WO2010134691A2 - 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for producing a polycrystalline silicon thin film for use in a solar cell, and more particularly, to a method for effectively producing a polycrystalline silicon thin film by a metal induction crystallization method.
- the process that requires high temperature heat treatment in the production of poly-Si is a crystallization heat treatment (Crystallization) that converts an amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film to a crystalline silicon thin film and an activation heat treatment (Dopant) that is electrically activated after doping Activation).
- Crystallization that converts an amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film to a crystalline silicon thin film
- Dopant activation heat treatment
- LTPS Low Temperature poly-Si
- Representative methods for forming a polycrystalline silicon thin film include solid phase crystallization (SPC), excimer laser annealing (ELA), and metal induced crystallization (MIC).
- Solid Phase Crystallization is the most direct and long used method of obtaining polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin films from amorphous silicon (a-Si).
- SPC is a method of obtaining a polycrystalline silicon thin film having a grain size of about several micro by heat-treating the amorphous silicon thin film at a temperature of 600 °C or more for several tens of hours.
- the polycrystalline silicon thin film obtained by this method has a disadvantage in that it is difficult to use a glass substrate because of high defect density in crystal grains and a high heat treatment temperature, and a long process time due to long heat treatment.
- Excimer Laser Annealing is a method of instantaneously irradiating an excimer laser to a amorphous silicon thin film for nanoseconds to melt and recrystallize the amorphous silicon thin film without damaging the glass substrate.
- ELA is known to have significant problems in mass production processes.
- ELA has a very non-uniform grain structure of polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin film according to the laser irradiation amount.
- ELA has a problem that it is difficult to manufacture a uniform crystalline silicon thin film because of the narrow process range.
- the surface of the polycrystalline silicon thin film is rough, which adversely affects the characteristics of the device. This problem is more serious in the application of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in which the uniformity of thin film transistors (TFTs) is important.
- OLEDs organic light emitting diodes
- MIC Metal Induced Crystallization
- MIC is a method of inducing crystallization of silicon by applying a metal catalyst to amorphous silicon by sputtering or spin coating, followed by heat treatment at low temperature.
- the metal catalyst various metals such as nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), and palladium (Pd) may be used.
- nickel (Ni) is used as a metal catalyst in MIC, in which reaction control is easy and large grains are obtained.
- MIC can be crystallized at a lower temperature of less than 450 ° C., but there are significant problems in the actual production process. This problem is that a significant amount of metal diffused in the active region in the TFT causes typical metal contamination, increasing leakage current, one of the TFT characteristics.
- LTPS low temperature poly-silicon
- amorphous silicon thin film transistor liquid crystal displays a-si TFT LCDs
- AMOLEDs active organic light emitting diodes
- the method of manufacturing polycrystalline silicon is also important in that active organic light emitting diodes (AMOLEDs) will compete with crystalline wafer forms in solar cells. Therefore, the production cost and market competitiveness of the product are stable and polycrystalline at a lower price than the amorphous silicon thin film transistor liquid crystal display (a-si TFT LCD) and the crystalline wafer type solar cell where the production technology is stabilized. It depends on whether you can make silicon.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a manufacturing process for obtaining a polycrystalline silicon thin film from amorphous silicon by a metal induction crystallization method.
- a buffer layer 2 made of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ) is formed on a substrate 1 such as glass, and an amorphous silicon layer 3 is formed on the buffer layer 2 by plasma chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).
- PECVD plasma chemical vapor deposition
- RTA Rapid Thermal Annealing
- An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, in the method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon thin film using the metal induction crystallization method, precisely control the amount of catalyst metal and enable crystallization at low temperature By providing an efficient method for producing a polycrystalline silicon thin film.
- a method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon thin film according to the present invention includes: forming a metal layer on an insulating substrate;
- the method for producing a polycrystalline silicon thin film according to the present invention is effective to produce an effective polycrystalline silicon crystallized thin film by precisely controlling the amount of a metal catalyst diffused into the amorphous silicon layer and acting as a nucleus of silicon crystallization in the amorphous silicon layer.
- the manufacturing method of the polycrystalline silicon thin film according to the present invention has an advantage that can be crystallized at a lower temperature than the conventional manufacturing method.
- FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a conventional method for producing a polycrystalline silicon thin film by a metal induction crystallization method.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a manufacturing process according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view after the first silicon layer forming step illustrated in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing a cross section after the overcatalyst collection layer forming step shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a cross section after an etching step illustrated in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a cross section after the second silicon layer forming step illustrated in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the formation of polycrystalline silicon on a substrate after the crystallization step shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 9 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the amorphous silicon illustrated in FIG. 8.
- FIG. 10 is a photograph of the surface of a crystalline silicon wafer viewed with an optical microscope.
- FIG. 11 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the silicon wafer illustrated in FIG. 10.
- FIG. 12 is a photograph of a surface of a polycrystalline silicon thin film manufactured by a conventional metal induction crystallization method viewed with an optical microscope.
- FIG. 13 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the polycrystalline silicon thin film illustrated in FIG. 12.
- FIG. 15 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the polycrystalline silicon thin film illustrated in FIG. 14.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a manufacturing process according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- 3 is a cross-sectional view after the first silicon layer forming step illustrated in FIG. 2.
- 4 is a view showing a cross section after the overcatalyst collection layer forming step shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a cross section after an etching step illustrated in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a cross section after the second silicon layer forming step illustrated in FIG. 2.
- a method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon thin film according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a metal layer forming step S1, an oxide film forming step S2, and patterning.
- Step S3 the first silicon layer forming step S4, the excess catalyst trapping layer forming step S5, the first heat treatment step S6, the etching step S7, and the second silicon layer forming step (S8) and the crystallization step (S9).
- a metal layer 30 such as nickel (Ni) is formed on an insulating substrate 10 such as glass.
- the substrate 10 includes a buffer layer 20 made of a material such as silicon oxide (SiO 2 ).
- the buffer layer 20 is provided to serve as an insulation function.
- the buffer layer 20 may include the first silicon layer 40 or the second silicon, which will be described later from the substrate 10 in the oxide film forming step S2 or the first heat treatment step S6 or the crystallization step S9.
- the impurity is diffused in the layer 60 to prevent the impurity from contaminating the first silicon layer 40 or the second silicon layer 60.
- the metal layer 30 may be performed by a known method such as sputtering or plasma chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).
- the thickness of the said metal layer 30 is 5 kPa-1500 kPa. If the thickness of the metal layer 30 is less than 5 ⁇ , the thickness of the metal layer 30 is so thin that process reproducibility deteriorates, and the uniformity of the metal layer 30 deteriorates when the metal layer 30 is deposited in a large area. have. On the other hand, when the thickness of the metal layer 30 exceeds 1500 kPa, too much metal penetrates into the second silicon layer 60, which will be described later, so that a problem of metal contamination occurs. There is a problem of degrading the characteristics of a device containing silicon.
- the metal layer 30 is heat-treated in an atmosphere of vacuum, air oxygen, or nitrogen to form a metal oxide film such as nickel oxide (NiO or Ni 2 O 3 ) on the surface of the metal layer 30. 35, or a metal oxide film 35 is deposited on the metal layer 30 to form a metal oxide film 35.
- the heat treatment temperature for forming the oxide film 35 is preferably 400 °C to 1000 °C. When the heat treatment temperature of the oxide film 35 forming step is less than 400 °C, there is a problem that the oxide of nickel (Ni) is not formed well.
- the heat treatment method of the oxide film forming step (S2) may be a high temperature process (furnace), metal heat treatment (RTA), ultraviolet (UV) heating method and the like.
- the oxide film 35 serves to lower the activation energy during diffusion of the catalyst metal in the process of forming the silicide layer 55 in the first heat treatment step S6 described later. It is preferable that the thickness of the said oxide film 35 is 1 kPa-300 kPa. If the thickness of the oxide film 35 is less than 1 mm, the oxide film 35 may be too thin to perform its function. On the other hand, when the thickness of the oxide film 35 exceeds 50 kPa, there is a problem that it is difficult to penetrate the catalyst metal from the metal layer 30.
- the patterning step S3 After the oxide film forming step S2, a portion of the oxide film 35 is removed by photolithography to pattern the metal layer 30 to be exposed. If necessary, the patterning step S3 may be omitted.
- the patterning step S3 is to uniformly distribute the growth nuclei of the crystalline silicon.
- an amorphous first silicon layer 40 is formed on the oxide film 35 using a known means such as plasma chemical vapor deposition. It is preferable that the thickness of the said 1st silicon layer 40 is 5 kPa-1500 kPa. If the thickness of the first silicon layer 40 is less than 5 ⁇ , the thickness of the first silicon layer 40 is so thin that the process reproducibility deteriorates and the uniformity of the first silicon layer 40 when deposited in a large area. There is a problem of poor uniformity. On the other hand, when the thickness of the first silicon layer 40 exceeds 1500 ⁇ , the chemical bonding that is not necessary for the first silicon layer 40 to form the silicide layer 55 in combination with the metal layer 30 There is a problem that is generated.
- the ratio of the thickness of the metal layer 30 and the thickness of the first silicon layer 40 is preferably 1: 0.5 to 1: 6.
- the ratio of the thickness of the metal layer 30 and the thickness of the first silicon layer 40 is out of the above range, there is a problem in that chemical bonds are not generated to form the silicide layer 55 as described above. In other words, a chemical bond of a composition other than the silicide composition required for metal inductive bonds is formed, which hinders inductive crystallization.
- a silicon nitride layer 50 (SiN) is formed on the first silicon layer 40.
- the silicon nitride particles are deposited on the first silicon layer 40 by a known means such as plasma chemical vapor deposition. It is preferable to form the thickness of the silicon nitride layer 50 to 100 kPa or more. When the thickness of the silicon nitride layer 50 is less than 100 GPa, the thickness of the silicon nitride layer 50 is too thin in the process so that the silicon nitride layer 50 is not uniformly formed in a large area. There is a problem that does not work properly.
- the first heat treatment step S6 catalytic metal atoms such as nickel (Ni) move from the metal layer 30 to the first silicon layer 40 by passing through the oxide layer 35 to form a silicide layer 55 (NiSi). Heat treatment is performed to form The heat treatment performed in the first heat treatment step S6 may be performed by a high temperature furnace, rapid heat treatment (RTA), ultraviolet (UV) heating, or the like.
- the silicide layer 55 formed in the first heat treatment step S6 serves as a nucleus for crystallizing amorphous silicon (A-Si) in the crystallization step S9 described later.
- the silicon nitride layer 50 stacked in the excess catalyst capture layer forming step S5 is removed. Since the method of removing the silicon nitride layer 50 may be performed using a known etching method, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the second silicon layer 60 is formed by stacking amorphous silicon on the silicide layer 55.
- the method of forming the second silicon layer 60 may be performed using a method such as a known plasma chemical vapor deposition method.
- heat treatment is performed such that crystalline silicon 70 is generated in the second silicon layer 60 made of amorphous metal through the metal particles of the silicide layer 55.
- the heat treatment in the crystallization step (S9) is carried out at 630 °C using RTA (Rapid Thermal Annealing) equipment.
- the size of the crystal grains was observed by using an optical microscope and Raman Spectroscopy, and the wave number having the maximum intensity was analyzed.
- FIG. 8 is a photograph of the surface of amorphous silicon as viewed under an optical microscope.
- FIG. 9 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the amorphous silicon illustrated in FIG. 8.
- 10 is a photograph of the surface of a crystalline silicon wafer viewed with an optical microscope.
- FIG. 11 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the silicon wafer illustrated in FIG. 10.
- 12 is a photograph of a surface of a polycrystalline silicon thin film manufactured by a conventional metal induction crystallization method viewed with an optical microscope.
- FIG. 13 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the polycrystalline silicon thin film illustrated in FIG. 12.
- 14 is a photograph of the surface of the polycrystalline silicon thin film prepared according to the present invention under an optical microscope.
- FIG. 15 is a graph analyzing the wave number of the polycrystalline silicon thin film illustrated in FIG. 14.
- the second silicon layer 60 which is amorphous silicon, exhibits maximum intensity at a wavenumber of 480 cm ⁇ 1 .
- the horizontal axis represents a wave number (cm ⁇ 1 ) and corresponds to a frequency.
- a wave number is a unit of frequency that represents the number of waves in a unit distance by dividing the frequency of light by the speed of light in atomic, molecular, and nuclear spectroscopy.
- the frequency of a wave is represented by the Greek letter ⁇ (nu), which is equal to the luminous flux c divided by the wavelength ⁇ . That is, ⁇ c / ⁇ .
- a typical spectral line is a wavelength of 5.8 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 cm and corresponds to a frequency of 5.17 ⁇ 10 14 kHz.
- the frequency divided by the speed of light is ⁇ / c, which is 1 / ⁇ in the above equation.
- 1 / ⁇ represents the number of waves found within 1m.
- the wavenumber is usually measured in units of 1 / m, i.e. m- 1 and 1 / cm, i.e. cm- 1 .
- the vertical axis is a sum of waves measured per unit time and corresponds to intensity (CPS, Count Per Second).
- the units of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of FIGS. 11, 13, and 15 are the same as those of FIG. 9.
- silicon wafers which are typical crystalline silicon, exhibit maximum strength at a wavenumber of 520 cm ⁇ 1 , as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.
- 12 and 13 show surface photographs and wave number analysis graphs of a polycrystalline silicon thin film manufactured by a conventional metal induction crystallization method. 12 and 13, the maximum strength is shown at a similar frequency compared to the crystalline silicon wafers shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.
- the optical micrograph of the surface of the silicon thin film shown in FIG. 12 is enlarged by 1000 times and the size of the crystal grains is relatively small.
- FIGS. 14 and 15 optical micrographs and wave number analysis graphs of the polycrystalline silicon thin film manufactured by the present invention are shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, respectively.
- FIG. 15 it can be seen that the wave number representing the maximum strength in the polycrystalline silicon thin film manufactured by the present invention is well represented as in the crystalline silicon wafer shown in FIG. 11.
- Figure 14 is an optical micrograph 1000 times magnified, compared with Figure 14 and Figure 12, the crystal grains of the polycrystalline silicon thin film produced by the present invention is much larger than the grains of the polycrystalline silicon thin film prepared by the conventional method Able to know. From the experimental results, it can be seen that the manufacturing method of the polycrystalline silicon thin film according to the present invention is superior to the conventional manufacturing method.
- the manufacturing method of the polycrystalline silicon thin film according to the present invention has the advantage that it can be crystallized at a lower temperature than the conventional manufacturing method.
- the method for producing a polycrystalline silicon thin film according to the present invention by precisely controlling the amount of the catalyst metal in advance by disposing the catalyst metal, which is a nucleus of the reaction that is transformed from amorphous silicon into crystalline silicon, under the amorphous silicon layer, it is then diffused into the amorphous silicon layer. By doing so, there is an advantage of preventing the inflow of impurities and lowering the activation energy.
- the first silicon layer forming step is performed after the patterning step of removing a portion of the oxide film by a photolithography method to pattern the metal layer to be exposed after the oxide film forming step, but the patterning step is necessary. May be omitted.
- forming a first silicon layer for laminating amorphous silicon on an insulating substrate An oxide film forming step of forming a metal oxide film on the amorphous silicon in a state in which a metal and an oxide of the metal are mixed; A second silicon layer forming step of depositing amorphous silicon on the oxide film; And a crystallization step of heat treating the amorphous silicon of the first silicon layer to crystalline silicon using the metal particles of the oxide film as a catalyst. That is, unlike the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the oxide film is formed without forming a metal layer on the substrate, and then the same process as the preferred embodiment of the present invention is performed.
- a method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon thin film according to the present invention includes: forming a metal layer on an insulating substrate;
- the substrate includes a buffer layer made of SiO 2 between the metal layer and the metal layer.
- An etching step of etching and removing the silicon nitride layer after the first heat treatment step It is preferable to further include.
- the thickness of the metal layer is 5 kPa to 1500 kPa
- the thickness of the oxide film is 1 kPa to 300 kPa
- the thickness of the first silicon layer is 5 kPa to 1500 kPa
- the ratio of the thickness of the metal layer and the thickness of the first silicon layer is 1: It is preferable that it is 0.5-1: 6.
- the heat treatment temperature in the oxide film forming step is 400 °C to 1000 °C
- the heat treatment temperature in the first heat treatment step is preferably 300 °C to 1000 °C.
- the oxide film forming step it is preferable to perform the first silicon layer forming step after the patterning step of removing a portion of the oxide film by a photolithography method to pattern the metal layer.
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- 절연 기판상에 금속층을 형성시키는 금속층 형성단계;상기 금속층을 열처리하여 그 금속층의 표면에 금속 산화막을 형성하거나, 상기 금속층 위에 금속 산화막을 증착하여 금속 산화막을 형성하는 산화막 형성단계;상기 산화막 형성단계에서 형성된 상기 금속 산화막 위에 실리콘층을 적층하는 제1실리콘층 형성단계;상기 금속층으로부터 촉매 금속 원자가 상기 제1실리콘층으로 이동하여 실리사이드층을 형성하도록 열처리하는 제1열처리 단계;상기 실리사이드층 위에 비정질 실리콘층을 적층시키는 제2실리콘층 형성단계; 및상기 실리사이드층의 입자를 매개로 하여 상기 비정질 실리콘층에서 결정질 실리콘이 생성되도록 열처리하는 결정화 단계;를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 기판은 상기 금속층과의 사이에 SiO2로 이루어진 완충층을 포함한 것을 특징으로 하는 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 있어서,상기 제1실리콘층 형성단계 후에 그 제1실리콘층 위에 질화 실리콘층(SiN) 을 형성하는 과잉 촉매 포집층 형성단계; 및상기 제1열처리 단계 후에 상기 질화 실리콘층을 식각하여 제거하는 식각 단계; 를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 금속층의 두께는 5Å 내지 1500Å이며, 상기 산화막의 두께는 1Å 내지 300Å이며, 상기 제1실리콘층의 두께는 5Å 내지 1500Å이며, 상기 금속층의 두께와 상기 제1실리콘층의 두께의 비는 1:0.5 내지 1:6인 것을 특징으로 하는 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법.
- 제3항에 있어서,상기 산화막 형성단계에서의 열처리 온도는 400℃ 내지 1000℃이고, 상기 제1열처리 단계에서의 열처리 온도는 300℃ 내지 1000℃인 것을 특징으로 하는 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 산화막 형성단계 후에 상기 산화막의 일부분을 사진 식각 방법으로 제거하여 금속층이 노출되도록 패터닝하는 패터닝 단계 후에 제1실리콘층 형성단계를 수행하는 것을 특징으로 하는 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법.
- 절연 기판상에 비정질 실리콘은 적층시키는 제1실리콘층 형성단계;상기 비정질 실리콘 위에 금속과 그 금속의 산화물이 혼재된 상태로 금속 산화막을 형성하는 산화막 형성단계;상기 산화막 위에 비정질 실리콘을 적층시키는 제2실리콘층 형성단계; 및상기 산화막의 금속입자를 촉매로 하여 상기 제1실리콘층의 비정질 실리콘이 결정질 실리콘으로 성장하도록 열처리하는 결정화 단계;를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 다결정 실리콘 박막의 제조방법.
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