CN112289791B - Schottky diode and semiconductor device for terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test - Google Patents

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CN112289791B
CN112289791B CN202011085015.4A CN202011085015A CN112289791B CN 112289791 B CN112289791 B CN 112289791B CN 202011085015 A CN202011085015 A CN 202011085015A CN 112289791 B CN112289791 B CN 112289791B
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The invention provides a Schottky diode and a semiconductor device for testing junction capacitance in a terahertz frequency band, belongs to the technical field of semiconductor devices, and comprises a plurality of Schottky junctions which are connected in parallel in the same direction. The Schottky diode for the terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test adopts a parallel connection mode of a plurality of homodromous Schottky junctions, so that the total capacitance value is increased, the capacitance test precision is improved, and the accurate junction capacitance of a unijunction diode is obtained by testing the accurate values of the capacitances of a plurality of diodes and then performing linear fitting.

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Schottky diode and semiconductor device for terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of semiconductor devices, and particularly relates to a Schottky diode for junction capacitance test in a terahertz frequency band and a semiconductor device.
Background
Terahertz (THz) waves, which are electromagnetic waves having a frequency in the range of 0.1 to 10THz in a broad sense, are between millimeter waves and infrared light. The THz wave occupies a special position in an electromagnetic wave spectrum, has the characteristics of high frequency, wide bandwidth, good safety and the like, and is widely applied to security inspection, communication, radar and radio astronomy.
At present, the terahertz technology is far from the application maturity of microwave and optical technologies, and the development of the terahertz technology is limited by a terahertz source and terahertz detection equipment to a great extent. The terahertz plane Schottky diode based on the GaAs material has the advantages of high cut-off frequency, room-temperature operation and the like, and becomes a core component of a solid terahertz electronic system. Meanwhile, the Schottky diode can generate terahertz waves in a frequency doubling mode to realize a terahertz power source, can detect terahertz signals in a frequency mixing mode, and is widely applied to the existing terahertz system.
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Formula (1) is a cut-off frequency formula of the schottky diode, and it can be seen from the formula that the cut-off frequency of the diode is related to junction capacitance and series resistance, and in order to ensure that the device has good working performance in the terahertz frequency band, the schottky diode is required to have small junction capacitance and series resistance, so that the device has higher cut-off frequency.
According to literature reports, the junction capacitance of the terahertz schottky diode is generally between dozens of fF and 1fF, and even smaller. Because of the precision limitation of the test equipment, the small junction capacitance is difficult to test, and the junction capacitance of the device is obtained internationally in a calculation or fitting mode, but the numerical value obtained by the method is not accurate, and when a circuit and a module are designed, the accurate junction capacitance can be obtained only by carrying out multiple times of optimization according to the test result of the module.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a Schottky diode for testing junction capacitance in a terahertz frequency band, and aims to solve the problem that the existing junction capacitance testing precision is not accurate.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: provided is a Schottky diode for a terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test, comprising: a plurality of Schottky junctions connected in parallel in the same direction.
As another embodiment of the present application, the schottky junction includes a substrate, a heavily doped GaAs layer and a passivation layer are disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, the heavily doped GaAs layer is separated by the passivation layer, an isolation region is formed above the passivation layer, two opposite surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layer after separation are inclined surfaces, and a distance between the two inclined surfaces gradually increases from bottom to top; the upper surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layers, which are close to one side of the passivation layer, are provided with low-doped GaAs layers, the upper surfaces of the low-doped GaAs layers are provided with silicon dioxide layers, one of the low-doped GaAs layers is also provided with a Schottky contact metal layer, and the silicon dioxide layers surround the Schottky contact metal layer; the upper surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layers, which are far away from the passivation layer, are provided with ohmic contact metal layers, and the upper surfaces of the ohmic contact metal layers are provided with metal thickening layers; the Schottky contact metal layer is connected with the opposite metal thickening layer through an air bridge.
As another embodiment of the present application, the schottky contact metal layer is a multilayer metal structure, and includes a Ti metal layer, a Pt metal layer, and an Au metal layer from bottom to top.
As another embodiment of the present application, the ohmic contact metal layer is a multi-layer metal structure, and the ohmic contact metal layer is a Ni metal layer, an Au metal layer, a Ge metal layer, a Ni metal layer, and an Au metal layer in sequence from bottom to top.
As another embodiment of the present application, the passivation layer is silicon nitride.
As another embodiment of the present application, the metal thickening layer is Au metal.
As another embodiment of the application, the heavily doped GaAs layer has the doping concentration of 10^18cm -3 Magnitude.
As another embodiment of the present application, the low doped GaAs layer has a doping concentration of 1e16 cm -3 -5e17cm -3
The invention also provides a semiconductor device which comprises the Schottky diode for testing the junction capacitance of the terahertz frequency band.
The Schottky diode for testing the junction capacitance of the terahertz frequency band has the advantages that: compared with the prior art, the Schottky diode for the terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test adopts a parallel connection mode of a plurality of homodromous Schottky junctions, so that the total capacitance value is increased, the capacitance test precision is improved, and the accurate junction capacitance of a unijunction diode is obtained by testing the accurate values of the capacitances of a plurality of diodes and then performing linear fitting.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic top view of a schottky diode for testing junction capacitance in a terahertz frequency band according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 isbase:Sub>A sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;
fig. 3 is a circuit diagram of a schottky diode for testing junction capacitance in the thz frequency band according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a substrate; 2. heavily doped GaAs layer; 3. an ohmic contact metal layer; 4. a metal thickening layer; 5. a low doped GaAs layer; 6. a silicon dioxide layer; 7. a Schottky contact metal layer; 8. an air bridge; 9. and a passivation layer.
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In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3 together, a schottky diode for testing junction capacitance in the thz frequency band according to the present invention will now be described. The Schottky diode for the terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test comprises a plurality of Schottky junctions which are connected in parallel in the same direction.
The invention mainly considers that the diode model is inaccurate due to the fact that the diode cannot reach accurate junction capacitance parameters in the practical application process, so that circuit design and module design are deviated and even the diode model cannot work.
Compared with the prior art, the Schottky diode for testing the junction capacitance of the terahertz frequency band adopts a structure that a plurality of Schottky junctions are connected in parallel, so that the total capacitance of a device is increased, and the testing precision is improved.
As shown in figure 1, the diode comprises 7 Schottky junctions which are connected in parallel in the same direction, and the total capacitance of the diode device is improved by increasing the number of the Schottky junctions which are connected in parallel, so that the test precision is improved. Taking a single Schottky junction capacitor as an example of 40fF, 7 Schottky junctions are connected in parallel, the total capacitance is 280fF, and the test precision and the requirements on instruments are greatly reduced. The junction capacitance of each Schottky junction in the diode group is sequentially tested, the capacitance testing precision is higher and higher along with the increase of the number of the Schottky junctions, and then the tested data are subjected to linear fitting, so that the junction capacitance of the unijunction diode is more accurate.
As another example, the diode may further include schottky junctions in numbers of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, … …, and so on. The more Schottky junctions connected in parallel, the greater the total capacitance.
As a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1 to 2, the schottky junction includes a substrate 1, a heavily doped GaAs layer 2 and a passivation layer 9 are disposed on an upper surface of the substrate 1, the passivation layer 9 separates the heavily doped GaAs layer 2, an isolation region is formed above the passivation layer 9, two opposite surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layer 2 after separation are inclined surfaces, and a distance between the two inclined surfaces gradually increases from bottom to top; the upper surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layers 2, which are close to one side of the passivation layer 9, are provided with low-doped GaAs layers 5, the upper surfaces of the low-doped GaAs layers 5 are provided with silicon dioxide layers 6, one of the low-doped GaAs layers 5 is also provided with a Schottky contact metal layer 7, and the silicon dioxide layers 6 surround the Schottky contact metal layer 7; the upper surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layers 2, which are far away from the passivation layer 9, are provided with ohmic contact metal layers 3, and the upper surfaces of the ohmic contact metal layers 3 are provided with metal thickening layers 4; the schottky contact metal layer 7 is connected to the opposite metal thickening layer 4 by an air bridge 8.
The Schottky diode for the terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test can be realized through a mature Schottky diode processing technology, the manufacturing technology of the Schottky diode is mature at home and abroad at present, and the manufacturing technology comprises cathode ohmic contact, anode Schottky metal evaporation, air bridge 8 connection and isolation groove corrosion, and a passivation layer 9 is manufactured. And after the front processing technology is finished, thinning and slicing the back to manufacture the terahertz Schottky diode.
As a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2, the schottky contact metal layer 7 is a multi-layer metal structure, and comprises a Ti metal layer, a Pt metal layer, and an Au metal layer from bottom to top.
As a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2, the ohmic contact metal layer 3 is a multi-layer metal structure, and comprises a Ni metal layer, an Au metal layer, a Ge metal layer, a Ni metal layer, and an Au metal layer from bottom to top in sequence.
As a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, please refer to FIG. 2, the heavily doped GaAs layer 2 has a doping concentration of 10^18cm -3 Magnitude.
As a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, please refer to FIG. 2, the low doped GaAs layer 5 has a doping concentration of 1e16 cm -3 -5e17 cm -3
The substrate 1 is a semi-insulating GaAs substrate 1, the metal of the metal thickening layer 4 is Au, and the passivation layer is silicon nitride.
The invention also provides a semiconductor device which comprises the Schottky diode for testing the junction capacitance of the terahertz frequency band.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

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1. A terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test method of a Schottky diode is characterized by comprising the following steps: a plurality of Schottky junctions connected in parallel in the same direction;
the diode comprises 7 Schottky junctions which are connected in parallel in the same direction, the total capacitance of the diode device is improved by increasing the number of the Schottky junctions which are connected in parallel, and the accurate junction capacitance of the unijunction diode is obtained by testing the accurate values of the capacitances of a plurality of diodes and then carrying out linear fitting.
2. The method for testing the capacitance of the junction of the schottky diode in the terahertz frequency band according to claim 1, wherein the schottky junction comprises a substrate, a heavily doped GaAs layer and a passivation layer are arranged on the upper surface of the substrate, the passivation layer separates the heavily doped GaAs layer, an isolation region is formed above the passivation layer, two opposite surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layer are inclined surfaces after separation, and the distance between the two inclined surfaces is gradually increased from bottom to top;
the upper surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layers, which are close to one side of the passivation layer, are provided with low-doped GaAs layers, the upper surfaces of the low-doped GaAs layers are provided with silicon dioxide layers, one of the low-doped GaAs layers is also provided with a Schottky contact metal layer, and the silicon dioxide layers surround the Schottky contact metal layer;
the upper surfaces of the heavily doped GaAs layers, which are far away from the passivation layer, are provided with ohmic contact metal layers, and the upper surfaces of the ohmic contact metal layers are provided with metal thickening layers; the Schottky contact metal layer is connected with the opposite metal thickening layer through an air bridge.
3. The method for testing the terahertz frequency band junction capacitance of the schottky diode of claim 2, wherein the schottky contact metal layer is a multilayer metal structure and comprises a Ti metal layer, a Pt metal layer and an Au metal layer from bottom to top.
4. The method for testing the junction capacitance of the schottky diode in the terahertz frequency band according to claim 2, wherein the ohmic contact metal layer is a multilayer metal structure and comprises a Ni metal layer, an Au metal layer, a Ge metal layer, a Ni metal layer and an Au metal layer from bottom to top in sequence.
5. The method for testing the junction capacitance of the schottky diode in the terahertz frequency band according to claim 2, wherein the passivation layer is silicon nitride.
6. The terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test method of the schottky diode of claim 2, wherein the metal thickening layer is Au metal.
7. The method for testing the junction capacitance of the Schottky diode in the terahertz frequency band, as claimed in claim 2, wherein the heavily doped GaAs layer has a doping concentration of 10^18cm -3 Magnitude.
8. The terahertz frequency band junction capacitance test method for the schottky diode of claim 2, wherein the doping concentration of the low-doped GaAs layer is 1e16 cm -3 -5e17 cm -3
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