; (d) etching said second silicon wafer to said boron implanted layer; (e) growing a second thin oxide layer on the surface of said second silicon wafer; and (f) annealing said layers in a hydrogen atmosphere to drive said boron ions into said first oxide layer, thereby reducing the boron doping concentration in said surface layer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for making SOI devices comprising the steps of (a) forming a first oxide layer on a first silicon wafer; (b) implanting boron ions into a surface layer of a second silicon wafer; (c) bonding said surface layer to said oxide layer; (d) etching said second silicon wafer to said boron implanted layer; (e) growing a second thin oxide layer on the surface of said second silicon wafer; and (f) annealing said layers in a hydrogen atmosphere to drive said boron ions into said first oxide layer, thereby reducing the boron doping concentration in said surface layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step (a) is carried out to a thickness of about 1-2 microns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step (b) is carried out with at a dopant concentration of 10 20 per cm 3 at an implant energy of 25 keV to 200 keV.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step (d) is carried out with silicon etchants.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said etchants includes one of ethylenediamine and pyrocatechol or potassium hydroxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said thin oxide layer is grown to a thickness of 100-200 angstroms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step (f) is carried out at a temperature ranging from 1100° C. to 1200° C. with a hydrogen concentration greater than 10% by volume.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of annealing is carried out for a time sufficient to reduce the concentration of boron in said surface layer to below 10 17 per cm 3 .
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