CN100435272C - Method for protecting etched structure in induction coupling plasma etching - Google Patents
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This invention provides a method for protecting the etching structure in etching ICP, when etching a silicon structure by a dry method of the ICP, the method deposits SiO on a PECVD in stead of etching through the silicon plate then to like-etch the SiO on the top surface then to ICP-etch the rest silicon part that is not etched through to release the silicon structure thus the side wall of the which forms a protection layer.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology field, relate in particular to method protection etching structure integrality in micro-structural inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching.
Background technology
In microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and modern microelectronic process engineering, the silicon deep etching technology is an important foundation processing technology, it is continually developed and improves promotion and has promoted MEMS and IC industrial expansion, particularly the silicon deep etching technology is the guardian technique that can't avoid in the MEMS body silicon processing technique, but in the course of processing of the device of reality and structure, because the micro loading effect (Micro Loading Effect) (contradiction between the uniformity of etching and the etching quality) that exists in the etching technics and itself to the Lag effect (structure of different form ratios and etching area of different etching depth-to-width ratio, the problem that etch rate is different), and the Footing effect that occurs in the etching to silicon-glass structure or soi wafer (problem of the silicon structure bottom transverse undercutting that over etching causes often), make for silicon-glass, silicon-silicon bond closes or SOI (Silicon On Glass) structure etching do not have a kind of etching technics control method that effectively is easy to realize all the time, it is poor that this problem make to be used silicon ICP lose deeply to discharge the MEMS device architecture integrality that machines, influenced MEMS device technology result's consistency, the MEMS device yield is reduced.And cause the actual test performance of MEMS device and design performance to occur to influence the practical key indexs such as drift stabilization of MEMS device especially than large deviation.
As: " Trench etch process for a single-wafer RIE dry etch reactor " (United StatesPatent Number 4,855,017) the related reactive ion dry etching that is used for whole silicon wafer (RIE dry etch), and " Method of anisotropically etching silicon " (United States PatentNumber5,501,893) related anisotropic high-aspect-ratio silicon etching process does not all propose relevant technology controlling and process scheme to silicon etching structural manufacturing process result's integrality aspect.
" bonding-deep erosion towards the multi-user discharges the microelectron-mechanical processing method " (CN1431142) discloses a kind of advanced person's aligning electrostatic bonding and silicon of high aspect ratio lithographic technique." silicon of high aspect ratio lithographic method " (application number: CN03104779) also disclose a kind of silicon of high aspect ratio lithographic technique.But the protection for the etching shape does not have to propose relevant solution yet.
When silicon-glass bonding uses the inductively coupled plasma etching, usually adopt two kinds of 4 inches slice, thin pieces, one is typical n type (100) crystal orientation, 450 micron thickness, resistivity is the monocrystalline silicon of 2-4 (Ω cm), another sheet is that thickness is 500 microns Pyrex 7740 glass, the silicon structure of etching break-through all is 75 ± 5 μ m, use inductively coupled plasma (ICP) the dry method anisotropic etching apparatus of Surface TechnologySystems (STS) company, concrete silicon etching (the advanced silicon etch that uses, ASE), use silica etching (the advanced oxide etch of SurfaceTechnology Systems (STS) company for the dry etching of silica, AOE) etching apparatus or RIE equipment have also adopted wet etching (HF: H
2O=1: method corrosion SiO 10)
2With reference to figure 1, the typical process flow of inductively coupled plasma etching comprises: at first photoetching, definition bonding zone, use ICP dry method or KOH wet method form (a) with 4 microns shallow slot, adopt method (N (100) silicon chip of diffusion at silicon chip surface, inject phosphorus dosage 5E15, energy 80kev), the metal-semiconductor ohmic contact (b) that can obtain, photoetching are peeled off and are formed metallic pattern (c) at the Ti/Pt/Au of 400/300/900 micron of glass sheet surface sputtering deposit, use EVG-501 bonding machine, carry out silicon-glass anode linkage, wafer thinning to 75 ± 5 micron (d) uses STS company then
Technology dry etching break-through (e).
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of method of in inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching, protecting the etching structure integrality.
Content of the present invention: a kind of method of protecting etching structure in inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching may further comprise the steps:
(1) shallow step forms;
(2) the silicon chip ledge surface injects;
(3) glass sheet surface photoetching, sputtered with Ti/Pt/Au peels off the formation metal electrode;
(4) silicon-glass anode linkage; Silicon chip KOH, attenuate;
(5) inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching, but not break-through form step;
(6) on silicon structure, plasma-reinforced chemical vapor deposition PECVD silicon oxide deposition;
(7) silica of anisotropic etch silicon structure upper surface, the sidewall of silicon structure forms protective layer;
(8) the ICP etching remains the not silicon of penetrated section, discharges silicon structure.
Before inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching, further thermal oxidation silicon chip bottom forms SiO in the silicon structure bottom
2Protective layer may further comprise the steps:
(1) in silicon chip bottom thermal oxidation; Low-pressure chemical vapor phase deposition LPCVD Si
3N
4Photoetching;
(2) reactive ion etching RIE Si
3N
4Buffered HF acid solution excessive erosion SiO
2
(3) remove photoresist; The KOH wet etching removes the K ion;
(4) Si is removed in thermal oxidation
3N
4
(5) HF acid wet etching SiO
2(H
2O: HF=10: 1).
Above-mentioned steps (7) can adopt the silica of reactive ion etching RIE anisotropic etch silicon structure upper surface.
Above-mentioned steps (7) can adopt the silica of oxide etching AOE anisotropic etch silicon structure upper surface.
Technique effect of the present invention:,, when having part-structure not have etching to finish, adopt PECVD deposit SiO in the also not break-through of silicon structure large tracts of land at the actual conditions of present etching
2, back RIE etching SiO
2, re-use ICP at last with the whole break-through of etching structure.Guaranteed the integrality of etching structure like this, by FIB Electronic Speculum technology photo process results relatively, the device architecture integrality has raising, and the present invention is to using bonding (closing as silicon-glass, silicon-silicon bond) and the MEMS of ICP deep etching technology or the effect that the NEMS device has actual raising process results quality.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is made detailed description.
Fig. 1 is the basic technological process of inductively coupled plasma etching;
The shallow step of Fig. 1-a forms; Fig. 1-b silicon chip ledge surface diffusion; Fig. 1-c peels off the formation metal electrode;
Fig. 1-d. silicon-glass anode linkage, wafer thinning to 80 micron; Fig. 1-eICP etching break-through.
Fig. 2 is the technological process of protection etching structure integrality method in the inductively coupled plasma etching;
The shallow step of Fig. 2-a forms; Fig. 2-b silicon chip ledge surface injects; Fig. 2-c glass sheet surface photoetching, sputtered with Ti/Pt/Au peels off the formation metal electrode; Fig. 2-d. silicon-glass anode linkage, silicon chip KOH attenuate; Fig. 2-eICP dry etching, but not break-through; Fig. 2-fPECVD silicon oxide deposition; Fig. 2-gRIE anisotropic etching bottom silica; Fig. 2-hICP etching break-through releasing structure.
Fig. 3 is another technological process of protecting etching structure integrality method in the inductively coupled plasma etching;
Fig. 3-a thermal oxidation; LPCVD Si
3N
4Photoetching; Fig. 3-bRIE Si
3N
4Buffered HF acid solution excessive erosion SiO
2Fig. 3-c removes photoresist; The KOH wet etching removes the K ion; Fig. 3-d thermal oxidation; Fig. 3-e removes Si
3N
4
Fig. 3-fHF acid wet etching SiO
2(H
2O: HF=10: 1); Fig. 3-g silicon chip ledge surface injects; Fig. 3-h glass sheet surface photoetching, sputtered with Ti/Pt/Au peels off the formation metal electrode; Fig. 3-I silicon-glass anode linkage; Silicon chip KOH attenuate; Fig. 3-jICP dry etching, but not break-through; Fig. 3-kPECVD silicon oxide deposition; Fig. 3-lRIE anisotropic etching bottom silica; Fig. 3-mICP etching break-through releasing structure.
Among the figure, 1-body silicon substrate 2-metal electrode 3-glass 4-aluminium mask 5-silica 6-photoresist 7-silicon nitride.
Fig. 4 is result's contrast of the present invention and existing technology;
Fig. 4-a adopts the result (over etching 6 minute) of existing inductively coupled plasma lithographic method at the broach part;
Fig. 4-b adopts the result (over etching 6 minute) of technology of the present invention at the broach part;
Fig. 4-c adopts the result (over etching 8 minute) of technology of the present invention at the broach part;
Fig. 4-d adopts the result (over etching 6 minute) of another technology of the present invention at the broach part.
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The sidewall of silicon structure is added SiO
2, sidewall has SiO when making the ICP break-through of silicon
2Layer protection, this method protection silicon structure also has the electrical isolation effect to the condenser type micro-structural.
Concrete technological process forms 4 ± 0.5 microns steps (by ICP dry etching or KOH wet etching) (a) as shown in Figure 2, injects, and for N type (100) silicon chip, annotates phosphorus, dosage 5E15, energy 80kev; (b), Pyrex 7740 photoetching on glass, back sputtered with Ti/Pt/Au thickness is respectively 400 dusts/300 dusts/900 dusts, peels off the formation metal electrode; (c), silicon-glass anode linkage, KOH wafer thinning, sputtered aluminum 600 dusts on the silicon chip behind silicon-glass bonding, photoetching, corrosion aluminium (H
3PO
4: HNO
3: H
2O=10: 1: 2.5); (d),
Dry etching still etches into and does not reach break-through (using the etching parameters of table one); (e), at surperficial PECVD deposit capping oxidation silicon layer 4000 dusts of etching structure, the pecvd process parameter sees Table shown in two; (f), before the break-through of ICP etching, use RIE anisotropic dry etching silica, concrete technological parameter sees Table three and table four; (g), use the dry etching releasing structure at last; (h).Because the RIE lag effect that occurs in the dry etching is (when the high aspect ratio structure of etching large tracts of land and small size; large-area etch rate is higher than the etch rate of small size; when causing simultaneously etching; etching result is deep mixed); when with the break-through of large tracts of land structure etching; tiny area does not also have etching to discharge; so want small size also etching is discharged; the large tracts of land structure that has discharged that must make is born and is spent the erosion time with what small size discharged; because the etching selection ratio of silica and silicon is 1: 120-1: 125; the sidewall of silicon structure has the silica protection; so long-time over etching can not cause damage to the silicon etching structure of reality; solve silicon structure and resisted the technological problems that loses; the sidewall of silicon structure is through the over etching of 6 minutes or 8 minutes; process results such as Fig. 4-b; shown in Fig. 4-c, the integrality of its planform is better than the process results shown in Fig. 4-a, but the bottom of silicon structure still because
Caused partly damage during the dry etching break-through.
Table two pecvd process parameter
Table three RIE technological parameter
Table four RIE etch period and etching depth
The present invention also can add SiO with the sidewall and the bottom of silicon structure
2, sidewall and bottom all have SiO when making the ICP break-through of silicon
2Layer protection, this method protection silicon structure integrality also has electrical property insulation buffer action to micro-structural.Concrete technological process as shown in Figure 4, at silicon chip back side oxidation 300 dusts, (1000 ℃, logical O
220 minutes) LPCVD Si
3N
41000 dusts, during lithographic definition silex glass bonding on the silicon chip bonding zone (a), RIE Si
3N
4, buffered HF acid solution (HF: H
2O=6: 1) wet method excessive erosion SiO
2(b), remove photoresist, the KOH wet etching goes out 4 ± 0.5 microns steps, removes K ion (pure water rinsing) (c), and thermal oxidation 3000 dusts (950 ℃, earlier logical O
25 minutes, logical again O
2With H
2Mist 42 minutes, logical then O
25 minutes) (d), remove Si
3N
4(e), HF acid (H
2O: HF=10: 1) wet etching SiO
2300 dusts, the silicon oxide thickness of step bottom is (f) as shown in Table 6, injects, for N type (100) silicon chip, annotate phosphorus dosage 5E15, energy 80kev (g), Pyrex 7740 photoetching on glass, back sputtered with Ti/Pt/Au thickness is respectively 400 dusts/300 dusts/900 dusts, peels off to form metal electrode (h), silicon-glass anode linkage, KOH wafer thinning (i), sputtered aluminum 600 dusts on the silicon chip behind silicon-glass bonding, photoetching, corrosion aluminium (H
3PO
4: HNO
3: H
2O=10: 1: 2.5), remove photoresist,
Dry etching still etches into and does not reach break-through (using the etching parameters of table one) (j), surperficial PECVD deposit capping oxidation silicon layer 4000 dusts at etching structure, the pecvd process parameter is gone into (k) shown in the table three, before the break-through of ICP etching, uses the advanced oxide etch
Anisotropic dry etching silica, concrete technological parameter sees Table seven, uses dry etching releasing structure (m) at last.Process results is shown in Fig. 4-d, the process results of comparison diagram 4-a, Fig. 4-b and Fig. 4-c, the silicon structure integrality of using this process program to finish as can be seen is significantly improved, this performance to solving process consistency and improving device, and further improve and have practical meaning and contribution on the device yield.
The table the six channels is crossed HF acid (H
2O: HF=10: 1) on the corrosion step behind the silica, silicon oxide thickness under the step
Contrast by actual process results is being used SiO as can be seen
2The silicon structure of layer protection, it resisted the erosion ability to improve, and for the process results of the technological process of the present invention of present proposition, used sidewall and bottom all to add SiO
2Its integrality aspect of silicon structure of layer protection reaches optimal result.
Claims (4)
1, a kind of method of protecting etching structure in the inductively coupled plasma etching may further comprise the steps:
1) etching or corrosion of silicon form shallow step;
2) the silicon chip ledge surface injects;
3) glass sheet surface photoetching, sputtered with Ti/Pt/Au peels off the formation metal electrode;
4) silicon-glass anode linkage; Silicon chip KOH, attenuate;
5) ICP etch silicon structure, but not break-through form step;
6) silicon oxide deposition or thermal oxidation form silica on silicon structure;
7) silica of anisotropic etch silicon body structure surface, the sidewall of silicon structure forms protective layer;
8) the ICP etching remains the not silicon of penetrated section, discharges silicon structure.
2, the method for protecting etching structure in the inductively coupled plasma etching as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: before the ICP etching, further thermal oxidation silicon chip bottom forms protective layer in the silicon structure bottom, may further comprise the steps:
1) in silicon chip bottom thermal oxidation; LPCVDSi
3N
4Photoetching;
2) RIE Si
3N
4Buffered HF acid solution excessive erosion SiO
2
3) remove photoresist; The KOH wet etching removes the K ion;
4) Si is removed in thermal oxidation
3N
4
5) HF acid wet etching SiO
2
3, the method for protecting etching structure in the inductively coupled plasma etching as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: step 7) adopts the silica of RIE anisotropic etch silicon body structure surface.
4, the method for protecting etching structure in the inductively coupled plasma etching as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: step 7) adopts the silica of AOE anisotropic etch silicon structure upper surface.
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