WO2005024918A1 - Soiウェーハおよびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an SOI wafer and a method for manufacturing the same, more specifically, to reduce the degree of contamination of the active layer with metal impurities, to have sufficient mechanical strength to suppress the occurrence of slip of the supporting wafer, and to provide a thin film.
- the present invention relates to a technique for inexpensively manufacturing an SOI wafer using a smart cut method that can improve the accuracy of LPD evaluation of an active layer.
- the wafer is introduced into a heat treatment furnace and heat-treated at 500 ° C for 30 minutes, and the ion implantation area force also removes part of the active layer wafer, followed by bonding heat treatment to increase the bonding strength of the wafer. It is a method of applying. As a result, a bonded SOI substrate having a buried silicon oxide film interposed between the supporting wafer and the active layer is obtained. In the bonding heat treatment, heat treatment is performed at 1100 ° C for 2 hours using oxygen as an atmospheric gas.
- Patent Document 1 an n-type silicon wafer having a specific resistance of 10 ⁇ ⁇ and an oxygen concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 18 atoms mscm 3 is used as a supporting wafer. To anneal this e-ha As a result, an oxygen precipitate is formed, and the oxygen precipitate is used as a gettering site, and metal impurities such as Cu and Fe that have passed through the embedded silicon oxide film are captured in the supporting wafer. As a result, the degree of contamination of the active layer with metal impurities can be reduced.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-326396
- the heat treatment is performed at a high temperature of 1100 ° C.
- slippage occurred easily on the surface on the support side of the supporting e-ha (contact surface with a boat etc.).
- a method of supporting the bonded wafer with an annular susceptor made of ceramics or with an aluminum support jig such as an air boat having an annular air holding portion is used. There was a problem.
- the thickness of the active layer is less than 0.10 ⁇ m (for example, 0.02 to 0.05 m), and the thickness of the buried silicon oxide film is reduced to about 0.15 m. I have. Therefore, when evaluating the LPD (Light Point Defect) with a surface inspection device, there is a possibility that microvoids may be detected as pseudo defects.
- the microvoid means a minute void (exposed COP or the like) existing between the silicon oxide film and the supporting wafer. The reason why the microvoid is detected as a pseudo defect is that the measurement laser beam passes through the thin active layer and the embedded silicon oxide film. As a result, the reliability of LPD evaluation was reduced.
- a silicon single crystal ingot is grown at a pulling rate of 0.8 mmZmin or less in the CZ method.
- COP is not deposited in the con single crystal ingot! If this COP does not exist! If a silicon wafer is used as a supporting wafer, the microvoids will not be generated.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an SOI wafer capable of reducing contamination of an active layer due to metal impurities and suppressing the occurrence of slip of a supporting wafer, and a method of manufacturing the same.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing the SOI wafer at a low cost by using a smart cut method.
- an active layer wafer is bonded to a supporting wafer via an insulating film to form a bonded wafer, and thereafter, a part of the bonded active wafer for the active layer is formed into a thin film.
- a second invention is the first invention, wherein the supporting wafer has a nitrogen concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 14 atoms / cm 3 X 10 atoms Zcm and an oxygen concentration of 12 ⁇ 10 atoms Zcm (old ASTM) or more.
- This is a method for manufacturing an SOI wafer having:
- ⁇ Crystals that generate OSF over the entire surface of the wafer can be obtained by controlling the temperature gradient and the pulling speed during pulling.
- oxygen and nitrogen are present at high concentrations in the support wafer. Specifically, oxygen was added at a concentration of 12 ⁇ 10 17 atoms Zcm 3 or more as measured by the old ASTM, nitrogen was added with a predetermined amount of silicon nitride at the time of crystal pulling, and the value calculated from the segregation coefficient was 1 ⁇ 10 14 at omsZcm 3 — 3 X 10 15 atomsZcm 3 . When oxygen and nitrogen are contained in these amounts, the OSF can be generated over the entire surface of the wafer to further optimize the pulling conditions.
- the defect density in the supporting wafer is 1 ⁇ 10 9 Zcm 3 or more.
- the mechanical strength of the supporting wafer is increased, and it is possible to prevent the supporting wafer from slipping during heat treatment.
- the anti-slip effect of the supporting wafer is regarded as important for bonded wafers with diameters exceeding 300 mm.
- the types of the active layer wafer and the support wafer for example, single crystal silicon wafer, germanium wafer, or SiC wafer can be used.
- an oxide film, a nitride film, or the like can be employed as the insulating film.
- the thickness of the insulating film is, for example, less than 1. O / z m, preferably 0.1-0.2 m.
- the thickness of the active layer is not limited. For example, the thickness is 110 m for a thick active layer. In the case of a thin active layer, it is 0.01-1 m.
- the oxygen concentration of the supporting wafer is less than 12 ⁇ 10 17 at O msZcm 3 , sufficient oxygen precipitates or OSFs associated therewith will not be generated.
- the relationship between the temperature gradient (G) near the solid-liquid interface and the pulling speed (V) in the CZ method is such that the VZG value is 0.2-0.3 mm 2 Z ° C 'min.
- the preferred concentration of the oxygen is 13 X 10 17 - a 15 X 10 17 atoms / cm 3 .
- the old ASTM is one of the definitions of oxygen concentration in silicon, and is one method for converting FT-IR spectral power back to oxygen concentration.
- an active layer wafer is bonded to a supporting wafer via an insulating film to form a bonded wafer, and thereafter, a part of the bonded active wafer of the active wafer is formed into a thin film.
- Forming a SOI layer by forming an SOI layer, wherein the supporting wafer has an oxygen concentration of 16 ⁇ 10 17 atoms / cm 3 (old AS TM) or more. This is a method for manufacturing SOI wafers.
- the third invention among the metal impurities contained in the active layer wafer or the active layer, Cu, Fe, etc., which have passed through the buried insulating film by diffusion, include BMD or OSF in the supporting wafer. Captured by defects. In addition, metal impurities including Cu and Fe present in the support wafer are also captured by the defect. As a result, it is possible to finally reduce the degree of contamination of the active layer due to metallic impurities.
- the defect density in the supporting wafer becomes 1 ⁇ 10 9 / cm 3 or more without adding nitrogen.
- the oxygen concentration is 16 ⁇ 10 17 atoms / cm 3 or more, the BMD density is a sufficient value to suppress the occurrence of a slip even if a pulling condition that generates OSF is not selected on the entire surface. It becomes. As a result, the mechanical strength of the supporting wafer is increased, and slip of the supporting wafer during heat treatment can be prevented.
- the bonding force of the bonded wafer according to the present invention can be obtained only by including oxygen of 16 ⁇ 10 17 atoms Zcm 3 or more in the crystal when pulling the ingot for the supporting wafer. As a result, a bonded wafer having the above effects can be manufactured at low cost.
- oxygen concentration of the supporting Ueha is sufficient BMD or OSF can not be obtained with less than 16 X 10 17 atomsZcm 3 measured by old ASTM.
- the preferred concentration of oxygen is 17 X 10 17 one 20 X 10 17 atomsZcm ".
- a fourth invention is the first invention, wherein a hydrogen gas or a rare gas is ion-implanted into the active layer wafer to form an ion implanted layer in the active layer wafer.
- a hydrogen gas or a rare gas is ion-implanted into the active layer wafer to form an ion implanted layer in the active layer wafer.
- a hydrogen gas or a rare gas is added to the active layer wafer.
- the active element is ion-implanted to form an ion-implanted layer on the active layer layer, and then the active layer layer and the support layer are bonded to form a bonded layer.
- This is a method for manufacturing an SOI wafer in which the bonded wafer is kept at a predetermined temperature and is heat-treated, whereby the ion-implanted layer is separated as a boundary.
- the sixth invention is the third invention, wherein a hydrogen gas or a rare gas element is ion-implanted into the active layer layer, an ion-implanted layer is formed in the active layer layer, The active layer layer and the supporting layer are bonded together to form a bonded layer, and thereafter, the bonded layer is held at a predetermined temperature and heat-treated. This is a method for manufacturing SOI wafers to be exfoliated.
- Light elements to be ion-implanted include, for example, hydrogen (H) and rare gas elements such as helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe ), Radon (Rn), etc. These may be simple substances or compounds.
- the dose of the light element at the time of ion implantation is not limited.
- the acceleration voltage at the time of light element ion implantation is 50 keV or less, preferably 30 keV or less, and more preferably 20 keV or less.
- Light element ion implantation allows the light element to be concentrated at the target depth at a lower accelerating voltage, and in thin-film SOI fabrication, the margin for removal after peeling is reduced, which is advantageous for improving the in-plane thickness variation. It is.
- the heating temperature of the bonded wafer at the time of peeling is 400 ° C. or higher, preferably 400 to 700 ° C., and more preferably 450 to 550 ° C. If the temperature is lower than 400 ° C, it is difficult for the light element force ion-implanted into the active layer wafer to form light element bubbles. If the temperature exceeds 700 ° C, oxygen precipitates may be formed in the active layer, which may degrade device characteristics.
- the atmosphere in the furnace at the time of peeling may be an atmosphere of a non-oxidizing gas (an inert gas such as nitrogen or argon). Further, it may be in a vacuum.
- a non-oxidizing gas an inert gas such as nitrogen or argon.
- the heating time of the bonding layer at the time of peeling is 1 minute or more, preferably 10 to 60 minutes. If the time is less than 1 minute, it becomes difficult to bubble the light element ion-implanted into the bonding.
- a bonding heat treatment for increasing the strength of the bonding heat treatment for the active layer wafer and the supporting wafer may be performed.
- the heating temperature at this time is, for example, 1100 ° C. for 2 hours. Oxygen or the like can be used as the atmospheric gas in the thermal oxidation furnace.
- a seventh invention is the method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to the first invention, wherein the thickness of the SOI layer is less than 0.10 ⁇ m.
- An eighth invention is the method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to the second invention, wherein the thickness of the SOI layer is less than 0.10 / zm.
- a ninth invention is the method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to the third invention, wherein the thickness of the SOI layer is less than 0.10 / zm.
- a tenth invention is the method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to the fourth invention, wherein the thickness of the SOI layer is less than 0.10 / zm.
- An eleventh invention is the method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to the fifth invention, wherein the thickness of the SOI layer is less than 0.10 / zm.
- a twelfth invention is the method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to the sixth invention, wherein the thickness of the SOI layer is less than 0.10 / zm.
- the active layer and the buried silicon oxide film each have a thickness of less than 0.10 m of the SOI layer that transmits a laser beam for LPD evaluation. Even if it is ridden, microvoids present between the buried insulating film and the supporting wafer are not detected as pseudo defects during LPD evaluation. As a result, the reliability of the LPD evaluation of the active layer can be improved.
- a thirteenth invention is the method according to any one of the first to twelfth inventions, wherein before the bonding, the supporting wafer is placed in a reducing gas atmosphere at 1100 to 1250 ° C for 5 minutes. This is a method for manufacturing an SOI wafer which is subjected to the rapid thermal process or the high-temperature heat treatment at 1050-1250 ° C for 1 hour or more.
- the support wafer before bonding, is subjected to a rapid thermal process at 1100 to 1250 ° C. for 5 minutes or more in a reducing gas atmosphere. Or, 1050-1250 ° C, high temperature heat treatment for 1 hour or more.
- This promotes outward diffusion of oxygen existing near the front and back surfaces of the support wafer, and the Oxygen diffuses out. Therefore, the oxidized film (inner wall oxidized film) on the inner surface of the COP existing near the wafer surface becomes unsaturated and is dissolved, and the COP in which the inner wall oxidized film disappears is removed by the lattice existing in the periphery. Filled by silicon, the COP disappears.
- the active layer and the buried insulating film are thinned to such an extent that they transmit the laser light for LPD evaluation, the micro voids existing between the buried insulating film and the supporting wafer during the LPD evaluation (COP) is not detected as a pseudo defect. Therefore, the reliability of the LPD evaluation of the active layer can be improved.
- the time of the rapid thermal process is not limited as long as it is before bonding the active layer wafer and the supporting wafer.
- the rapid thermal process refers to an operation or process that rapidly raises or lowers the temperature of a wafer in order to increase throughput and the like.
- reducing gas for example, hydrogen gas, argon gas, nitrogen gas, or a mixed gas thereof can be used.
- the COP on the surface does not disappear. If the temperature of the supporting wafer exceeds 1250 ° C, slip will occur.
- the preferred support wafer temperature in the rapid thermal process is 1 100-1150. . Duru.
- the heating time in the rapid thermal process is less than 5 minutes, the COP in the surface layer does not disappear.
- the preferred heating time of the supporting wafer is 5-10 minutes.
- the time of the high-temperature heat treatment is not limited as long as it is before bonding the active layer wafer and the supporting wafer.
- the same reducing gas as in the rapid thermal process can be used.
- the COP on the surface does not disappear.
- the preferred temperature of the support wafer here is 1100-1200 ° C. If the heating time in the high-temperature heat treatment is less than 1 hour, the COP of the surface layer is difficult to disappear, especially at 1050-1100 ° C.
- the preferable heating time of the supporting wafer is set to be 1 to 2 hours.
- the active layer wafer is bonded to a supporting wafer via an insulating film to form a bonded wafer, and then a part of the bonded active wafer is formed.
- An SOI wafer manufactured by forming a SOI layer by forming a thin film, wherein the bonded supporting wafer has an oxidation-induced stacking fault (OSF) on the entire surface thereof.
- the SOI wafer has a thickness of less than 0.10 m.
- the supporting wafer has a nitrogen concentration of I X 10
- a wafer for active layer is bonded to a supporting wafer via an insulating film to form a bonded wafer, and then a part of the bonded wafer for active layer is formed.
- the SOI layer is an SOI wafer with a thickness of less than 0.10 m.
- oxygen is added to the supporting wafer by the old ASTM at 12 ⁇ 10 17 atoms / c
- the support wafer contains oxygen of 16 ⁇ 10 17 atoms / cm 3 or more.
- oxygen and the like are contained in these amounts, the defect density in the supporting wafer becomes 1 ⁇ loVcm 3 or more. Therefore, the mechanical strength of the support wafer is increased, and the occurrence of slip of the support wafer during heat treatment can be prevented.
- a bonded wafer having such an effect can be obtained by including a predetermined amount of nitrogen and oxygen or oxygen in the crystal when pulling up the supporting wafer ingot. Therefore, a bonded wafer having the above-described effects can be manufactured at low cost.
- the support wafer prior to bonding, in a reducing gas atmosphere, the support wafer is subjected to rapid thermal processing at 1100-1250 ° C for 5 minutes or more, or 1050-1250 ° C, Perform high-temperature heat treatment for more than an hour.
- oxygen existing near the front and back surfaces of the support wafer diffuses outward.
- the active layer and the buried silicon oxide film are thinned to the extent that they transmit the laser light for LPD evaluation, microvoids are not detected as pseudo defects during LPD evaluation. As a result, the reliability of the LPD evaluation of the active layer can be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a flow sheet showing a method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing an LPD evaluation test of a bonded wafer obtained by a method for manufacturing an SOI wafer according to Example 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing a bonded wafer obtained by an SOI wafer manufacturing method according to a conventional means during an LPD evaluation test.
- a p-type silicon single crystal ingot doped with a predetermined amount of boron is pulled up by the CZ method.
- the lifting speed is 1. OmmZmin.
- the silicon single crystal ingot is subjected to block cutting, slicing, chamfering and mirror polishing.
- a P-type mirror-finished active layer wafer 10 having a thickness of 725 / ⁇ , a diameter of 200 mm, a plane orientation (100) plane, a specific resistance of 11 lO Q cm, and a P-type mirror surface is obtained.
- a p-type silicon single crystal ingot doped with a predetermined amount of boron and nitrogen is lifted by a CZ method.
- Bow I Control the lifting speed (V) and temperature gradient (G) to raise the entire surface to the OSF range.
- V is 0.5 mm / min.
- the nitrogen concentration is 2 ⁇ 10 14 atoms / cm 3 as a charged amount at the time of crystal pulling, and the interstitial oxygen atom concentration Oi is 13 ⁇ 10 17 at O m S / cm 3 .
- the silicon single crystal ingot is subjected to block cutting, slicing, chamfering, mirror polishing, and the like.
- a mirror-finished support wafer 20 having a thickness of 725 / ⁇ , a diameter of 200 mm, a plane orientation (100) plane, a specific resistance of 110 ⁇ « ⁇ , and a ⁇ type is obtained.
- an arbitrary number of the supporting wafers 20 are inserted into the oxidation heat treatment apparatus, and subjected to oxidation heat treatment at 1000 ° C. for 16 hours. Then, with respect to supporting Ueha 20 heat treated, after 2 m etched by light etching method, to measure BMD and OSF an optical microscope, there is OSF more than 1 X 10 9 Zcm 3 across the Ueha surface Make sure that
- the supporting wafer 20 is inserted into an RTP apparatus employing lamp heating as a heat source, and subjected to a rapid thermal process at 1150 ° C. for 5 minutes in an argon gas atmosphere.
- the OSF near the front and back surfaces of the support wafer 20 diffuses outward and disappears, and a layer having a crystal defect depth of about 0.1-0.3 m is formed at the disappeared portion.
- the wafer 10 for an active layer is inserted into a thermal oxidation apparatus, and a thermal oxidation treatment is performed in an oxygen gas atmosphere.
- a silicon oxide film 12a having a thickness of 0.15 m is formed on the entire exposed surface of the active layer wafer 10.
- the heat treatment conditions are 1000 ° C. and 7 hours.
- hydrogen was ion-implanted at a predetermined depth position from the mirror-finished surface of the active layer wafer 10 using a medium current ion implanter at an acceleration voltage of 50 keV. inject.
- a hydrogen ion implanted region 14 is formed in the active layer wafer 10.
- the dose at this time is 5 ⁇ 10 16 atoms / cm 2 .
- the surface of the active layer wafer 10 and the mirror surface of the supporting wafer 20 are used as a bonding surface (overlapping surface), and the silicon oxide film is formed.
- the two wafers 10 and 20 are pasted together via the film 12a by, for example, a known jig in a vacuum apparatus to produce the wafer 30.
- the active layer wafer 10 and the supporting wafer 20 are bonded via the silicon oxide film 12a, and the silicon oxide film 12a at the bonding portion is embedded. 12b.
- step S 105 of FIG. 1 the shellfish divination wafer 30 is inserted into a peeling heat treatment apparatus (not shown), and heat treatment is performed in a furnace temperature of 500 ° C. and a nitrogen gas atmosphere.
- the heat treatment time is 30 minutes.
- the active layer wafer 10 is peeled off from the hydrogen ion implanted region 14 while leaving the active layer 13 at the bonding interface of the support wafer 20.
- the bonding wafer 30 is subjected to a bonding heat treatment at 1150 ° C. for 2 hours in a nitrogen gas atmosphere. Thereby, the bonding strength between the wafer 10 for the active layer and the wafer 20 for the support is enhanced.
- the surface of the active layer 13 is polished by a polishing device and the SOI surface is flattened and thinned by sacrificial oxidation.
- a bonded SOI substrate (bonded wafer) having the active layer 13 having a thickness of about 0: Lm is manufactured using the smart cut method.
- the crystal contains 2 ⁇ 10 14 atoms / cm 3 of nitrogen and the interstitial oxygen atom concentration Oi is 13 ⁇ 10 17 / It is set to cm 3. For this reason, BMD or 1 ⁇ 10 9 / cm 3 over the entire area of the wafer surface OSF defects are generated as a result. If OSF defects exist in the entire area of the wafer surface, the defect density in the support wafer 20 is 1 ⁇ 10 9 Zcm 3 or more. Thereby, the mechanical strength of the supporting wafer 20 is increased, and the slip of the supporting wafer 20 during the heat treatment can be prevented.
- the bonded SOI substrate having such an effect when pulled up, the crystal of 1 ⁇ 10 14 atoms / cm 3 and 13 ⁇ 10 17 atoms / cm 3 Since it can be obtained by including oxygen, a bonded SOI substrate having the above effects can be manufactured at low cost.
- Example 2 is an example in which nitrogen was not added when pulling a silicon single crystal ingot by the CZ method, and only the interstitial oxygen atom concentration Oi was set to 18 ⁇ 10 17 at O msZcm 3 in the crystal.
- the supporting wafer 20 After lifting, the supporting wafer 20 is inserted into the annealing device, and the atmosphere is argon gas. At 1150 ° C for 2 hours. As a result, the OSF near the front and back surfaces of the support wafer 20 disappears, and a layer free of crystal defects is formed at the disappeared portion.
- Other configurations, operations, and effects are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.
- the results of a comparative study of the presence of slip on the back surface of the supporting wafer and the distribution of LPD in the active layer surface of the bonded SOI substrate are reported for the present invention method and the conventional method. I do.
- the presence or absence of slip in the table is indicated by ⁇ when the observed slip length is less than 20 mm and X when the observed slip length is 20 mm or more.
- RTP indicates a rapid thermal process
- Ar AN indicates argon anneal.
- the thickness of the active layer is about 0.1 m, and the thickness of the buried silicon oxide film 12b is 0.15 / zm.
- An X-ray topograph (XRT) method was employed as a method for evaluating slip.
- the LPD density was measured by a surface inspection device (SP-1 manufactured by Tencor) after light etching (chromic acid etching) of 2 m. The results are shown in Table 1.
- the density of OSF is 1 X 10 cm 3 or more.
- the supporting wafer used in Test Example 1 and Test Example 2 was prepared by doping nitrogen into the crystal at 2 ⁇ 10 14 atoms Zcm 3 and pulling the interstitial oxygen atom concentration when pulling up the silicon single crystal ingot. This is a wafer in which Oi is adjusted to 14 ⁇ 10 17 atoms Zcm 3 and VZG. For this reason, a large amount of OSF is present on the entire surface of the supporting ewa.
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