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- JPH0566012B2 JPH0566012B2 JP3033679A JP3367991A JPH0566012B2 JP H0566012 B2 JPH0566012 B2 JP H0566012B2 JP 3033679 A JP3033679 A JP 3033679A JP 3367991 A JP3367991 A JP 3367991A JP H0566012 B2 JPH0566012 B2 JP H0566012B2
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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Description
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åããããšãç®çãšããŠããã[0002] The present invention forms a transparent electrode in close contact with one surface of a semiconductor, and also includes elements constituting this transparent electrode or di- or trivalent P-type additives or pentavalent or hexavalent N-type additives in this electrode. A portion of the additive is added into the semiconductor inside the semiconductor by irradiating it with a laser or similar strong light energy, lowering the sheet resistance of the semiconductor in that region, and further increasing the contact between the electrode and the semiconductor in the doped region. The aim is to substantially integrate the
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ãã[0003] The present invention provides a semiconductor having a non-single crystal semiconductor mainly composed of a group 4 element and a transparent electrode mainly composed of an oxide or nitride containing an additive provided on the upper or lower surface of the semiconductor. The purpose of the device is to mutually dope elements or additives constituting a non-single-crystal semiconductor so that the semiconductor and the electrode are integrated or substantially integrated.
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ãé€å»ããŠããã2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, thermal annealing has been known as a method for reducing the density of recombination centers or levels generated in a semiconductor device. This is done by annealing (heat slowing) in hydrogen or inert gas at a temperature of 300 to 700°C to produce semiconductors, especially single crystal semiconductors, or so-called MIS structures in which a gate insulator such as an insulated gate field-effect semiconductor device is provided on top of the semiconductor. In semiconductor devices (metal-insulator, especially silicon oxide-semiconductor, especially silicon), slow levels at the interface are canceled out or lattice strain in a single crystal semiconductor is removed.
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ãã[0006] However, in all of these, the basic idea is to eliminate dangling bonds or vacancies in the crystal by making it more monocrystalline.
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ãã®ã§ããã[0007] The present invention does not involve such a conventionally known thermal annealing method, but instead applies laser light or similar intense light energy (hereinafter collectively referred to as L-annealing) to a semiconductor, and as a result, the semiconductor surface or its surface is heated. This is intended to cure nearby semiconductors.
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ãŠç¹ã«æå¹ã§ããã[0008] Furthermore, the present invention provides that such L-annealing is more effective for non-single crystals than for single crystals, and for non-single crystals, that is, polycrystalline or amorphous semiconductors or amorphous semiconductors formed on a substrate by a method such as a CVD method. It is particularly effective for hydrogen-containing amorphous amorphous formed by glow discharge method, plasma CVD method, etc. or polycrystal having a microscopic crystal grain size of 10 to 100 Ã
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ããªã€ãŠããŸã€ãã[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Since such non-single crystal semiconductors generally have an extremely large number of dangling bonds, they are essentially conductors heavily doped with impurities of 10 19 to 10 21 cm -3 . It is known to use the non-single crystal semiconductor as a semiconductor by bonding the unpaired junction with hydrogen and neutralizing it at the same time as forming a film in such a non-single crystal semiconductor. However, regarding the former, if the impurity is doped in a large amount (10 20 cm -3 to 50 atomic %), the impurity will precipitate, causing so-called segregation, and a lump of impurity will be generated in the semiconductor, resulting in no electrical activity. It becomes difficult to become. That is, the activity in the semiconductor (the amount of P or N type active in the semiconductor/the amount of impurities mixed in the semiconductor) has become extremely low, at 0.1 to 10%. On the other hand, in the case of a non-single crystal semiconductor doped with hydrogen, if an electrode is formed on the system or annealing is performed at a lower temperature of 300 to 700°C, the hydrogen in the semiconductor becomes a hydride such as Si- It was liberated from H bonds and released from the semiconductor as H 2 , and the density of recombination centers increased due to thermal annealing.
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When a hexavalent additive is added, its activity is increased to nearly 100% by increasing crystallization, which in turn increases the electrical conductivity in the semiconductor;
Then, due to this process or low-temperature annealing at 300 to 700°C, neutralized recombination centers such as hydrogen or halogen elements that are released are added back into the semiconductor in a chemically active state, and dangling bonds are removed. The density of recombination centers in the semiconductor is lowered by combining with the semiconductor.
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A typical example of this semiconductor substrate is a single crystal semiconductor such as silicon. This single crystal semiconductor is on the top surface.
Even if an MIS structure is provided, a part of the semiconductor substrate may be doped with impurities by ion implantation or the like, so that it becomes partially non-single crystal. In the present invention, such a semiconductor was subjected to L-annealing.
The laser used for L-annealing was a CW laser. The output was 10-70W. The position was continuously scanned using a mirror. In this way, the semiconductor layer near the surface of the semiconductor substrate at a depth of 0.1 to 3 ÎŒm was annealed. However, this L-annealing was not very effective in eliminating the interface states at or near the semiconductor-insulating film interface. In addition, it is not very effective in preventing leakage of minute currents due to minority carriers flowing in semiconductors.
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This semiconductor was immersed in an atmosphere maintained at one atmospheric pressure or less containing neutralized recombination centers such as hydrogen in a chemically active state excited by radio frequency induction. The temperature of this atmosphere can also be room temperature (-70 to +200°C). 0.1 to 100M from the outside of the furnace under reduced pressure
Hydrogen or an inert gas such as helium or a portion of halogen elements such as chlorine and fluorine are added at 0.01 to 3 atomic % by high frequency induction at Hz, for example 13.5 MHz.
The atmosphere was excited to a concentration of . Thus, for example, hydrogen can be the hydrogen of the generating group chemically active with H2 , H * or H + . This hydrogen penetrates into semiconductors or insulators without any hindrance, and can be found in semiconductors, insulators, or dangling bonds in semiconductors such as silicon existing at their interfaces, or dangling bonds in insulators such as silicon or oxygen in silicon oxide. It combined with the pair bond and electrically neutralized it.
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We were able to lower it to 10 19 - 10 17 cm -3 and further reduce it to 1/10 - 1/50. In particular, laser annealing can reduce the defect density of impurity layers that constitute the sources and drains of MIS and FETs without widening the junction, whereas induction annealing can reduce the defect density of impurity layers that constitute the sources and drains of MIS and FETs without widening the junction, whereas induction annealing can reduce the defect density at or near this junction or between the semiconductor and insulating film. This was effective in reducing the number of dangling bonds and levels at the interface. In addition, while laser annealing anneals areas closer to the interface, L-annealing neutralizes and anneals defects at a depth of 3 to 10 ÎŒm from the semiconductor surface, which cannot be processed. Induction annealing was extremely effective.
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It was formed at a temperature of ~900°C. In order to fabricate this semiconductor layer, CVD (Chemical Vapor
Deposition) was invented by the present inventor in 1973.
1389. Furthermore, the invention was carried out based on the glow discharge method, plasma CVD method, etc., patent application No. 53-67507 (filed on June 5, 1978) filed by the inventor. The semiconductor layer 1 formed by this method is made of a non-single crystal semiconductor, and multiple junctions such as PN junctions, PIN junctions, PNPN...PN junctions are formed selectively or approximately parallel to the substrate surface in the semiconductor. Furthermore, such a non-single crystal semiconductor is provided with an insulated gate field effect transistor or a semiconductor device integrated therewith. For example, application No. 53-124022 (1978) which is an invention of the present inventor.
(October 7, 2016).
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by L-annealing. It was possible to increase the size of the crystal and make it even more monocrystalline. The same effect can be obtained by using a ruby laser or glass laser (output 10 to 1000 MW) with a pulse width of 10 to 100 ns instead of the CW oscillation described above. As a result, the defect density in an intrinsic semiconductor that is not doped with P- or N-type impurities (in this case also includes semiconductors doped with background-level impurities) can be reduced to 10 cm. did it. However, for use as a semiconductor, this density must be lowered to 10 14 to 10 16 cm -3 or lower. Furthermore, in order to similarly reduce the density in a portion deeper than the surface of the semiconductor layer, the present invention is characterized in that induction annealing is added at the same time as or after this L-annealing. This induction annealing may be performed by chemically exciting the above-mentioned neutralized product in advance at a position away from the substrate using microwaves and guiding it onto the substrate.
Microwave has an output of 30-200W, for example 2.46GHz
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The pressure was 10 Torr, and the atmosphere was hydrogen or a neutralized hydrogen solution with 30 to 50% helium added. By placing the present semiconductor device in such an atmosphere for 10 minutes to 1 hour, the defect density described above can be reduced to 10 15 to 10 16 .
It was possible to reduce it to cm -3 . This defect density is determined by the glow discharge method, plasma
It has no relation to the CVD method, cluster vapor deposition method, low pressure CVD method, vacuum vapor deposition method, ion plating method, etc., and by combining the L-annealing and induction annealing of the present invention, semiconductors can be manufactured without much dependence on the manufacturing method. We were able to bring it closer to its original state.
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...PN multiple junction, PINI...IPIN multiple junction were formed. The thickness of the semiconductor layer is 0.5-5Ό thick. Furthermore, a conductive film 2 made of tin oxide, indium oxide, antimony oxide, or a mixture thereof or a nitride of tin, indium oxide, antimony oxide, or a mixture thereof is applied to this upper surface as a single-layer or multi-layer electrode using the same plasma CVD method.
It was manufactured to a thickness of 0.05 to 3Ό. This conductive film is optically transparent and is characterized by low absorption of laser light and visible light.
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Alternatively, a mixed additive of In and B was effective in extremely increasing the P-type conductivity in this transition region.
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It has the characteristics of being twice as high, supersaturated and not causing segregation.
Addition of 3 atomic % was extremely effective in increasing conductivity without causing scattering of impurities with respect to holes. In the present invention, the diameter of the crystal grain boundary of the non-single crystal semiconductor is further increased by L-annealing from 10 to 10.
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By doing so, it is possible to improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency in the short wavelength region on the light transmitting side of a photoelectric conversion device, especially a solar cell, etc., and furthermore, it is possible to improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency in the short wavelength region on the side where light passes through the photovoltaic device, especially in a solar cell, etc.
We were able to achieve a correction effect of 95-100% in the wavelength range of .
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Additives of 10 to 20 cm -3 to transparent electrodes of tin oxide or nitrides such as tin nitride or antimony nitride.
It may be added at a concentration of 30 atomic %. Among these additives, particularly Sb or a mixture of Sb and P, the semiconductor layer directly under the electrode is similarly made N-type by L-annealing, and the concentration exceeds the solid solubility limit of the amount added, causing segregation. We were able to make it an N-type with an activity close to 100%.
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This doped surface is a transition region that can be in close contact with both the electrode and the semiconductor, and its resistivity is between 10 -1 and 10 -4 Ωcm.
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Because hole pairs were generated and the recombination centers of both were neutralized with a neutralizer such as hydrogen, it was possible to guide them to the electrode without recombining.
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It was extremely reliable as it did not cause any generation when left at high temperatures of 100 to 150°C.
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This is the case where the semiconductor layer 1 is formed on the upper side.
In such a case, if the substrate 3 is made of glass or the like, annealing using laser light incident from the lower glass side is preferable. However, if the semiconductor layer is as thin as 0.05-2Ό, L-annealing may be performed through the semiconductor layer from above.
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In the CVD method, plasma CVD method, glow discharge method, etc., semiconductors of these conductivity types are manufactured by adding B as an impurity for P-type and P for N-type at the same time as forming the semiconductor layer. do it. In addition, this concentration exceeds the solid solution limit, and in non-single crystal semiconductors, the activity is only 3 to 30%, so
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Since the reaction is carried out under a reduced pressure of 100 Torr, especially 0.1 to 10 Torr, the neutralized gas is hydrogen from 15, an inert gas such as helium from 16, and a halogen element such as HCl from 17. Further, the exhaust gas is exhausted by a vacuum pump 19 via a needle valve 18.
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Thereafter, a furnace 25 is provided to perform low-temperature annealing of the entire structure at a temperature of 300 to 700°C, and a special high-frequency induction furnace 24 is provided independently behind the furnace 25. This induction furnace may also be of a parallel plate type so as to face the substrate 11.
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In addition, conventionally, L-annealing could only be performed in air, but by doing so, it can be performed in hydrogen, an inert gas, especially helium, and as a result, a characteristic of ring-shaped L-annealing on the irradiated surface is achieved. It was possible to reduce the occurrence of striped patterns.
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Although a CW laser is used, a lamp of xenon or the like may be used to generate a flash or the like to produce a similar effect. The temperature of the substrate is raised and cooled extremely rapidly, and even though microscopic movement of the semiconductor or additives in the semiconductor can be carried out at high temperatures and in a substantially molten state, large movements such as segregation of impurities cannot occur, and heat A feature of this method is that impurities or additives with a concentration higher than the solid solubility limit in the annealing method are added to the semiconductor without precipitation.
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The transparent electrode is left as is. However, it goes without saying that this electrode may be removed once with an etching solution and a new transparent electrode may be formed again. In addition, the first transparent electrode is made of, for example, nitride.
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However, chemically more stable nitride conductive transparent electrodes such as tin nitride, indium nitride, antimony nitride, titanium nitride, and germanium nitride may be used, and silicon nitride and mixtures thereof may be used as conductive transparent electrodes. Good too.
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å°äœè£ 眮äœè£œæ¹æ³ã1. After performing optical annealing by irradiating one main surface of a non-single-crystal semiconductor mainly composed of a group 4 element with a laser or similar intense light energy, the semiconductor is subjected to high-frequency or microwave treatment. 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising placing the semiconductor device in a hydrogen, halogen element, or inert gas atmosphere in a plasma state, and performing thermal annealing in a heated atmosphere at a temperature of 300 to 700°C.
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