HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY PHOTO-IRRADIATION
First Claim
1. A heat treatment method for heating a substrate by photo-irradiation of the substrate, the method comprising:
- a first photo-irradiation step of performing photo-irradiation of a substrate while increasing an emission output to a target value; and
a second photo-irradiation step of performing photo-irradiation of the substrate while maintaining the emission output within a range of plus or minus 20% from said target value;
whereina total of a photo-irradiation time in said first photo-irradiation step and a photo-irradiation time in said second photo-irradiation step is one second or less, andthe photo-irradiation time in said second photo-irradiation step ranges from 5 milliseconds to less than one second.
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Abstract
In photo-irradiation heating with a total photo-irradiation time of one second or less, after initial photo-irradiation of a semiconductor wafer is performed while increasing an emission output to a target value, succeeding photo-irradiation of the semiconductor wafer is performed while maintaining the emission output within a range of plus or minus 20% from the target value. The photo-irradiation time for the initial photo-irradiation ranges from 0.1 to 10 milliseconds, and the photo-irradiation time for the succeeding photo-irradiation ranges from 5 milliseconds to less than one second. This allows the temperature of the semiconductor wafer even at a somewhat greater depth below the surface to be raised to some extent while allowing the surface temperature to be maintained at a generally constant processing temperature, thus achieving both the activation of implanted ions and the repair of introduced defects without any thermal damage to the semiconductor wafer.
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1. A heat treatment method for heating a substrate by photo-irradiation of the substrate, the method comprising:
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a first photo-irradiation step of performing photo-irradiation of a substrate while increasing an emission output to a target value; and a second photo-irradiation step of performing photo-irradiation of the substrate while maintaining the emission output within a range of plus or minus 20% from said target value;
whereina total of a photo-irradiation time in said first photo-irradiation step and a photo-irradiation time in said second photo-irradiation step is one second or less, and the photo-irradiation time in said second photo-irradiation step ranges from 5 milliseconds to less than one second. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A heat treatment apparatus for heating a substrate by photo-irradiation of the substrate, the apparatus comprising:
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a holder for holding a substrate; a photo-irradiation part for irradiating a substrate held by said holder with light; and a light-emission controller for controlling an emission output of said photo-irradiation part, said light-emission controller being configured to control the emission output of said photo-irradiation part in such a manner that, after an initial photo-irradiation of a substrate is performed while increasing the emission output to a target value, a succeeding photo-irradiation of the substrate is performed while maintaining the emission output within a range of plus or minus 20% from said target value, said light-emission controller being also configured to control said photo-irradiation part in such a manner that a total of a photo-irradiation time for said initial photo-irradiation and a photo-irradiation time for said succeeding photo-irradiation is one second or less and that the photo-irradiation time for said succeeding photo-irradiation ranges from 5 milliseconds to less than one second. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A heat treatment apparatus for heating a substrate by photo-irradiation of the substrate, the apparatus comprising:
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a holder for holding a substrate; a flash lamp for irradiating a substrate held by said holder with light; and a switching element connected in series to said flash lamp, a capacitor, and a coil; and an energization controller for controlling the energization of said flash lamp by turning said switching element on or off, said energization controller being configured first to turn said switching element on so as to increase an emission output from said flash lamp to a target value and then to repeat the turning on and off of said switching element so as to achieve a stable state where the emission output of said flash lamp is maintained within a range of plus or minus 20% from said target value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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