Shin-etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.

Yasuo Nagaoka

Norihiro Kobayashi

Hiroji Aga

Nobuhiko Noto

Tomohiko Ohta

Toru Ishizuka

The present invention is a method for manufacturing a bonded wafer by an ion implantation delamination method including at least the steps of, bonding a bond wafer having a micro bubble layer formed by gas ion implantation with a base wafer to be a supporting substrate, delaminating the bond wafer along the micro bubble layer as a boundary to form a thin film on the base wafer, the method comprising, cleaning the bonded wafer after delaminating the bond wafer using ozone water; performing rapid thermal anneal process under a hydrogen containing atmosphere; forming a thermal oxide film on a surface layer of the bonded wafer by subjecting to heat treatment under an oxidizing gas atmosphere and removing the thermal oxide film; subjecting to heat treatment under a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere. As a result, the method for manufacturing a bonded wafer, which can remove the damage caused by the ion implantation and can suppress a occurrence of the concave defects without deterioration of surface roughness on the surface of the thin film of the bonded wafer after delamination is provided.

Method for manufacturing bonded wafer

A method for producing a direct bonded wafer comprising: forming a thermal oxide film or a CVD oxide film on a surface of at least one of a bond wafer and a base wafer, and bonding the wafer to the other wafer via the oxide film; subsequently thinning the bond wafer to prepare a bonded wafer; and thereafter conducting a process of annealing the bonded wafer under an atmosphere including any one of an inert gas, hydrogen and a mixed gas of an inert gas and hydrogen so that the oxide film between the bond wafer and the base wafer is removed to bond the bond wafer directly to the base wafer. Thereby, there is provided a method for producing a direct bonded wafer in which generation of voids is reduced, and a direct bonded wafer with a low void count.

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Yasuo Nagaoka