Patent ID: 7601227
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: C04B,C30B

Abstract:
1. A method for removing impurities from a semiconductor heat treatment jig used for heat treatment of a semiconductor wafer, comprising: heat treating a semiconductor wafer using a semiconductor heat treatment jig having a silicon carbide film and impurities present on a surface of said silicon carbide film; after heat treating of said semiconductor wafer, subjecting the semiconductor heat treatment jig to a high-temperature oxidation heat treatment for 80 to 250 hours in an oxidizing atmosphere and at a temperature in the range of 1150 to 1350° C., so as to form an oxide film on the surface of the silicon carbide film, wherein the high-temperature oxidation heat treatment etches at least 0.1 μm of the surface of the silicon carbide film by forming the oxide film; and removing impurities from the surface of the silicon carbide film of said semiconductor heat treatment jig by removing the oxide film, wherein the semiconductor heat treatment jig is made of a substrate having a surface covered with the silicon carbide film grown by chemical vapor deposition or made of the silicon carbide film grown by chemical vapor deposition.