Semiconductor substrate for gettering

Abstract

Disclosed is a semiconductor device fabrication substrate having a getter site formed directly below the device fabrication region to allow gettering near the device fabrication region. A polycrystalline Si layer is deposited on the mirror-finished surface of a first monocrystalline Si wafer by vapor phase epitaxy. Then, the mirror-finished surface of a second monocrystalline Si wafer is brought into contact with the surface of the polycrystalline Si layer and are laminated with each other by heat treatment. Then, the top surface of the second monocrystalline Si wafer is subjected to grinding and mirror-finishing, so that the range from the mirror-finished surface to the polycrystalline Si layer may be on the order of several .mu.m to several tens of .mu.m. The resultant substrate has a getter layer (polycrystalline Si layer) directly below the device fabrication region.

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