Patent ID: 7884000

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a SIMOX wafer comprising the following steps in sequence: heating a silicon wafer to a temperature in the range from 200 to 600° C. and implanting oxygen ions in a first dose amount with a first implantation energy from a surface of the wafer to form a first ion-planted layer containing highly concentrated oxygen at a first depth from the surface of the wafer; cooling the wafer having the first ion-implanted layer formed therein to a temperature in the range from room temperature to 200° C. which is lower than the heating temperature and implanting oxygen ions in a second dose amount with a second implantation energy from the surface of the wafer to form a second ion-implanted amorphous layer continuous with the first ion-implanted layer on a surface side of the wafer at a second depth from the surface of the wafer wherein the second depth is shallower than the first depth; and subjecting the wafer to a high temperature heat treatment in an atmosphere containing oxygen wherein the wafer is maintained at a temperature not lower than 1300° C. but lower than the melting point of silicon for 6 to 36 hours to change the first and second ion-implanted layers into a BOX layer, wherein the first dose amount in the step of forming the first ion-implanted layer from 2×10 17 to 3×10 17 atoms/cm 2, wherein an oxygen ion implantation in the step of forming the first ion-implanted layer is performed in a plurality of steps in descending order from the highest energy implantation to the lowest energy implantation, and the average first implantation energy in the plurality of steps is in the range from 165 to 240 keV, and wherein the first implantation energy from 165 to 240 keV, and the second dose amount in the step of forming the second ion-implanted layer is from 1×10 14 to 1×10 16 atoms/cm 2 .