Abstract: To suppress a fluctuation in resistivity around a target value to thereby stably manufacture high resistivity silicon single crystals having almost the same resistivity values in a manufacturing method wherein a silicon raw material is molten to manufacture a high resistivity silicon single crystal in the range of from 100 to 2000 ? cm with a CZ method. In a case where poly-silicon produced with a Siemens method using trichlorosilane as raw material is used as the silicon raw material, an impurity concentration in the silicon raw material is selected so as to be controlled in the range of from ?5 to 50 ppta method in terms of (a donor concentration—an acceptor concentration) and the selected poly-silicon is used. In a case of a MCZ method, the poly-silicon is selected in the range of from ?25 to 20 ppta and the selected poly-silicon is used. Instead of the raw material, poly-silicon produced with a Siemens method using monosilane as raw material is used.

Abstract: There are provided silicon single crystal, silicon wafer, and epitaxial wafer having a sufficient gettering effect suitable for a large-scale integrated device. The silicon single crystal which is suitable for an epitaxial wafer is grown with nitrogen doping at a concentration of 1×1013 atoms/cm3 or more, or with nitrogen doping at a concentration of 1×1012 atoms/cm3 and carbon doping at a concentration of 0.1×1016−5×1016 atoms/cm3 and/or boron doping at a concentration of 1×1017 atoms/cm3 or more. The silicon wafer is produced by slicing from the silicon single crystal, and an epitaxial layer is grown on a surface of the silicon wafer to produce the epitaxial wafer. The present invention provides an epitaxial wafer for a large-scale integrated device having no defects in a device-active region and having an excellent gettering effect without performance of an extrinsic or intrinsic gettering treatment.

Abstract: A method is designed to manufacture a silicon epitaxial wafer exhibiting sufficient gettering capability from the initial stage of the device process. Specifically, the method is to manufacture the silicon wafer with a nitrogen concentration of at least 1×1012 atoms/cm3 and an oxygen concentration of 10˜18×1017 atoms/cm3 by annealing at a temperature of 800˜1,100° C. after epitaxial growth treatment, satisfying the following equation (a), t≧33−((T−800)/100)  (a) wherein T(° C.) is temperature, and t(hr) is time, thereby manufacturing a high yield semiconductor device.

Abstract: There are provided silicon single crystal, silicon wafer, and epitaxial wafer having a sufficient gettering effect suitable for a large-scale integrated device. The silicon single crystal which is suitable for an epitaxial wafer is grown with nitrogen doping at a concentration of 1×1013 atoms/cm3 or more, or with nitrogen doping at a concentration of 1×1012 atoms/cm3 and carbon doping at a concentration of 0.1×1016-5×1016 atoms/cm3 and/or boron doping at a concentration of 1×1017 atoms/cm3 or more. The silicon wafer is produced by slicing from the silicon single crystal, and an epitaxial layer is grown on a surface of the silicon wafer to produce the epitaxial wafer.

Abstract: There are provided silicon single crystal, silicon wafer, and epitaxial wafer having a sufficient gettering effect suitable for a large-scale integrated device. The silicon single crystal which is suitable for an epitaxial wafer is grown with nitrogen doping at a concentration of 1×1013 atoms/cm3 or more, or with nitrogen doping at a concentration of 1×1012 atoms/cm3 and carbon doping at a concentration of 0.1×1016−5×1016 atoms/cm3 and/or boron doping at a concentration of 1×1017 atoms/cm3 or more. The silicon wafer is produced by slicing from the silicon single crystal, and an epitaxial layer is grown on a surface of the silicon wafer to produce the epitaxial wafer.

Abstract: A method is designed to manufacture a silicon epitaxial wafer exhibiting sufficient gettering capability from the initial stage of the device process. Specifically, the method is to manufacture the silicon wafer with a nitrogen concentration of at least 1×1012 atoms/cm3 and an oxygen concentration of 10˜18×1017 atoms/cm3 by annealing at a temperature of 800 ˜1,100° C.