| CPC H01L 21/266 (2013.01) [H01L 21/78 (2013.01); H10N 30/074 (2023.02); H10N 39/00 (2023.02)] | 2 Claims |

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1. An element forming wafer, comprising:
a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of chip forming regions; and
a thin layer formed on the semiconductor wafer, wherein
a plurality of portions of the thin layer each of which forms an element in each of the plurality of chip forming portions are defined as a plurality of element forming portions,
a plurality of regions are formed in the thin layer in one direction that passes through a center of the semiconductor wafer and that extends along an in-plane direction of the semiconductor wafer,
each of the plurality of element forming portions is arranged in a respective one of the plurality of regions,
a stress distribution that is along the one direction and is generated across the plurality of element forming portions has a maximum and a minimum of the stress in each of the plurality of regions, and
a rate of change in the stress between the maximum and the minimum in each of the plurality of regions is smaller than a rate of change in the stress at a boundary between adjacent ones of the plurality of regions.
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