Abstract: A condition of a single crystal manufacturing step subjected to the Czochralski method applying an initial oxygen concentration, a dopant concentration or resistivity, and a heat treatment condition is determined simply and clearly on the basis of the conditions of a wafer manufacturing step and a device step so as to obtain a silicon wafer having a desired gettering capability. A manufacturing method of a silicon substrate which is manufactured from a silicon single crystal grown by the CZ method and provided for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device is provided. The internal state of the silicon substrate, which depends on the initial oxygen concentration, the carbon concentration, the resistivity, and the pulling condition of the silicon substrate, is determined by comparing a white spot condition representing upper and lower limits of the density of white spots as device characteristics with the measured density of white spots.

Abstract: A wafer for backside illumination type solid imaging device has a plurality of pixels inclusive of a photoelectric conversion device and a charge transfer transistor at its front surface side and a light receiving surface at its back surface side, wherein said wafer is a SOI wafer obtained by forming a given active layer on a support substrate made of C-containing p-type semiconductor material through an insulating layer.

Abstract: A silicon substrate is manufactured from a single crystal silicon that is doped with phosphorus (P) and is grown by a CZ method to have a predetermined carbon concentration and a predetermined initial oxygen concentration. An n+ epitaxial layer or an n+ implantation layer that is doped with phosphorus (P) at a predetermined concentration or more is formed on the silicon substrate. An n epitaxial layer that is doped with phosphorus (P) at a predetermined concentration is formed on the n+ layer.

Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an epitaxial substrate and a method for producing the same capable of suppressing metal contamination and thereby reducing occurrence of white defects of a solid state imaging sensor by maintaining sufficient gettering capability during a device manufacturing process. [Solving Means] The present invention is a method of producing an epitaxial substrate, comprising a step of growing an epitaxial layer on a silicon substrate containing carbon as a dopant to form an epitaxial substrate; and, after the formation of the epitaxial substrate, a step of applying a first thermal treatment and a second thermal treatment to the epitaxial substrate such that a density of oxygen precipitates in a surface layer of the silicon substrate constituting the epitaxial substrate is larger than a density of oxygen precipitates at a center of the silicon substrate in a thickness direction.

Abstract: A wafer for backside illumination type solid imaging device having a plurality of pixels inclusive of a photoelectric conversion device and a charge transfer transistor at its front surface side and a light receiving surface at its back surface side is produced by a method comprising a step of forming a BOX oxide layer on at least one of a wafer for support substrate and a wafer for active layer, a step of bonding the wafer for support substrate and the wafer for active layer and a step of thinning the wafer for active layer, which further comprises a step of forming a plurality of concave portions on a bonding face of the BOX oxide layer to the other wafer and filling a polysilicon plug into each of the concave portions to form a composite layer before the step of bonding the wafer for support substrate and the wafer for active layer.

Abstract: A silicon substrate is manufactured from single-crystal silicon which is grown to have a carbon concentration equal to or higher than 1.0×1016 atoms/cm3 and equal to or lower than 1.6×1017 atoms/cm3 and an initial oxygen concentration equal to or higher than 1.4×1018 atoms/cm3 and equal to or lower than 1.6×1018 atoms/cm3 by a CZ method. A device is formed on a front, the thickness of the silicon substrate is equal to or more than 5 ?m and equal to or less than 40 ?m, and extrinsic gettering which produces residual stress equal to or more than 5 Mpa and equal to or less than 200 Mpa is applied to a back face of the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin silicon wafer by slicing a silicon single crystal includes: a thinning step S3 of polishing a rear surface of the silicon wafer to reduce the thickness of the silicon wafer after a device structure is formed on a front surface of the silicon wafer; a mirror surface forming step S4 of processing the rear surface of the silicon wafer into a mirror surface using a chemical mechanical polishing method; and a modifying step S5 of dispersing abrasive grains that are harder than those used to form the mirror surface in the mirror surface forming process and forming a damaged layer, serving as a gettering sink for heavy metal, on the rear surface of the silicon wafer using the chemical mechanical polishing method. The thickness T5b of the damaged layer W5b in a wafer depth direction is set by the chemical mechanical polishing method in the modifying step S5 to control the gettering capability of the damaged layer.

Abstract: A wafer for backside illumination type solid imaging device having a plurality of pixels inclusive of a photoelectric conversion device and a charge transfer transistor at its front surface side and a light receiving surface at its back surface side is produced by a method comprising a step of forming a BOX oxide layer on at least one of a wafer for support substrate and a wafer for active layer, a step of bonding the wafer for support substrate and the wafer for active layer and a step of thinning the wafer for active layer, which further comprises a step of forming a plurality of concave portions on a bonding face of the BOX oxide layer to the other wafer and filling a polysilicon plug into each of the concave portions to form a composite layer before the step of bonding the wafer for support substrate and the wafer for active layer.

Abstract: In the production of a wafer for backside illumination type solid imaging device having a plurality of pixels inclusive of a photoelectric conversion device and a charge transfer transistor formed at its front surface side and a light receiving surface at its back surface side, an active layer made of a given epitaxial film is formed on a silicon wafer made of a C-containing CZ crystal directly or through an insulating film, and then subjected to a heat treatment to form precipitates containing C and O as a gettering sink at a position just beneath the active layer.

Abstract: A wafer for backside illumination type solid imaging device has a plurality of pixels inclusive of a photoelectric conversion device and a charge transfer transistor at its front surface side and a light receiving surface at its back surface side, wherein said wafer is a SOI wafer obtained by forming a given active layer on a support substrate made of C-containing p-type semiconductor material through an insulating layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin silicon wafer by slicing a silicon single crystal includes: a thinning step S3 of polishing a rear surface of the silicon wafer to reduce the thickness of the silicon wafer after a device structure is formed on a front surface of the silicon wafer; a mirror surface forming step S4 of processing the rear surface of the silicon wafer into a mirror surface using a chemical mechanical polishing method; and a modifying step S5 of dispersing abrasive grains that are harder than those used to form the mirror surface in the mirror surface forming process and forming a damaged layer, serving as a gettering sink for heavy metal, on the rear surface of the silicon wafer using the chemical mechanical polishing method. The thickness T5b of the damaged layer W5b in a wafer depth direction is set by the chemical mechanical polishing method in the modifying step S5 to control the gettering capability of the damaged layer.

Abstract: A silicon wafer is produced by subjecting a back face of a silicon wafer after the formation of a device structure to a given surface treatment so as to form a gettering sink layer having a good deflective strength.

Abstract: A wafer for backside illumination type solid imaging device has a plurality of pixels inclusive of a photoelectric conversion device and a charge transfer transistor at its front surface side and a light receiving surface at its back surface side, wherein said wafer is a SOI wafer obtained by forming a given active layer on a support substrate made of C-containing n-type or p-type semiconductor material through an insulating layer.

Abstract: A condition of a single crystal manufacturing step subjected to the Czochralski method applying an initial oxygen concentration, a dopant concentration or resistivity, and a heat treatment condition is determined simply and clearly on the basis of the conditions of a wafer manufacturing step and a device step so as to obtain a silicon wafer having a desired gettering capability. A manufacturing method of a silicon substrate which is manufactured from a silicon single crystal grown by the CZ method and provided for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device is provided. The internal state of the silicon substrate, which depends on the initial oxygen concentration, the carbon concentration, the resistivity, and the pulling condition of the silicon substrate, is determined by comparing a white spot condition representing upper and lower limits of the density of white spots as device characteristics with the measured density of white spots.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silicon substrate includes: growing a silicon single crystal having a carbon concentration in the range of 1.0×1016 atoms/cm3 to 1.6×1017 atoms/cm3 and an initial oxygen concentration in the range of 1.4×1018 atoms/cm3 to 1.6×1018 atoms/cm3 using a CZ method; slicing the silicon single crystal; forming an epitaxial layer on the sliced silicon single crystal; and performing a heat treatment thereon as a post-annealing process at a temperature in the range of 600° C. to 850° C.

Abstract: A silicon substrate is manufactured from a single crystal silicon that is doped with phosphorus (P) and is grown by a CZ method to have a predetermined carbon concentration and a predetermined initial oxygen concentration. An n+ epitaxial layer or an n+ implantation layer that is doped with phosphorus (P) at a predetermined concentration or more is formed on the silicon substrate. An n epitaxial layer that is doped with phosphorus (P) at a predetermined concentration is formed on the n+ layer.

Abstract: A silicon substrate is manufactured from single-crystal silicon which is grown to have a carbon concentration equal to or higher than 1.0×1016 atoms/cm3 and equal to or lower than 1.6×1017 atoms/cm3 and an initial oxygen concentration equal to or higher than 1.4×1018 atoms/cm3 and equal to or lower than 1.6×1018 atoms/cm3 by a CZ method. A device is formed on a front, the thickness of the silicon substrate is equal to or more than 5 ?m and equal to or less than 40 ?m, and extrinsic gettering which produces residual stress equal to or more than 5 Mpa and equal to or less than 200 Mpa is applied to a back face of the substrate.