Method of measuring contamination amount of vapor phase growth apparatus, and method of manufacturing epitaxial wafer

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PATENT NO 9437505
APP PUB NO 20150243566A1
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14426968

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Carry out a vapor etching step of cleaning an inside of a chamber of a vapor phase growth apparatus by vapor etching using HCl gas (S1). Carry out an annealing step of sequentially annealing a predetermined number of silicon wafers, one by one, in a non-oxidizing atmosphere (S2, S3). Repeat the vapor etching step and the annealing step a prescribed number of times. After having carried out the vapor etching step and the annealing step the prescribed number of times (S4: Yes), collect contaminants on the surface of each of the wafers, and measure the Mo concentration using ICP-MS (S5). Evaluate the cleanliness of the vapor phase growth apparatus on the basis of each Mo concentration value and the relationship between the Mo concentrations (S6). Thus, provided is a method with which it is possible to measure, with high sensitivity, the contamination amount of a vapor phase growth apparatus.

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SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO LTD2-1 OHTEMACHI 2-CHOME CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1000004 ?1000004

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Arai, Takeshi Fukushima, JP 109 1434
Inada, Satoshi Fukushima, JP 29 101

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