The reaction cavity of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of vapor deposition apparatus, particularly a kind of reaction cavity of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition equipment.
Technical background
Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition equipment (Metal Organic Chemical VaporDeposition, be called for short: MOCVD) technology collection precision optical machinery, semiconductor material, vacuum electronic, hydromeehanics, optics, chemistry, computer is multidisciplinary is one, be a kind of level of automation height, cost an arm and a leg, high-end semiconductor material, photoelectron specific equipment that the technology integrated level is high.MOCVD is a kind of non-equilibrium growing technology, and its working mechanism is by the source gas transmission, makes III family alkylate (TMGa, TMIn, TMAl, two luxuriant magnesium etc.) and the hydride (AsH of V family
3, PH
3, NH
3Deng) carry out heat scission reaction on the substrate in reaction chamber.Make the growth velocity of epitaxial material more moderate, can more accurately control thickness.Its component and growth velocity are by the source flux decision of the air-flow of various heterogeneities and accurately control.MOCVD is as the epitaxially grown Perfected process of compound semiconductor materials; have quality height, good stability, good reproducibility, technology flexibly, can the mass-producing volume production etc. characteristics; become industry and produced the key core equipment of semiconductor photoelectric device and microwave device, had broad application prospects and industrialization value.
Reaction cavity is the most crucial part of whole M OCVD equipment, has determined the performance of entire equipment.And the geometry of cavity and size are the primary factor that influences deposition properties because its directly influence gas in the chamber intravital flow behavior, and the transporting and diffusion way of reactant gases.
Because above-mentioned background, seeking a kind of more outstanding gas delivery scheme is the problem that scientific research personnel, equipment design manufacturer are being explored always.Just at present existing two kinds of typical designs, a kind of is planetary reaction chamber, and another kind is the spray-type reaction chamber, and the both has advantage separately, but its cavity design institute inherent shortcoming is also arranged.
Summary of the invention
Purpose of the present invention the invention provides a kind of reaction cavity of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition equipment at the defective that exists in the prior art.The present invention mainly comprises: reactant gases A intake ducting (1), reactant gases B intake ducting (2), reactant gases cushion chamber (3 or 3 '), mouth spray (4), graphite boat (5), pedestal (6), base supports frame (7), venting port (8) and shell cavity (9), it is characterized in that described reactant gases A intake ducting (1) employing inserts from the reaction cavity top, pedestal (6) is provided with thereunder, make gas A enter the laminar flow diffusion that forms horizontal direction behind the reaction cavity along pedestal (6), coaxial reactant gases A intake ducting (1) appearance that is wrapped in of reactant gases B intake ducting (2), stretch to the horizontal direction edge after stretching into reaction cavity, the end of reactant gases B intake ducting (2) is provided with the mouth spray (4) of reactant gases cushion chamber (3) and vertical direction, mouth spray (4) can be selected according to the spout distribution and the gas flow rate of mouth spray to the distance of the reaction surface of pedestal (6) upper surface, makes the thickness of material growth even.The distribution of the mouth spray (4) that reactant gases B intake ducting (2) is terminal is all distributions or uniform distribution or array distribution or distribution.The terminal mouth spray (4) of reactant gases B intake ducting (2) is one group of aperture spray nozzle or is one group of piped spray nozzle or is the spray nozzle of one group of annular slot.The end of reactant gases cushion chamber (3) is enclosed construction or makes to the lower edge and stretch open-ended reactant gases cushion chamber (3 ').Pedestal (6) is installed on the base supports frame (7), and venting port (8) is arranged on the bottom of reaction cavity, and graphite boat (5) is inlaid on the pedestal (6).
After reactant gases A enters reaction chamber from the center intake ducting, from the center along circumferential level to around flow, reactant gases B enters cushion chamber from another intake ducting, aperture by the cushion chamber lower end sprays then, the top that is combined in pedestal with reactant gases A distributes uniformly, because the drive of horizontal gas flow, the bounce-back that has weakened vertical spray air-flow greatly refluxes.
Advantage of the present invention is that the distance of mouth spray and reaction surface can be regulated according to the thickness and the characteristic thereof of material growth, the structure of cushion chamber forms horizontal gas flow after making reactant gases enter reaction chamber, weaken the bounce-back backflow of vertical spray air-flow and alleviated the reactant gases local turbulence, the reaction cavity design has extensibility, the size of reaction cavity can be easy to change as requested, lowers manufacturing cost.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 reaction cavity structural representation of the present invention;
The open-ended reaction cavity structural representation of Fig. 2 cushion chamber of the present invention.
1 reactant gases A intake ducting, 2 reactant gases B intake ductings, 3 reactant gases cushion chambers, 3 ' reactant gases cushion chamber, 4 mouth sprays, 5 graphite boats, 6 pedestals, 7 base supports framves, 8 venting ports, 9 shell cavities
Embodiment
Further specify embodiments of the invention below in conjunction with accompanying drawing:
Referring to Fig. 1, reactant gases A intake ducting 1, reactant gases B intake ducting 2, reactant gases cushion chamber 3 or 3 ', mouth spray 4, graphite boat 5, pedestal 6, base supports frame 7, venting port 8 and reaction cavity shell 9, reactant gases B enters in cushion chamber 3 or 3 ' from intake ducting 2, then from mouth spray 4 ejections, graphite boat 5 directly is nested on the pedestal 6, and reacted waste gas is discharged from the venting port 8 that is communicated with emission-control equipment.Reactant gases cushion chamber 3 is positioned at the top of pedestal 6, according to the thickness and the characteristic thereof of material growth, regulates the distance of the two, to optimize the material epitaxy growth.
Mouth spray 4 can be selected according to the spout distribution and the gas flow rate of mouth spray to the distance of the reaction surface of pedestal 6 upper surfaces, make the thickness of material growth even, at design example middle distance is to be fixed on the position of optimization design, in fact in structure, can add regulating mechanism and come the upper-lower position of dynamic adjustments mouth spray 4 or pedestal 6 to come dynamic adjustable range, can make reaction chamber under different state of the art, can both reach the optimum optimization state.The mouth spray 4 of reactant gases cushion chamber 3 bottoms is one group of aperture spray nozzle or is one group of piped spray nozzle or is the spray nozzle of one group of annular slot.The quantity of mouth spray can be more also can be less, decide according to gas flow rate; The distribution of shower can be to distribute in week, and uniform distribution also can be array distribution or distribution.
In order to optimize vertical spray gas flow state, the end of reactant gases cushion chamber can seal, as shown in Figure 1.Or the end of cushion chamber is hatch frame 3 ', as shown in Figure 2.The open-ended aperture of cushion chamber is determined according to design flow rate of reactive gas and pressure.
Because this reaction cavity design can form good laminar flow regime and reactant gases distribution uniformly in substrate, so substrate can not rotated or low speed rotation.
Substrate material is placed on the graphite boat, and the sizable zone on the plane of its place substrate can both have extremely homogeneous reaction gas distribution, does not need to use rotation or adopts more slow-revving substrate and just epitaxy uniformly of substrate.The air velocity distribution that horizontal laminar flow and vertical spray combine has also weakened the local turbulence that the bounce-back of spray gas refluxes and causes greatly, so not only improved the homogeneity that reactant gases distributes, solved the cleaning problem that particle adheres to, also made growth interface more precipitous simultaneously.