Patent ID: 7514343

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a SIMOX wafer, comprising: while heating a silicon wafer to 300° C. or more, implanting oxygen ions so as to form a high oxygen concentration layer within the silicon wafer; subjecting the silicon wafer which is obtained by the forming of the high oxygen concentration layer to a cooling to less than 300° C. and an implantation of oxygen ions so as to form an amorphous layer in the silicon wafer; and subjecting the silicon wafer which is obtained by the forming of the amorphous layer to a heat treatment in a mixed gas atmosphere containing oxygen so as to form a buried oxide layer, wherein in the forming of the buried oxide layer the heat treatment comprises: heat-treating the silicon wafer at an oxygen partial pressure ratio of 5% or more and 100% or less at a constant temperature of less than 1350° C.; and thereafter, heat-treating the silicon wafer under conditions in which the temperature is raised linearly or in a stepwise manner from the constant temperature to a temperature of 1350° C. or more and less than the melting point of silicon at a rate of temperature rise of 0.05 to 0.5° C./min.