US 12,205,905 B2
Semiconductor structure
Yen-Hsing Chen, Taipei (TW); Yu-Ming Hsu, Changhua County (TW); Tsung-Mu Yang, Tainan (TW); and Yu-Ren Wang, Tainan (TW)
Assigned to UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed by UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,422.
Claims priority of application No. 202011620433.9 (CN), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0208694 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 23/562 (2013.01) [H01L 29/2003 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor structure, comprising:
a single crystal silicon wafer comprising a device region, a peripheral region surrounding the device region, a bevel region surrounding the peripheral region, and a transition region between the peripheral region and the device region;
an epitaxial layer directly on a surface of the single crystal silicon wafer, comprising:
a first portion on the transition region;
a second portion on the device region;
a third portion on the peripheral region; and
a fourth portion on the bevel region, wherein the first portion has a poly-crystal structure, and the second portion and the third portion respectively have a single crystal structure; and
an amorphous silicon layer in the single crystal silicon wafer and directly under the first portion of the epitaxial layer, wherein a bottom surface and a side surface of the amorphous layer directly contact the single crystal silicon wafer.