Embodiment
Technological process of the present invention and technical essential
1. the metal of silicon chip surface, silicide are peeled off
In semiconductor device and integrated circuit technology, because the needs of electrode pin lead-in wire, the silicon chip surface sputter layer of metal of being everlasting film, common metal has aluminium, copper, silver, gold etc., in addition, metal contacts with silicon and forms metal silicide, and silicon and oxygen, nitrogen form Si oxide and silicon nitride, this part metal and compound must at first be removed with chemical method as objectionable impurities.Concrete grammar is as follows:
1) watery hydrochloric acid or dilute sulfuric acid are peeled off light metal
Waste silicon chip is loaded with the special-purpose indigo plant (horse) of spending, and places in watery hydrochloric acid or the dilution heat of sulfuric acid, and metal more active than hydrogen in the metal active sequence list can both react with diluted acid.
As 2Al+3H
2SO
4=Al
2(SO
4)
3+ 3H
2↑
Common metal activity command is as follows
K?Ca?Na?Mg?Al?Zn?Fe?Sn?Pb?(H)?Cu?Hg?Ag?Pt?Au
Reaction is cleaned with deionized water after do not have gas and produce.
Watery hydrochloric acid or dilute sulfuric acid concentration are selected to consider enough fast reaction speed, to consider the convenience and the safety of use simultaneously, because the strong volatility of concentrated hydrochloric acid and the concentrated sulfuric acid is high dehydrated and oxidizability, the watery hydrochloric acid concentration that suggestion is used is 10~30%, and the concentration of dilution heat of sulfuric acid is 10~60%.
2) nitric acid is peeled off transition metal
In the metallized metal activity command, be positioned at hydrogen metal afterwards, can not peel off, at this moment need peel off HNO with nitric acid with watery hydrochloric acid or dilute sulfuric acid
3Concentration be 10~70%.As follows as copper and rare nitric acid and red fuming nitric acid (RFNA) reaction:
3Cu+8HNO
3(rare)=3Cu (NO
3)
2+ 2NO ↑+4H
2O
Cu+4HNO
3(dense)=Cu (NO
3)
2+ 2NO
2↑+2H
2O
Silicon chip is put equally in the Hua Lan (horse) and is reacted with salpeter solution, because metal and nitric acid reaction produce pernicious gas NO, NO
2So,, reaction must be carried out in fume hood, and tail gas discharges after will absorbing pernicious gas with the absorption tower.
3) mixed acid of concentrated hydrochloric acid and red fuming nitric acid (RFNA) (chloroazotic acid) is removed precious metal gold and platinum
Precious metal gold and platinum not with nitric acid reaction, at this moment to use chloroazotic acid, the proportioning of chloroazotic acid be with 36% concentrated hydrochloric acid and 65% red fuming nitric acid (RFNA) by volume 4:1 prepare, reaction equation is:
Au+4HCl+3HNO
3=HAuCl
4+3NO
2↑+3H
2O
Recyclable Precious Metals-Gold of reacted solution and platinum, concrete processing method is not as content of the present invention.Contain NO in the tail gas
2, discharge after will absorbing pernicious gas with the absorption tower equally.
4) hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid mixed acid stripping metal silicide, Si oxide, nitride.
Removed the silicon chip surface of light metal and heavy metal, metal silicide, Si oxide, nitride etc. may also residually be arranged, these compounds are except with nitration mixture reaction and the dissolving, both do not made and reacted with nitration mixture, because hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid mixed acid and surperficial pasc reaction, along with the dissolving of the silicon substrate that supports these compounds, these compounds also can be peeled off with reaction.
Si+6HF+4HNO
3=H
2SiF
6+4NO
2↑+4H
2O
Above-mentioned reaction is an exothermic reaction, along with the temperature of carrying out solution of reaction is more and more higher, reaction speed is also more and more faster, too fast reaction speed can cause the inhomogeneities of reacting, it is thick more to make that silicon chip goes at the edge, it is big that thereby the gross thickness that makes silicon chip poor (TTV) becomes, for controls reaction speed can add CH in nitration mixture
3COOH, H
3PO
4Or CH
3COOH and H
3PO
4Buffer.HF:HNO in the nitration mixture
3Proportioning be 1:1~1:10.Reaction goes thick amount to be as the criterion with control, is generally 10um.
The nitrogen oxide that forms in the reaction (NO, NO
2) be toxic and harmful, be reflected in the equipment of ventilation and carry out, tail gas discharges after will absorbing pernicious gas with the absorption tower.
2. single face subtracts the book technology, removes the silicon layer of silicon chip front surface device active region
In semiconductor device and integrated circuit technology, the device area of silicon chip front surface, through diffusion, ion injection, oxidation etc., this layer silicon of silicon chip front surface, very big variation has all taken place in its chemical composition and structure, subtracts the book machine with single face, uses cutting or grinding knife tool, remove the certain thickness silicon layer of front surface, with the removal devices active area.
Thinning single surface machine and single face sand-blasting machine can be realized the thinning single surface of silicon chip, but this method need be used special-purpose machine, and cost is higher, so, when active area not too thick, generally be no more than 20um can directly remove silicon simultaneously with the method for two-sided attenuate tow sides, can save thinning single surface thus.
3. the two-sided book technology that subtracts
The front surface of integrated circuit silicon chip is the active area of device, this part silicon layer must be removed, impurity-absorbing technique outside silicon chip back adopts in integrated circuit processing, make objectionable impurities enrichment overleaf, surface contamination in the course of processing also makes silicon chip back that more impurity is arranged simultaneously, therefore, the silicon layer of the several microns in the silicon chip back side (um) also must be removed.
Double cutting separating disk machine with routine carries out two-sided lapping to silicon chip, can remove the silicon layer of the positive and negative of silicon chip simultaneously.General abrasive disc removes thick 60~80um, and positive and negative can be removed 30~40um simultaneously.The most of machining damage that produces in the operation before abrasive disc can be removed can reduce the roughness of silicon chip surface and make surfacing simultaneously.
4. silicon chip cleans, changes rotten
Silicon chip is residual through the two-sided lapping rear surface grit and a chemical reagent, and the metal impurities that grind on the mill, these impurity have a strong impact on generation to road, back device operation, usually with the cleaning agent of special use and add ultrasonic waves for cleaning, clean with deionized water again, dry silicon chip surface with drier at last.
Need carry out chemical corrosion before the silicon wafer polishing, to remove most of machining damage of abrasive disc, the change corruption has the acidifying corruption and alkalizes rotten two kinds, all is common process, and the silicon chip after the change corruption is difficult to stain, and is easy to preservation.
5. the check of silicon chip, test, classification, stepping
Semiconductor device and semiconductor integrated circuit silicon single crystal waste slices are handled through multistep as above, the silicon structure and the component variation layer of silicon chip surface have been removed, the silicon body that stays is the seldom silicon single crystal flake of structural integrity of impurity, and the silicon chip of handling need reach requirement to confirm recycling through verification test.
To confirm that at first the active area or the graph layer of silicon chip front surface removed totally, method is that two surfaces with the microscopic examination silicon chip have not had semiconductor device and semiconductor integrated circuit figure, measure the resistivity of each point in the silicon chip with the four point probe resistivity tester, the resistivity measurement of each point except have the distinctive radially resistivity of silicon single crystal flake inhomogeneous, can not have because of changing the resistivity contrasts that test point causes.
The minority carrier lifetime of its less important measurement silicon chip or diffusion length reach requirement with the content of confirming the beavy metal impurity in the silicon.
By the silicon chip of above-mentioned measurement, prove that semiconductor device and IC silicon single crystal waste slices through handling the qualitative characteristics that has recovered former monocrystalline silicon piece, can be used for semiconductor device and test of semiconductor integrated circuit sheet and the material piece of accompanying sheet.
Since different producer and different purposes to the test pieces of silicon single-crystal polishing plate with accompany sheet that different requirements is arranged, so, need mainly contain following several to the further testing classification of the silicon single crystal flake of handling well.
1) conduction type, crystal orientation test.。
The integrated circuit waste silicon chip seldom can also be by the assortment of silicon chip and since be not each producer all by standard-required, can not discern the kind of silicon chip by the major-minor plane of reference, so the conduction type of silicon chip and crystal orientation need testing classification again.
The silicon chip of gently mixing is measured conduction type with three probes, and heavily doped silicon chip is measured with the cold-hot probe method, and this is a kind of method of testing commonly used, and it still is the P type that instrument is directly read the N type.
The available X ray orientation of the measurement in crystal orientation is measured, this method can accurately measure the crystal orientation and the crystal orientation of crystal and depart from, another kind of simple method can judge simply silicon crystal be<111 or<100, it is to shine silicon chip surface with infrared light, infrared light spot according to reflection is judged, if " Y " font then is<111 〉, if " ten " font then is<100 〉.
2) measurement of resistivity and stepping
With four point probe resistivity tester or ADE non-contact type resistivity tester, silicon chip is carried out resistivity measurement and stepping, to satisfy different customer requirements.
3) measurement of thickness and stepping
With amesdial or ADE non-contact type Thickness measuring instrument, silicon chip is carried out thickness measure and stepping, to satisfy different customer requirements.
6. the polishing of silicon chip and cleaning
Carrying out sorted group through the silicon chip after the above-mentioned processing by client's specification requirement criticizes, then by common polishing, cleaning, polish and clean, carry out final inspection by requirement of client again, pack after qualified, make the finished product of polished silicon wafer at last, be used for the test pieces of semiconductor device and semiconductor integrated circuit and accompany sheet.