A kind of method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of semiconductor manufacture, relate in particular to a kind of method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial.
Background technology
Extension (Epitaxy, be called for short Epi) technology is meant the material that growth one deck and substrate have identical lattice arrangement on substrate, and epitaxial loayer can be homogeneity epitaxial layer (for example Si/Si), also can be epitaxially deposited layer (for example SiGe/Si or SiC/Si etc.).Germanium silicon (SiGe) extension is that silicon and germanium pass through the semiconducting compound that covalent bonds forms, and is the instead type solid solution that germanium, two kinds of elements of silicon infinitely dissolve each other.Germanium and silicon epitaxial generally has amorphous, polycrystalline, monocrystalline and four kinds of forms of superlattice, field such as the monocrystalline germanium silicon epitaxy is widely used in having high frequency, the wireless telecommunications of high-speed requirement, satellite and optical communication.One of main application of monocrystalline germanium silicon epitaxy is exactly as heterojunction bipolar transistor (Hetero-junction Bipolar Transistor; HBT) base; Compare with the base of monocrystalline silicon, it can reduce band gap width, increases transistorized characteristic cut-off frequency f
T(CutOff Frequency).
Epitaxy technique comprises molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), high vacuum chemical vapour deposition (UHV/CVD), aumospheric pressure cvd (APCVD) and rpcvd (RPCVD) etc.In the above-mentioned epitaxy technique; RPCVD has more advantage than other technologies; It controls the gas flow that feeds reactor while the reaction chamber of finding time when carrying out; And the pressure in the reaction chamber is controlled under 8~20 kPas the low pressure range, so impurity molecule, the corrosive gas of reaction chamber just can be drained with primary air rapidly, can avoid impurity generation self-diffusion in the silicon substrate and can reduce the defective of outer Yanzhong.Three kinds of gaseous state silicon sources commonly used in the epitaxy technique are silane (SiH
4), dichlorosilane (SiH
2Cl
2, be called for short DCS) and trichlorosilane (SiHCl
3, be called for short TCS), wherein, silane more adapts to the requirement at the bottom of the depositing temperature; Also to use the gas germane (GeH that contains Ge in germanium silicon (SiGe) epitaxy technique
4), hydrogen (H is generally selected in the carrier gas in the reaction for use
2).
Can also epitaxy technique be divided into selective epitaxial (Selective Epi is called for short SEG) and non-selective epitaxy technology two big classes according to growing method, non-selective epitaxy technology is also claimed full extension (Blanket Epi) technology.When carrying out selective epitaxial process, the monocrystalline germanium silicon layer only is grown on the monocrystalline silicon surface that needs growth.And germanium and silicon epitaxial can be grown on the full wafer wafer when carrying out full epitaxy technique, and the monocrystalline germanium silicon layer growth and can grow the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer on other insulating barrier of wafer on monocrystalline silicon surface.
When making the base of HBT, not only to generate the monocrystalline germanium silicon layer at monocrystalline silicon region; The polycrystalline germanium silicon layer of also will in the isolation structure district of monocrystalline silicon region both sides, growing; This polycrystalline germanium silicon layer is used for the monocrystalline germanium silicon layer is drawn, and therefore when making the base of HBT, need make through non-selective epitaxy technology.The method of the non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of prior art may further comprise the steps: (1), the wafer that provides the surface to have monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district, and this isolation structure district is fleet plough groove isolation structure (STI) district; (2), the board of the epitaxial growth with reaction chamber is provided, be provided with silicon wafer bearing disk in this reaction chamber, this epitaxial growth board is the RPCVD board; (3), this wafer is arranged on this silicon wafer bearing disk; (4), open the epitaxial growth board and the temperature and the pressure of reaction chamber regulated and control respectively to baking temperature and baking pressure, this baking temperature is 1100 degrees centigrade, baking pressure is 2 to 3 kPas; (5), feed baking gas to reaction chamber and remove the silica on monocrystalline silicon region surface, this baking gas is hydrogen; (6) to reaction chamber feed gaseous state silicon source and gaseous state germanium source simultaneously and through RPCVD technology respectively at monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district generation monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer; Also feed the gaseous state doped source simultaneously monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer are mixed, the temperature range of this CVD technology is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade; (7), in reaction chamber, feed gaseous state silicon source and generate cover layer at crystal column surface through CVD technology, the temperature range of this CVD technology is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade.Above-mentioned gaseous state silicon source and gaseous state germanium source are respectively silane and germane.The gaseous state doped source can be divided into two types on N type and P type: N type foreign gas commonly used comprises phosphine (PH
3) and arsine (AsH
3), the P type then mainly is borine (B
2H
6).
There is following problem in the method for the non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of above-mentioned prior art: at first; The temperature of hydrogen bake is up to 1100 degrees centigrade; So high temperature can influence the heat budget of semiconductor device; In semiconductor was made, the method that the reduction heat budget is being sought always by equipment manufacturers and wafer factory was to boost productivity and to reduce the consumption of raw material, equipment and the energy; Moreover; The baking back directly generates monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer at monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district respectively through RPCVD technology; The polycrystalline germanium silicon layer particle that causes being generated is than big and continuous inadequately with being connected of monocrystalline germanium silicon layer; Thereby cause the HBT base resistance excessive, and then influence the frequency performance of HBT.
Referring to Fig. 1; It has shown the surface scan figure of the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer of being grown by the method for the non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of prior art; This surface scan figure is by AFM (AFM) scanning gained, and as shown in the figure, the particle radius on the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer is about 9.069 nanometers; Its particle is excessive, is prone to cause polycrystalline germanium silicon layer and being connected of monocrystalline germanium silicon to go wrong.
Therefore; How to provide a kind of method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial to reduce the granular size of polycrystalline germanium silicon layer; And improve the continuity that is connected between polycrystalline germanium silicon layer and the monocrystalline silicon layer, and reduce heat budget, become the technical problem that industry needs to be resolved hurrily through reducing baking temperature.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial; Can reduce the granular size of polycrystalline germanium silicon layer through said method; And improve the continuity that is connected between polycrystalline germanium silicon layer and the monocrystalline silicon layer, and reduce heat budget through reducing baking temperature.
The objective of the invention is to realize like this: a kind of method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial may further comprise the steps: a, provide the surface to have the wafer in monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district; B, the board of the epitaxial growth with reaction chamber is provided, is provided with silicon wafer bearing disk in this reaction chamber; C, this wafer is arranged on this silicon wafer bearing disk; D, open the epitaxial growth board and the temperature and the pressure of reaction chamber are regulated and control respectively to baking temperature and baking pressure; E, feed baking gas to carry out the baking of preset period of time to reaction chamber; F, in reaction chamber, feed gaseous state silicon source, and generate the seed silicon layer of preset thickness at crystal column surface through chemical vapor deposition method; G, feed gaseous state silicon source and gaseous state germanium source simultaneously to reaction chamber, and through chemical vapor deposition method respectively at monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district generation monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer; H, in reaction chamber, feed gaseous state silicon source and generate cover layer at crystal column surface through chemical vapor deposition method.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, in step a, this wafer is the chemical cleaning of final step through hydrofluoric acid clean, and this isolation structure district is the fleet plough groove isolation structure district.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, in steps d, this baking temperature scope is 800 to 950 degrees centigrade, and this baking pressure is 2 to 3 kPas.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, in step e, this baking gas is hydrogen, and this preset period of time scope is 100 to 120 seconds.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, in step f, the range temperature of this chemical vapor deposition method is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade, and the deposition pressure is 12 to 14 kPas, and this preset thickness is 100 to 200 dusts.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, in step g, the temperature range of this chemical vapor deposition method is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade, and the deposition pressure is 12 to 14 kPas.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, in step g, also in reaction chamber, feed the gaseous state doped source simultaneously monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer are mixed.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, in step h, the temperature range of this chemical vapor deposition method is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade, and the deposition pressure is 12 to 14 kPas.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, this gaseous state silicon source is a silane, and this gaseous state germanium source is a germane.
In the method for above-mentioned non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial, this epitaxial growth board is the rpcvd board, and this chemical vapor deposition method is a rpcvd technology.
With before forming monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer, deposit the seed silicon layer earlier in the prior art; Thereby cause polycrystalline germanium silicon layer particle to compare more greatly; The method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention is after accomplishing hydrogen bake; In monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district, deposit the seed silicon layer earlier through CVD technology earlier, generate monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer at monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district respectively through CVD technology more afterwards.The present invention is through introducing the granular size that the seed silicon layer effectively reduces the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer; Can effectively improve the quality of connection between monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer; And can reduce and use the base resistance of this SiGe extension as the HBT of base stage, the frequency performance of HBT is also corresponding to be improved.
Toast the silica on the monocrystalline silicon region surface of making a return journey compares with the high-temperature hydrogen of use up to 1100 degrees centigrade in the prior art; The method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention is carried out the chemical cleaning that hydrofluoric acid clean is a final step to wafer earlier; Again wafer is carried out 800 to 950 degrees centigrade hydrogen bake afterwards; So guaranteeing to effectively reduce heat budget under the prerequisite of baking quality, improving productivity ratio accordingly and reduced the consumption of raw material, equipment and the energy.
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The method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention is provided by following embodiment and accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is the surface scan figure of the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer of being grown by the method for the non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of prior art;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the method for non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is for accomplishing the flat scanning figure of the regional area of the wafer behind the step S25 among Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the surface scan figure of the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer of being grown by the method for non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention;
The transistorized perspective view of Fig. 5 for growing through the method for non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the perspective view in the I district among Fig. 5.
Embodiment
Below will do further to describe in detail to the method for non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention.
Referring to Fig. 2, the method for non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention is at first carried out step S20, the wafer that provides the surface to have monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district, and said isolation structure district is the fleet plough groove isolation structure district.
Then continue step S21, it is the chemical cleaning of final step that said wafer is carried out through hydrofluoric acid clean, and chemical cleaning herein can comprise the cleaning step of removing metal ion, remove organic cleaning step and with the step of hydrofluoric acid clean etc.
Then continue step S22, the board of the epitaxial growth with reaction chamber is provided.Be provided with silicon wafer bearing disk in the said reaction chamber, said epitaxial growth board is the rpcvd board.In the present embodiment, said rpcvd board is the EpiCentura epitaxial system that Applied Materials (Applied Materials Inc) releases.
Then continue step S23, said wafer is arranged on the said silicon wafer bearing disk.
Then continue step S24, open the epitaxial growth board and with the temperature of reaction chamber and pressure regulate and control respectively to baking temperature with toast pressure.Said baking temperature scope is 800 to 950 degrees centigrade, and said baking pressure is 2 to 3 kPas.In the present embodiment, said baking temperature is 900 degrees centigrade, and said baking pressure is 2.667 kPas.
Then continue step S25, feed baking gas to carry out the baking of preset period of time to reaction chamber.Said baking gas is hydrogen, and said preset period of time scope is 100 to 120 seconds.In the present embodiment, said preset period of time is 120 seconds.
Referring to Fig. 3, it has shown the flat scanning figure of the regional area of the wafer behind the step S25 that accomplishes present embodiment, and said flat scanning figure uses scanning electron microscopy (SEM) scanning gained, only remaining fragmentary silicon oxide particle on the monocrystalline silicon region 1 as shown in the figure.Wafer among the present invention has carried out hydrofluoric acid clean earlier before carrying out the present invention be the cleaning of final step, carrying out adopting when of the present invention the hydrogen bake of lower temperature also can effectively remove the silica on monocrystalline silicon region surface, and can effectively reduce heat budget.
Then continue step S26, in reaction chamber, feed gaseous state silicon source, and generate the seed silicon layer of preset thickness at crystal column surface through chemical vapor deposition method.The temperature range of said chemical vapor deposition method is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade, and the deposition pressure is 12 to 14 kPas, and said preset thickness is 100 to 200 dusts, and said gaseous state silicon source is a silane, and said chemical vapor deposition method is a rpcvd.In the present embodiment, the temperature of said chemical vapor deposition method is 680 degrees centigrade, and deposition pressure is 13.332 kPas, and said preset thickness is 100 dusts.
Then continue step S27, feed gaseous state silicon source, gaseous state germanium source and gaseous state doped source simultaneously, and generate monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer at monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district respectively through chemical vapor deposition method to reaction chamber.The temperature range of said chemical vapor deposition method is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade; The deposition pressure is 12 to 14 kPas; Said chemical vapor deposition method is a rpcvd; Said gaseous state doped source is phosphine, arsine or borine etc., and said gaseous state silicon source is a silane, and said gaseous state germanium source is a germane.In the present embodiment, the temperature range of said chemical vapor deposition method is 660 degrees centigrade, and deposition pressure is 13.332 kPas.
Then continue step S28, in reaction chamber, feed gaseous state silicon source and generate cover layer at crystal column surface through chemical vapor deposition method.Said chemical vapor deposition method is a rpcvd, and the temperature range of said chemical vapor deposition method is 650 to 700 degrees centigrade, and the deposition pressure is 12 to 14 kPas, and said gaseous state silicon source is a silane.In the present embodiment, the temperature range of said chemical vapor deposition method is 680 degrees centigrade, and deposition pressure is 13.332 kPas.
Referring to Fig. 4; It has shown the surface scan figure of the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer of being grown by the method for non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention; Said surface scan figure is by AFM (AFM) scanning gained, and as shown in the figure, the particle radius on the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer is about 3.919 nanometers; Be about on the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer of 9.069 nanometers with the particle radius of growing through prior art among Fig. 1 and compare, greatly reduce the granular size of polycrystalline germanium silicon layer.
Referring to Fig. 5, it has shown the transistorized perspective view of growing through the method for non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention, and is as shown in the figure, has realized being connected preferably between monocrystalline germanium silicon layer SiGe and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer Poly SiGe.
Referring to Fig. 6, it has shown the perspective view in I district among Fig. 5, and is as shown in the figure, and being connected between monocrystalline germanium silicon layer SiGe and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer Poly SiGe is very coherent.The base resistance that so can guarantee HBT remains on preferable numerical value.
In sum; The method of non-selective growth germanium and silicon epitaxial of the present invention is carried out the chemical cleaning that hydrofluoric acid clean is a final step to wafer earlier; Again wafer is carried out 800 to 950 degrees centigrade the first CVD technology elder generation's deposition seed silicon layer in monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district that passes through of hydrogen bake afterwards; And then pass through CVD technology respectively at monocrystalline silicon region and isolation structure district generation monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and polycrystalline germanium silicon layer, generate cover layer through CVD technology at last.The present invention is guaranteeing to effectively reduce heat budget under the prerequisite of baking quality; Improve productivity ratio accordingly and reduced the consumption of raw material, equipment and the energy; The present invention is also through introducing the granular size that the seed silicon layer has effectively reduced the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer; So can improve the quality of connection between monocrystalline germanium silicon layer and the polycrystalline germanium silicon layer, and can reduce and use the base resistance of said SiGe extension as the HBT of base stage, the frequency performance of HBT is also corresponding to be improved.