Method of removing impurity metals from semiconductor devices

Metal treatment – Compositions – Heat treating

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148187, 148191, 357 91, H01L 21322, H01L 21324

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ABSTRACT:
A process is disclosed for gettering deleterious metal impurities, particularly the transition metals such as Cu, Fe, Co, Ni and Cr from silicon wafers by high temperature treatment for a comparatively short time in a hydrogen chloride vapor at low oxygen pressure. The low oxygen pressure inhibits the oxide growth on the silicon surfaces to thicknesses of not more than about 150 Angstroms, sufficient to protect the silicon surface but not so thick as to constitute a barrier to outdiffusion of the gettered impurities. This particular process may be preceded and followed by other previously known gettering techniques.

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