WO2021210397A1 - 半導体基板の製造方法、半導体基板及び成長層への転位の導入を抑制する方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate and a method for suppressing the introduction of dislocations into the semiconductor substrate and the growth layer.
- Patent Document 1 by providing a groove in a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate, which is an example of a base substrate, crystal growth progresses along a direction orthogonal to the c-axis direction, and the crystal grows in the SiC substrate and exists in the c-axis direction.
- SiC silicon carbide
- the above invention has room for improvement from the viewpoint of suppressing the introduction of new dislocations that may occur in the joining of crystal growth planes that proceed along the direction orthogonal to the c-axis direction. Can be done.
- the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a new technique capable of suppressing the introduction of dislocations into the growth layer.
- the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems includes a processing step of removing a part of the base substrate to form a pattern including a recessed angle, and a crystal growth step of forming a growth layer on the base substrate on which the pattern is formed. , Is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate.
- the introduction of dislocations into the growth layer can be suppressed by performing crystal growth on the underlying substrate having a pattern including inferior angles.
- zippering bonding is performed on the base substrate to form the growth layer.
- a zippering junction capable of suppressing the introduction of new dislocations by performing crystal growth on a substrate substrate having a pattern including inferior angles.
- the crystal growth step forms the growth layer by performing crystal growth that progresses along the c-axis direction and crystal growth that progresses along the a-axis direction.
- the present invention can form a region in which dislocations of the underlying substrate are not inherited.
- the crystal growth step is a step of growing by a physical vapor phase transport method.
- the present invention can realize the formation of a growth layer based on the transportation of raw materials, which is driven by a temperature gradient or a chemical potential.
- the processing step includes a through hole forming step of removing a part of the base substrate to form a through hole, and a strain layer removing step of removing the strain layer introduced by the through hole forming step. And have.
- the present invention facilitates the formation of a temperature gradient in the a-axis direction, which is a driving force in crystal growth progressing along the a-axis direction.
- the through hole forming step is a step of forming a through hole by irradiating the base substrate with a laser.
- the present invention can form a pattern including inferior angles based on the processing of the base substrate without machining.
- the base substrate is silicon carbide
- the strain layer removing step is a step of etching the base substrate in a silicon atmosphere.
- the present invention can flatten the upper wall and the side wall in the pattern including the inferior angle.
- the pattern is a regular m-square, where m is a natural number greater than 2.
- the pattern includes a center of gravity of the reference figure and a third line segment connecting the intersections of two adjacent second line segments.
- the present invention is a method of suppressing the introduction of dislocations into a growth layer including a processing step of removing a part of the base substrate to form a pattern including inferior angles before forming the growth layer on the base substrate. ..
- FIG. 10 It is an observation image of the base substrate 10 which concerns on Example 2.
- FIG. It is an observation image of the growth layer 20 after KOH etching which concerns on Example 2.
- FIG. It is an observation image of the base substrate 10 which concerns on a comparative example.
- the present specification may be referred to as "upper” or “lower” based on the upper and lower parts of the drawing for the purpose of explaining the invention, but the upper and lower parts are not limited in relation to the usage mode of the semiconductor substrate of the present invention. ..
- the method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate according to the embodiment includes a processing step S10 in which a part of the base substrate 10 is removed to form a pattern 100 including an inferior angle, and a growth layer 20 is formed on the base substrate 10 on which the pattern 100 is formed.
- the crystal growth step S20 to be formed is included.
- the processing step S10 is a step of removing a part of the base substrate 10 to form the pattern 100 including the inferior angle.
- removing a part of the base substrate 10 in the description in the present specification means removing the part including at least the surface layer of the base substrate 10 by a method or the like described later.
- the formation of the through hole 11 in the base substrate 10 facilitates the formation of the temperature gradient in the a-axis direction.
- the temperature gradient it is possible to realize crystal growth that progresses along the a-axis direction using the temperature gradient as a driving force.
- the processing step S10 removes the through hole forming step S11 for forming the through hole 11 in the base substrate 10 and the strain layer 12 introduced by the through hole forming step S11.
- the strain layer removing step S12 is included.
- the base substrate 10 can be naturally adopted as long as it is a material generally used when manufacturing a semiconductor substrate.
- the material of the base substrate 10 is, for example, an oxide material such as aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) and gallium oxide (Ga 2 O 3 ).
- the through hole forming step S11 is a step of removing a part of the base substrate 10 to form the through hole 11.
- a means for forming the through hole 11 by irradiating the base substrate 10 with the laser L can be exemplified.
- the through hole forming step S11 forms the through hole 11 by scanning the focus of the laser L from the surface (corresponding to the upper surface) of the base substrate 10 to the bottom surface (corresponding to the lower surface).
- the base substrate 10 is patterned with a hard mask and the base substrate 10 is provided with a hard mask.
- Known dry etching corresponding to plasma etching
- Deep-RIE Deep-RIE
- the material of the hard mask can be appropriately selected from known materials such as SiN x according to the material of the base substrate 10.
- the etchant in the dry etching can be appropriately selected from a known gas such as SF 6 according to the material of the base substrate 10.
- strain layer removing step S12 a means capable of removing the strain layer 12 can be adopted.
- the strain layer removing step S12 use a method of etching the base substrate 10 in a silicon atmosphere (corresponding to a Si atmosphere).
- the material of the growth layer 20 may be the same material as the base substrate 10 (corresponding to homoepitaxial growth) or a material different from that of the base substrate 10 (corresponding to heteroepitaxial growth).
- the material of the growth layer 20 may be a material of the base substrate 10, a known material that can be adopted as a material of the base substrate 10, and a known material that can be epitaxially grown on the base substrate 10. good.
- the materials of the base substrate 10 and the growth layer 20 are, for example, SiC and AlN, respectively.
- the base substrate 10 is a SiC substrate.
- the growth layer 20 is an AlN layer.
- the "quasi-closed space" in the present specification corresponds to a space in which the inside of the container can be evacuated, but at least a part of the vapor generated in the container can be confined.
- the vapor composed of the atomic species sublimated from the semiconductor material 40 is transported by diffusing in the raw material transport space 31, and is transported on the base substrate 10 whose temperature is set lower than that of the semiconductor material 40. It becomes supersaturated and condenses.
- the zippering bonding corresponds to the bonding between the crystal growth planes along the center line that equally divides the angle formed by the two adjacent sides in the pattern 100.
- the pattern 100 in which the zippering junction occurs refers to, for example, the pattern 100 in which the angle ⁇ is set so that the area 101a becomes large.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the pattern 100 according to the embodiment.
- the line segment indicated by the pattern 100 is the base substrate 10. There is no limit to the width of the line segment.
- Pattern 100 preferably contains inferior angles.
- the pattern 100 may have a configuration in which predetermined figures are periodically arranged. Further, the pattern 100 may have a configuration in which the predetermined figure and the figure obtained by inverting or rotating the predetermined figure are arranged.
- the pattern 100 includes a regular m-square as an example.
- m is a natural number and is larger than 2.
- m is, for example, 3 or 6.
- the pattern 100 includes, as an example, a regular hexagonal displacement type that is three-fold symmetric.
- regular hexagonal displacement type in the description in the present specification will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- the regular hexagonal displacement type is a dodecagon.
- the regular hexagonal displacement type is composed of 12 line segments having the same length and being linear.
- the pattern 100 exhibiting a regular hexagonal displacement shape is a regular triangle and includes a reference figure 101 having an area of 101a and including three vertices 104.
- the three vertices 104 are included in the vertices of the pattern 100.
- the three vertices 104 may be located on the line segment constituting the pattern 100.
- the pattern 100 includes a line segment 102 (corresponding to the first line segment) extending from the apex 104 and including the apex 104, and a line segment 103 (second line segment) not extending from the apex 104 and not including the apex 104 and adjacent to the line segment 102. Corresponds to a line segment.) And.
- the angle ⁇ formed by the two adjacent line segments 102 in the pattern 100 is constant, and is equal to the angle ⁇ formed by the two adjacent line segments 103 in the pattern 100.
- regular hexagonal displacement type in the description of the present specification means that the regular hexagon is displaced (deformed) while maintaining the area of the regular hexagon based on the angle ⁇ indicating the degree of unevenness. It can be grasped that it is a dodecagon.
- the angle ⁇ is preferably larger than 60 °, preferably 66 ° or more, preferably 80 ° or more, preferably 83 ° or more, and preferably 120 ° or more, and preferably 120 ° or more. It is 150 ° or more, and preferably 155 ° or more.
- the angle ⁇ is preferably 180 ° or less, preferably 155 ° or less, preferably 150 ° or less, preferably 120 ° or less, and preferably 83 ° or less. Further, it is preferably 80 ° or less, and preferably 66 ° or less.
- the pattern 100 according to the embodiment may have a configuration of a regular dodecagonal displacement type having 6-fold symmetry instead of the regular hexagonal displacement type having 3-fold symmetry.
- the regular dodecagon displacement type is a 24-sided type.
- the regular dodecagonal displacement type is composed of 24 line segments having the same length and being linear.
- the pattern 100 exhibiting a regular dodecagonal displacement shape is a regular hexagon, has an area of 101a, and includes a reference figure 101 including six vertices 104.
- the six vertices 104 are included in the vertices of the pattern 100.
- the area 101a in the regular hexagon may be equal to or different from the area 101a in the equilateral triangle.
- the angle ⁇ formed by the two adjacent line segments 102 in the pattern 100 in the regular dodecagonal displacement type is constant, and is formed by the two adjacent line segments 103 in the pattern 100. Equal to the angle ⁇ .
- the regular dodecagon is displaced (deformed) while maintaining the area of the regular dodecagon based on the angle ⁇ indicating the degree of unevenness. It can be grasped that it is a dodecagon.
- the pattern 100 exhibits a 2n square displacement shape, which is a 4n square in which the regular 2n square is displaced (deformed) while maintaining the area of the regular 2n square based on the angle ⁇ indicating the degree of unevenness.
- the 2n polygonal displacement type includes a regular n-sided polygon (corresponding to the reference figure 101).
- the regular n-sided polygon includes n vertices.
- the regular 2n square displacement type exhibits a regular 2n square.
- the pattern 100 according to the embodiment may have a configuration including a regular 2n square displacement type (including a regular hexagonal displacement type and a regular dodecagonal displacement type).
- the pattern 100 is a line segment connecting the center of gravity of the reference figure 101 and the intersection of two adjacent line segments 103 in the regular 2n square displacement shape, in addition to the line segment constituting the regular 2n square displacement shape (the first line segment). It may further include at least one of (corresponding to three line segments).
- the pattern 100 is a line connecting the intersections of the vertices 104 forming the reference figure 101 and the two adjacent line segments 103 in the regular 2n square displacement shape, in addition to the line segments forming the regular 2n square displacement shape. It may further include at least one of the minutes.
- the pattern 100 may further include at least one line segment constituting the reference figure 101 included in the regular 2n square displacement shape, in addition to the line segment constituting the regular 2n square displacement shape.
- the base substrate is silicon carbide (SiC).
- SiC silicon carbide
- the base substrate 10 is a SiC substrate and the growth layer 20 is an aluminum nitride growth layer.
- Example 1 shows an example in which a growth layer 20 which is an AlN layer is formed on a base substrate 10 which is a SiC substrate.
- the base substrate 10 according to the first embodiment has a pattern 100 including a inferior angle and including the above-mentioned regular hexagonal deformation.
- Example 2 shows an example in which a growth layer 20 which is an AlN layer is formed on a base substrate 10 which is a SiC substrate.
- the base substrate 10 according to the second embodiment has a pattern 100 including a inferior angle and an equilateral triangle deformation.
- a comparative example shows an example in which a growth layer 20 which is an AlN layer is formed on a base substrate 10 which is a SiC substrate.
- the base substrate 10 according to the second embodiment has a pattern 100 that does not include inferior angles.
- the processing step S10 according to the first embodiment is a step of removing a part of the base substrate 10 to form the pattern 100 including the inferior angle under the following conditions.
- the through hole forming step S11 is a step of irradiating the base substrate 10 with the laser L to form the through hole 11.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the pattern 100 of the through hole 11 formed in the through hole forming step S11 according to the first embodiment.
- the region shown in black indicates the portion of the through hole 11, and the region shown in white is left as the base substrate 10.
- the pattern 100 according to the first embodiment has a width of about 100 ⁇ m.
- the strain layer removing step S12 is a step of removing the strain layer 12 formed on the base substrate 10 by the through hole forming step S11 by thermal etching.
- SiC container 50 Material: Polycrystalline SiC Container size: diameter 60 mm x height 4 mm Distance between the base substrate 10 and the bottom surface of the SiC container 50: 2 mm
- the SiC container 50 is a fitting container including an upper container 51 and a lower container 52 that can be fitted to each other.
- a minute gap 53 is formed in the fitting portion between the upper container 51 and the lower container 52, and the inside of the SiC container 50 can be exhausted (evacuated) from the gap 53.
- the SiC container 50 is formed by facing a part of the SiC container 50 arranged on the low temperature side of the temperature gradient and the base substrate 10 in a state where the base substrate 10 is arranged on the high temperature side of the temperature gradient. It has an etching space 54.
- the etching space 54 is a space for transporting and etching Si atoms and C atoms from the base substrate 10 to the SiC container 50 by using a temperature difference provided between the base substrate 10 and the bottom surface of the SiC container 50 as a driving force.
- the SiC container 50 does not need to be provided with the substrate holder 55 depending on the direction of the temperature gradient of the heating furnace.
- the substrate holder 55 is not provided and the base substrate 10 is arranged on the bottom surface of the lower container 52. You can do it.
- TaC container 60 Material: TaC Container size: diameter 160 mm x height 60 mm Si steam source 64 (Si compound): TaSi 2
- the TaC container 60 is a fitting container including an upper container 61 and a lower container 62 that can be fitted to each other, and is configured to be able to accommodate the SiC container 50.
- the TaC container 60 has a Si vapor supply source 64 capable of supplying the vapor pressure of a vapor phase species containing a Si element in the TaC container 60.
- the Si steam supply source 64 may have a configuration in which the vapor pressure of the vapor phase species containing the Si element is generated in the TaC container 60 during the heat treatment.
- Heating conditions The base substrate 10 arranged under the above-mentioned conditions was heat-treated under the following conditions. Heating temperature: 1800 ° C Etching amount: 8 ⁇ m In the strain layer removing step S12, the heating time and the temperature gradient are appropriately set in order to realize the following etching amount.
- the crystal growth step S20 is a step of forming the growth layer 20 on the base substrate 10 after the processing step S10.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the crystal growth step S20 according to the first embodiment.
- the crystal growth step S20 according to the first embodiment is a step of accommodating the base substrate 10 in the crucible 30 and heating it relative to the semiconductor material 40.
- (Crucible 30) Material TaC Container size: 10 mm x 10 mm x 1.5 mm Distance between base substrate 10 and semiconductor material 40: 1 mm
- the crucible 30 has a raw material transport space 31 between the base substrate 10 and the semiconductor material 40.
- the raw material is transported from the semiconductor material 40 onto the base substrate 10 through the raw material transport space 31.
- FIG. 7A is an example of the crucible 30 used in the crystal growth step S20.
- the crucible 30 is a fitting container including an upper container 32 and a lower container 33 that can be fitted to each other.
- a minute gap 34 is formed in the fitting portion between the upper container 32 and the lower container 33, and is configured to allow exhaust (evacuation) in the crucible 30 from the gap 34.
- the crucible 30 has a substrate holder 35 that forms a raw material transport space 31.
- the substrate holder 35 is provided between the base substrate 10 and the semiconductor material 40, and the semiconductor material 40 is arranged on the high temperature side and the base substrate 10 is arranged on the low temperature side to form a raw material transport space 31.
- FIGS. 7 (b) and 7 (c) are other examples of the crucible 30 used in the crystal growth step S20.
- the temperature gradients of FIGS. 7 (b) and 7 (c) are set to be opposite to those of FIG. 7 (a), and the base substrate 10 is arranged on the upper side. That is, similarly to FIG. 7A, the semiconductor material 40 is arranged on the high temperature side and the base substrate 10 is arranged on the low temperature side to form the raw material transport space 31.
- FIG. 7B shows an example in which the raw material transport space 31 is formed between the base substrate 10 and the semiconductor material 40 by fixing the base substrate 10 to the upper container 32 side.
- FIG. 7C shows an example in which a raw material transport space 31 is formed between the upper container 32 and the semiconductor material 40 by forming a through window and arranging the base substrate 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 7C, the raw material transport space 31 may be formed by providing the intermediate member 36 between the upper container 32 and the lower container 33.
- the material of the crucible 30 may be a high melting point material such as W (tungsten) instead of TaC.
- the AlN sintered body of the semiconductor material 40 was produced by the following procedure.
- the base substrate 10 and the semiconductor material 40 were placed in the crucible 30 and heated under the following heating conditions.
- FIG. 10 is an SEM observation image of the surface of the wing portion 22 of the growth layer 20 formed under the above conditions, in which the dislocations of the wing portion 22 are expressed by the etch pit method.
- the etch pit method was performed based on KOH wet etching.
- Example 2 >> Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described in detail. In this specification, the description of the configuration and conditions common to those of the first embodiment and the embodiments will be omitted.
- the base substrate 10 and the semiconductor material 40 were placed in the crucible 30 and heated under the following heating conditions.
- FIG. 12 is an observation image obtained by SEM observation of the surface of the growth layer 20 formed under the above conditions in which the dislocations of the growth layer 20 are expressed by the etch pit method.
- the etch pit method was performed based on KOH wet etching.
- the base substrate 10 according to the comparative example has a recess instead of the through hole 11 as in the second embodiment.
- the pattern 100 according to the comparative example does not include inferior angles and intersections.
- the line segments forming the pattern 100 according to the comparative example are parallel to each other.
- the line segment constituting the pattern 100 has a width of about 60 ⁇ m.
- the dislocation density in the joint region of the crystal growth plane in the blade portion 22 (corresponding to the central region of the blade portion 22 in FIGS. 12 and 14) according to the second embodiment is compared. It can be grasped that it is suppressed lower than that of Example 1.
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図1及び図2は、実施の形態にかかる半導体基板の製造方法の工程を示している。
加工工程S10は、下地基板10の一部を除去し劣角を含むパターン100を形成する工程である。
貫通孔形成工程S11は、下地基板10の一部を除去し貫通孔11を形成する工程である。この貫通孔形成工程S11として、レーザーLを下地基板10に照射することにより貫通孔11を形成する手段を例示することができる。
歪層除去工程S12は、貫通孔形成工程S11により下地基板10に形成された歪層12を除去する工程である。
結晶成長工程S20は、加工工程S10後の下地基板10上に成長層20を形成する工程である。
以下、実施例1について詳細に説明する。
実施例1にかかる加工工程S10は、以下の条件で下地基板10の一部を除去し劣角を含むパターン100を形成する工程である。
半導体材料:4H-SiC
基板サイズ:横幅10mm×縦幅10mm×厚み524μm
成長面:Si-face
オフ角:on-axis
実施例1にかかる貫通孔形成工程S11は、下地基板10にレーザーLを照射して、貫通孔11を形成する工程である。
波長:532nm
出力パワー:3W/cm2
スポット径:40μm
図5は、実施例1にかかる貫通孔形成工程S11で形成した貫通孔11のパターン100を説明する説明図である。黒く示した領域が貫通孔11の部分を示し、白く示した領域が下地基板10として残されている。
実施例1にかかる歪層除去工程S12は、貫通孔形成工程S11により下地基板10に形成された歪層12を、熱エッチングにより除去する工程である。
材料:多結晶SiC
容器サイズ:直径60mm×高さ4mm
下地基板10とSiC容器50の底面との距離:2mm
SiC容器50は、図6に示すように、互いに嵌合可能な上容器51と下容器52とを備える嵌合容器である。
材料:TaC
容器サイズ:直径160mm×高さ60mm
Si蒸気供給源64(Si化合物):TaSi2
TaC容器60は、SiC容器50と同様に、互いに嵌合可能な上容器61と下容器62とを備える嵌合容器であり、SiC容器50を収容可能に構成されている。
上述した条件で配置した下地基板10を、以下の条件で加熱処理した。
加熱温度:1800℃
エッチング量:8μm
なお、歪層除去工程S12は、以下のエッチング量を実現するために適宜、加熱時間及び温度勾配を設定している。
実施例1にかかる結晶成長工程S20は、加工工程S10後の下地基板10上に成長層20を形成する工程である。
材料:TaC
容器サイズ:10mm×10mm×1.5mm
下地基板10-半導体材料40間距離:1mm
坩堝30は、下地基板10と半導体材料40との間に原料輸送空間31を有する。この原料輸送空間31を介して、半導体材料40から原料が下地基板10上に輸送される。
材料:AlN焼結体
サイズ:横幅20mm×縦幅20mm×厚み5mm
半導体材料40のAlN焼結体は、以下の手順により作製した。
加熱温度:2040℃
加熱時間:70h
成長厚み:500μm
温度勾配:6.7K/mm
N2ガス圧力:10kPa
以下、実施例2について詳細に説明する。なお、本明細書は、実施例1や実施の形態と共通する構成や条件については、その記載を省略する。
加熱温度:1840℃
N2ガス圧力:50kPa
以下、比較例について詳細に説明する。なお、本明細書は、実施例1や実施の形態と共通する構成や条件については、その記載を省略する。
加熱温度:1840℃
N2ガス圧力:50kPa
11 貫通孔
12 歪層
20 成長層
21 陸部
22 翼部
30 坩堝
31 原料輸送空間
40 半導体材料
50 SiC容器
60 TaC容器
S10 加工工程
S11 貫通孔形成工程
S12 歪層除去工程
S20 結晶成長工程
Claims (14)
- 下地基板の一部を除去し劣角を含むパターンを形成する加工工程と、前記パターンが形成された前記下地基板上に成長層を形成する結晶成長工程と、を含む半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記結晶成長工程は、前記下地基板上でzippering接合を行い前記成長層を形成する請求項1に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記結晶成長工程は、c軸方向に沿って進行する結晶成長を行いa軸方向に沿って進行する結晶成長を行うことで前記成長層を形成する請求項1又は請求項2に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記結晶成長工程は、物理気相輸送法で成長させる工程である請求項1~3の何れか一項に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記下地基板と前記成長層は異なる材料である請求項1~4の何れか一項に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記加工工程は、前記下地基板の一部を除去し貫通孔を形成する貫通孔形成工程と、前記貫通孔形成工程により導入された歪層を除去する歪層除去工程と、を有する請求項1~5の何れか一項に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記貫通孔形成工程は、レーザーを前記下地基板に照射することにより貫通孔を形成する工程である請求項6に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記歪層除去工程は、熱処理することにより前記下地基板の歪層を除去する工程である請求項6又は請求項7に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記下地基板は炭化ケイ素であり、前記歪層除去工程は、前記下地基板をシリコン雰囲気下でエッチングする工程である請求項6~8の何れか一項に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記パターンは、正m角形を含み、当該mは2より大きい自然数である請求項1~9の何れか一項に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記パターンは、4n角形を含み、正n角形であり前記パターンの頂点に含まれるn個の頂点を含む基準図形を内包し、当該n個の頂点のそれぞれから延伸する第1線分、及び、当該n個の頂点の何れかから延伸せず前記第1線分と隣接する第2線分を含み、当該nは2より大きい自然数であり、前記パターンにおける2つの隣接し合う前記第1線分がなす角度は、一定であり、前記パターンにおける2つの隣接し合う前記第2線分がなす角度と等しい請求項1~9の何れか一項に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記パターンは、前記基準図形の重心、及び、2つの隣接し合う前記第2線分の交点を結ぶ第3線分を含む請求項11に記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 請求項1~12の何れか一項に記載の製造方法により製造された半導体基板。
- 下地基板上に成長層を形成する前に前記下地基板の一部を除去し劣角を含むパターンを形成する加工工程を含む成長層への転位の導入を抑制する方法。
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