EP3529836A1 - Gate-struktur und verfahren zu dessen herstellung - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a gate structure and a method for its production.
- the present invention relates to a gate patterning of a field effect transistor with reduced thermo-mechanical stress and increased reliability (lower electromigration or diffusion of the gate metal).
- gate As a gate (English for “gate”, “gate”) is used in particular in field effect transistors (FET), the connection used to drive the FET. Other connections are Source (English for “source”) and Drain (English for “sink”).
- the gate terminal By varying the voltage applied to the gate, the current flow between drain and source can be controlled.
- the individual terminals allow electrical contacting of the switching element and lead as electrodes, the supplied voltages and currents in the active switching area. Therefore, the gate terminal is also referred to as a control electrode or control terminal.
- the structural design of the gate terminal and its embedding in the associated switching element is referred to as a gate structure.
- US Pat. No. 7,476,600 B1 describes a gate structure for a FET and a corresponding production method. This is an epitactically crystalline silicon grown on a surface Mesa-shaped layer stack with an applied on the stack electrical
- US 2002/0048858 A1 discloses a T-shaped gate structure, a so-called T-gate.
- a T-gate is the conductive gate region of a
- Semiconductor device e.g., metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MeSFET), high-transistor transistor
- High electron mobility transistor HEMT
- HEMT High electron mobility transistor
- US 5,053,348 A discloses a method of making a self-aligning T-gate HEMT.
- US 2013/0105817 A1 also discloses a HEMT with a T-gate structure.
- a transistor with a modified T-gate in the form of a passivated gate structure and a corresponding production method are presented in US Pat. No. 7,608,497 B1.
- the transistors mentioned are so-called short-gate transistors.
- the length of the gate region is kept as short as possible, with the upper region of a gate contact as
- metallic conductor is carried out with high electrical conductivity.
- the active region of the switching element is generally different
- the first problem is a migration (or a field-driven
- Diffusion of the highly conductive components of the metallization (eg Au) of the gate contact (or the metallic components of a gate layer system) in the direction of the surface of the semiconductor materials of the active region of the switching element (hereinafter also referred to as active zone or active layer designated).
- the second problem relates to the thermal stability of the metallization of the gate Connection in connection with the surrounding materials, in particular a surrounding passivation or the adjacent semiconductor materials.
- the highly complex structure of a modern FET, with the most diverse Materials are combined in a confined space with each other, leading to a lack of adaptation of the thermal expansion coefficients of the respective materials, so that during operation of the switching element, a high thermo-mechanical stress in the region of the gate can occur. Since these locally occurring mechanical stresses within the switching element can only be compensated or relaxed inadequately by the latter, this effect can in particular lead to the occurrence of defects on the boundary layers and in the mentioned materials and thus to undesired leakage currents and premature failure of the switching element.
- a gate structure of a field effect transistor with reduced thermo-mechanical stress and increased reliability (lower electromigration or diffusion of the gate metal) should be specified.
- FET field effect transistor
- a method for producing such a FET wherein the FET of the present invention and the method for producing such a FET have gate patterning (gate structure and method for manufacturing) according to the present invention.
- the gate structure according to the invention comprises a substrate; an active layer disposed on the substrate; an intermediate layer disposed on the active layer, the intermediate layer having a recess extending through the entire intermediate layer toward the active layer; and a contact element, which is arranged within the recess, wherein the contact element completely fills the recess and extends to above the intermediate layer, the contact element rests at least partially directly on the intermediate layer; wherein the contact element of a
- the Schottky metal is constructed and the contact element has inside a completely enclosed by the Schottky metal cavity.
- the substrate is SiC.
- substrates of Si, sapphire, GaAs, InP and GaN are also preferred.
- the active layer may comprise a plurality of differently structured regions or zones of different variable doping semiconductor materials.
- the active layer AIGaN / GaN as
- Semiconductor material include. As further preferred material composites AIN / GaN, InAIN / GaN, Si, AIGaAs / lnAIAs, GaAs and SiC can be used. In binary composites, the respective proportion of material can be between 0% and 100%.
- An intermediate layer is in particular a passive layer, which is arranged between the active layer and the contact element. Passive here means that this layer exerts no or only a small influence on the charge transport within the switching element.
- a typical example of an intermediate layer is a dielectric passivation layer, preferably of SiN x . Also preferably, such a passivation layer comprises SiO x , SiN x O y , Al 2 O 3, ZnO, fluorosilicate glass (FSG), benzocyclobutene BCB or polyimides (PI).
- the intermediate layer can also be a spacer layer, the preferred thickness of the intermediate layer being between 50 nm and 1000 nm.
- a recess is arranged according to the invention, which extends through the entire intermediate layer in the direction of the active layer.
- This recess is a so-called gate trench (also called a gate hole or gate via) which allows electrical access to the active zone through the intermediate layer
- Gate trench also called a gate hole or gate via
- the contact element fills the recess completely and extends to above the intermediate layer, the contact element rests at least partially directly on the intermediate layer. Preferably, it is in the
- T-shaped is generally interpreted very broadly, in particular, such structures are often as mushroom, arrow or called rivet-shaped. Any other configurations of the contact element in the context of this disclosure are also possible.
- Completely filled in this case means that the Schottky metal may also cover the entire surface of the recess in conjunction with the overlying metals, ie that there are no cavities between these areas and the Schottky metal.
- the contact element is constructed of a Schottky metal. This is preferably Ir. Also preferred are Pt, Ni, Al, Os, TiW and WSi. in the
- the contact element of a Schottky metal fills the recess completely (conforming) and therefore also provides on the side walls for a homogeneous and void-free coating.
- the Schottky metal can also take over the function of a release layer, which
- Schottky metals are usually used in conventional gate structures for the so-called Schottky contact layer.
- the entire contact element is formed from a "thick" Schottky metal.
- the contact element has in its interior a cavity completely enclosed by the Schottky metal.
- the cavity in the interior of the contact element may contain vacuum, air or any inert gas.
- the cavity is arranged centrally within the width of the recess.
- the cavity has an oval shape.
- the cavity extends to above the intermediate layer.
- the volume of the cavity is preferably at least 10% of the volume of the recess, more preferably at least 20%, more preferably at least 50%, more preferably at least 75%, and even more preferably at least 95%.
- the intermediate layer has a thickness between 50 nm and 1000 nm.
- the recess has a width between 10 nm and 300 nm at the boundary to the underlying layer. More preferred are corresponding recess widths between 10 nm and 250 nm, more preferably between 10 nm and 200 nm, more preferably between 10 nm and 150 nm, more preferably between 10 nm and 100 nm, and more preferably between 10 nm and 50 nm, since the
- the intermediate layer may have a thickness between 275 nm and 325 nm and the recess at the boundary to the underlying layer may have a width between 125 nm and 175 nm.
- a corresponding contact element fills the recess completely and preferably extends between 275 nm to 325 nm above the intermediate layer.
- the idea of the present invention is that the use of a thick Schottky metal, which is in direct, intimate contact with both the close proximity of the recess and the semiconductor material, makes it possible to produce an amorphous or at least nanocrystalline contact element which acts as a gate Contact over the prior art has the following advantages:
- Metallization of the recess may be such that the Schottky metal completely covers the entire surface of the semiconductors or an additional passivation applied to the semiconductors, that is, there are no voids between these areas and the Schottky metal.
- the contact element of a Schottky metal provides a diffusion barrier between additionally applied to the contact element gate metals with increased conductivity and underlying the contact element
- the cavity can effectively compensate for a thermo-mechanical load occurring during operation of the switching element, so that its negative effects can be prevented or at least significantly reduced.
- the formation of mechanical defects in the gate region is thereby suppressed.
- the contact element and the active layer are in direct contact with each other.
- the Schottky metal of the contact element thus directly and directly adjoins the active
- the first embodiment may be the gate structure of a HEMT or MeSFET.
- the contact element is separated from the active layer and the interlayer by a dielectric cladding, the cladding being a relatively thinner layer than the thickness of the contact element
- the sheath is provided with a dielectric material ("gate dielectric") such as Al 2 O 3.
- a dielectric material such as Al 2 O 3.
- SiO x , SiN x O y , ZrO 2 , TiO 2 , Ta 2 O 5 , BST / BSTO, STO, and PZT are also preferred.
- MOSFET metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
- a third embodiment of a gate structure according to the invention may further comprise a dielectric layer, which is arranged directly between the active layer and the intermediate layer, wherein the contact element directly contacts the dielectric layer.
- the Schottky metal of the contact element thus directly and directly adjoins the dielectric layer. In particular, there are no voids between the dielectric layer and the Schottky metal.
- the dielectric layer has a thickness between 1 nm and 50 nm.
- the dielectric layer comprises Al 2 O 3.
- SiO x , SiN x O y, ZrO 2 , TiO 2 , Ta 2 O 5 , BST / BSTO, STO, and PZT are also preferred.
- MOSFET metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
- the intermediate layer comprises at least a first intermediate layer and a second intermediate layer.
- An intermediate layer may also be an intermediate layer stack.
- a fourth embodiment of a gate structure according to the invention may be the gate structure of a vertical FET.
- the substrate may be an n + -GaN substrate
- the active layer may be an n " -GaN drift layer
- the first interlayer may be a p-type GaN layer
- the second interlayer may be an n +
- a corresponding contact element may be in direct contact with the active layer, be separated from the active layer and the intermediate layer by a dielectric sheath according to one of the three embodiments exemplified above, or directly via a dielectric layer is disposed between the active layer and the intermediate layer, be separated from the active layer, wherein the contact element directly contacts the dielectric layer.
- the contact element above the intermediate layer is covered directly by a gate metal. It is likewise preferred that the contact element with a gate metal above the intermediate layer is completely surrounded by a dielectric cover layer.
- the gate metal may preferably be Au. Also preferred are Cu, Al, Ag and alloys of the mentioned metals.
- the dielectric cover layer may preferably be SiN x . Also preferred are SiO x , SiN x O y , Al 2 O 3 , ZnO, fluorosilicate glass (FSG) and polyimides (PI).
- the thickness of the dielectric cover layer is preferably between 0 nm and 1000 nm.
- the method according to the invention for producing a gate structure comprises providing a substrate having an active layer arranged on the substrate and an intermediate layer arranged on the active layer; forming a recess in the intermediate layer, the recess extending through the entire intermediate layer toward the active layer; filling and overlaying the recess by depositing a Schottky metal by sputtering, wherein the overlaying is continued at least until the Schottky metal above the recess completely covers the recess; the structuring of a contact element of the deposited Schottky metal, wherein the contact element rests at least partially directly on the intermediate layer.
- the intermediate layer has a thickness between 50 nm and 1000 nm.
- Preferred paint materials are i.a. ZEP 520A, PMMA, PMGI, copolymers and LOR.
- the recess in the intermediate layer can then be replaced by a for the
- the recess has a width between 10 nm and 300 nm at the boundary to the underlying layer. More preferred are corresponding
- the angle of attack of the side walls of the recess is preferably between 90 ° and 30 °, wherein at an angle of 90 °, the side wall of the recess perpendicular is arranged standing on the underlying layer.
- the degree of rounding of the upper edge region of the recess in the intermediate layer can be influenced by a suitable choice of the processing parameters. This parameter can be used to influence the size and shape of the cavity in the gate structure according to the invention, with a vanishing radius (i.e.
- Rounding of the edge area can reach a cavity of maximum size. With increasing rounding of the edge area reduces the size of the generated cavity.
- a dielectric sheath may be deposited on the surface of the recess.
- the filling and overlaying of the recess takes place by deposition of a Schottky metal by means of sputtering, the overlay being continued at least until the Schottky metal completely covers the recess above the recess.
- the sputtering is done as magnetron sputtering, e.g. within an Ar environment (pressure range between 0.1 Pa and 5 Pa,
- the rotational speed of a substrate holder may preferably be between 0 rpm and 100 rpm.
- the load When using heat-resistant Schottky metals, the load must be controlled to avoid delamination of the deposited metal.
- the Schottky metal coats both the sides of the recess and the underlying layer (e.g., the active layer or an additional dielectric layer).
- the underlying layer e.g., the active layer or an additional dielectric layer.
- This cavity is characterized by a smaller lateral
- the process of forming the cavity is self-aligning.
- a contact element from the deposited Schottky metal can take place, the contact element resting at least in sections directly on the intermediate layer.
- This structuring step largely corresponds to the corresponding steps for producing a conventional self-aligning T-gate in the prior art.
- two layers of lacquer can be applied one above the other onto the surface of the structures and structured such that the lower lacquer layer has a larger opening above the recess below it in the intermediate layer than an opening in the upper lacquer layer structured at the same point.
- the lacquer openings preferably have feature sizes between 50 nm and 1500 nm.
- the method according to the invention preferably comprises the deposition of a gate metal covering the Schottky metal above the intermediate layer.
- the deposited gate metal may then be referred to as
- Self-aligning etching mask can be used to remove excess Schotty metal in a suitable etching process. Such a procedure is
- the contact element with the gate metal above the intermediate layer can be completely surrounded by a dielectric cover layer. This can be done in particular by deposition of the dielectric cover layer.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic structure of a conventional gate structure according to the prior art
- Fig. 5 shows a schematic structure of a fourth embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 6 is a schematic representation of the step "fill and overlay" of the process according to the invention for producing a gate structure according to the invention. Detailed description of the drawings
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic structure of a conventional gate structure according to the prior art.
- it is a T-gate typically used in a HEMT or MeSFET.
- the illustration shows a gate structure with a substrate 10; an active layer 20 disposed on the substrate 10; an intermediate layer 40 disposed on the active layer 20, the intermediate layer 40 having a recess 45 extending through the entire intermediate layer 40 toward the active layer 20; and a contact element 50 which is arranged within the recess 45, wherein the contact element 50, the recess 45 completely and homogeneously fills and extends above the intermediate layer 40, wherein the contact element 50 at least partially rests directly on the intermediate layer 40.
- the contact element here consists of a gate metal 60.
- the gate metal 60 may be, for example, Au.
- the contact element 50 is separated from the active layer 20 and the intermediate layer 40 by a sheath of a Schottky metal 52.
- the Schottky metal may in particular be a thin layer of Ir or Pt.
- the contact element 50 is completely surrounded by a dielectric cover layer 70 above the intermediate layer 40.
- Fig. 2 shows a schematic structure of a first embodiment of the invention. Again, this may be a T-gate for a HEMT or MeSFET.
- the illustration shows a gate structure according to the invention with a substrate 10; an active layer 20 disposed on the substrate 10; an intermediate layer 40 disposed on the active layer 20, wherein the
- Intermediate layer 40 has a recess 45 which extends through the entire intermediate layer 40 in the direction of the active layer 20; and a contact element 50 which is arranged within the recess 45, wherein the contact element 50, the recess 45 completely and homogeneously fills and extends above the intermediate layer 40, wherein the contact element 50 at least partially rests directly on the intermediate layer 40; wherein the contact element 50 is constructed of a Schottky metal 52 and the
- Contact element 50 inside a completely of the Schottky metal 52nd enclosed cavity 55 has.
- the contact element 50 contacts the active layer 20 directly.
- the contact element 50 above the intermediate layer 40 is covered directly by a gate metal 60, and the contact element 50 with the gate metal 60 is completely surrounded by a dielectric cover layer 70 above the intermediate layer 40.
- Fig. 3 shows a schematic structure of a second embodiment of
- this may be a T-gate of a MOSFET (variant 1).
- MOSFET MOSFET
- the illustrated gate structure according to the invention comprises an additional dielectric layer 30, which is arranged directly between the active layer 20 and the intermediate layer 40, wherein the contact element 50 directly contacts the dielectric layer 30.
- Fig. 4 shows a schematic structure of a third embodiment of the invention.
- this may be a T-gate of a MOSFET (variant 1).
- the illustration shown largely corresponds to that shown in FIG.
- the contact element 50 is separated from the active layer 20 and the intermediate layer 40 by a dielectric sheath 32.
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic structure of a fourth embodiment of the invention
- this may be a T-gate of a MOSFET (variant 2).
- the intermediate layer 40 is formed from a first intermediate layer 42 and a second intermediate layer 44.
- a source metal 80 has been applied here above the dielectric cover layer 70.
- a drain contact 90 is introduced to the substrate 10 an n + GaN substrate, wherein the active layer 20 to form an n "GaN drift layer, at the first intermediate layer 42 around a p-type GaN layer, and at the second intermediate layer 44 around an n + -GaN layer.
- 6 shows a schematic representation of the "filling and overlaying" step of the process according to the invention for producing a gate structure according to the invention, providing a substrate 10 with one on the substrate 10
- a recess 45 has been produced in the intermediate layer 40, wherein the recess 45 extends through the entire intermediate layer 40 in the direction of the active layer 20.
- the filling and superposing of the recess 45 is then carried out by depositing a Schottky metal 52 by means of sputtering, wherein the superimposition is continued at least until the Schottky metal 52 completely covers the recess 45 above the recess 45.
- the Schottky metal 52 coats both the sides of the recess 45 and the underlying active layer 20 (or additional dielectric layer 30).
- the Schottky- metal 52 When sputtering the Schottky- metal 52 there is a reduced material deposition at the bottom of the recess 45 compared to the top of the recess 45. With increasing filling thereby increased material growth occurs at the top, with a further growth of the metal layer in the interior of the recess 45 increasing is suppressed.
- the recess 45 is overgrown, with a cavity 55 being set up in the interior of the Schottky metallization of the recess 45 produced in accordance with the invention. This cavity 55 is characterized by a lower lateral growth rate of the Schottky metal 52 on the side walls of the recess 45 by the growing together
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