WO2017138221A1 - 炭化珪素半導体装置およびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a silicon carbide semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same.
- SiC silicon carbide
- a silicon carbide semiconductor device having an insulated gate structure such as a MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) and an IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor), it is desired to prevent dielectric breakdown of the gate insulating film.
- MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
- a SiC-MOSFET or SiC-IGBT as a practical power semiconductor device usually has p-type well regions facing each other with an n-type drift layer interposed therebetween.
- the portion of the drift layer sandwiched between the well regions is also referred to as a JFET (Junction-Field-Effect-Transistor) region.
- JFET Junction-Field-Effect-Transistor
- Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose a configuration in which a p ⁇ region is formed at the upper center of a JFET region in a MOSFET (a portion where threading dislocations exist in Patent Document 3). According to this configuration, when the MOSFET is in the OFF state, depletion of the upper portion of the JFET region is promoted, and thereby the electric field strength applied to the gate insulating film on the upper portion of the JFET region is suppressed. Therefore, the gate insulating film can be prevented from being broken when a high voltage is applied to the semiconductor device.
- the presence of the p ⁇ region (electric field relaxation region) in a part of the JFET region can prevent the gate insulating film from being broken when the MOSFET is turned off.
- the MOSFET when the MOSFET is on, carrier electron travel is hindered by the p ⁇ region, and there is a concern about an increase in on-resistance.
- the present inventors have found that the breakdown of the gate insulating film when the MOSFET is turned off occurs by the following mechanism.
- the potential at the interface between the JFET region and the gate insulating film becomes higher than the potential of the source electrode and the gate electrode, so that an electric field is generated in the gate insulating film, thereby causing carrier electrons from the gate electrode to the gate insulating film.
- the carrier electrons that have leaked through the tunnel are accelerated by a high electric field in the gate insulating film and injected into the SiC layer. At that time, high-energy carrier electrons cause impact ionization in the SiC layer.
- the holes generated at this time are accelerated by the electric field and collide with the gate insulating film or are reinjected into the gate insulating film, thereby causing the gate insulating film to deteriorate over time, which leads to destruction of the gate insulating film.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a silicon carbide semiconductor device capable of preventing deterioration of the gate insulating film by suppressing deterioration of the gate insulating film.
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device is selectively provided in a silicon carbide layer, a first conductivity type drift layer provided in the silicon carbide layer, and an upper layer portion of the silicon carbide layer, A plurality of well regions of a second conductivity type different from the conductivity type, a portion of the drift layer sandwiched between the plurality of well regions, a JFET region reaching the upper surface of the silicon carbide layer, and the silicon carbide layer An insulating film covering at least the JFET region, and an electrode provided on the JFET region via the insulating film, wherein the insulating film and the electrode constitute the insulating film and the electrode It includes a region containing an element different from the element to be performed.
- the present invention since carrier electrons leaking from the electrode to the insulating film are suppressed, deterioration of the insulating film due to the leakage of the carrier electrons can be prevented.
- produces in the OFF state of the silicon carbide semiconductor device which concerns on one embodiment of this invention of the relationship between the electric field of a gate insulating film, and a gate leak current It is. It is a band figure of the MOS structure of a JFET area
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a MOSFET which is a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the present embodiment, and is a partial sectional view showing a section of a unit cell portion of the MOSFET.
- the MOSFET includes an SiC substrate 1 (silicon carbide substrate), an SiC layer 30 (silicon carbide layer), a gate insulating film 6 (insulating film), a gate electrode 7 (electrode), a source electrode 8, and a drain.
- An electrode 9 is provided.
- the SiC substrate 1 is an n-type (first conductivity type) substrate made of SiC.
- the n-type impurity concentration of SiC substrate 1 is higher than the impurity concentration of drift layer 2 described later. Therefore, the resistivity of SiC substrate 1 is lower than the resistivity of drift layer 2.
- SiC substrate 1 has a single crystal structure, the crystal structure of which is hexagonal, and preferably has polytype 4H.
- the plane orientation of the upper surface of SiC substrate 1 (the surface on the SiC layer 30 side) is the (0001) or (000-1) plane.
- the SiC layer 30 is provided on the upper surface of the SiC substrate 1.
- the surface facing SiC substrate 1 is defined as “lower surface S1” (first surface), and the opposite surface is defined as “upper surface S2” (second surface).
- the SiC layer 30 includes an n-type drift layer 2, a plurality of p-type (second conductivity type) well regions 3, a plurality of n-type source regions 4, and a plurality of p-type plurality. Contact region 5.
- the thickness of the SiC layer 30 is, for example, 1 to 100 ⁇ m.
- the drift layer 2 reaches the upper surface S2 of the SiC layer 30 at a portion between the well regions 3. Further, the bottom of drift layer 2 reaches bottom surface S ⁇ b> 1 of SiC layer 30. Accordingly, the maximum thickness of the drift layer 2 corresponds to the thickness of the SiC layer 30 and is, for example, 1 to 100 ⁇ m. Further, a portion sandwiched between adjacent well regions 3 in the drift layer 2 is a JFET region JR. JFET region JR has a width WJ in the direction in which well regions 3 are adjacent to each other (lateral direction in FIG. 1) on upper surface S2 of SiC layer 30.
- Well region 3 is partially (selectively) formed in the upper layer portion of SiC layer 30, and is a portion where source region 4 and contact region 5 are not formed (a portion between source region 4 and JFET region JR). , And reaches the upper surface S2 of the SiC layer 30. Further, the depth (thickness) of the well region 3 is smaller than the thickness of the SiC layer 30, and thus the well region 3 is separated from the lower surface S ⁇ b> 1 of the SiC layer 30.
- the source region 4 is formed in the upper layer portion of the well region 3 so as to be separated from the JFET region JR. Source region 4 reaches upper surface S ⁇ b> 2 of SiC layer 30. Further, the depth (thickness) of the source region 4 is smaller than the thickness of the well region 3, so that the source region 4 is also separated from the drift layer 2 below the well region 3.
- the contact region 5 is formed in the upper layer portion of the well region 3 and adjacent to the source region 4.
- Source region 4 reaches upper surface S ⁇ b> 2 of SiC layer 30 and also reaches well region 3.
- the depth (thickness) of the contact region 5 is smaller than the thickness of the well region 3, so that the contact region 5 is separated from the drift layer 2 below the well region 3.
- the upper surface S2 of the SiC layer 30 includes the upper surface of the JFET region JR, the upper surface of the well region 3, the upper surface of the source region 4, and the upper surface of the contact region 5 which are part of the drift layer 2, respectively. Partially included. Further, the lower surface S1 of the SiC layer 30 corresponds to the lower surface of the drift layer 20.
- Gate insulating film 6 is provided on upper surface S ⁇ b> 2 of SiC layer 30 and has an opening exposing a part of the upper surface of source region 4 and the upper surface of contact region 5.
- the upper surface of the JFET region JR, the upper surface of the portion between the JFET region JR and the source region 4 in the well region 3, and the upper surface of the remaining portion of the source region 4 (portion not exposed to the opening) are: Covered by the gate insulating film 6.
- the gate insulating film 6 is made of, for example, silicon oxide (SiO 2 ).
- the gate electrode 7 is provided on the gate insulating film 6. As shown in FIG. 1, the gate electrode 7 is disposed so as to face the JFET region JR and the portion of the well region 3 between the JFET region JR and the source region 4 with the gate insulating film 6 interposed therebetween.
- the gate electrode 7 is made of silicon, and any one of phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), boron (B), and gallium (Ga) is used as an impurity dopant. Shall be included.
- an element different from the element constituting the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7 (hereinafter referred to as “different element”) is added in the vicinity of the boundary between the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7.
- the different element-containing region 10 is included.
- the foreign element containing region 10 is provided only in the portion above the JFET region JR. That is, the foreign element is not contained in the interface between the gate electrode 7 and the gate insulating film 6 in the region outside the region immediately above the JFET region JR.
- the “elements constituting the gate electrode 7” includes impurity dopants introduced into the gate electrode 7.
- the foreign element constituting the foreign element-containing region 10 is an element (negative element) having a higher electronegativity than any element constituting the gate electrode 7.
- the negative element species carbon (C), nitrogen (N), fluorine (F), sulfur (S), chlorine (Cl), selenium (Se), bromine (Br), iodine (I), or the like may be used. it can.
- the surface density of the foreign element in the foreign element containing region 10 is in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 13 cm ⁇ 2 or more and 1 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 2 or less, and the concentration peak of the foreign element in the foreign element containing region 10 is For example, the value is in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 or more and 1 ⁇ 10 22 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the source electrode 8 is formed on the upper surface S ⁇ b> 2 of the SiC layer 30 and is in contact with the source region 4 and the contact region 5 in the opening of the gate insulating film 6.
- the source electrode 8 is an electrode that is in ohmic contact with the source region 4 and the contact region 5.
- the drain electrode 9 is formed in contact with the lower surface of the SiC substrate 1. That is, the drain electrode 9 is disposed to face the lower surface S1 of the SiC layer 30 with the SiC substrate 1 interposed therebetween.
- the drain electrode 9 is an electrode that is ohmically bonded to the SiC layer 30 via the SiC substrate 1.
- the SiC substrate 1 whose top surface orientation is the (0001) plane or the (000-1) plane is prepared, and the SiC layer 30 is formed on the top surface of the SiC substrate 1 by epitaxial growth.
- SiC layer 30 having lower surface S1 facing SiC substrate 1 and upper surface S2 on the opposite side is obtained (FIG. 2).
- Epitaxial growth for forming the SiC layer 30 can be performed by, for example, a CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) method.
- the SiC layer 30 is formed as the n-type drift layer 2 by introducing an n-type impurity (donor) into the SiC layer 30.
- the concentration (donor concentration) of the n-type impurity introduced into the SiC layer 30 (drift layer 2) is, for example, in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or more and 1 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- a resist mask (not shown) having an opening on the formation region of well region 3 is formed on upper surface S ⁇ b> 2 of SiC layer 30, and p-type impurities (acceptors) are ion-implanted into SiC layer 30 from thereover. .
- a plurality of well regions 3 are selectively formed in the upper layer portion of SiC layer 30 (FIG. 3).
- a portion sandwiched between adjacent well regions 3 in the drift layer 2 is defined as a JFET region JR.
- the interval between the well regions 3 corresponds to the width WJ of the JFET region JR, and the width is defined by the width of the resist mask.
- the resist mask is removed.
- the p-type impurity constituting the well region 3 for example, aluminum (Al), boron (B), or gallium (Ga) is used, and its concentration (acceptor concentration) is higher than the donor concentration of the drift layer 2. It is in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or more and 1 ⁇ 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 or less. Further, the ion implantation depth of the p-type impurity is, for example, about 0.5 to 3 ⁇ m in a range smaller than the thickness of the drift layer 2.
- a resist mask (not shown) having an opening on the formation region of the source region 4 is formed on the upper surface S2 of the SiC layer 30, and an n-type impurity (donor) is ion-implanted into the SiC layer 30 from thereover. .
- the source region 4 is selectively formed in the upper layer portion of each well region 3 (FIG. 4), and then the resist mask is removed.
- the n-type impurity constituting the source region 4 for example, nitrogen, phosphorus, or arsenic is used, and the concentration thereof is, for example, in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 . Further, the ion implantation depth of the n-type impurity is, for example, about 0.1 to 2 ⁇ m in a range smaller than the thickness of the well region 3.
- a resist mask (not shown) having an opening on the formation region of the contact region 5 is formed on the upper surface S2 of the SiC layer 30, and p-type impurities are ion-implanted into the SiC layer 30 from thereabove.
- a contact region 5 is selectively formed at a position adjacent to the source region 4 in the upper layer portion of each well region 3 (FIG. 5). Thereafter, the resist mask is removed.
- the p-type impurity constituting the contact region 5 for example, aluminum, boron, or gallium is used, and the concentration thereof is, for example, in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 21 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the depth of ion implantation of the p-type impurity is set to about 0.1 to 2.1 ⁇ m in a range smaller than the thickness of the well region 3. Further, the depth of the contact region 5 is desirably larger than the depth of the source region 4 so that the contact region 5 can sufficiently reach the well region 3.
- heat treatment using a heat treatment apparatus is performed on SiC substrate 1 including SiC layer 30. I do.
- This heat treatment is performed in the range of 1300 to 2100 ° C. in an inert gas atmosphere such as argon.
- the impurities ion-implanted into SiC layer 30 in each of the above steps are electrically activated.
- the gate insulating film 6 is formed on the upper surface S2 of the SiC layer 30 by thermal oxidation processing at a temperature in the range of 700 to 1400 ° C. or lamination processing by a deposition method such as a CVD method on the upper surface S2 of the SiC layer 30. Is formed (FIG. 6).
- the film thickness of the gate insulating film 6 is in the range of 10 to 200 nm.
- a polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) film is deposited on the gate insulating film 6 by, for example, a CVD method, and the polycrystalline silicon film is patterned by using a photolithography technique and an etching technique, whereby the gate electrode 7 is formed.
- the gate electrode 7 is patterned so that both ends thereof are located on adjacent source regions 4 in a cross-sectional view. That is, the gate electrode 7 is formed so as to straddle between adjacent source regions 4 and cover the well region 3 and the JFET region JR between them in a cross-sectional view.
- a resist mask having an opening immediately above the JFET region JR is formed on the SiC layer 30 on which the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7 are formed, and the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7 are formed thereon.
- An element (negative element) having a higher electronegativity than any element constituting the gate electrode 7 is added by ion implantation to the gate electrode 7 as an element (different element) different from the element to be performed.
- a region 11 foreign element implantation region into which a different element has been implanted is formed immediately above the JFET region JR in the gate electrode 7 (FIG. 8). Thereafter, the resist mask is removed.
- the implantation dose is 1 ⁇ 10 13 cm ⁇ 2 or more and 1 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 2 or less.
- heat treatment using a heat treatment apparatus is performed on the SiC substrate 1 including the gate electrode 7 including the different element implantation region 11.
- This heat treatment is performed in the range of 800 to 1100 ° C. in an inert gas atmosphere such as nitrogen or argon.
- an inert gas atmosphere such as nitrogen or argon.
- the diffusion of the different element stops at the interface between the gate electrode 7 and the gate insulating film 6, and the different element containing region 10 due to the different element is formed at the boundary between the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7 immediately above the JFET region JR. Is formed (FIG. 10).
- the concentration peak of the different element in the different element containing region 10 is located within a range of 100 nm above and below from the interface between the gate electrode 7 and the gate insulating film 6.
- the gate insulating film 6 is patterned to form an opening reaching the source region 4 and the contact region 5, and the source electrode 8 so as to straddle the source region 4 and the contact region 5 exposed in the opening. Is formed (FIG. 11).
- the material of the source electrode 8 for example, nickel, titanium, aluminum, molybdenum, chromium, platinum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium, silicon or titanium carbide, nitrides thereof, or alloys thereof are used.
- the drain electrode 9 is formed on the lower surface of the SiC substrate 1.
- the material of the drain electrode 9 may be the same as the material of the source electrode 8.
- heat treatment is performed to alloy each of the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 with silicon carbide in contact therewith.
- This heat treatment can be performed, for example, under conditions of a temperature of 950 to 1000 ° C., a processing time of 20 to 60 seconds, and a temperature increase rate of 10 to 25 ° C./second.
- the MOSFET according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is completed.
- FIG. 12 is a band diagram of the MOS structure of the JFET region in the off state of a conventional silicon carbide semiconductor device (MOSFET) that does not have the foreign element-containing region 10.
- MOSFET silicon carbide semiconductor device
- carriers are caused by FN (Fowler-Nordheim) tunnel leakage from the gate electrode 7 (Poly-Si) to the gate insulating film 6 (SiO 2 ) due to the reverse electric field, as shown in FIG. Electrons are injected and gate leakage current is generated.
- the carrier electrons injected into the gate insulating film 6 pass through the gate insulating film 6 while being accelerated by a high electric field and flow to the drift layer 2 (4H—SiC).
- the carrier electrons Since the carrier electrons have high energy, holes are excited in the drift layer 2 by impact ionization. The excited holes are accelerated toward the gate insulating film 6 in the drift layer 2, and some high energy holes are reinjected into the gate insulating film 6. The amount of carrier electron current due to the FN tunnel leak is determined by the barrier energy ⁇ B for the FN tunnel leak.
- the energy potential ⁇ S generated by the foreign element (negative element) in the foreign element containing region 10 of the MOSFET according to the present embodiment will be described.
- the foreign element in the foreign element containing region 10 captures surrounding electrons due to its high electronegativity and forms a negative fixed charge.
- ⁇ 0 is a vacuum dielectric constant
- ⁇ S is a relative dielectric constant of the gate electrode 7
- N D is a doping density of a different element in the gate electrode 7.
- FIG. 13 shows the dependence on the surface density N S foreign element (negative element) of the energy potential .DELTA..PHI S.
- N S foreign element negative element
- energy potential .DELTA..PHI S is can be seen that high.
- the barrier potential ⁇ B for carrier electrons to FN tunnel leak from the gate electrode 7 to the gate insulating film 6 increases, and the gate leakage current can be greatly reduced.
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing the dependence of the relationship between the electric field E OX of the gate insulating film 6 and the gate leakage current IG on the energy potential ⁇ S. As shown in FIG. 14, the higher the energy potential ⁇ S, the smaller the gate leakage current IG for the same electric field E OX .
- the amount of carrier electrons flowing into the drift layer 2 is significantly reduced as shown in FIG.
- the amount of high energy holes excited in the silicon carbide depletion layer is greatly reduced, and hole reinjection into the gate insulating film 6 is suppressed.
- deterioration of the gate insulating film 6 is suppressed, and the gate insulating film can be prevented from being broken.
- the on-resistance is not increased, so that the on-characteristics of the MOSFET are prevented from being impaired, and the reliability at the off-time is improved. Can do.
- a MOSFET is shown as a silicon carbide semiconductor device to which the present invention is applied.
- the application of the present invention is not limited to a MOSFET, and other MISFETs (Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor-Field-Effect-Transistor) may be used.
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device to which the present invention is applied may not be a MISFET, and may be, for example, an IGBT.
- the conductivity type of SiC substrate 1 in FIG. 1 is p-type, an IGBT having SiC substrate 1 as a collector layer can be obtained.
- the collector layer of the IGBT does not have to be formed of a “substrate”. For example, after forming a p-type region as a collector layer on the drift layer 2 on the SiC substrate 1, a method of removing the SiC substrate 1 is used. May be taken.
- the first conductivity type is n-type and the second conductivity type is p-type.
- it may be reversed (that is, the conductivity of impurities (donor and acceptor) added to each region).
- the type may be changed).
- the MOSFET of FIG. 1 if the first conductivity type is p-type and the second conductivity type is n-type, a p-channel MOSFET can be obtained.
- the order of the ion implantation process performed for adding each impurity is not restricted to what was demonstrated above, Arbitrary order may be sufficient.
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ΔΦS=NS 2/2ε0εSND
と表される。ここで、ε0は真空誘電率、εSはゲート電極7の比誘電率、NDはゲート電極7における異元素のドーピング密度である。
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- 炭化珪素層と、
前記炭化珪素層内に設けられた第1導電型のドリフト層と、
前記炭化珪素層の上層部に選択的に設けられ、前記第1導電型とは異なる第2導電型の複数のウェル領域と、
前記複数のウェル領域に挟まれた前記ドリフト層の部分であり、前記炭化珪素層の上面に達するJFET領域と、
前記炭化珪素層上に設けられ、少なくとも前記JFET領域を覆う絶縁膜と、
前記絶縁膜を介して前記JFET領域上に設けられた電極と、を備え、
前記絶縁膜および前記電極は、前記絶縁膜および前記電極を構成する元素とは異なる異元素を含む領域を含む
炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 前記異元素は、前記電極を構成する元素のいずれよりも電気陰性度が高い
請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 前記電極は、珪素から構成され、不純物ドーパントとして燐、砒素、アンチモン、硼素、ガリウムのいずれかを含み、
前記異元素は、炭素、窒素、フッ素、硫黄、塩素、セレン、臭素、ヨウ素のいずれかである
請求項1または請求項2に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 前記異元素を含む領域は、前記JFET領域の上方のみに設けられている
請求項1から請求項3のいずれか一項に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 前記異元素の面密度は、1×1013cm-2以上、1×1015cm-2以下である
請求項1から請求項4のいずれか一項に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 前記異元素の濃度ピークは、前記絶縁膜と前記電極との境界から上下に100nm以下の範囲内に位置している
請求項1から請求項5のいずれか一項に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 炭化珪素層に第1導電型のドリフト層を形成する工程と、
前記炭化珪素層の上層部に、前記第1導電型とは異なる第2導電型の複数のウェル領域を選択的に形成する工程と、
前記複数のウェル領域に挟まれた前記ドリフト層の部分であるJFET領域を覆うように、前記炭化珪素層上に絶縁膜を形成する工程と、
前記絶縁膜上に、前記JFET領域を覆うように電極を形成する工程と、
前記電極に対し、前記絶縁膜および前記電極を構成する元素とは異なる異元素をイオン注入する工程と、を備える
炭化珪素半導体装置の製造方法。 - 前記異元素をイオン注入する工程の後に、熱処理により前記異元素を拡散させる工程をさらに備える
請求項7に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置の製造方法。 - 前記異元素は、炭素、窒素、フッ素、硫黄、塩素、セレン、臭素、ヨウ素のいずれかである
請求項7または請求項8に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置の製造方法。 - 前記異元素をイオン注入する工程において、前記異元素は、前記電極における前記JFET領域の上方の領域にのみイオン注入される
請求項7から請求項9のいずれか一項に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置の製造方法。 - 前記異元素をイオン注入する工程において、前記電極にイオン注入される前記異元素のドーズ量は、1×1013cm-2以上、1×1015cm-2以下である
請求項7から請求項10のいずれか一項に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置の製造方法。
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