CN114497186A - Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode - Google Patents

Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN114497186A
CN114497186A CN202111669320.2A CN202111669320A CN114497186A CN 114497186 A CN114497186 A CN 114497186A CN 202111669320 A CN202111669320 A CN 202111669320A CN 114497186 A CN114497186 A CN 114497186A
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
gallium oxide
diamond
type
epitaxial layer
ohmic contact
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Pending
Application number
CN202111669320.2A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Inventor
郁鑫鑫
周建军
吴云
孔月婵
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Nanjing Zhongdian Xingu High Frequency Device Industry Technology Research Institute Co ltd
Original Assignee
Nanjing Zhongdian Xingu High Frequency Device Industry Technology Research Institute Co ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Nanjing Zhongdian Xingu High Frequency Device Industry Technology Research Institute Co ltd filed Critical Nanjing Zhongdian Xingu High Frequency Device Industry Technology Research Institute Co ltd
Priority to CN202111669320.2A priority Critical patent/CN114497186A/en
Publication of CN114497186A publication Critical patent/CN114497186A/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/02Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/06Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions
    • H01L29/0603Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions characterised by particular constructional design considerations, e.g. for preventing surface leakage, for controlling electric field concentration or for internal isolations regions
    • H01L29/0607Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions characterised by particular constructional design considerations, e.g. for preventing surface leakage, for controlling electric field concentration or for internal isolations regions for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration
    • H01L29/0611Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions characterised by particular constructional design considerations, e.g. for preventing surface leakage, for controlling electric field concentration or for internal isolations regions for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse biased devices
    • H01L29/0615Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions characterised by particular constructional design considerations, e.g. for preventing surface leakage, for controlling electric field concentration or for internal isolations regions for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse biased devices by the doping profile or the shape or the arrangement of the PN junction, or with supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE]
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/02Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/12Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed
    • H01L29/26Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, elements provided for in two or more of the groups H01L29/16, H01L29/18, H01L29/20, H01L29/22, H01L29/24, e.g. alloys
    • H01L29/267Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, elements provided for in two or more of the groups H01L29/16, H01L29/18, H01L29/20, H01L29/22, H01L29/24, e.g. alloys in different semiconductor regions, e.g. heterojunctions
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66007Multistep manufacturing processes
    • H01L29/66075Multistep manufacturing processes of devices having semiconductor bodies comprising group 14 or group 13/15 materials
    • H01L29/66083Multistep manufacturing processes of devices having semiconductor bodies comprising group 14 or group 13/15 materials the devices being controllable only by variation of the electric current supplied or the electric potential applied, to one or more of the electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. two-terminal devices
    • H01L29/6609Diodes
    • H01L29/66136PN junction diodes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/86Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable only by variation of the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to one or more of the electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched
    • H01L29/861Diodes

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Electrodes Of Semiconductors (AREA)

Abstract

The invention discloses a preparation method of a diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode, which comprises the following steps: extending a lightly doped p-type diamond epitaxial layer on a highly doped p-type diamond substrate; manufacturing a selective epitaxial mask; growing a lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer and a highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer; stripping the gallium oxide epitaxial layer; and preparing front-side and back-side ohmic contacts. The invention develops a preparation method of a diamond hetero/gallium oxide ultra-wide bandgap heterogeneous pn junction diode based on a gallium oxide selective epitaxial growth technology aiming at the problems of high resistance of an n-type doped region and large on-resistance of a device caused by low n-type doping activation rate of the existing pn junction type diamond diode, and has the advantages of low on-resistance of the device, high breakdown voltage, good high-temperature stability and the like.

Description

Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of semiconductor device preparation, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode.
Background
The diamond has excellent material characteristics of ultra-wide forbidden band, high breakdown electric field, high thermal conductivity and the like, and is a preferred material for preparing high-performance electronic devices. However, the diamond doping difficulty is high, particularly the activation rate of n-type doping is extremely low, so that the conductivity of n-type diamond is very low, and the development of diamond pn junction devices is severely restricted. Gallium oxide is also an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor material with breakdown fields as high as 8 MV/cm. In contrast to diamond, gallium oxide is difficult to dope p-type, and no breakthrough is made at present.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a preparation method of a diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode by a gallium oxide heterogeneous epitaxial growth technology aiming at the problem that the existing pn junction type diamond device has high series resistance of the device due to high resistance of an n-type doping region, has the characteristics of low on-resistance, high voltage resistance, good high-temperature stability and high current bearing capacity, and can be applied to the development and production of diode power switching devices and related devices.
The technical scheme for realizing the invention is as follows: a preparation method of a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode comprises the following steps:
step 1, growing a lightly doped p-type diamond epitaxial layer on a clean highly doped p-type diamond substrate;
step 2, growing a mask layer on the surface of the sample, defining an etching area by using the photoresist through photoetching and developing processes, then etching the mask layer without the photoresist protection area, and removing the photoresist;
step 3, growing a lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer and a highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer in sequence by taking the residual mask layer as a mask;
step 4, removing the mask layer and the lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer and the highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer on the mask layer by a stripping method;
step 5, depositing a diamond ohmic contact metal layer on the back of the sample, and annealing to form ohmic contact;
and 6, defining a gallium oxide ohmic contact area by utilizing the photoresist through photoetching and developing processes, then depositing gallium oxide ohmic contact metal, stripping to form an ohmic electrode, and annealing to form ohmic contact.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following remarkable advantages: (1) the on-resistance of the device is low; (2) the breakdown voltage is high; (3) the high-temperature stability is good; (4) the forward bearing current capability is high.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode.
FIGS. 2(a) -2 (i) are flow charts of the preparation of diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diodes.
Detailed Description
The n-type doping technology is mature and widely applied to gallium oxide Schottky diodes and gallium oxide MOSFET devices. The n-type gallium oxide can be obtained by growing on a foreign substrate in various modes such as laser pulse deposition, magnetron sputtering, chemical vapor deposition and the like. Therefore, the invention develops a preparation method of a diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode based on a gallium oxide heterogeneous epitaxial growth technology on diamond, and the diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode device with low on-resistance, high voltage resistance, good high-temperature stability and high current bearing capacity can be realized by the technology.
With reference to fig. 1, fig. 2(a) to fig. 2(i), the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode, comprising performing a lightly doped diamond epitaxial layer on a highly doped diamond substrate; preparing a selective epitaxial mask; selective epitaxial growth of lightly doped and highly doped gallium oxide; stripping the gallium oxide epitaxial layer; and preparing front-side and back-side ohmic contacts. The specific method comprises the following steps:
step 1, growing a lightly doped p-type diamond epitaxial layer 2 on a clean highly doped p-type doped diamond substrate 1;
step 2, growing a mask layer 3 on the surface of a sample, defining an etching area by using a photoresist 4 through conventional photoetching and developing processes, then etching the mask layer 3 without the photoresist protection area, and removing the photoresist 4 through organic cleaning such as acetone;
step 3, growing a lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 5 and a highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 6 in sequence by taking the residual mask layer 3 as a mask;
step 4, removing the mask layer 3 and the lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 5 and the highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 6 on the mask layer by a stripping method;
step 5, depositing a diamond ohmic contact metal layer 7 on the back of the sample, and annealing to form ohmic contact;
and 6, defining a gallium oxide ohmic contact area by using the photoresist 8 through conventional photoetching and developing processes, depositing gallium oxide ohmic contact metal 9, stripping by using organic solution such as acetone to form an ohmic electrode, and annealing to form ohmic contact.
Further, the highly doped diamond substrate 1 is monocrystalline or polycrystalline, the doping type is p-type, and the doping concentration is higher than 1E19cm-3The doping type of the lightly doped diamond epitaxial layer 2 is p type, and the doping concentration is 1E14cm-3To 1E18cm-3To (c) to (d);
further, the mask layer 3 is Si3N4、SiO2、Al2O3Or a single-layer or multi-layer dielectric or metal structure such as Ni, Ir, etc.;
further, the gallium oxide epitaxial method in the step 3 is laser pulse deposition, magnetron sputtering, chemical vapor deposition or molecular beam epitaxy, and the doping concentration of the lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 5 is 1E14cm-3To 1E18cm-3Meanwhile, the doping concentration of the high-doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 6 is higher than 1E19cm-3
Further, in step 5, the diamond ohmic contact layer 7 is one or a combination of more of Ti, Al, Au, Pt, Ni, Mo, Cu, Ag, Pd, W, and Fe, the thickness is 10nm to 1 μm, the annealing atmosphere is nitrogen, and the annealing temperature is 400 ℃ to 800 ℃;
further, in step 6, the gallium oxide ohmic contact metal 9 is one or a combination of Ti, Al, Au, Pt, Ni, Mo, Cu, Ag, Pd, W, Fe, and has a thickness of 10nm to 1 μm, an annealing atmosphere of nitrogen, and an annealing temperature of 400 ℃ to 800 ℃.
The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Examples
A preparation method of a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction pn diode comprises the following steps:
(1) 1 mu m doping concentration of 1 x 10 is grown on a clean highly doped p-type doped diamond substrate 117cm-3P-type diamond epitaxial layer 2 as shown in fig. 2 (a);
(2) growing SiO with thickness of 5 μm on the surface of the sample2 A mask layer 3, defining an etching region by using photoresist 4 through conventional photoetching and developing processes, and etching SiO in the region without photoresist protection2 A mask layer 3, which is formed by removing the photoresist 4 through organic cleaning such as acetone, as shown in fig. 2(b), 2(c), and 2 (d);
(3) with the remaining SiO2The mask layer 3 is used as a mask to sequentially grow 1 μm of doping concentration of 1 × 1017cm-3And a lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 5 and a doping concentration of 1 μm of 5 × 1019cm-3As shown in fig. 2(e), a highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer 6;
(4) SiO removal by hydrofluoric acid stripping2 A mask layer 3 and gallium oxide epitaxial layers 5 and 6 thereon, as shown in fig. 2 (f);
(5) depositing 20/500nm Ti/Au diamond ohmic contact metal layer 7 on the back of the sample, and annealing at 700 ℃ in a nitrogen atmosphere to form ohmic contact, as shown in FIG. 2 (g);
(6) the gallium oxide ohmic contact region is defined by photoresist 8 through conventional photoetching and developing processes, then 20/500nm Ti/Au gallium oxide ohmic contact metal 9 is deposited, an ohmic electrode is formed by stripping with an organic solution such as acetone, and the ohmic contact is formed by annealing at 470 ℃ in a nitrogen atmosphere, as shown in FIGS. 2(h) and 2 (i).
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A preparation method of a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode is characterized by comprising the following steps:
step 1, growing a lightly doped p-type diamond epitaxial layer (2) on a clean highly doped p-type diamond substrate (1);
step 2, growing a mask layer (3) on the surface of the sample, defining an etching area by using a photoresist (4) through photoetching and developing processes, then etching the mask layer (3) without the photoresist protection area, and removing the photoresist (4);
step 3, growing a lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer (5) and a highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer (6) in sequence by taking the residual mask layer (3) as a mask;
step 4, removing the mask layer (3) and the lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer (5) and the highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer (6) on the mask layer by a stripping method;
step 5, depositing a diamond ohmic contact metal layer (7) on the back surface of the sample, and annealing to form ohmic contact;
and 6, defining a gallium oxide ohmic contact area by using a photoresist (8) through photoetching and developing processes, then depositing gallium oxide ohmic contact metal (9), stripping to form an ohmic electrode, and annealing to form ohmic contact.
2. The method for preparing a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode as claimed in claim 1 wherein said highly doped p-type diamond substrate (1) is monocrystalline or polycrystalline with a doping concentration higher than 1E19cm-3
3. The method for preparing a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode as claimed in claim 1, wherein the doping concentration of said lightly doped p-type diamond epitaxial layer (2) is 1E14cm-3To 1E18cm-3In the meantime.
4. A method of manufacturing a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode according to claim 1, wherein in step 2, the photoresist (4) is removed by acetone; in step 6, ohmic electrodes were formed by acetone lift-off.
5. The method for preparing a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mask layer (3) is Si3N4、SiO2、Al2O3Ni or Ir.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the gallium oxide epitaxy process in step 3 is laser pulse deposition, magnetron sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, or molecular beam epitaxy.
7. The method for preparing a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode as claimed in claim 1, wherein the doping concentration of said lightly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer (5) is 1E14cm-3To 1E18cm-3In the meantime.
8. The method for preparing a diamond/gallium oxide heterojunction diode as claimed in claim 1, wherein the doping concentration of said highly doped n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer (6) is higher than 1E19cm-3
9. The method of claim 1, wherein in step 5, the diamond ohmic contact metal layer (7) is one or more of Ti, Al, Au, Pt, Ni, Mo, Cu, Ag, Pd, W, Fe in a thickness of 10nm to 1 μm, the annealing atmosphere is nitrogen, and the annealing temperature is between 400 ℃ and 800 ℃.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein in step 6, the gallium oxide ohmic contact metal (9) is one or a combination of Ti, Al, Au, Pt, Ni, Mo, Cu, Ag, Pd, W, Fe with a thickness of 10nm to 1 μm, the annealing atmosphere is nitrogen, and the annealing temperature is between 400 ℃ and 800 ℃.
CN202111669320.2A 2021-12-30 2021-12-30 Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode Pending CN114497186A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202111669320.2A CN114497186A (en) 2021-12-30 2021-12-30 Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202111669320.2A CN114497186A (en) 2021-12-30 2021-12-30 Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN114497186A true CN114497186A (en) 2022-05-13

Family

ID=81508337

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CN202111669320.2A Pending CN114497186A (en) 2021-12-30 2021-12-30 Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CN (1) CN114497186A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN116387152A (en) * 2023-06-06 2023-07-04 江苏能华微电子科技发展有限公司 Low-damage gallium nitride Schottky diode and preparation method thereof

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN116387152A (en) * 2023-06-06 2023-07-04 江苏能华微电子科技发展有限公司 Low-damage gallium nitride Schottky diode and preparation method thereof
CN116387152B (en) * 2023-06-06 2023-12-22 江苏能华微电子科技发展有限公司 Low-damage gallium nitride Schottky diode and preparation method thereof

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CN111063742B (en) Gallium oxide-based PN junction structure and preparation method thereof
CN113257924B (en) Schottky diode with high-resistance layer, preparation method of Schottky diode and power diode module
CN110993684A (en) High-power GaN quasi-vertical Schottky diode based on cathode and anode annular nesting and preparation method thereof
CN104752494A (en) Diamond material ohmic contact electrode and preparation method and application thereof
CN110190115A (en) A kind of SBD structure and preparation method thereof
CN109950324A (en) III group-III nitride diode component of p-type anode and preparation method thereof
CN110752260A (en) Novel GaN junction barrier Schottky diode and preparation method thereof
CN108206220B (en) Preparation method of diamond Schottky diode
CN114497186A (en) Preparation method of diamond/gallium oxide heterogeneous pn junction diode
CN109659362A (en) A kind of structure and preparation method thereof based on the low ohm contact resistance of gallium nitride power HEMT structure
CN114530487A (en) Preparation method of diamond Schottky diode with edge terminal
CN112018177B (en) Full-vertical Si-based GaN UMOSFET power device and preparation method thereof
CN111755527A (en) SiC MOSFET device integrated with Schottky diode structure and manufacturing method thereof
CN115775730A (en) Quasi-vertical structure GaN Schottky diode and preparation method thereof
CN115312605A (en) Gallium oxide Schottky diode for improving terminal edge peak value electric field and preparation method thereof
CN109585544A (en) A kind of structure and preparation method thereof based on the enhanced HEMT device low resistance Ohmic contact of gallium nitride
CN111785785B (en) SBD device structure and preparation method thereof
CN114725022A (en) Based on GaOxPreparation method of-GaN CMOS inverter
CN109004018A (en) Schottky diode and preparation method
CN116581151B (en) Low-turn-on voltage gallium oxide Schottky diode and preparation method thereof
CN112713181B (en) Preparation method of gas sensor and gas sensor
JP4175157B2 (en) Silicon carbide semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
CN109873034B (en) Normally-off HEMT power device for depositing polycrystalline AlN and preparation method thereof
CN115312378A (en) Ohmic contact preparation method of transparent gallium nitride HEMT
CN117497610A (en) P-type-SiC and N-type-Ga 2 O 3 Heterojunction power device and preparation method and application thereof

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PB01 Publication
PB01 Publication
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination