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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Michel Bruel, Veurey Voroize, FR;
Bernard Aspar, St. Ismier, FR;
Chrystelle Lagahe-blanchard, Crolles, FR;
Michel Bruel, Veurey Voroize, FR;
Bernard Aspar, St. Ismier, FR;
Chrystelle Lagahe-Blanchard, Crolles, FR;
Soitec, Bernin, FR;
Abstract
This invention provides composite semiconductor substrates and methods for fabricating such substrates. The composite structures include a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor superstrate and an intermediate layer interposed between the substrate and the superstrate that comprises a material that undergoes a structural transformation when subject to a suitable heat treatment. The methods provide such a heat treatment so that the intermediate layer becomes spongy or porous, being filled with numerous micro-bubbles or micro-cavities containing a gaseous phase. The composite semiconductor substrates with structurally-transformed intermediate layers have numerous applications.