A semiconductor-on-insulator multilayer structure, comprises: —a stack, called the back stack, of the following layers from a back side to a front side of the structure: a semiconductor carrier substrate the electrical resistivity of which is between 500 Ω.Math.cm and 30 kΩ.Math.cm, a first electrically insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer, —at least one trench isolation that extends through the back stack at least down to the first electrically insulating layer), and that electrically isolates two adjacent regions of the multilayer structure, the multilayer structure being characterized in that it further comprises at least one FD-SOI first region, and at least one RF-SOI second region.

A semiconductor-on-insulator (e.g., silicon-on-insulator) structure having superior radio frequency device performance, and a method of preparing such a structure, is provided by utilizing a single crystal silicon handle wafer sliced from a float zone grown single crystal silicon ingot.

A method for manufacturing a bonded SOI wafer, the method using a silicon single crystal wafer having a resistivity of 100 Ω.Math.cm or more as the base wafer, and including steps of: forming an underlying insulator film on a bonding surface side of the base wafer; depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer on a surface of the underlying insulator film; polishing a surface of the polycrystalline silicon layer; modifying the polycrystalline silicon layer by performing ion implantation on the polished polycrystalline silicon layer to form a modified silicon layer; forming the insulator film on a bonding surface of the bond wafer; bonding the bond wafer and a surface of the modified silicon layer of the base wafer with the insulator film interposed therebetween; and thinning the bonded bond wafer to form an SOI layer. This provides a bonded SOI wafer excellent in harmonic wave characteristics.

A semiconductor-on-insulator (e.g., silicon-on-insulator) structure having superior radio frequency device performance, and a method of preparing such a structure, is provided by utilizing a single crystal silicon handle wafer sliced from a float zone grown single crystal silicon ingot.

The specification relates to a method for manufacturing a structured substrate provided with a trap-rich layer whereon rests a stack consisting of an insulating layer and of a layer of single-crystal material, the method comprising the following steps: a) a step of forming an amorphous silicon layer on a front face of a silicon substrate, b) a step of heat treating intended to convert the amorphous silicon layer into a trap-rich layer made of single-crystal silicon grains, the heat treatment conditions in terms of duration and of temperature being adjusted to limit the grains to a size less than 200 nm, c) a step of forming a stack by overlapping the trap-rich layer, and consisting of an insulating layer and of a layer of single-crystal material.

One illustrative IC product disclosed herein includes an (SOI) substrate comprising a base semiconductor layer, a buried insulation layer and an active semiconductor layer positioned above the buried insulation layer. In this particular example, the IC product also includes a first region of localized high resistivity formed in the base semiconductor layer, wherein the first region of localized high resistivity has an electrical resistivity that is greater than an electrical resistivity of the material of the base semiconductor layer. The IC product also includes a first region comprising integrated circuits formed above the active semiconductor layer, wherein the first region comprising integrated circuits is positioned vertically above the first region of localized high resistivity in the base semiconductor layer.

The invention relates to a method for creating a substrate of the type semiconductor on insulator, comprising the following steps:

a) providing a donor substrate comprising a monocrystalline support substrate, a smoothing layer and a semiconductor layer, the smoothing layer forming an etch stop layer with respect to the material of the support substrate;

a′) implantation of ion species through the semiconductor layer so as to form a fragilization plane;

b) creating an assembly by placing the donor substrate and a receiver substrate in contact;

c) transferring the semiconductor layer and at least a part of the smoothing layer by detachment along the fragilization plane:

wherein the semiconductor layer of the donor substrate provided in step a) is monocrystalline and in that it further comprises the following steps: before step b), amorphization of at least a part of the semiconductor layer to form an amorphous layer; during or after step c), recrystallization in solid phase of the amorphous layer to form a transferred monocrystalline semiconductor layer.

Methods of forming structures with electrical isolation. A dielectric layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate, openings are patterned in the dielectric layer that extend to the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor material is epitaxially grown from portions of the semiconductor substrate that are respectively exposed inside the openings. The semiconductor material, during growth, defines a semiconductor layer that includes first portions respectively coincident with the openings and second portions that laterally grow from the first portions to merge over a top surface of the dielectric layer. A modified layer containing a trap-rich semiconductor material is formed in the semiconductor substrate.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor-on-insulator type substrate for radiofrequency applications is provided, including the steps of: directly bonding a support substrate of a single crystal material and a donor substrate including a thin layer of a semiconductor material, one or more layers of dielectric material being at a bonding interface thereof; transferring the thin layer onto the support substrate; and forming an electric charge trap region in the support substrate in contact with the one or more layers of the dielectric material present at the bonding interface, by transforming a buried zone of the support substrate into a polycrystal.

One illustrative IC product disclosed herein includes an (SOI) substrate comprising a base semiconductor layer, a buried insulation layer and an active semiconductor layer positioned above the buried insulation layer. In this particular example, the IC product also includes a first region of localized high resistivity formed in the base semiconductor layer, wherein the first region of localized high resistivity has an electrical resistivity that is greater than an electrical resistivity of the material of the base semiconductor layer. The IC product also includes a first region comprising integrated circuits formed above the active semiconductor layer, wherein the first region comprising integrated circuits is positioned vertically above the first region of localized high resistivity in the base semiconductor layer.