Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To develop a new improved method for forming a relaxed SiGe-on-insulator substrate material which is thermodynamically stable with respect to the generation of a defect. SOLUTION: Silicon to which tensile stress is applied is formed by epitaxially growing over the whole SiGe alloy layer. Silicon to which compressive stress is applied is formed by epitaxially growing over the whole porous silicon. A method of converting a patterned SOI region into patterned an SGOI (silicon-germanium ON oxide) by a SiGe/SOI heat mixing process for farther reinforcing the performance of a logic circuit in a padded DRAM is described in a preferred embodiment. The SGOI region in which Si is strained acts as a template for succeeding Si growth so that electrons and holes in the Si have higher mobilities. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate structure and a manufacturing method thereof which are simple and cost-efficient. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the SOI substrate structure is provided by oxidizing porous Si having a gradient. This porous Si having the gradient is formed by first implanting a (p-type or n-type) dopant into a substrate containing Si, activating this dopant using an activating annealing step, and then anodizing this implanted and activated dopant region in a solution containing HF. This Si having the gradient has a relatively coarse upper surface layer and a fine porous layer buried directly under this upper surface layer. According to the oxidation step, the fine buried porous layer is changed into a buried oxide layer, and the coarse upper surface layer is fused into a solid Si containing over-layer due to surface migration of Si atoms. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
A method of fabricating silicon-on-insulators (SOIs) having a thin, but uniform buried oxide region beneath a Si-containing over-layer is provided. The SOI structures are fabricated by first modifying a surface of a Si-containing substrate to contain a large concentration of vacancies or voids. Next, a Si-containing layer is typically, but not always, formed atop the substrate and then oxygen ions are implanted into the structure utilizing a low-oxygen dose. The structure is then annealed to convert the implanted oxygen ions into a thin, but uniform thermal buried oxide region.
Abstract:
A simple and direct method of forming a SiGe-on-insulator that relies on the oxidation of a porous silicon layer (or region) that is created beneath a Ge-containing layer is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a structure comprising a Si-containing substrate having a hole-rich region formed therein and a Ge-containing layer atop the Si-containing substrate; converting the hole-rich region into a porous region; and annealing the structure including the porous region to provide a substantially relaxed SiGe-on-insulator material.
Abstract:
A simple and direct method of forming a SiGe-on-insulator that relies on the oxidation of a porous silicon layer (or region) that is created beneath a Ge-containing layer is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a structure comprising a Si-containing substrate having a hole-rich region formed therein and a Ge-containing layer atop the Si-containing substrate; converting the hole-rich region into a porous region; and annealing the structure including the porous region to provide a substantially relaxed SiGe-on-insulator material.
Abstract:
A simple and direct method of forming a SiGe-on-insulator that relies on the oxidation of a porous silicon layer (or region) that is created beneath a Ge-containing layer is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a structure comprising a Si-containing substrate having a hole-rich region formed therein and a Ge-containing layer atop the Si-containing substrate; converting the hole-rich region into a porous region; and annealing the structure including the porous region to provide a substantially relaxed SiGe-on-insulator material.
Abstract:
A simple and direct method of forming a SiGe-on-insulator that relies on the oxidation of a porous silicon layer (or region) that is created beneath a Ge-containing layer is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a structure comprising a Si-containing substrate having a hole-rich region formed therein and a Ge-containing layer atop the Si-containing substrate; converting the hole-rich region into a porous region; and annealing the structure including the porous region to provide a substantially relaxed SiGe-on-insulator material.