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- the present invention relates to a laser annealing method and apparatus for forming a low-temperature polysilicon film by annealing an amorphous silicon film by irradiating pulsed laser light in a thin film transistor liquid crystal panel or the like, and in particular, forming a thin film transistor using a microlens array.
- the present invention relates to a laser annealing method and apparatus capable of annealing only a region to be processed.
- an amorphous silicon film is formed on a glass substrate, and continuous laser light having a linear beam shape is applied to the amorphous silicon film from one end of the substrate in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the beam.
- the low temperature polysilicon film is formed by scanning in this manner. By scanning the linear laser beam, the amorphous silicon film is heated and melted by the laser beam, and then the molten silicon is rapidly cooled by the passage of the laser beam and solidified to be crystallized to form a low-temperature polysilicon film.
- the entire amorphous silicon film is heated to a high temperature upon irradiation with laser light, and the entire amorphous silicon film becomes a low temperature polysilicon film by melting and solidifying. For this reason, since regions other than the region where a thin film transistor (hereinafter referred to as TFT) is to be formed are also annealed, there is a problem that processing efficiency is poor.
- TFT thin film transistor
- each microlens condenses the pulse laser beam onto a plurality of minute regions on the amorphous silicon film, and individually and individually pulse lasers to the minute regions corresponding to each transistor.
- a method of annealing by irradiating light has been proposed (Patent Document 3). This method has an advantage that the use efficiency of the laser beam is increased because only the amorphous silicon film in a plurality of TFT formation regions is annealed.
- the amorphous silicon film is irradiated with an excimer laser of XeCl gas having a high absorption rate with respect to the amorphous silicon film.
- This excimer laser has a fundamental wavelength of 308 nm.
- YAG laser is used and the fundamental wavelength of this YAG laser is 1064 nm, this is made a harmonic wave of 3 times (wavelength is 355 nm), and the laser beam has good absorption characteristics for the amorphous silicon film. Used for laser annealing.
- the YAG laser has low apparatus cost and running cost, but the fundamental wavelength is 1064 nm. Since such a long wavelength laser beam is not absorbed by the amorphous silicon film, the third harmonic having a wavelength of 355 nm is used. It is necessary to use wave laser light. Since the third harmonic can be used only about 30% of the output of the fundamental wave, there is a problem that a sufficient output cannot be obtained.
- Patent Document 4 discloses a surface heat treatment apparatus including an optical system that guides a first laser beam having a longer wavelength to a workpiece by delaying the first laser beam having a longer wavelength than a second laser beam having a shorter wavelength.
- the optical path of the fundamental wavelength laser beam (wavelength: 1.06 ⁇ m) output from the YAG laser is made longer than the optical path of the second harmonic laser beam (wavelength: 0.53 ⁇ m), and output.
- the first laser beam with a high output with a time difference is irradiated, so that the surface of the workpiece is extremely shallow and efficiently heat-treated.
- Patent Document 5 the first layer on the surface of the workpiece is irradiated with the first light pulse to be processed, and then the second light having a wavelength different from that of the first light pulse is delayed.
- An ultra-laser surface treatment apparatus is disclosed for processing a second layer below the first layer by irradiation with a pulse.
- the laser beam having the same wavelength is separated from the beam spot in the descending order of power density in order to increase the grain size by increasing the time constant during cooling.
- a laser heating method for irradiating a sample while scanning is disclosed.
- the laser beam irradiated first has an energy density sufficient to melt the polycrystalline silicon film, and the laser beam irradiated in the next order has the same wavelength but does not melt the polycrystalline silicon film. Have sufficient heating power.
- a laser annealing apparatus is disclosed that obtains a maximum grain size of 2000 mm by dividing the pulse into pulses having different outputs and irradiating the surface of the thin film continuously to increase the time for melting and recrystallization. Yes.
- Patent Document 8 discloses a light source device that irradiates a material with a plurality of types of light energy having different wavelengths simultaneously or with a time difference for the purpose of uniformly and satisfactorily crystallizing a semiconductor material. Yes. In this case, first, when the light having the smaller energy is irradiated, the entire irradiated semiconductor layer is melted, and then solidification (crystallization) starts from the outermost surface. Thereafter, when light with high energy is irradiated with a slight delay, the outermost surface of the semiconductor layer which has started to solidify is melted again, and finally the crystal grains become more uniform throughout the semiconductor layer.
- the above-described prior art irradiates the irradiated object with laser light having the same wavelength or a plurality of wavelengths with a time difference for the purpose of uniformizing the crystal grain size, increasing the crystal grain size, and the like.
- the energy of the laser beam emitted from the laser light source cannot be effectively used by using a low-cost laser light source device such as a YAG laser.
- the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and a low-cost laser light source device such as a YAG laser is used when laser annealing an amorphous silicon film to form a low-temperature polysilicon film.
- a low-cost laser light source device such as a YAG laser is used when laser annealing an amorphous silicon film to form a low-temperature polysilicon film.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a laser annealing method and apparatus capable of efficiently transferring a phase to an amorphous silicon film by applying sufficient energy.
- the laser annealing method includes a laser irradiation unit that outputs a first pulsed laser beam and a second pulsed laser beam having higher harmonics than the first pulsed laser beam, Irradiating the amorphous silicon film with a second pulsed laser beam, and melting the amorphous silicon film by the irradiation of the second pulsed laser beam; At a time before the melted portion solidifies, a part of the first pulse laser beam is delayed by a first delay time from the irradiation of the second pulse laser beam, and then the melting of the amorphous silicon film is performed.
- Irradiating the part After the melted portion is solidified, after the other part or the remaining part of the first pulse laser beam is delayed by a second delay time from the irradiation of the part of the first pulse laser beam. Irradiating the melted portion of the amorphous silicon film; Have The second pulse laser light energy and the energy of the first pulse laser light divided into two or more are sequentially applied to the annealing target portion.
- the second pulse laser beam has a wavelength of 550 nm or less, and the first pulse laser beam has a wavelength exceeding 550 nm.
- a first laser annealing apparatus outputs a first oscillator that outputs a first pulsed laser beam, and a second pulsed laser beam that has a higher harmonic than the first pulsed laser beam.
- the first optical system delays a part of the first pulse laser beam by the first delay time from the irradiation of the second pulse laser beam by the second optical system, and the amorphous silicon film
- the first delay time is such that the part of the first pulse laser beam is irradiated at a point in time after the amorphous silicon film is melted by irradiation with the second pulse laser beam and before the melted portion is solidified.
- the second delay time is equal to the second pulse time of the first pulse laser beam at a time before the melted portion where melting is maintained by irradiation of the part of the first pulse laser beam is solidified.
- the second pulse laser beam has a wavelength of 550 nm or less, and the first pulse laser beam has a wavelength exceeding 550 nm.
- a second laser annealing apparatus includes a laser light source that outputs a fundamental wave of pulsed laser light, a wavelength converter that converts the fundamental wave into one or more higher harmonics, and the fundamental wave
- a first optical system that guides and irradiates the amorphous silicon film with a first pulse laser beam having a wave or a lower-order harmonic, and a second higher-order harmonic than the first pulse laser beam.
- the first optical system delays a part of the first pulse laser beam by the first delay time from the irradiation of the second pulse laser beam by the second optical system, and the amorphous silicon film
- the first delay time is such that the part of the first pulse laser beam is irradiated at a point in time after the amorphous silicon film is melted by irradiation with the second pulse laser beam and before the melted portion is solidified.
- the second delay time is equal to the second pulse time of the first pulse laser beam at a time before the
- the laser light source is a YAG laser light source having a fundamental wave wavelength of 1064 nm
- the first pulse laser beam is a second harmonic wave having the fundamental wave or wavelength of 533 nm
- the second pulse laser beam is a third harmonic having a wavelength of 355 nm.
- the first delay is caused before the melted portion is solidified. Irradiation with a part of the first pulsed laser beam having a wavelength exceeding 550 nm, for example, is performed with a delay of time. Accordingly, the first pulsed laser beam that is not absorbed by the solid amorphous silicon film is irradiated with a part of the first pulsed laser beam while the region melted by the second pulsed laser beam is melted.
- the melted portion that is melted to become metal Si is sufficiently absorbed, and the energy of the first pulse laser beam is applied to the melted portion. Thereafter, the remaining part or the other part of the first pulse laser beam is delayed by the second delay time, and is irradiated to the molten part in which the molten state is maintained. Thereby, even if a laser light source having a long wavelength such as a YAG laser is used, the amorphous silicon film can be melted and sufficiently large energy can be applied.
- the first pulse laser beam that is a fundamental wave having a high energy (high beam intensity) or a low-order harmonic is divided into two or more, and the first pulse laser beam As a part and the remainder of the first pulse laser beam, or a part of the first pulse laser beam and another part of the first pulse laser beam (hereinafter, another part of the first pulse laser beam) (Or the remainder), after being divided, the molten portion is irradiated with a second delay time between them.
- the second pulse laser beam which is a harmonic with low energy (low beam intensity)
- a part of the first pulse laser beam which is divided with high energy and the same first pulse laser beam Is irradiated with a first delay time and a second delay time between each other, compared to the case of two waves of a fundamental wave and a higher-order harmonic.
- the laser light is irradiated with a substantially constant intensity for a longer time, and the amorphous silicon film can absorb the energy of the laser light with higher efficiency.
- the second pulse laser beam output from the second oscillator may use a harmonic such as a second order or a third order instead of a fundamental wavelength.
- the second laser annealing apparatus can also be reduced in cost.
- FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows a laser annealing apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows the part of the light source of the laser annealing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a graph of the irradiation timing of the laser beam which shows the operation
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a laser annealing apparatus using a microlens.
- the laser annealing apparatus shown in FIG. This is an apparatus for polycrystallizing and forming a polysilicon film.
- the laser beam emitted from the oscillator 1 is shaped into a parallel beam by the lens group 2 and irradiated to the irradiated object 6 through the microlens array including a large number of microlenses 5. To do.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a laser annealing apparatus using a microlens.
- the laser oscillator 1 uses, for example, a YAG laser as a light source, and emits two laser beams having wavelengths of 355 nm and 1064 nm with a delay time therebetween.
- a large number of microlenses 5 are arranged on a transparent substrate 4, and the laser light is focused on a thin film transistor formation scheduled area set on a thin film transistor substrate as an irradiated body 6.
- the transparent substrate 4 is arranged in parallel to the irradiation object 6, and the microlenses 5 are arranged at a pitch of an integer multiple (for example, 2) of 2 or more of the arrangement pitch of the transistor formation scheduled regions.
- the irradiated body 6 of the present embodiment is, for example, a thin film transistor, and a polysilicon channel region is formed by irradiating a laser beam to the channel region formation scheduled region of the a-Si film.
- a mask 3 for irradiating only the channel formation scheduled region with the laser beam is arranged by the microlens 5, and the channel region is defined in the irradiated object 6 by this mask 3. .
- the laser oscillator 1 of the present embodiment includes a YAG laser light source 11 having a fundamental wave wavelength of 1064 nm, a first wavelength converter 12 that converts the fundamental wave into a second harmonic, And a second wavelength converter 13 for converting to a third-order harmonic.
- the first wavelength converter 12 converts the fundamental wave from the laser light source 11 into a second harmonic (SHG) having a wavelength of 533 nm, and outputs the fundamental wave and the second harmonic.
- the second wavelength converter 13 combines the second harmonic and the fundamental wave to generate a third harmonic (THG).
- the third harmonic having a wavelength of 355 nm, the second harmonic, and the fundamental wave Is output.
- the distance between the mirror 24 and the mirror 25 and the distance between the mirror 15 and the mirror 16 are the distance between the mirror 23 and the mirror 24 and the distance between the mirror 15 and the mirror 14.
- the third harmonic (wavelength: 355 nm) output from the second wavelength converter 13 is irradiated to the irradiated object 18 on which the amorphous silicon film is formed by the second optical system 20 including the lens 17.
- a part of the fundamental wave (wavelength: 1064 nm) output from the second wavelength converter 13 passes through the third optical system 21 including the mirror 14, the mirror 15, the mirror 16, and the like, and the lens.
- the irradiated object 18 is irradiated by 17.
- the fourth optical system 22 is configured.
- the third optical system 21 and the fourth optical system 22 constitute a first optical system 19 that guides the fundamental wave.
- the second harmonic wave (wavelength: 533 nm) output from the second wavelength converter 13 is also used to irradiate the amorphous silicon film with or without being delayed to the third harmonic wave (wavelength: 355 nm). May be used.
- a part of the fundamental wave output from the second wavelength converter 13 is reflected by the mirror 14 and the remaining part is transmitted through the mirror 14.
- the amount of reflection and the amount of transmission are, for example, 50%, respectively.
- the fundamental wave reflected by the mirror 14 is called a P wave
- the fundamental wave transmitted through the mirror 14 is called an S wave.
- the optical path of the third optical system 21 through which the fundamental P wave is guided extends from the second wavelength converter 13 through the mirrors 14, 15, 16 to the irradiated object 18 from the lens 17.
- the optical path length is 3 m, for example.
- the fundamental wave output from the second wavelength converter 13 is folded back by the mirrors 14 and 15.
- An optical path length of 3 m can be secured. Accordingly, 50% of the fundamental wave P-wave is guided through the third optical system 21 and the third harmonic is irradiated to the irradiated object 18 through the second optical system, so that the optical path of both There is a difference of about 3 m in length, and due to this difference in optical path length, the P wave of the fundamental wave is irradiated to the amorphous silicon film with a delay of about 10 ns with respect to the third harmonic.
- the S wave of the fundamental wave that has been transmitted through the mirror 14 and reflected by the mirrors 23, 24, and 25 is guided through the fourth optical system 22 and irradiated onto the irradiated object 18.
- the fourth optical system 22 extends from the second wavelength converter 13 through the mirrors 14, 23, 24, 25, and 16 to the irradiated object 18 from the lens 17, and the optical path length is, for example, , 6 m.
- the optical path length is, for example, if the physical distance between the mirrors 23 and 24 and the mirror 25 is about 3 m, the fundamental wave output from the second wavelength converter 13 is folded back by the mirrors 23 and 24, so The optical path length can be secured. Therefore, 50% of the fundamental wave is guided through the fourth optical system 22, and 50% of the fundamental wave is guided through the third optical system 21.
- the S wave of the fundamental wave is delayed by about 10 ns with respect to the S wave of the fundamental wave and is irradiated onto the amorphous silicon film. . Therefore, the third harmonic, the P wave, and the S wave are irradiated to the melted portion of the irradiated object 18 with a delay time of about 10 ns therebetween.
- An attenuator 26 that adjusts the intensity of the laser beam guided through the third optical system 21 and the fourth optical system 22 is disposed between the mirror 16 and the lens 17 of the third optical system 21. ing.
- the operation of the laser annealing apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
- the fundamental wave of the YAG laser even if the amorphous silicon film is irradiated, the amorphous silicon film is not easily absorbed, and the fundamental wave of the YAG laser cannot melt the amorphous silicon film and transmits the amorphous silicon film. As a result, it reaches the underlying glass substrate and damages the glass substrate. For this reason, conventionally, in the case of a YAG laser, laser annealing is performed using the third harmonic (wavelength is 355 nm).
- the YAG laser light source 11 outputs a pulse of the fundamental wave (wavelength: 1064 nm) for only one shot. Then, this laser light is converted into the second harmonic (SHG) by the first wavelength converter 12 and converted to the third harmonic (THG) by the second wavelength converter 13 to which the second harmonic and the fundamental wave are input. Converted. Then, the third harmonic is applied to the irradiated object 18 through the lens 17 and locally melts the irradiated object 18. On the other hand, the P wave of the fundamental wave is delayed via the third optical system 21 including the mirrors 14, 15, and 16, for example, delayed by 10 ns with respect to the third harmonic, Irradiate the melted part.
- the S wave of the fundamental wave is delayed via the fourth optical system 22 including the mirrors 23, 24, and 25.
- the S wave is delayed by 10 ns with respect to the P wave, and the melted portion of the irradiated object 18. Is irradiated.
- FIG. 3A shows that after the third harmonic is irradiated, the P wave of the fundamental wave is irradiated with a delay of, for example, 10 ns, and the S wave of the fundamental wave is irradiated with a delay of, for example, 10 ns.
- the amorphous silicon film is melted. If only the third harmonic is irradiated, the solidification of the amorphous silicon film is started after about 50 ns. Therefore, when the fundamental P wave is irradiated with a delay of 10 ns after the third harmonic irradiation, the fundamental P wave is irradiated to the molten metal Si.
- the fundamental wave P wave is irradiated to the molten metal Si
- the fundamental wave S wave is irradiated with a delay of 10 ns
- the fundamental wave S wave is applied to the molten metal Si. Is sufficiently absorbed and gives a large heat source to the melt.
- the fundamental wave has higher energy than the harmonics and the intensity of the laser light is higher. In this embodiment, the fundamental wave is divided into 50% energy, and the P wave and the intensity are about half.
- the amount of heat is only about 30% of that of the fundamental wave.
- the energy of the laser beam having a wavelength of 1064 nm of the fundamental wave is 10
- the energy of the laser beam having a wavelength of 533 nm of the second harmonic is 5
- the energy of the laser beam having a wavelength of 355 nm of the third harmonic is The energy of the laser beam.
- the YAG laser light source 11 has the advantage that the apparatus cost is low and the running cost is low.
- the fundamental wave Since the fundamental wave has high energy, in the case of only the third harmonic wave and the fundamental wave, the fundamental wave is irradiated as a high energy density wave at a time.
- the fundamental wave is divided into two as a P wave and an S wave having the same energy density as the third harmonic wave, and is delayed by a predetermined delay time. Irradiated to the melted portion of the silicon film. Therefore, in the case of the present embodiment, the laser beam is irradiated with a substantially constant intensity for a longer time than in the case of two waves of the fundamental wave and the third harmonic wave, and the laser beam is more efficient. Is absorbed by the amorphous silicon film.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible.
- the laser light source is not limited to a YAG laser, and various lasers can be used.
- the amorphous silicon film absorbs short-wavelength laser light, but does not absorb long-wavelength laser light. Therefore, the amorphous silicon film was first melted by irradiating with short-wavelength laser light with low energy but good absorption efficiency. Thereafter, after a certain delay time, a feature of the present invention resides in that a laser beam having a long wavelength and a large energy is divided and irradiated onto molten silicon in a metal state. Therefore, various laser light sources can be used as long as such three-stage laser light irradiation is possible.
- the laser beam of optical energy may be divided into three or more instead of being divided into two as in the above embodiment, and each may be delayed by a predetermined delay time.
- the degree of division is not limited to 50% as in the above embodiment, and the division ratio may be changed, for example, 40% and 60%.
- the same light source of the YAG laser is used, the first optical system 19 is used, and the fundamental wave is delayed from the third harmonic to perform two-stage laser light irradiation.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and another laser light source may be used for short-wavelength irradiation and subsequent long-wavelength irradiation.
- the timing at which the first oscillator outputs the first pulse laser beam having the long wavelength is delayed by a predetermined delay from the timing at which the second oscillator outputs the second pulse laser beam having the short wavelength.
- the pulse timing may be controlled so as to delay by the time.
- the second pulse laser beam irradiated first has a short wavelength of 550 nm or less. If it is 550 nm or less, the second pulse laser beam is absorbed by the amorphous silicon film, and the amorphous silicon film can be sufficiently heated and melted. Therefore, the first pulse laser beam having a large energy has a wavelength exceeding 550 nm. A long wavelength exceeding 550 nm is not easily absorbed by the amorphous silicon film and does not melt the amorphous silicon film, but can give large energy to the molten metal Si.
- the fundamental wavelength is used as the first pulse laser beam having a long wavelength.
- a laser beam having a second harmonic of 533 nm may be used instead of the fundamental wavelength.
- the second harmonic of 533 nm has a smaller energy than the fundamental wavelength, but the second harmonic can also be used according to the overall energy level to be given to the amorphous silicon film.
- the fourth harmonic and the fifth harmonic can be used.
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- KTP crystal KTP crystal
- a BBO crystal ⁇ -BaB 2 O 4
- the amorphous silicon film may be irradiated while sequentially delaying the third harmonic wave, the second harmonic wave, and the fundamental wavelength laser light.
- the amorphous silicon film can be laser-annealed using a low-cost laser light source, it is extremely useful for an annealing technique using laser light.
- laser light source 2 lens group 3: mask 4: transparent substrate 5: micro lens 6: irradiated object 7: light shielding plate 11: YAG laser light source 12: first wavelength converter 13: second wavelength converters 14 and 15 , 16, 23, 24, 25: mirror 17: lens 18: irradiated object 19: first optical system 20: second optical system 21: third optical system 22: fourth optical system
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その溶融部が凝固する前の時点で、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部を前記第2のパルスレーザ光の照射より第1の遅延時間だけ遅延させた後、前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射する工程と、
この溶融部が凝固する前の時点で、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の他の一部又は残部を前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部の照射より第2の遅延時間だけ遅延させた後、前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射する工程と、
を有し、
アニール対象部に前記第2のパルスレーザ光のエネルギと、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の2又は複数に分割されたエネルギとを、順次付与することを特徴とする。
前記第1の光学系は、前記第2の光学系による前記第2のパルスレーザ光の照射よりも第1の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第3の光学系と、前記第3の光学系による前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部の照射よりも第2の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の他の一部又は残部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第4の光学系とを有し、
前記第1の遅延時間は、前記第2のパルスレーザ光による照射により前記アモルファスシリコン膜が溶融した後、溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部が照射されるものであり、
前記第2の遅延時間は、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部の照射により溶融が維持されている前記溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記他の一部又は残部が照射されるものであることを特徴とする。
前記第1の光学系は、前記第2の光学系による前記第2のパルスレーザ光の照射よりも第1の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第3の光学系と、前記第3の光学系による前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部の照射よりも第2の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の他の一部又は残部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第4の光学系とを有し、
前記第1の遅延時間は、前記第2のパルスレーザ光による照射により前記アモルファスシリコン膜が溶融した後、溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部が照射されるものであり、
前記第2の遅延時間は、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部の照射により溶融が維持されている前記溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記他の一部又は残部が照射されるものであることを特徴とする。
2:レンズ群
3:マスク
4:透明基板
5:マイクロレンズ
6:被照射体
7:遮光板
11:YAGレーザ光源
12:第1波長変換器
13:第2波長変換器
14,15,16、23,24,25:ミラー
17:レンズ
18:被照射体
19:第1光学系
20:第2光学系
21:第3光学系
22:第4光学系
Claims (6)
- 第1のパルスレーザ光と、前記第1のパルスレーザ光よりも高次の高調波の第2のパルスレーザ光とを出力するレーザ照射部を有し、前記第2のパルスレーザ光をアモルファスシリコン膜に照射し、前記第2のパルスレーザ光の照射により前記アモルファスシリコン膜が溶融する工程と、
その溶融部が凝固する前の時点で、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部を前記第2のパルスレーザ光の照射より第1の遅延時間だけ遅延させた後、前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射する工程と、
この溶融部が凝固する前の時点で、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の他の一部又は残部を前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部の照射より第2の遅延時間だけ遅延させた後、前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射する工程と、
を有し、
アニール対象部に前記第2のパルスレーザ光のエネルギと、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の2又は複数に分割されたエネルギとを、順次付与することを特徴とするレーザアニール方法。 - 前記第2のパルスレーザ光は、波長が550nm以下であり、前記第1のパルスレーザ光は、波長が550nmを超えることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のレーザアニール方法。
- 第1のパルスレーザ光を出力する第1の発振器と、前記第1のパルスレーザ光よりも高次の高調波の第2のパルスレーザ光を出力する第2の発振器と、前記第1のパルスレーザ光をアモルファスシリコン膜に照射する第1の光学系と、前記第2のパルスレーザ光を前記アモルファスシリコン膜に照射して溶融部を形成する第2の光学系と、を有し、
前記第1の光学系は、前記第2の光学系による前記第2のパルスレーザ光の照射よりも第1の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第3の光学系と、前記第3の光学系による前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部の照射よりも第2の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の他の一部又は残部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第4の光学系とを有し、
前記第1の遅延時間は、前記第2のパルスレーザ光による照射により前記アモルファスシリコン膜が溶融した後、溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部が照射されるものであり、
前記第2の遅延時間は、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部の照射により溶融が維持されている前記溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記他の一部又は残部が照射されるものであることを特徴とするレーザアニール装置。 - 前記第2のパルスレーザ光は、波長が550nm以下であり、前記第1のパルスレーザ光は、波長が550nmを超えることを特徴とする請求項3に記載のレーザアニール装置。
- パルス発振のレーザ光の基本波を出力するレーザ光源と、前記基本波を1又は複数の高次の高調波に変換する1又は複数の波長変換器と、前記基本波又は低次の高調波の第1のパルスレーザ光を前記アモルファスシリコン膜に導光して照射する第1の光学系と、前記第1のパルスレーザ光よりも高次の高調波の第2のパルスレーザ光を前記アモルファスシリコン膜に導光して照射することにより溶融部を形成する第2の光学系と、を有し、
前記第1の光学系は、前記第2の光学系による前記第2のパルスレーザ光の照射よりも第1の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第3の光学系と、前記第3の光学系による前記第1のパルスレーザ光の一部の照射よりも第2の遅延時間だけ遅延させて前記第1のパルスレーザ光の他の一部又は残部を前記アモルファスシリコン膜の前記溶融部に照射させる第4の光学系とを有し、
前記第1の遅延時間は、前記第2のパルスレーザ光による照射により前記アモルファスシリコン膜が溶融した後、溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部が照射されるものであり、
前記第2の遅延時間は、前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記一部の照射により溶融が維持されている前記溶融部が凝固する前の時点で前記第1のパルスレーザ光の前記他の一部又は残部が照射されるものであることを特徴とするレーザアニール装置。 - 前記レーザ光源は、基本波の波長が1064nmのYAGレーザ光源であり、前記第1のパルスレーザ光は、前記基本波又は波長が533nmの第2高調波であり、前記第2のパルスレーザ光は、波長が355nmの第3高調波であることを特徴とする請求項5に記載のレーザアニール装置。
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