Single-crystal – oriented-crystal – and epitaxy growth processes; – Forming from vapor or gaseous state – With a step of measuring – testing – or sensing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-25
2007-12-25
Hiteshew, Felisa (Department: 1722)
Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes;
Forming from vapor or gaseous state
With a step of measuring, testing, or sensing
C117S084000, C117S089000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11196480
ABSTRACT:
This method for heat-treating a silicon wafer includes: a step of subjecting a silicon wafer to a high-temperature heat treatment in an ambient gas atmosphere of hydrogen gas, argon gas or a mixture thereof; and a step of lowering a temperature at a rate of 2° C./min or less in a nitrogen-gas-containing ambient atmosphere in a portion or all of a process of lowering a temperature to a wafer removal temperature following said high-temperature heat treatment. This silicon wafer has a defect-free layer which is formed by a high-temperature heat treatment and is included in a surface thereof, wherein an average iron concentration in said surface is 1×1010atoms/cm3or less.
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Kusaba Tatsumi
Nonogaki Yoshihisa
Okuda Hidehiko
Hiteshew Felisa
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
Sumco Corporation
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