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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2000
Ryoji Hoshi, Nishishirakawa-gun, JP;
Susumu Sonokawa, Nishishirakawa-gun, JP;
Masahiro Sakurada, Nishishirakawa-gun, JP;
Tomohiko Ohta, Nishishirakawa-gun, JP;
Izumi Fusegawa, Nishishirakawa-gun, JP;
Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An epitaxial silicon wafer, which has no projections having a size of 100 nm or more and a height of 5 nm or more on an epitaxial layer, and a method for producing an epitaxial silicon wafer, wherein a single crystal ingot containing no I-region is grown when a silicon single crystal is grown by the CZ method, and an epitaxial layer is deposited on a silicon wafer sliced from the single crystal ingot and containing no I-region for the entire surface. An epitaxial wafer of high quality with no projection-like surface distortion observed as particles on an epi-layer surface is provided by forming a wafer having no I-region for the entire surface from a single crystal and depositing an epitaxial layer thereon, and a single crystal having no I-region for entire plane is produced with good yield and high productivity, thereby improving productivity of epi-wafers and realizing cost reduction.