Embodiment
In order to make the object of the invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer,, the present invention is further elaborated below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explanation the present invention, and be not used in qualification the present invention.
Power semiconductor of the present invention comprises power diode, ambipolar isolated-gate field effect transistor (IGFET) (IGBT), metal oxide isolated-gate field effect transistor (IGFET) (MOS), thyristor devices such as (SCR).
According to majority carrier decision in the semiconductor, determine semi-conductive type.If the majority carrier of first conduction type is the hole, then first conduction type is the P type, and heavily doped first conduction type is the P+ type, and the lightly doped first kind is the P-type; If the majority carrier of first conduction type is an electronics, then first conduction type is the N type, and heavily doped first conduction type is the N+ type, and the lightly doped first kind is the N-type.The majority carrier of second conduction type is second type of carrier, and the majority carrier of first conduction type is a first kind charge carrier.When first conduction type was the N type, then second conduction type was the P type.
The terminal of a kind of power semiconductor of the embodiment of the invention; Said power semiconductor comprises first semiconductor layer of first conduction type; First semiconductor layer has the active area of the well region that contains second conduction type that mixes; Said terminal is arranged in first semiconductor layer, and wherein, said terminal has the knot termination extension district that is doped with second conduction type with the active area adjacency; The doping thickness in said knot termination extension district strengthens with the distance increase apart from active area, and the doping content in said knot termination extension district increases with the distance apart from active area and reducing.
Further, the doping thickness in said knot termination extension district increases with the distance apart from active area and strengthens continuously gradually, and the doping content in said knot termination extension district increases with the distance apart from active area and reduces continuously gradually.
Further, the doping thickness in said knot termination extension district increases with the distance apart from active area and is interrupted increasing gradually, and the doping content in said knot termination extension district is with reducing apart from being interrupted gradually apart from increasing of active area.
Further, said terminal also has the channel cutoff ring of first conduction type, and said channel cutoff ring is positioned at a distance outside the said knot termination extension district.
Further, the distance between said channel cutoff ring and the termination extension district is between 100 microns to 400 microns.
Further, the varied in thickness in said knot termination extension district can be even variation, also can be non-uniform change.The doping content in said knot termination extension district changes can be even variation, also can be non-uniform change.Said even variation is: when tying 101 variable in distance one regular length along with distance is main, variable quantity (for example doping content or doping thickness) also changes a fixed amount.The electric field that helps the terminal so evenly distributes.
Fig. 1 is the vertical view of the power semiconductor with terminal of the embodiment of the invention.With reference to Fig. 1; The embodiment of the invention have the terminal power semiconductor device comprise active area 1 that the well region (following abbreviation well region) that contains second conduction type (for example P type) that mixes is arranged on first semiconductor layer that is formed at first conduction type (for example N type) and with the terminal 2 of active area 1 adjacency; Said terminal 2 has the knot termination extension district that is doped with second conduction type with the active area adjacency; The doping thickness in said knot termination extension district strengthens with the distance increase apart from active area, and the doping content in said knot termination extension district increases with the distance apart from active area and reducing.The PN junction that forms between the well region that active area 1 middle distance terminal 2 is nearest and first semiconductor layer is called main knot 101.Main knot 101 has been born the main puncture voltage of power semiconductor, so in power semiconductor, need to increase the terminal to share puncture voltage, to reduce the breakdown possibility of power semiconductor.
Computing formula according to resistance:
Wherein ρ is the resistivity of material, and S is that cross-sectional area, the l of material is the length of material.In this terminal structure, said knot termination extension district resistivity increases along with reducing of doping content, and the cross-sectional area in the unit length increases with the increase of doping thickness; This shows; The doping thickness that increases gradually causes that the cross-sectional area in the unit length increases, thereby has alleviated to a certain extent because the rising of the resistance that causes of successively decreasing of doping content, make resistance in knot termination extension district being evenly distributed everywhere; Thereby make the Potential Distributing at terminal even; The distribution of electric field also evenly effectively avoids premature breakdown occurring in the part along with being tending towards, and improved withstand voltage that the terminal can bear.
Embodiment one
Fig. 2 is the profile with the power semiconductor at first embodiment of the invention terminal, and this figure dissects gained along the AB line among Fig. 1.In the present embodiment; First conduction type is the N type; Second conduction type is the P type; The terminal has the knot termination extension district (JIE structure) that is doped with second conduction type (P type), the doping thickness in said knot termination extension district with the distance apart from active area increase strengthen, the doping content in said knot termination extension district increases with the distance apart from active area and reducing.The doping thickness in said knot termination extension district, promptly the degree of depth of JTE structure is called for short the JTE junction depth.As shown in Figure 2, the power semiconductor with first embodiment of the invention terminal comprises the active area 1 with heavily doped P+ type well region, and with the main P type JTE structure 210 of tying 101 adjacency of active area 1, said first semiconductor layer is lightly doped N-tagma 3.The terminal of present embodiment also comprises heavily doped N+ channel cutoff ring 220; Said N+ channel cutoff ring 220 is positioned at outside the P type JTE structure 210 and with P type JTE structure 210 and keeps certain distances; This distance is between 100 microns to 400 microns, preferred 200 microns, is oppositely arranged with active area 1; Be used to prevent semiconductor device surface generation transoid and contamination ion that can the collection semiconductor device surface, make device more stable.
The characteristics of this embodiment are, said P type JTE structure 210 is suitable with the junction depth of main knot 101 near near the JTE junction depth the main knot 101, and are the darkest at the JTE junction depth away from an end of main knot 101, and the JTE junction depth of this P type JTE structure 210 be evenly variation continuously; This P type JTE structure 210 is higher near the region doping concentration of main knot 101, and lower away from the region doping concentration of main knot 101, and doping content evenly changes continuously.Saidly evenly be changed to continuously: along with the distance of the main knot 101 of distance changes a regular length continuously, variable quantity (for example doping content or doping thickness) also changes a fixed amount continuously.P type JTE structure 210 is between 3 microns to 10 microns near the JTE junction depth of main knot 101, and preferred 5 microns, doping content is 1E16/cm
3To 1E19/cm
3Between, preferred 1E17/cm
3P type JTE structure 210 is between 8 microns to 20 microns away from the JTE junction depth of main knot 101 1 ends, and preferred 10 microns, doping content is 1E14/cm
3To 1E16/cm
3Between, preferred 1E15/cm
3
The beneficial effect of present embodiment:
The introducing of JTE terminal structure generally can be introduced one second peak value electric field in the termination environment.
The employing doping content of the embodiment of the invention is successively decreased, and the JTE structure that the JTE junction depth increases progressively makes the inner formation of JTE barrier Distribution, thereby makes the more even distribution of current potential and electric field.Because the JTE junction depth increases progressively; Near improving main knot 101, also increase the radius of curvature of JTE structure outermost end depletion layer in the depletion layer curvature, effectively reduced second peak value electric field, improved withstand voltage level; And since the position that peak value electric field occurs away from the surface; Interfacial state and interface charge are able to effective inhibition to withstand voltage influence, have slowed down the withstand voltage degeneration that high pressure and high temperature cause, need be through not improving whole doping content; Sacrifice maximum withstand voltage and guarantee the reliability of device, effective optimization this trade-off relation.
Embodiment two
Fig. 3 is the profile with the power semiconductor at second embodiment of the invention terminal, and this figure dissects gained along the AB line among Fig. 1.As shown in Figure 3; The difference of the technical scheme of the technical scheme of present embodiment and first embodiment is: P type JTE structure 210 is divided into the plurality of sections zone; The JTE junction depth is identical in every section zone, but the JTE junction depth of all sections deepens gradually, simultaneously; Doping content during P type JTE structure 210 also satisfies every section is identical, and the doping content in main knot 101 distances that section zone far away more is low more.P type JTE structure 210 in the present embodiment is divided into 4 sections, is respectively first section 211, second sections 212, the 3rd sections 213, the 4th sections 214, the JTE junction depth of all sections be increase progressively, doping content be successively decrease and every section in doping content be identical.This P type JTE structure 210 is higher near first section 211 doping content of main knot 101 and be lower than main knot 101; Second section 212 doping content be lower than first section 211, the three sections 213 mix be lower than second section 212, the four sections 214 mix and be lower than the 3rd section 213; And in each section, doping content is identical; Be that doping content is a Gradient distribution, local concentration is even, and overall density is successively decreased.
The beneficial effect of present embodiment:
Can know that according to semi-conductive theory the depletion layer peak electric field appears at the knot knee.The JTE junction depth that increases progressively gradually increases the radius of curvature of finishing, thereby makes knot crooked away from the surface; Effectively avoided the influence of surface charge to peak value electric field; Even under harsh and unforgiving environments such as HTHP, withstand voltage level obvious degeneration can not occur yet, has improved the reliability of device.
And the computing formula according to above-mentioned resistance can know that in the structure of termination environment of the present invention, the resistivity of JTE structure increases along with reducing of doping content; Cross-sectional area in the unit length increases with the increase of doping thickness, this shows, the junction depth that increases gradually causes that the cross-sectional area in the unit length increases; Thereby alleviated the rising of the resistance that causes owing to successively decreasing of doping content to a certain extent; Make resistance at the terminal being evenly distributed everywhere, thereby make the Potential Distributing of termination environment even, the distribution of electric field is also along with being tending towards even; Effectively avoid premature breakdown occurring, improved withstand voltage that the terminal can bear in the part.
Fig. 5 is the simulation result puncture voltage comparison diagram of terminal structure of the present invention and prior art.The tagma of two kinds of terminal structures of this emulation (i.e. first semiconductor layer) doping content equates that the terminal overall size is 300um.With reference to Fig. 5,100 pairing terminals are JTE structure in the prior art among the figure, the shared 150um that is of a size of of JTE structure doped region, and the darkest JTE junction depth is 11 microns, and the most shallow JTE junction depth is 5 microns, and average JTE junction depth is 7.5 microns, and withstand voltage is 1310V; 200 pairing terminals are the JTE structure of the embodiment of the invention; The shared 150um that is of a size of of JTE structure; Arranging of the distributing order of said JTE junction depth and 100 pairing prior aries is just the opposite, is 11 microns at the JTE junction depth away from the position of active area, and be suitable near the junction depth and the active area of active area; Be 5um, withstand voltage is 1575V.From figure, can see that the withstand voltage at the terminal of the doped structure of the embodiment of the invention is higher than the withstand voltage of prior art.
In conjunction with the structure of Fig. 3, the terminal manufacture method of the power semiconductor of the embodiment of the invention is described:
At first, low-doped first conduction type (for example N-type) Semiconductor substrate is provided, is used to form active area and terminal; Said first area is used to form active area, and said second area is used to form said terminal; Secondly; Said second area is divided into some terminal areas; In the present embodiment, being divided into four sections, is respectively the 213, the 4th section termination zone, the 212, the 3rd section termination zone, 211, second section termination zone, first section termination zone 214 successively; Said first section termination zone 211 is nearest from first area, and said the 4th section termination zone 214 from first area farthest.Once more; Make its formation be doped with second type of carrier (for example hole) the 4th section termination zone 214 to carry out diffusion of impurities from first area that section termination zone farthest earlier; Order by drawing near from first area distance is handled successively; Make formation be doped with second type of carrier (for example hole), first section termination zone 211 to carry out diffusion of impurities from that nearest section termination zone of first area at last, thereby form the terminal.
It is following that processed steps is carried out in every section zone: utilize existing photoetching technique that Semiconductor substrate is handled earlier; Make the terminal area that needs diffusion exposed; All the other zones are covered by photoresist; Inject again the method for diffusion of impurities through impurity source diffusion or first ion, form second conduction type (the for example P type) terminal area of certain JTE junction depth and doping content.The impurity source diffusion promptly directly contacts with the object of impurity source with the band diffusion, because the concentration gradient relation, impurity just gets in the object.Because being doped with the 4th terminal area 214 of second type of carrier (for example hole) just forms in the 3rd terminal area 213 that making is doped with second type of carrier (for example hole) before; So; When impurity spreads in the 3rd terminal area 213; Impurity in the 4th terminal area 214 also can further spread; The time that impurity spreads in the 3rd terminal area 213 will be lacked than the time that impurity spreads in the 4th terminal area 214; So guaranteed that the JTE junction depth at the 4th terminal 214 is more amid a sharp increase than the JTE junction depth of the 3rd terminal area 213, handle the 3rd terminal area 213 through using than the 4th terminal area 214 higher impurity source concentration or bigger ion implantation dosages, that is to say; The concentration of the diffuse source that the diffusion of impurities of the 3rd terminal area 213 is used is higher, guarantees the height of the doping content of the 3rd terminal area 213 than the 4th terminal area 214; In like manner, profit second terminal area 212 and first terminal area 211 that makes that use the same method meets the demands.Like this, having the JTE junction depth increases progressively the novel JTE terminal structure that successively decreases with doping content and is achieved.
Certainly utilize said method; Those skilled in the art can obtain the manufacture method of JTE junction depth and doping content continually varying JTE structure without creative work; Because as long as the zone that is used for manufacture terminal on the substrate is divided into the more terminal area of number; Then as long as the quantity of terminal area reaches some when (being about 50 zones), the JTE junction depth of making according to the method described above and the variation of doping content just are tending towards continuous.
Impurity source in the said impurity source diffusion technology can be solid, also can be liquid, can also be gas.
The power semiconductor that utilizes the manufacture method of JTE structure of the present invention to combine the manufacture method of power semiconductor in the prior art to obtain with terminal; Because junction depth increases progressively, near improving main knot, in the depletion layer curvature, also increased the radius of curvature of JTE terminal outermost end depletion layer simultaneously; Effectively reduced second peak value electric field; Improve withstand voltage level, and since the position that peak value electric field occurs away from the surface, interfacial state and interface charge are able to effective inhibition to withstand voltage influence; Slowed down the withstand voltage degeneration that high pressure and high temperature cause; Need not sacrifice the reliability that maximum withstand voltage guarantees device through improving whole doping content, effective optimization this trade-off relation.
The above is merely preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not to be used to limit protection scope of the present invention.All any modifications of within spirit of the present invention and principle, being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.