Layers in substrate wafers

Abstract

The invention relates to layers in substrate wafers. The aim of the invention is to provide layers in substrate wafers with which the drawbacks of conventional assemblies are overcome in order to achieve, on the one hand, an adequate resistance to latch-up in highly scaled, digital CMOS circuits with comparatively low costs and, on the other hand, to ensure low substrate losses/couplings for analog high-frequency circuits and, in addition, to influence the component behavior in a non-destructive manner. To these ends, the invention provides that in a highly resistive p-Si substrate () with one or more buried high-carbon Si layers () under an epitaxial layer and with the Si cap layer (), an implantation dose, which is greater in comparison to conventional substrate wafers, is used for retrograde trough profiles by suppressing the dopant diffusion as well as the generation of defects when remedying implant defects, thereby achieving a reduction of the trough resistance, and finally, an increase in the resistance to latch-up.