Page 10 • Effective December 1998 • Revised March 2003
Standard Specifications
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR POLISHED SILICON CARBIDE
SUBSTRATES - Surface Finish
Characteristics
Production Grade
Edge Chips/Indents by diffuse
lighting †
None Permitted
Orange Peel/Pits by diffuse lighting*G [ 10% area
Polytype Areas by diffuse lighting* [ 5% area
Striations by diffuse lighting*
3 allowed [ 3mm each
Area Contamination (stains) by high
intensity light
None Permitted
Cracks by high intensity light
Hex Plate by high intensity light*
Scratches by high intensity light*
Masking Defects (Mounds)*
Quantitative by 200X Microscopic
Inspection
Contamination
Quantitative by 200X Microscopic
Inspection
Cumulative Area Defects*
None Permitted
Cumulative area <10%
5 scratches to 1x wafer diameter
cumulative length.
10 defects in 3 or less of the 9
fields inspected in a cross pattern
None in inspected fields
[ 10% area
Research Grade
2 [ 1.5 mm width & depth
[ 30% area
[ 20% area
20 allowed [ 7mm each
None Permitted
None Permitted
Cumulative area <30%
8 scratches to 1.5x wafer diameter
cumulative length.
10 defects in 5 or less of the 9
fields inspected in a cross pattern
None in inspected fields
[ 30% area
Notes:
* Defect limits apply to entire wafer surface except for a 2mm edge exclusion area
G Pits must be < 2mm in distance from one another to be considered a reject cause
† Edge chips must be > 0.5mm on R grade material to be considered a reject cause