Method for growing silicon single crystal

Abstract

A method for growing a silicon single crystal used for semiconductor integrated circuit devices, wherein the single crystal is grown by the CZ method at a nitrogen concentration of 1×10atoms/cm–1×10atoms/cmwith a cooling rate of not less than 2.5° C./min at a crystal temperature of 1150° C.–1000° C., in which case, the pulling rate is adjusted such that the outside diameter of a circular region including oxidation-induced stacking faults generated at the center of a wafer which is subjected to the oxidation heat treatment at high temperature is not more than ⅗ of the wafer diameter, wherein the wafer is prepared by slicing the grown single crystal. In the growth method, the concentration of oxygen in the silicon single crystal is preferably not more than 9×10atoms/cm(ASTM '79). With this method, the silicon single crystal, in which the generation of Grown-in defects can be effectively suppressed, can be produced in a simple process without any increase in the production cost. Moreover, a specification of the oxygen concentration and the application of the outward diffusion treatment are capable of producing a wafer, which is optimally used for monitoring particles.