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Description
実施の形態の説明に先立って、フーリエ変換赤外分光光度計(FT−IR)を用いた反射干渉解析法による膜厚測定について説明する。
以下、図4〜図10を用いて、従来の反射干渉解析法の検証について説明する。図4は、膜厚の測定対象となるサンプル20の断面構成を示す図である。図4に示すサンプル20は、一般的なSiCパワーデバイスのエピタキシャル構造を示しており、n型のSiC基板21上にバッファ層22(エピ層)が形成され、バッファ層22上にドリフト層23(エピ層)が形成されている。サンプル20は大気24中にあって、照射光束25、ドリフト層23表面での反射光束26、バッファ層22とSiC基板21との界面(エピ・基板界面)での反射光束27、バッファ層22とドリフト層23との界面での反射光束28が示されている。
以下、図9および図10を参照しつつ、図11に示すフローチャートを用いて本発明に係る膜厚測定方法について説明する。
先に説明したように、波数3000cm-1より低波数側の赤外領域では、波数が短くなればなるほど位相が回転し、厚さが薄いバッファ層22であっても入射した光が出射されるまでに時間がかかり、結果として見かけ上の厚さが厚くなっているものと推測し、干渉波形の歪み分の位相のずれ(シフト量)ΔΦを数式(2)で表したが、この位相のずれの原因となるバッファ層22の見かけ上の厚さと波数との関係を示したものが図12である。
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- フーリエ変換赤外分光光度計を用いた反射干渉解析による膜厚測定方法であって、
(a)半導体基板上に、該半導体基板と実部の屈折率差がない第1および第2のエピタキシャル層がこの順に積層された測定対象を準備し、前記フーリエ変換赤外分光光度計を用いて、前記測定対象のインターフェログラムと、前記半導体基板のインターフェログラムを計測してリファレンスのインターフェログラムを得るステップと、
(b)前記測定対象のインターフェログラムと、前記リファレンスのインターフェログラムに対して、それぞれフーリエ変換を施すことで、測定対象の反射スペクトルおよびリファレンスの反射スペクトルを算出するステップと、
(c)前記測定対象の反射スペクトルの強度を、前記リファレンスの反射スペクトルの強度で割ることで、反射干渉パターンを算出するステップと、
(d)前記測定対象の構造に基づいた数値計算によって得られた数値計算反射干渉パターンを前記反射干渉パターンにフィッティングするステップと、を備え、
前記ステップ(d)は、
前記反射干渉パターンにおける、フォノン吸収による屈折率の異常分散領域近傍の波数領域に現れる歪みを含んだ干渉波形と、前記数値計算反射干渉パターンの同じ波数領域での干渉波形とがずれないように、前記第1のエピタキシャル層の厚さをフィッティングパラメータとして使用し、
前記数値計算反射干渉パターンをフィッティングした際に設定した前記第1のエピタキシャル層の厚みをもって、前記第1のエピタキシャル層の厚みの実測値とする、膜厚測定方法。 - 前記ステップ(d)は、
前記数値計算反射干渉パターンの算出において、
前記第2のエピタキシャル層の表面での赤外光の反射光路と、
前記第1のエピタキシャル層と前記半導体基板での赤外光の反射光路との光路差による位相差を表す数式に、前記歪みを含んだ干渉波形の歪み分に相当する位相のずれΔΦを加味した数式を用いる、請求項1記載の膜厚測定方法。 - 前記位相のずれΔΦは、以下の数式(1)で規定され、
nb:前記第1のエピタキシャル層の実部屈折率、
kb:前記第1のエピタキシャル層の消衰係数、
db:前記第1のエピタキシャル層の厚み、
nepi:前記第2のエピタキシャル層の実部屈折率、
nsub:前記半導体基板の実部屈折率、
ksub:前記半導体基板の消衰係数、
k:前記第1のエピタキシャル層の実部屈折率の効果を調整する係数、
λ:入射光束の波長である、請求項2記載の膜厚測定方法。
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