CN108231882A - HEMT device with back surface field harden structure and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

HEMT device with back surface field harden structure and preparation method thereof Download PDF

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CN108231882A
CN108231882A CN201810174890.6A CN201810174890A CN108231882A CN 108231882 A CN108231882 A CN 108231882A CN 201810174890 A CN201810174890 A CN 201810174890A CN 108231882 A CN108231882 A CN 108231882A
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陈丁波
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Abstract

The invention discloses the HEMT devices with back surface field harden structure, include silicon substrate, GaN epitaxial layer, AlGaN potential barrier, Si successively from the bottom to top3N4Passivation protection layer;Gate electrode, source electrode and drain electrode are set on AlGaN potential barrier;The silicon substrate is equipped with the groove that cross section is right-angled trapezium;The slot opening is downward, and the top of groove is the lower surface of GaN epitaxial layer;Back surface field harden structure is set on the atop part of the portion lower surface of silicon substrate, the inclined-plane of groove, groove.The invention also discloses the preparation methods of the above-mentioned HEMT device with back surface field harden structure.The present invention utilizes substrate isolation and back surface field plate technique, the substrate breakdown of device is avoided, improves the breakdown voltage of GaN HEMT devices, reduces grid leakage side field strength peak value, the heat dissipation performance of device is improved, for realizing that high-performance, high reliability gallium-nitride-based devices are of great significance.

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HEMT device with back surface field harden structure and preparation method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), HEMT device more particularly to back surface field harden structure and Preparation method.
Background technology
Power electronic devices is widely used in the various fields such as household electrical appliance, industrial equipment, automobile power source.Electric power of new generation Electronic device requires higher reliability under higher efficiency, higher power density and high-temperature work environment.At present, it is electric The power device of silicon substrate is generally used in power electronic device, such as MOSFET and IGBT.But silicon power electronic component is by long-term Development, performance and the theoretical limit for tending to its material, power electronic devices of new generation are faced with high pressure, high frequency and corpusculum The huge challenges such as product.Third generation semi-conducting material GaN has big energy gap, saturated electrons migration velocity height, chemical property The advantages that stablizing.Therefore, the power electronic devices based on GaN material has that conducting resistance is small, switching speed is fast, high pressure, resistance to The advantages that high-temperature behavior is good.On the other hand, GaN can be grown on Si, SiC and sapphire.GaN high electron mobility transistor It is a kind of power electronic devices based on GaN material, by being epitaxially formed AlGaN/GaN hetero-junctions, by the tune of polarized electric field It makes and uses, even if can also form surface density up to 10 in the case of inartificial doping at heterogeneous interface13The two dimension electricity of cm-2 Sub- gas, since material does not adulterate, mobility of the electronics in GaN is more than 2000cm in two dimensional surface2/Vs.This causes GaN HEMT has the characteristics that low on-resistance and high working frequency.It disclosure satisfy that power electronic devices of new generation to more high-power, more The requirement of high-frequency, smaller volume and high temperature operating conditions can be applied to AC/DC, DC/DC converters, DC/AC motor drives Device and photovoltaic generation etc..
Since Si substrates have many advantages, such as that cheap, technical maturity, diameter are big, GaN HEMT are prepared on Si substrates at present As research hotspot.Wherein, the one of HEMT device research big hot spot is the breakdown problem under high-pressure work state.Grid leaks side Edge is easy to cause electrical breakdown and thermal breakdown due to there is maximum electric field under the conditions of high pressure and rapid translating.In addition, Si materials Material has low energy gap, and Si substrates become the most weak position of device, are easily broken down by high-voltage, limit Si substrates The applications of GaN HEMT under high pressure.Usual Si substrate GaNs HEMT is applied in 1000V hereinafter, limiting its operating power.
The measure for improving device electric breakdown strength existing at present has setting field plate structure to reduce gate electric field density;Compensation is mixed Miscellaneous acquisition high resistant Si substrates, this method cannot fundamentally change the essence of Si material low energy gaps;And increase epitaxial buffer Layer thickness improves OFF resistance, and this method epitaxial growth time is long, substantially increases production cost, increases epitaxial thickness, Also higher challenge is proposed to device heat dissipation performance.
Invention content
It is hardened with back surface field the purpose of the present invention is to provide one kind in order to overcome the disadvantages mentioned above of the prior art with insufficient The HEMT device of structure had not only solved the problems, such as that existing Si substrates HEMT high-pressure works easily punctured at silicon substrate position, but also solution The problem of certainly electrical breakdown and thermal breakdown occur for grid leakage side, realizes and is worked normally under the 1kV voltages of Si substrates HEMT.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the preparation method of the above-mentioned HEMT device with back surface field harden structure.
The purpose of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:
HEMT device with back surface field harden structure includes silicon substrate, GaN epitaxial layer, AlGaN potential barriers successively from the bottom to top Layer, Si3N4Passivation protection layer;Gate electrode, source electrode and drain electrode are set on AlGaN potential barrier;The silicon substrate is equipped with transversal Face is the groove of right-angled trapezium;The slot opening is downward, and the top of groove is the lower surface of GaN epitaxial layer;Back surface field harden structure On the inclined-plane of portion lower surface, groove, the atop part of groove set on silicon substrate.
Contact line width of the back surface field harden structure with GaN epitaxial layer is 5~10 μm.
The groove top is not 5~10 μm by the transverse width of back surface field harden structure covering part.
Obtain metallic film of the back surface field harden structure for electron-beam evaporation, thickness are 50nm~2 μm.
The preparation method of HEMT device with back surface field harden structure, includes the following steps:
(1) etching window area is prepared below Si substrate back grids using double-sided alignment photoetching technique in HEMT device Domain, the line width on window area source and drain direction are 5~10 μm;
(2) using the method for deep silicon etching, window area is etched to GaN epitaxial layer, during etching, experience light again twice Quarter process, every time by window to source electrode direction expand 10~50 μm, finally obtain cross section be right-angled trapezium groove;
(3) using double-sided alignment photoetching technique, back surface field sheetmetal deposition window is prepared etching reeded silicon substrate bottom surface Mouthful;
(4) the portion lower surface of silicon substrate, the inclined-plane of groove, groove atop part surface depositing Ti/Au metals, shape Into back surface field harden structure.
The thickness of the Si substrates is 300~1000um.
Step (4) is described to be deposited as depositing by the way of electron beam evaporation.
The principle of the present invention is as follows:
The HEMT device with back surface field harden structure of the present invention, first by the way that substrate etching is isolated, make between source and drain by It can not being connected in there are air as dielectric by Si substrates, device is difficult to puncture at low energy gap Si substrates, because And high voltage can be born.Secondly, bottom evaporation metal is as back surface field plate, and being connected with source electrode and encapsulating material not only can be with Play the role of weakening grid leakage lateral edges peak electric field, improve breakdown voltage, be also used as heat transfer medium, device is generated Heat conduct in time, reduce the operating temperature of device, improve service life.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has the following advantages and beneficial effect:
(1) substrate of HEMT device is completely isolated to two parts by the present invention below grid, be equivalent between source and drain with Air effectively can avoid substrate from puncturing, improve breakdown voltage as dielectric.
(2) mode present invention employs bottom deposit metal forms back surface field harden structure, can effectively alleviate grid leakage side Peak electric field, while heat dissipation can be increased, effectively reduce device operating temperature.
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Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of the HEMT device with back surface field harden structure of the present invention.
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With reference to embodiment, the present invention is described in further detail, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 1, the present invention the HEMT device with back surface field harden structure, from the bottom to top successively including silicon substrate 2, GaN epitaxial layer 3, AlGaN potential barrier 4, Si3N4Passivation protection layer 5;Gate electrode 6, source electrode 7 and drain electrode 8 are set on AlGaN potential barriers On layer 4;The silicon substrate is equipped with the groove 9 that cross section is right-angled trapezium;The slot opening is downward, and the top of groove is The lower surface of GaN epitaxial layer;Back surface field harden structure 1 is set on the atop part of the portion lower surface of silicon substrate, the inclined-plane of groove, groove On.Contact line width 10 of the back surface field harden structure with GaN epitaxial layer is 5~10 μm.The groove top is not hardened by back surface field The transverse width of structure covering part 11 is 5~10 μm.The back surface field harden structure is sheet metal, and thickness is 50nm~2 μm.
The preparation method of HEMT device with back surface field harden structure, includes the following steps:
(1) in HEMT device using double-sided alignment photoetching technique, in Si substrates (thickness is 300~1000um) back gate Lower section prepares etching window region, and the line width on window area source and drain direction is 5~10 μm;
(2) using the method for deep silicon etching, window area is etched to GaN epitaxial layer, during etching, experience light again twice Quarter process, every time by window to source electrode direction expand 10~50 μm, finally obtain cross section be right-angled trapezium groove;
(3) using double-sided alignment photoetching technique, back surface field sheetmetal deposition window is prepared etching reeded silicon substrate bottom surface Mouthful;
(4) by the way of electron beam evaporation, the inclined-plane of portion lower surface, groove in silicon substrate, the part top of groove Portion surface depositing Ti/Au metals forms back surface field harden structure.
Si substrate GaNs HEMT manufactured in the present embodiment by back surface field plate earthing after device encapsulation, is surveyed by power measuring Try breakdown voltage up to more than 2000V, device aging analysis shows that, have back surface field plate HEMT device average life span improve 20%.
The present invention is avoided the high-voltage breakdown of low energy gap Si substrates, is effectively alleviated using isolation liner bottom and back surface field harden structure Grid leakage side field strength peak value, bottom metal strengthen heat dissipation, and device temperature is substantially reduced.This arrangement enhances HEMT devices to hit Wear voltage and heat dissipation performance.
Above-described embodiment is the preferable embodiment of the present invention, but embodiments of the present invention are not by the embodiment Limitation, other any Spirit Essences without departing from the present invention with made under principle change, modification, replacement, combine, simplification, Equivalent substitute mode is should be, is included within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. with back surface field harden structure HEMT device, which is characterized in that from the bottom to top successively include silicon substrate, GaN epitaxial layer, AlGaN potential barrier, Si3N4Passivation protection layer;Gate electrode, source electrode and drain electrode are set on AlGaN potential barrier;The silicon lining Bottom is equipped with the groove that cross section is right-angled trapezium;The slot opening is downward, and the top of groove is the lower surface of GaN epitaxial layer; Back surface field harden structure is set on the atop part of the portion lower surface of silicon substrate, the inclined-plane of groove, groove.
2. the HEMT device according to claim 1 with back surface field harden structure, which is characterized in that the back surface field harden structure with The contact line width of GaN epitaxial layer is 5~10 μm.
3. the HEMT device according to claim 1 with back surface field harden structure, which is characterized in that the groove top not by The transverse width of back surface field harden structure covering part is 5~10 μm.
4. the HEMT device according to claim 1 with back surface field harden structure, which is characterized in that the back surface field harden structure is Electron-beam evaporation obtains metallic film, and thickness is 50nm~2 μm.
5. the preparation method of the HEMT device described in claim 1 with back surface field harden structure, which is characterized in that including following step Suddenly:
(1) etching window region, window are prepared below Si substrate back grids using double-sided alignment photoetching technique in HEMT device Line width on the source and drain direction of mouth region domain is 5~10 μm;
(2) using the method for deep silicon etching, window area is etched to GaN epitaxial layer, during etching, undergoes photoetching again twice Window is expanded 10~50 μm by journey to source electrode direction every time, finally obtains the groove that cross section is right-angled trapezium;
(3) using double-sided alignment photoetching technique, back surface field sheetmetal deposition window is prepared etching reeded silicon substrate bottom surface;
(4) the portion lower surface of silicon substrate, the inclined-plane of groove, groove atop part surface depositing Ti/Au metals, formed the back of the body Field plate structure.
6. the preparation method of the HEMT device according to claim 5 with back surface field harden structure, which is characterized in that the Si The thickness of substrate is 300~1000um.
7. the preparation method of the HEMT device according to claim 5 with back surface field harden structure, which is characterized in that step (4) it is described to be deposited as depositing by the way of electron beam evaporation.
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