Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the technical problems, the invention provides a manufacturing process of an N-type silicon wafer P++ structure.
A manufacturing process of an N-type silicon wafer P++ structure mainly comprises the following steps:
s1: taking an N-type silicon wafer as a substrate material, cleaning and texturing to enable the surface of the silicon wafer to generate a pyramid-shaped surface structure, vertically or horizontally inserting the silicon wafer into a quartz crystal boat of a low-pressure diffusion furnace, and feeding the silicon wafer into a tube;
s2: heating to 850-880 ℃, and evacuating and detecting leakage;
s3: keeping the temperature at 850-880 ℃, and introducing nitrogen after constant-pressure evacuation to stabilize the air pressure in the tube and the temperature of the silicon wafer;
s4: the temperature is kept between 850 ℃ and 880 ℃, nitrogen, oxygen and a boron source are introduced to carry out deposition diffusion on the surface of the silicon wafer, so that boron atoms are uniformly distributed on the surface of the silicon wafer;
s5: heating to 920-1000 deg.c and introducing nitrogen to stabilize pressure;
s6: keeping the temperature at 920-1000 ℃, and pushing for a period of time at constant temperature to enable the surface of the silicon wafer to generate a shallow junction lightly doped region;
s7: slowly cooling to 850-890 ℃ in nitrogen atmosphere;
s8: the temperature is kept at 850-890 ℃, and nitrogen, oxygen and boron sources are introduced to carry out secondary deposition diffusion on the surface of the silicon wafer, so that a uniform boron-rich layer is formed on the surface of the shallower PN junction of the silicon wafer;
s9: slowly cooling in nitrogen atmosphere, and discharging the tube;
s10: carrying out heavy doping treatment on the diffused silicon wafer by using laser SE;
s11: and cleaning to form a final PN junction on the surface of the silicon wafer, wherein the PN junction is heavily doped with a deep junction in an SE region, and the non-SE region is lightly doped with a shallow junction.
Preferably, the temperature rise time in step S2 is set at 900S.
Preferably, in the steps S3-S6 and S8-S9, the total flow of the gas in the furnace tube is always kept at 2500sccm; in the step S7, the total flow of the gas in the furnace tube is always kept at 2500-3500sccm.
Preferably, the flow rate of nitrogen gas introduced in the step S5 is 1100sccm-1900sccm, the flow rate of the boron source is 400-800sccm, and the flow rate of oxygen gas is 200-600sccm, wherein the gas flow rate ratio of the boron source to the oxygen gas is 4:3-4:2, and the oxygen gas flow rate is set according to the ratio of the boron source flow rate.
Preferably, the advancing time in step S6 is 1200-2400S, during which the tube remains anaerobic.
Preferably, the flow rate of nitrogen gas introduced in the step S8 is 750sccm-1750sccm, the flow rate of the boron source is 600-1000sccm, and the flow rate of oxygen gas is 150-750sccm, wherein the gas flow rate ratio of the boron source to the oxygen gas is 4:3-4:1, and the oxygen gas flow rate is set according to the ratio of the boron source flow rate.
Preferably, after the step S9, the sheet resistance of the surface of the silicon wafer is between 100 and 140 omega/sp, and the junction depth is between 0.3 and 0.6um.
Preferably, in step S10, the laser parameter selection power is between 32 and 38w, the marking speed is 22000-26500mm/S, the frequency is 170-230KHz, and the light spot width is 90-120um.
Preferably, after the step S10, the sheet resistance of the surface of the silicon wafer is between 70 and 90 omega/sp, the junction depth is between 0.5 and 0.9um, and the surface concentration is more than 3E19/cm 3 。
Preferably, the boron source is BBr 3 /BCl 3 Steam.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: adopting stepped sectional temperature rise and fall to perform twice diffusion, and performing low-temperature constant-temperature first diffusion at a lower temperature to uniformly distribute boron atoms on the surface of a silicon wafer; then heating and high-temperature anaerobic propulsion are carried out, after a shallow junction lightly doped region is generated on the surface of the silicon wafer, cooling and low-temperature secondary diffusion are carried out, and a uniform boron-rich layer is formed on the surface of the silicon wafer; carrying out heavy doping on the surface by laser SE, and finally cleaning the silicon surface to form a final PN junction, wherein the PN junction is heavily doped with a deep junction in an SE region, and the non-SE region is lightly doped with a shallow junction; the preparation process can achieve the effects of reducing boron source consumption and improving electrical property collection effect.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without making creative efforts based on the embodiments of the present invention are included in the protection scope of the present invention.
The P++ structure of the N-type silicon wafer is shown in fig. 1, an N-type silicon wafer 1 is taken as a substrate, a P-type shallow junction lightly doped P+ layer 3 is formed in a non-grid line area (namely a light receiving area), and a P-type deep junction heavily doped P++ layer 2 is formed in a grid line area (namely a printing paste 4 area).
Example 1
A manufacturing process of an N-type silicon wafer P++ structure mainly comprises the following steps:
s1: taking an N-type silicon wafer as a substrate material, cleaning and texturing to enable the surface of the silicon wafer to generate a pyramid-shaped surface structure, vertically or horizontally inserting the silicon wafer into a quartz crystal boat of a low-pressure diffusion furnace, and feeding the silicon wafer into a tube;
s2: heating to 850 ℃, setting the heating time at 900s, enabling the silicon wafer to reach the temperature set by the process, evacuating and detecting the leak, and ensuring that the pressure maintaining of the furnace tube has no problem;
s3: keeping the temperature at 850 ℃, and after constant-pressure evacuation, introducing nitrogen with the flow of 2500sccm to stabilize the air pressure in the tube and the temperature of the silicon wafer;
s4: maintaining the temperature at 850 deg.C and total flow of 2500sccm, introducing 1900sccm nitrogen gas, 200sccm oxygen gas and 400sccm boron source (BBr) 3 /BCl 3 Vapor) to perform deposition diffusion on the surface of the silicon wafer to uniformly distribute boron atoms on the siliconA sheet surface; the oxygen flow is set according to the proportion of the boron source flow, and nitrogen is used as compensation gas for stabilizing the total gas quantity; the oxygen flow is as small as possible (the boron source is decomposed and introduced), and the quartz device can be protected from corrosion;
s5: heating to 920 ℃, and introducing nitrogen with the flow of 2500sccm for pressure stabilization;
s6: maintaining the temperature at 920 ℃, maintaining the flow at 2500sccm, and pushing at constant temperature for 1200-2400s (keeping the anaerobic state in the tube during the period) so as to generate a shallow junction lightly doped region on the surface of the silicon wafer;
s7: keeping the total flow of 2500-3500sccm, and slowly cooling to 850 ℃ in a nitrogen atmosphere;
s8: maintaining the temperature at 850 deg.C, maintaining 2500sccm total flow, introducing 1750sccm nitrogen, 150sccm oxygen and 600sccm boron source (BBr) 3 /BCl 3 Performing secondary deposition diffusion (oxygen flow is set according to the proportion of boron source flow, and nitrogen is introduced as compensation gas for stabilizing total gas quantity) on the surface of the silicon wafer, so that a uniform boron-rich layer is formed on the surface of a shallower PN junction of the silicon wafer; the boron-rich layer not only solves the problem of insufficient BSG concentration of laser ablation, but also is easy to remove in the subsequent boron washing process, so that the emitter is still kept to be a lightly doped region with low surface concentration, and the problems of poor ohmic contact and reduced filling factor caused by low BSG concentration during laser doping can be effectively solved;
s9: maintaining the total flow of 2500sccm, slowly cooling in nitrogen atmosphere, and discharging the tube; at this time, the sheet resistance of the surface of the silicon wafer is approximately 140 omega/sp, and the junction depth is 0.3um;
s10: carrying out heavy doping treatment on the diffused silicon wafer by using laser SE, wherein the laser parameter selection power is 36w, the marking speed is 22500mm/s, the frequency is 210KHz, and the light spot width is 90-120um; after the treatment is finished, the sheet resistance of the surface of the silicon wafer is approximately 90 omega/sp, the junction depth is 0.5um, and the surface concentration is more than 3E19/cm 3 ;
S11: and cleaning to form a final PN junction on the surface of the silicon wafer, wherein the PN junction is heavily doped with a deep junction in an SE region, and the non-SE region is lightly doped with a shallow junction.
Example two
A manufacturing process of an N-type silicon wafer P++ structure mainly comprises the following steps:
s1: taking an N-type silicon wafer as a substrate material, cleaning and texturing to enable the surface of the silicon wafer to generate a pyramid-shaped surface structure, vertically or horizontally inserting the silicon wafer into a quartz crystal boat of a low-pressure diffusion furnace, and feeding the silicon wafer into a tube;
s2: heating to 880 ℃, setting the heating time at 900s, enabling the silicon wafer to reach the temperature set by the process, evacuating and detecting the leak, and ensuring that the pressure maintaining of the furnace tube has no problem;
s3: keeping the temperature at 880 ℃, and after constant-pressure evacuation, introducing nitrogen with the flow of 2500sccm to stabilize the air pressure in the tube and the temperature of the silicon wafer;
s4: maintaining the temperature at 880 deg.C and total flow of 2500sccm, introducing 1100sccm nitrogen gas, 600sccm oxygen gas and 800sccm boron source (BBr) 3 /BCl 3 Steam) carrying out deposition diffusion on the surface of the silicon wafer to ensure that boron atoms are uniformly distributed on the surface of the silicon wafer; the oxygen flow is set according to the proportion of the boron source flow, and nitrogen is used as compensation gas for stabilizing the total gas quantity; the oxygen flow is as small as possible (the boron source is decomposed and introduced), and the quartz device can be protected from corrosion;
s5: heating to 1000 ℃, and introducing nitrogen with the flow rate of 2500sccm for pressure stabilization;
s6: keeping the temperature at 1000 ℃, keeping the flow at 2500sccm, and pushing at constant temperature for 1200-2400s (keeping the anaerobic state in the tube during the period) so as to generate a shallow junction lightly doped region on the surface of the silicon wafer;
s7: maintaining the total flow of 2500-3500sccm, and slowly cooling to 890 ℃ in a nitrogen atmosphere;
s8: maintaining the temperature at 890 deg.C and total flow of 2500sccm, introducing 750sccm nitrogen, 750sccm oxygen and 1000sccm boron source (BBr) 3 /BCl 3 Performing secondary deposition diffusion (oxygen flow is set according to the proportion of boron source flow, and nitrogen is introduced as compensation gas for stabilizing total gas quantity) on the surface of the silicon wafer, so that a uniform boron-rich layer is formed on the surface of a shallower PN junction of the silicon wafer; the boron-rich layer not only solves the problem of insufficient BSG concentration of laser ablation, but also is very compatible in the subsequent boron washing processThe method is easy to remove, so that the emitter is still kept to be a lightly doped region with low surface concentration, and the problems of poor ohmic contact and reduced filling factor caused by low BSG concentration during laser doping can be effectively solved;
s9: maintaining the total flow of 2500sccm, slowly cooling in nitrogen atmosphere, and discharging the tube; at the moment, the sheet resistance of the surface of the silicon wafer is approximately 100 omega/sp, and the junction depth is 0.6um;
s10: carrying out heavy doping treatment on the diffused silicon wafer by using laser SE, wherein the laser parameter selection power is 36w, the marking speed is 22500mm/s, the frequency is 210KHz, and the light spot width is 90-120um; after the treatment is finished, the sheet resistance of the surface of the silicon wafer is approximately 70 omega/sp, the junction depth is 0.9um, and the surface concentration is more than 3E19/cm 3 ;
S11: and cleaning to form a final PN junction on the surface of the silicon wafer, wherein the PN junction is heavily doped with a deep junction in an SE region, and the non-SE region is lightly doped with a shallow junction.
Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.