Patent ID: 7799652

Claim:
A method for producing an epitaxial wafer with a buried diffusion layer comprising: implanting an impurity into a silicon single crystal wafer; subsequently diffusing the impurity in the wafer to form a diffusion layer; at least removing an oxide film on the diffusion layer; and thereafter forming a silicon epitaxial layer over the wafer to produce a silicon epitaxial wafer with a buried diffusion layer; wherein, at least, Sb is implanted into the silicon single crystal wafer as the impurity at a dose of 1.0×10 16 ions/cm 2 or more, the oxide film on the diffusion layer is removed by etching with hydrofluoric acid to which a surfactant is added in order to reduce generation of crystal defects in the silicon epitaxial layer to be formed subsequently, and then the silicon epitaxial layer is formed.