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Semiconductor single crystalline substrate and method for production thereof

Assignee: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co Ltd
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Filing: 1995-02-08
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2015-02-08
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Abstract

Abstract In a semiconductor single crystalline substrate provided with a protecting film to prevent autodoping on the reverse surface thereof, for growing a vapor-phase epitaxial layer on the main obverse surface thereof, a width of a chamfer is set for locating an edge-crown occurred in consequence of a vapor-phase epitaxial growth on the chamfer, and a gap of a distance is formed between a periphery of the protecting film and an innermost part of the chamfer on the reverse surface.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tamotsu Maruyama
  • 👤 Shigeyuki Sato

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 18:07
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/24; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2902; H10P14/2905; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3404; H10P14/3411; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S117/00; Y10S117/901; Y10S117/902; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/974; Y10S438/978; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/21; Y10T428/219

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
A silicon semiconductor single crystalline substrate comprising a main surface for growing a silicon epitaxial layer, a reverse surface with a protecting film for preventing autodoping and a chamfer having a beveled surface formed at a periphery of the substrate, the chamfer having a width defined by a distance between an outermost part of the substrate and in an innermost part of the chamfer, said substrate being characterized in that the width of the chamfer is determined in order to locate an edge-crown formed by a vapor-phase epitaxial growth on the beveled surface of the chamfer, wherein a gap between a periphery of the protecting film and an innermost part of the chamfer is formed in a size of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm, and wherein said protective film does not extend over said chamfer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
A silicon semiconductor single crystalline substrate comprising a main surface for growing a silicon epitaxial layer, a reverse surface with a protecting film for preventing autodoping and a chamfer having a beveled surface formed at a periphery of the substrate, the chamfer having a width defined by a distance between an outermost part of the substrate and in an innermost part of the chamfer, said substrate being characterized in that the width of the chamfer is determined in order to locate an edge-crown formed by a vapor-phase epitaxial growth on the beveled surface of the chamfer, wherein a gap between a periphery of the protecting film and an innermost part of the chamfer is formed in a size of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm, and wherein said protective film does not extend over said chamfer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 128 words
A silicon semiconductor single crystalline substrate comprising a main surface for crowing a silicon epitaxial layer, a reverse surface with a protecting film for preventing autodoping and a chamfer formed at the periphery of the substrate, the chamfer having a chamfer width defined by a distance between an outermost part of the substrate and an innermost part of the chamfer, the substrate being provided with a plane orientation {100}, an off-angle of about 0° and the chamfer width being not less than 570 μm, wherein a gap between a periphery of the protecting film and innermost part of the chamfer is formed in a size of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm, and wherein said protective film does not extend over said chamfer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 128 words
A silicon semiconductor single crystalline substrate comprising a main surface for crowing a silicon epitaxial layer, a reverse surface with a protecting film for preventing autodoping and a chamfer formed at the periphery of the substrate, the chamfer having a chamfer width defined by a distance between an outermost part of the substrate and an innermost part of the chamfer, the substrate being provided with a plane orientation {100}, an off-angle of about 0° and the chamfer width being not less than 570 μm, wherein a gap between a periphery of the protecting film and innermost part of the chamfer is formed in a size of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm, and wherein said protective film does not extend over said chamfer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
A silicon semiconductor single crystalline substrate according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of the silicon epitaxial layer is not less than 100 μm.

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