EP4244892A1 - Siliziumsubstrat mit esd-schutzelement - Google Patents
Siliziumsubstrat mit esd-schutzelementInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a silicon substrate with an ESD protection element
- on-chip ESD protection structures are understood to mean such ESD protection structures that are a direct part of a chip of an integrated circuit that can usually be mounted on a substrate.
- FIG. 7 An example of such an on-chip ESD protection structure is shown in FIG. 7, which represents the state of the art prior to the present invention. As shown in FIG.
- an AS IC 50 can be arranged on a substrate 1', which is itself arranged on a printed circuit board 52.
- On-chip ESD protection structures (2') can cover more than a third of the available chip area or take up substrate area. This is contrary to the requirement that current and future applications must be increasingly miniaturized in their lateral size.
- US Pat. No. 8,164,113 B2 describes diode structures as ESD protection for vias through a silicon substrate ("Through Silicon Vias").
- the diodes are obtained by suitably doping the silicon substrate in the immediate vicinity of the via.
- Interposer on a printed circuit board ("Printed Circuit Board", PCB) are arranged. It is described here that the ESD protection elements can be connected via plated-through holes within the intermediate piece.
- US 2015/0048497 A1 shows simple ESD protection structures for silicon solar cells, which are based on simple diode systems and can be connected to vias in the substrate via rewiring-like structures.
- ESD protection structures which in this case can also include transistors and simple diodes, can be implemented close to an interface in a silicon substrate. If vias are implemented in silicon substrates, the side walls of the openings that are produced in the silicon substrate are usually passivated. US 2020/0161244 A1 describes ways in which such a passivation can be produced.
- ESD protection structures overvoltage protection structures
- US 2011/0079912 A1 discloses a stacked structure with integrated ESD protection.
- WO 2017/091155 A1 discloses an integrated circuit with a thyristor as an ESD protection element.
- US 2013/0240922 A1 discloses a light-emitting element in which bushings and a pn diode can be implemented.
- a silicon substrate is provided. Integrated circuits are arranged on a first surface of the silicon substrate.
- the substrate also includes a first via and an ESD protection element. It is preferred here that the first via penetrates the silicon substrate from the first surface to a second surface. The second surface is opposite the first surface.
- the ESD protection element is integrated into the silicon substrate. This means that the ESD protection element is sunk into the silicon substrate, so it is completely within the volume of the substrate.
- the ESD protection zelement is spatially spaced from the first via. The spacing is preferably along the direction in which the silicon substrate extends, that is to say, for example, in a direction parallel to the first surface.
- the ESD protection zelement is connected to the via by means of a first rewiring.
- the ESD protection element has at least one selected from the following group consisting of a suppressor diode, a transistor and a thyristor.
- the silicon substrate can be any type of substrate made of silicon, for example amorphous or polycrystalline silicon.
- the silicon substrate is a wafer, such as. B. a monocrystalline silicon wafer.
- This design according to the first aspect of the present invention makes it possible to provide an off-chip ESD structure which can be tailored to integrated circuit elements such as e.g. B. application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), can be adjusted.
- these integrated circuit elements are preferably located on or above the first surface of the silicon substrate.
- the off-chip ESD structure is not located on the chip to be protected itself, but is embedded separately in the silicon substrate. Thus, it is possible to reduce the chip size, as required according to the invention, since the ESD protection in the off-chip design does not have to be part of the chip.
- the ESD protection elements can be ESD protection at the system level (System Level ESD Protection) act or the ESD protection zelement can ensure ESD protection at system level. This means that all integrated circuits are protected together here, and not just an individual circuit or part of the circuits.
- ESD protection at the system level can e .g . B. to act as an input signal to output signal protection, i.e. an ESD protection of all electronic components or integrated circuits which are attached between an input signal line and an output signal line systemically protects against overvoltages.
- ESD protection structures can be implemented in application-specific integrated circuits. These additional ESD protection structures can then be on-chip protection structures, for example. It is advantageous here, and made possible by the present invention, to provide tailor-made matching between the ESD protection element and the further ESD protection structure in the application-specific integrated circuit. There is thus a further aspect of the invention in enabling tailor-made matching of an off-chip ESD protection element according to the invention and an on-chip protection element.
- the spacing of the ESD protection zelements from the via and the connection via a rewiring is very advantageous, since both the impedances of the ESD protection z structures and the attack time of the ESD protection zelements can be influenced, and thus for the respective Application can be customized.
- the ESD protection element can also have EMI protection structures (Electromagnetic Interference protection structures). It is advantageous to implement electromagnetic interference protection (EMI protection) directly together with ESD protection. Particularly in the case of high-frequency data lines, both the ESD protection requirements and the resulting capacitances and inductances or parasitic capacitances must be tailored in parallel.
- the EMI protective structures are formed by coil structures, thin-film resistors and/or capacitors. That is, either coil structures, thin-film resistors, or capacitances can be used, or any combination of such elements.
- the silicon substrate can include an ESD protection element which is constructed from a structure which is embedded in the silicon substrate and which includes a combination of a thyristor with diode structures.
- diode structures can be semiconductor structures with a diode function. The diode structures are not part of the thyristor structures here.
- thyristors and diode structures are already common in on-chip ESD protection devices. According to the invention, these components can now be sunk in the silicon substrate or in this be integrated, whereby an off-chip ESD protection can be provided.
- a passivation layer is also preferably formed on the first surface of the silicon substrate. It is also advantageous that the ESD protection element is in direct contact with the first surface on which the passivation layer is located. This means that the ESD protection element is therefore preferably in contact with the passivation layer directly on this first surface.
- the silicon substrate can have at least one additional rewiring.
- the additional rewiring can electrically connect the first via to a UBM (under bump metallization) contact pad.
- the rewiring can run in the previously described passivation layer.
- the UBM contact pad is preferably on or Arranged in the surface of the passivation layer so that it is suitable for contacting other electronic elements, for example via solder bumps.
- the additional rewiring ( 7 ) can include matching elements. These matching elements include capacitances, inductances or delay elements. These can therefore be used to measure the impedances of the integrated ESD
- Protection zelements to be additionally matched to electronic components such as AS ICs, which is connected to the UBM contact pad connected in this way.
- the attack time can be adjusted in the event of an ESD event.
- the silicon substrate additionally comprises a second via, which penetrates the silicon substrate from the first surface to the second surface.
- the ESD protection element is also spatially spaced from the second via, similar to the first.
- the ESD protection element is connected to the second via via a second rewiring.
- the connection described here made up of ESD protection element, first and second via and first and second rewiring is referred to here and in the following as an ESD circuit.
- the ESD circuit can be symmetrical, ie the ESD protection element can be arranged symmetrically between two rewirings and vias.
- the first and second rewirings, or the first and second vias, can be very similar or identical to one another.
- a silicon substrate which has a plurality of the ESD circuits described above as described above.
- several ESD circuits are formed next to one another in a common silicon substrate.
- several ESD protection elements can be contained in the silicon substrate, each of which is connected to a first and a second via with a first and a second rewiring.
- the silicon substrate described above for a MEMS microphone can be used . That is, the MEMS microphone can be constructed on a silicon substrate as described above.
- a method for producing an ESD protection element in a silicon substrate, as described above, is specified.
- embedded structures of an ESD protection element are first produced in the silicon substrate using a CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) process.
- the embedded structures of the ESD protection element have at least one selected element of the following group consisting of a suppressor diode, a transistor and a thyristor After the formation of the ESD protection element structures, the first contact pads are produced on one of the surfaces of the silicon substrate.
- openings for vias between a first surface and a second surface of the silicon substrate are produced in the silicon substrate.
- the openings can be created by lasers or deep reactive ion etching (DRIE).
- DRIE deep reactive ion etching
- the openings are formed in such a way that they are spatially spaced apart in particular from the embedded structures of the ESD protection element. In this case, the spacing is aligned in the direction of extension of the silicon substrate.
- the inner walls of the openings are then passivated. Then the openings are filled with a first metal in order to create vias. Furthermore, will Rewiring of a second metal between the vias and the integrated circuits of the ESD protection zelements generated. This means that the rewirings electrically connect the vias to the ESD protection element.
- an ESD protection element as described above, or a substrate described above, can be manufactured.
- AS ICs can be generated or arranged.
- these integrated circuits can be parts of a MEMS microphone, for example the control electronics.
- the first metal can be copper (Cu).
- the vias can be made by filling the openings with galvanic methods.
- the rewiring can be made of aluminum (Al) or Cu.
- the inner walls of the openings can be passivated before the vias are formed, i.e. before they are filled with a first metal, for example using atomic layer deposition (ALD process) or using plasma etching methods (successive dry etching and passivation). be passivated.
- ALD process atomic layer deposition
- plasma etching methods uccessive dry etching and passivation.
- This passivation via the plasma etch process can occur during a DRIE etch. Accordingly, the plasma etching process can be part of a DRIE process.
- a passivation can be generated on the first surface and also on the second surface.
- the passivation provided here corresponds to the passivation as described above for the substrate. It can, for example, comprise or consist of silicon oxide, but preferably polymer-based passivation layers.
- UBM contact pads are implemented in or on the corresponding passivation layers, which can be in contact with the elements of an integrated circuit above the first surface. In the case of thinner passivation layers, UBM contact pads can extend through the passivation layer in the thickness direction, allowing direct electrical contact with the vias. However, the UBM contact pads can also be in indirect contact with the vias. In the case of thick passivation layers, additional rewiring to the UBM contact pads indirectly connected to the vias can be produced, as described above.
- FIG. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate in schematic cross section.
- FIG. 2 shows a second exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate in schematic cross section.
- FIG. 3 shows a third exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate in schematic cross section.
- FIG. 4 shows a fourth exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate in schematic cross section.
- FIG. 5 shows a MEMS microphone in schematic cross section.
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic cross section of an AS IC on a substrate according to the invention on a printed circuit board.
- FIG. 7 shows a schematic cross-section of an AS IC on a substrate according to the prior art prior to the present invention on a printed circuit board.
- FIG. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate 1 according to the present invention and is shown in schematic cross section.
- the silicon substrate 1 is a silicon wafer here. However, basically any other substrate made of silicon is also suitable as the silicon substrate 1 .
- the silicon substrate 1 is a silicon wafer here. However, basically any other substrate made of silicon is also suitable as the silicon substrate 1 .
- the silicon substrate 1 is a silicon wafer here. However, basically any other substrate made of silicon is also suitable as the silicon substrate 1 .
- the silicon substrate 1 is a silicon wafer here. However, basically any other substrate made of silicon is also suitable as the silicon substrate 1 .
- the silicon substrate 1 is a silicon wafer here. However, basically any other substrate made of silicon is also suitable as the silicon substrate 1 .
- the silicon substrate 1 is a silicon wafer here. However, basically any other substrate made of silicon is also suitable as the silicon substrate 1 .
- the silicon substrate 1 is a silicon wafer here. However, basically any other substrate made of silicon is also suitable as
- the extension direction of the silicon substrate 1 is the direction parallel to the first surface 11 here.
- An ESD protection element 2 is embedded in the silicon substrate 1 .
- the ESD protection element 2 is in direct contact with the first surface 11 of the silicon substrate 1 .
- the ESD protection element 2 is fully embedded in the silicon substrate 1 .
- the ESD protection element 2 is spaced apart from a first via 3 . That means the ESD protection element
- the second and the first via 3 are usually at a distance greater than 0 in the direction in which the silicon substrate 1 extends, ie they are spatially separated from one another or spaced .
- the specific structure of the ESD protection element 2 also depends on the target application and can be tailored to this. In particular, a low clamping voltage should be achieved.
- the embedded structure of the ESD protection element 2 is at least one TVS diode (suppressor diode), which is embedded in the silicon substrate.
- a transistor or thyristor can be used.
- the embedded structure of the ESD protection element 2 is an integrated circuit made up of a combination of thyristor and diode structures prefers .
- the extent of the ESD protection element 2 in the plane of the direction of extent can be between 50 ⁇ m ⁇ 50 ⁇ m and 300 ⁇ m ⁇ 300 ⁇ m, the shape here being a rectangle, but not limited to this.
- the substrate can also be circular in the plane of the extension direction.
- the magnitude depends on the voltage of an ESD event to be protected against.
- expansions of the ESD protection element 2 in the direction of extension of 100 ⁇ m*100 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m ⁇ 200 ⁇ m are preferred, with the shape not being restricted here either.
- the ESD protection element 2 can also be provided with electromagnetic interference protection structures (EMI protection structures).
- EMI protection structures electromagnetic interference protection structures
- Coil structures, thin-film resistors and/or capacitances can serve as such.
- capacities in particular are already inherently introduced by the embedded structure of the ESD protection element. These must therefore be adapted to the application. This plays an important role in particular in the case of high-frequency data lines.
- the first via 3 is a through silicon via (TSV) and extends between the first surface 11 and the second surface 12 .
- the first via 3 is preferably made of a conductive metal (first metal), such as, for example, copper. B. made of copper.
- the first via 3 can be conical, and z. B. be thicker on the first surface 11 side and thinner on the second surface 12 side.
- the conicity can also be in run in the opposite direction, ie be thinner on the side of the first surface 11 and be thicker on the side of the second surface 12 .
- the thickness can also be largely uniform.
- the shape can depend on the manufacturing process used, as also explained below.
- the taper shown in FIG. 1 can be achieved by lasering from the side of the first surface. By lasering from the side of the second surface, an inverse taper thereto can be achieved. If a DRIE process is used, the result for the first via 3 is a shape that is largely cylindrical, but can have the indentations typical of DRIE, for example.
- the interface between the conductive metal of the first via 3 is preferably passivated with an insulating layer 30 , that is to say electrically insulated.
- the insulation layer 30 is usually formed along the entire interface between the first via 3 and the silicon substrate 1 .
- the electrical or electronic connection between the ESD protection element 2 and the first via 3 takes place via a first rewiring 4 .
- This can for example run along the first surface 11 .
- the first rewiring 4 can be slightly embedded in the first surface 3 or run on it.
- the first redistribution 4 can be made of any conductive metal (second metal), such as aluminum or copper.
- ESD protection element 2 and first via 3 can be about the first rewiring 4 affects the impedance of the circuit and the response time of the ESD protection.
- first passivation 5 or a second passivation 5 ′ On the first surface 11 and on the second surface 12 is in each case a first passivation 5 or a second passivation 5 ′, ie in each case an electrically insulating and largely inert layer, is arranged.
- This can in principle be made of any material that meets these conditions. In the current exemplary embodiment, it consists of polymer passivation layers.
- UBM contact pads 6 and 6′ are attached to the first surface 11 and to the second surface 12 . These are arranged directly above and below the first plated through hole 3 and can, for example, consist of the same material as the first plated through hole 3 or the first rewiring 4 .
- the UBM contact pads 6 and 6' can also consist of or have the following metals, including aluminum, titanium, copper, nickel, palladium, silver, gold or tin.
- one of these metals can form the main volume of the UBM contact pad 6 or 6', and one or more of the other metals can form the surface of the UBM contact pad 6 or 6' as a thin layer.
- the contact pads 6 and 6′ each reach through the upper passivation layer 5 and through the lower passivation layer 5′. They serve as a contact surface, e.g. B. to attach integrated circuits via soldering above the first surface, or to ensure external contact, such as for an input signal. D. H . , in the case of an application, integrated circuits such as AS ICs are located directly on or above the silicon substrate, these can be connected to the UBM Contact surface 6 and thus be electrically connected to the rewiring 3 .
- the first via 3 and the UBM contact pads 6 and 6' connected to it can, for example, form the signal line of a connected electronic component, such as an AS IC.
- Another second UBM contact pad 62 attached to the silicon substrate as desired can serve as grounding. This can be manufactured similarly to the UBM contact pad 6 and is connected to a grounded line in any way.
- the components are manufactured by any suitable method.
- the following method is preferably used here.
- the silicon substrate 1 is provided on a carrier film.
- the embedded structures of the ESD protective element 2, including the EMI protective structures, can be introduced into the silicon substrate using a CMOS process.
- a passivation layer 5 can then be produced on the first surface 11 together with the first rewiring 7 .
- openings for the first via 3 are produced between the first surface 11 and a second surface 12 of the silicon substrate 1 by lasers or DRIE.
- the first via 3 When lasing from the side of the second surface, the first via 3 may have an inverted taper to that of FIG.
- the inner walls of the openings are either covered by an ALD Process or a plasma etching process passivated, whereby the insulation layer 30 of the first rewiring 3 is generated.
- the plasma etching process can be part of the DRIE process.
- the openings are then filled with the first metal, that is to say the metal of the via 3, by means of a galvanic process.
- the silicon substrate can then be ground thin from the side of the second surface and then the second passivation layer 5' can be applied.
- the UBM contact pad 6' is formed on the second surface 12 with the aid of photolithographic structuring. This can also be provided with gold or nickel layers via electrochemical deposition.
- the silicon substrate 1 can now z. B. can be sawn to the right shape and size with a plasma sawing process. The silicon substrate processed in this way can be detached from the carrier film.
- FIG. 2 shows a second exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate 1 in schematic cross section.
- the silicon substrate 1 largely corresponds to the silicon substrate 1 as was described in connection with FIG. The production can also be carried out analogously. It should be noted here that an insulation layer of the first via 3 is not shown explicitly, but is preferably formed.
- the silicon substrate 1 of the second embodiment has a second via 31 .
- This second via 31 also has contact pads 61 and 61' on the first surface 11 and on the second surface 12 arranged similarly to the contact pads 6 and 6 ′ on the first via 3 .
- the contact pad 61 of the second via 31 can replace the contact pad 62 as shown in FIG.
- the ESD protection element 2 is also spaced apart from the second via 31 , similarly to the first via 3 .
- the second via 31 is connected to the ESD protection element 2 via a second rewiring 41 .
- the second rewiring 41 is preferably produced in accordance with the first rewiring 4 .
- either the first via 3 or the second via 31 is preferably a signal line, e.g. B. for an input or output signal.
- the other via is then preferably connected to ground. In this way, the signal line can be protected against this ground via via the ESD protection element.
- ESD protection element 2 first via 3, first rewiring 4, second via 31 and second rewiring 41 is defined as an ESD circuit.
- the silicon substrate 1 shown in FIG. 2 is also suitable as an intermediate piece, also called an interposer, on the surface of which z. B. AS ICs can be arranged.
- FIG. 3 shows a third exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate 1 in schematic cross section.
- the third An exemplary embodiment of a silicon substrate 1 comprises two ESD circuits, as defined for FIG. These are integrated into the common silicon substrate 1 .
- the structures can thus largely correspond.
- the two ESD protection elements 2 in particular can be different, since they protect different electronic components with different ESD protection requirements.
- the ESD protection of an individual component can also take place via one of the two ESD protection elements 2 , and ESD protection can take place at the system level using the other ESD protection element 2 .
- FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment of the silicon substrate 1 .
- all structures within the silicon substrate 1 correspond to those from the first embodiment of the module, as shown in FIG.
- the additional rewirings 7 in the first passivation layer 5 each connect one of the two second vias 31 to a UBM contact pad 61 which is located on the outside (upper side) of the first passivation layer 5 .
- One or both of the additional rewirings 7 can include matching elements. These can include capacitances, inductances or delay elements. That means it can z.
- the delay is determined in particular via the length of the additional rewirings 7 . This means that delay elements can be elements that increase the line length of the additional rewirings 7 and can thus delay any ESD pulse.
- an additional redistribution 7' connects one of the second vias 31 to a UBM contact pad 61' which is arranged directly on the other second via 31, similar to the UBM contact pads in the previous examples is .
- a further additional rewiring 7' in the second passivation layer 5' connects one of the first vias 3 to a further UBM contact pad 6'.
- either the first or second vias are grounded and the other two each form a signal line or be connected to a signal line.
- FIG. 5 shows a MEMS microphone 100 as a possible application example of the invention.
- the MEMS microphone 100 has the substrate 101 .
- the substrate 101 can correspond to the silicon substrate 1, as was described for FIGS. 1-5 shown above, or the silicon substrate 1 is part of the substrate 101 several ESD circuits available, as z. B. to Figure 2 have been described.
- the ESD circuit(s) contained in the ESD circuits are the ESD circuit(s) contained in the ESD circuits.
- Protection elements protect components and/or ensure ESD protection at the system level for an ASIC 102 of the MEMS microphone 100, which is arranged on the substrate 101 or above the substrate 101.
- the ASIC 102 can, for example, be electronically connected via solder bumps to UBM contact pads (not shown) or to plated-through holes connected thereto, as described in the previous examples.
- a wrapping 107 made of a polymer film is preferably applied to the components.
- the wrapping 107 differs from the passivation layers as described for FIG.
- the MEMS components can be completed e.g. B. by a metal cover 108 are.
- a further application of the substrate 1 according to the invention is shown in FIG.
- FIG. 6 shows a printed circuit board (PCB) 52 on which a plurality of electronic components 53 are arranged.
- PCB printed circuit board
- the silicon substrate 1 according to the invention is attached to the printed circuit board 52, here in the function as an interposer.
- the silicon substrate 1 can correspond to that from FIG. 3, but alternatively also correspond to the other embodiments described here.
- ESD protection elements 2 are integrated into the silicon substrate 1 .
- An AS IC 50 is mounted on the silicon substrate 1 .
- this AS IC 50 has its own additional ESD
- Protective structures 51 on are preferably individual protective structures for one or more components of the AS IC.
- One of the ESD protection elements 1 can thus provide ESD protection at the system level in a coordinated manner.
- soldering bumps 32 which are attached to the UBM contact pads.
- FIG. 7 shows an ESD protection configuration on a printed circuit board 52 according to the prior art prior to the present invention.
- the ESD protection element 2' not according to the invention is here arranged in an on-board configuration on a substrate 1' not according to the invention.
- the ESD protection element 2' thus takes up additional space next to the structures to be protected (AS IC 50).
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