WO2012004903A1 - レーザアニール処理装置およびレーザアニール処理方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a laser annealing processing apparatus and a laser annealing processing method for performing laser annealing by irradiating a semiconductor film with pulsed laser light.
- a thin film transistor used for a pixel switch or a drive circuit of a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display laser annealing using laser light is performed as a part of a manufacturing method of a low temperature process.
- This method irradiates a non-single-crystal semiconductor film formed on a substrate with laser light and locally heats or melts it, or heats it without melting, and then converts the semiconductor thin film into a polycrystal during the cooling process. Or it crystallizes into a single crystal. Since the crystallized semiconductor thin film has high carrier mobility, the performance of the thin film transistor can be improved. Further, the crystal semiconductor thin film can be modified by performing laser annealing treatment.
- the pulsed laser light irradiated in the laser annealing needs to be within a range suitable for crystallization without excessive or insufficient energy density.
- the laser output is controlled so as to be within a range suitable for crystallization.
- the appropriate range that is, the margin is small, and control is required.
- the conventional pulse laser beam has a steep pulse waveform at both the rising and falling edges, and the inventors of the present invention are suitable for crystallization by making this a broad pulse waveform. It has been found that the energy density itself is high and the range is relatively large. However, an increase in energy density suitable for crystallization means that if the output pulse energy does not change, the pulse laser beam irradiation area must be reduced to increase the pulse energy density. . When the irradiation area of the pulse laser beam is reduced, the number of pulse irradiations for processing the entire surface of the semiconductor film is inevitably increased, and the throughput is lowered.
- the present invention has been made against the background of the above circumstances, and provides a laser annealing apparatus and a processing method capable of increasing the energy density range suitable for crystallization and the like, that is, an appropriate margin, while suppressing a decrease in throughput as much as possible.
- the purpose is to provide.
- the first present invention includes a laser light source that outputs pulsed laser light, an optical system that shapes the pulsed laser light and guides it to a semiconductor film to be processed, and the pulse A stage on which the semiconductor film to be irradiated with laser light is placed, and the pulse laser light irradiated to the semiconductor film has a pulse energy density ranging from 10% of the maximum height to the maximum height.
- the rising time is 35 nsec or less, and the falling time from the maximum height to 10% of the maximum height is 80 nsec or more.
- the laser annealing treatment apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect of the present invention, the rise time is 30 nsec or less and the fall time is 85 nsec or more.
- the pulse laser beam output from the laser light source is shaped into a pulse waveform having the rise time and the fall time. It has a waveform shaping section.
- the laser annealing processing apparatus wherein the waveform shaping unit is divided with a beam splitting unit that splits the pulse laser beam output from the laser light source into a plurality of beams. And a delay means for delaying the beams and a beam combining means for combining the divided beams.
- the laser annealing apparatus comprising a plurality of laser light sources, and superimposing pulse laser beams output from the respective laser beams. A pulsed laser beam for irradiating the film is obtained.
- the laser annealing treatment apparatus of the sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any of the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, the semiconductor film irradiated with the pulse laser beam is non-single crystal silicon.
- the laser annealing treatment apparatus is characterized in that, in any of the first to sixth aspects of the present invention, the pulse laser beam is an excimer laser.
- the rise time from 10% of the maximum height to the maximum height in the pulse waveform in the pulse waveform is 35 ns or less, and 10% of the maximum height to the maximum height.
- a pulse laser beam having a fall time of up to 80 nsec or more is obtained, and the semiconductor film is subjected to surface treatment by relatively scanning while irradiating the pulse laser beam on the semiconductor film. .
- the semiconductor film is irradiated with pulsed laser light with appropriately determined rise time and fall time, so that a good annealing process can be performed with an appropriate pulse energy density with a large margin.
- the pulse energy density suitable for crystallization and the like can be kept relatively small, and the irradiation area can be made as large as possible to perform processing with good throughput.
- the rise time is set to 35 nsec or less. For the same reason, 30 nsec or less is desirable.
- the fall time is set to 80 nsec or more.
- the fall time is desirably 85 nsec or more.
- the rise time is defined as the time from 10% of the maximum height to the maximum height in the pulse waveform. In the present invention, the fall time is defined as the time from the maximum height to 10% of the maximum height in the pulse waveform.
- the pulse waveform having the rise time and the fall time may be a pulse laser beam output from a laser light source, or may be a waveform shaped by a waveform shaping unit. Thereby, a desired pulse waveform can be obtained without using a special laser light source.
- Examples of the waveform shaping unit include those using delay means.
- the waveform shaping section can be constituted by what comprises the synthesizing means.
- the pulse waveform can be formed in an appropriate shape by setting the delay amount in the delay means.
- the delay means can change the delay amount by adjusting the optical path length.
- the laser beams split by the beam splitting means are guided to optical systems having different optical path lengths.
- the pulse time width can be extended and the pulse waveform can be adjusted.
- the pulse time waveform can be appropriately changed by adjusting the intensity ratio at the time of division and setting the respective optical path lengths after division.
- the pulse waveform having the rise time and the fall time can be obtained by superimposing pulse laser beams output from a plurality of laser light sources.
- the waveform may be obtained by combining a plurality of pulsed laser beams in advance and irradiating the semiconductor film as one pulsed laser beam, and by irradiating the semiconductor film with a plurality of pulsed laser beams, as a result You may irradiate with the energy density used as a desired pulse waveform.
- a desired pulse waveform may be obtained by adjusting the phase of the pulse output or interposing a delay means.
- the present invention can be suitably used for crystallization of an amorphous silicon film, but the present invention is not limited to a specific material type and purpose. For example, modification may be performed by irradiating a crystalline semiconductor film with pulsed laser light.
- a pulse laser beam a high-power excimer laser beam can be preferably used, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- a laser light source that outputs a pulsed laser beam, an optical system that shapes the pulsed laser beam and guides it to a semiconductor film to be processed, and the pulsed laser beam is emitted.
- a stage on which a semiconductor film is installed, and the pulse laser beam irradiated onto the semiconductor film has a rise time from 10% of the maximum height at the pulse energy density to the maximum height of 35 ns or less, Since the fall time from the maximum height to 10% of the maximum height is 80 ns or more, an appropriate margin for crystallization without particularly increasing the pulse energy density suitable for crystallization A large amount can be secured, and an annealing process without variations can be performed without increasing the load on the apparatus and without decreasing the throughput.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a laser annealing treatment apparatus 1 of the present invention.
- the laser annealing processing apparatus 1 includes a processing chamber 2, a scanning device 3 that can move in the X and Y directions in the processing chamber 2, and a base 4 on the top thereof.
- a substrate placement table 5 is provided on the base 4 as a stage.
- an amorphous silicon film 100 or the like is placed on the substrate placement table 5 as a semiconductor film.
- the silicon film 100 is formed with a thickness of 50 nm on a substrate (not shown).
- the formation can be performed by a conventional method, and the method for forming a semiconductor film is not particularly limited in the present invention.
- the scanning device 3 is driven by a motor (not shown) or the like.
- the processing chamber 2 is provided with an introduction window 6 for introducing pulsed laser light from the outside.
- a pulse laser light source 10 is installed outside the processing chamber 2.
- the pulse laser light source 10 is composed of an excimer laser oscillator, and can output a pulse laser beam having a wavelength of 308 nm, a repetitive oscillation frequency of 300 Hz, a pulse rise time ⁇ 5 ns, and a pulse fall time of about 45 ns,
- the pulse laser light source 10 is controlled so as to maintain the output of the pulse laser light within a predetermined range by feedback control.
- the pulse laser beam 15 oscillated and output from the pulse laser light source 10 is adjusted in energy density by an attenuator 11 as necessary, and beam shaped by an optical system 12 including a lens, a reflection mirror, a homogenizer, and the like.
- the amorphous silicon film 100 in the processing chamber 2 is irradiated through the introduction window provided in the processing chamber 2.
- the shape of the irradiated surface at the time of irradiation is not particularly limited, but is shaped by the optical system 12 into, for example, a spot shape, a circular shape, a square shape, a long shape, or the like.
- the optical system 12 includes a waveform shaping unit 13. An outline of the waveform shaping unit 13 will be described with reference to FIG.
- a beam splitter 130 made of a half mirror is disposed on the optical path, and a part of the beam 15a is divided by 90 degrees and the remaining beam 15b is transmitted. That is, the beam splitter 130 corresponds to the beam splitting means of the present invention.
- a total reflection mirror 131 is arranged so that the incident angle is 45 degrees in the reflection direction of the beam splitter 130, and the total reflection mirror 132 is arranged so that the incident angle is 45 degrees in the reflection direction of the total reflection mirror 131.
- the total reflection mirror 133 is arranged so that the incident angle is 45 degrees in the reflection direction of the total reflection mirror 132, and the total reflection mirror 134 is arranged so that the incident angle is 45 degrees in the reflection direction of the total reflection mirror 133.
- the back side of the beam splitter 130 is located in the reflection direction of the total reflection mirror 134, and the beam is irradiated at an incident angle of 45 degrees.
- the beam 15a reflected by 90 degrees by the beam splitter 130 is reflected by the total reflection mirrors 131, 132, 133, and 134 sequentially by 90 degrees to form a delayed beam 15c that reaches the back surface side of the beam splitter 130.
- the part is reflected by 90 degrees and superimposed on the beam 15b in a delayed manner, and the remaining beam is transmitted through the beam splitter 130, and the total reflection and division by the beam splitter 130 are repeated.
- the beam superimposed on the beam 15 b side is shaped by the delayed beam being superimposed, the pulse waveform is shaped, the rise is steep, the fall is a gentle pulse waveform, and the pulse laser beam 150 travels on the optical path. .
- the pulse laser beam 150 has a rise time from 10% of the maximum height to the maximum height in pulse energy density of 35 ns or less, and from the maximum height to 10% of the maximum height.
- a pulse waveform having a falling time of 80 ns or more is obtained.
- the amount of delay of the beam can be changed by changing the position of each total reflection mirror and adjusting the optical path length, whereby the pulse waveform of the superimposed pulse laser beam can be arbitrarily changed.
- the intensity of the divided pulse laser beam may be individually adjusted.
- the pulse laser beam 150 is introduced into the processing chamber 2 through the introduction window 6 and is irradiated onto the silicon film 100 on the substrate placement table 5.
- the substrate placement table 5 is moved together with the base 4 by the scanning device 3, and the pulse laser beam 150 is irradiated while being relatively scanned on the silicon film 100.
- the pulsed laser beam 150 has an output of the laser light source 10, an attenuation factor of the attenuator 11, and an irradiation cross-sectional area of the pulsed laser beam so that an energy density suitable for crystallization can be obtained.
- the quality silicon film 100 is crystallized uniformly. A part of the pulse laser beam 150 can be taken out and the pulse energy density can be measured at a position equivalent to the irradiated surface.
- the pulse laser light source 10 and the attenuator 11 can be adjusted to adjust the pulse energy density of the pulse laser beam 150 to an appropriate value.
- the silicon film 100 crystallized by irradiation with the pulse laser beam 150 has excellent crystallinity with relatively large crystal grains and uniform crystal grain sizes.
- the margin of the appropriate pulse energy density is large, the burden on the apparatus can be reduced, and the uniformity of the annealing process can be ensured even when the laser output fluctuates.
- the energy density suitable for crystallization and the like can be set relatively low, and the irradiation cross-sectional area of the pulse laser beam can be increased to increase the throughput.
- the laser annealing treatment apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 was used to adjust the delay amount of the waveform shaping unit 13 to obtain pulsed laser light having pulse waveforms with different rise and fall times.
- the shape of the irradiation surface of the pulse laser beam is a line beam shape of 465 nm and a width of 0.4 mm.
- FIG. 3 shows a pulse waveform in each pulse laser beam. In the drawing, the rise time and the fall time are specifically shown. In the figure, the fall time is expressed as a pulse decay time.
- the crystal energy was evaluated by changing the pulse energy density and irradiating the amorphous silicon film 100.
- the pulse energy density was changed mainly by adjusting the attenuation rate in the attenuator 11.
- the surface of the crystallized silicon film was confirmed by an electron microscope, and a crystal formed with large crystal grains and having a uniform grain size was judged to be of good quality.
- the crystal grain made 200 nm or more favorable, for example.
- the optimum crystallization pulse energy density in terms of crystal grain size and uniformity was determined. For pulse laser light with a rise time other than 51 ns, the upper and lower limits of pulse energy density suitable for crystallization were obtained.
- the irradiation result using the pulse laser beam of each pulse waveform is shown in FIG. It can be seen that the optimized pulse energy density gradually decreases as the pulse rise time becomes shorter, and the optimized pulse energy density rapidly decreases at 35 ns or less. Therefore, the rise time needs to be 35 ns or less. Further, the optimization pulse energy density is more significantly reduced when the rise time is 30 ns or less.
- FIG. 5 shows an electron micrograph of the surface of a silicon film crystallized by irradiating an amorphous silicon film with a pulsed laser beam having a pulse waveform with a pulse rise time of 22 ns and a pulse fall time of 87 ns. It is.
- This photo shows that the pulse energy density range suitable for crystallization is 330 to 370 mJ / cm 2 and the optimum pulse energy density is 340 mJ / cm 2 .
- Crystals obtained by irradiation with pulsed laser light at a pulse energy density lower than that suitable for crystallization have a smaller crystal grain size.
- pulse laser light is irradiated at a pulse energy density higher than that suitable for crystallization, the obtained crystal has a large variation in crystal grain size. It is getting smaller.
- the pulse energy density suitable for crystallization is reduced, but the margin amount within the proper range is rapidly reduced. This is because the fall time is 78 nsec, which is less than 80 nsec. Therefore, it is necessary to satisfy the conditions of the present invention for both rise time and fall time.
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上記レーザ光の照射においては、パルスレーザ光を矩形状やライン状に整形し、該パルスレーザ光を走査しつつオーバーラップ照射して半導体をアニールする方法が提案されている(例えば特許文献1)。
上記レーザ光の照射では、半導体膜全体で均質な処理が行われる必要があり、照射されるパルスレーザ光が安定したパルスエネルギー密度を有するように、レーザ出力を所定範囲内に調整する制御や可変減衰器によってパルスエネルギーを所定範囲に調整する制御が一般に行われる。
このようにレーザアニールに際しては結晶化に適した範囲内となるように、レーザ出力が制御されることになるが、従来のパルスレーザ光では、その適正範囲、すなわちマージンが小さくて制御のための装置負担が大きく、また、出力変動によって結晶性にバラツキが生じやすくなるという問題がある。
従来のパルスレーザ光は、図6に示すように、立ち上がり、立ち下がりともに急峻なパルス波形を有しており、本発明者らは、これをブロードなパルス波形にすることによって、結晶化に適したエネルギー密度自身が高くなり、かつその範囲が比較的大きくなることを見出している。
しかし、結晶化に適したエネルギー密度が高くなるということは、出力パルスエネルギーに変わりがなければ、パルスレーザ光の照射面積を小さくしてパルスエネルギー密度を高くしなければならないことを意味している。パルスレーザ光の照射面積を小さくすると、半導体膜一面を処理するためのパルス照射回数が必然的に多くなり、スループットが低下する。
また、立ち下がり時間は80n秒未満であると、結晶化などに適したパルスエネルギー密度におけるマージンが小さくなり、装置負担が大きくなったり、均一な結晶も得られにくくなったりする。このため、立ち下がり時間は80n秒以上とする。同様の理由で立ち下がり時間は85n秒以上が望ましい。
なお、本発明で立ち上がり時間は、パルス波形における最大高さの10%から最大高さに至るまでの時間と定義する。また、本発明で立ち下がり時間は、パルス波形における最大高さから最大高さの10%に至るまでの時間と定義する。
例えば、上記ビーム分割手段で分割されたレーザを、夫々光路長の異なる光学系に導く。分割して遅延させたビームを再び単一の光路上に導くことにより、パルス時間幅を伸長させ、パルス波形を調整できる。特に分割時の強度比の調整と、分割後の夫々の光路長の設定によりパルス時間波形を適宜変更することができる。
図1は、本発明のレーザアニール処理装置1の概略を示す図である。
レーザアニール処理装置1は、処理室2を備えており、該処理室2内にX-Y方向に移動可能な走査装置3を備え、その上部に基台4を備えている。基台4上には、ステージとして基板配置台5が設けられている。アニール処理時には、該基板配置台5上に半導体膜として非晶質のシリコン膜100などが設置される。シリコン膜100は、図示しない基板上に50nm厚で形成されている。該形成は常法により行うことができ、本発明としては半導体膜の形成方法が特に限定されるものではない。
なお、走査装置3は、図示しないモータなどによって駆動される。また、処理室2には、外部からパルスレーザ光を導入する導入窓6が設けられている。
波形整形部13には、光路上に、ハーフミラーからなるビームスプリッタ130が配置されており、一部のビーム15aは90度反射され、残部のビーム15bは透過するように分割される。すなわち、ビームスプリッタ130は、本発明のビーム分割手段に相当する。また、ビームスプリッタ130の反射方向には入射角が45度になるように全反射ミラー131が配置され、該全反射ミラー131の反射方向に入射角が45度になるように全反射ミラー132が配置され、全反射ミラー132の反射方向に入射角が45度になるように全反射ミラー133が配置され、全反射ミラー133の反射方向に入射角が45度になるように全反射ミラー134が配置されている。
全反射ミラー134の反射方向には、前記ビームスプリッタ130の裏面側が位置しており、入射角45度でビームが照射される。
この際のパルスレーザ光150は、結晶化に適したエネルギー密度が得られるように、レーザ光源10の出力、減衰器11の減衰率、パルスレーザ光の照射断面積が設定されており、非晶質のシリコン膜100を均一に結晶化する。
なお、パルスレーザ光150の一部を取り出し、照射面と同等とされる位置でパルスエネルギー密度を測定することができる。該測定結果に基づいて、前記パルスレーザ光源10や減衰器11を調整して、パルスレーザ光150のパルスエネルギー密度を適正値に調整することができる。
該パルスレーザ光150が照射されて結晶化されたシリコン膜100は、結晶粒は比較的大きくて結晶粒径が揃った結晶性に優れたものとなる。なお、この際に適正なパルスエネルギー密度のマージンは大きく、装置負担を軽減できるとともに、レーザ出力が変動した際にもアニール処理の均一性を確保することができる。また、結晶化などに適したエネルギー密度も比較的低く設定でき、パルスレーザ光の照射断面積を大きくしてスループットを上げることができる。
図1、2に示すレーザアニール処理装置1を用い、波形整形部13の遅延量を調整して、立ち上がり、立ち下がり時間の異なるパルス波形を有するパルスレーザ光を得た。なお、この実施例では、パルスレーザ光の照射面形状は、465nm、幅0.4mmのラインビーム形状を有するものとした。
図3は、各パルスレーザ光におけるパルス波形を示すものであり、図中には立ち上がり時間、立ち下がり時間を具体的に示している。なお、図では、立ち下がり時間をパルス減衰時間として表記している。
該結晶性の評価は、結晶化されたシリコン膜の表面を電子顕微鏡によって確認し、大きな結晶粒で形成され、かつ粒径の揃ったものを良質なものと判断した。なお、結晶粒は例えば200nm以上を良好なものとした。
各パルス波形について、結晶粒の大きさ、均一性の点でそれぞれ最適な結晶化パルスエネルギー密度を求めた。また、立ち上がり時間51n秒以外のパルスレーザ光では、結晶化に適したパルスエネルギー密度の上下限を求めた。
各パルス波形のパルスレーザ光を用いた照射結果を図4に示した。パルス立ち上がり時間が短くなるにつれて最適化パルスエネルギー密度が次第に減少し、35n秒以下では急激に最適化パルスエネルギー密度が低下することが分かる。したがって、立ち上がり時間は35n秒以下とする必要がある。また、立ち上がり時間は30n秒以下でより顕著に最適化パルスエネルギー密度が低下する。
したがって、立ち上がり時間、立ち下がり時間ともに本発明の条件を満たすことが必要である。
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- パルスレーザ光を出力するレーザ光源と、前記パルスレーザ光を整形して処理対象の半導体膜に導く光学系と、前記パルスレーザ光が照射される前記半導体膜を設置するステージとを有し、前記半導体膜に照射される前記パルスレーザ光が、パルスエネルギー密度で最大高さの10%から該最大高さに至るまでの立ち上がり時間が35n秒以下、前記最大高さから該最大高さの10%に至るまでの立ち下がり時間が80n秒以上であることを特徴とするレーザアニール処理装置。
- 前記立ち上がり時間が30n秒以下、前記立ち下がり時間が85n秒以上であることを特徴とする請求項1記載のレーザアニール処理装置。
- 前記レーザ光源から出力されたパルスレーザ光を、前記立ち上がり時間と前記立ち下がり時間を有するパルス波形に整形する波形整形部を有することを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のレーザアニール処理装置。
- 前記波形整形部は、前記レーザ光源から出力されたパルスレーザ光を複数のビームに分割するビーム分割手段と、分割された各ビームを遅延させる遅延手段と、分割された各ビームを合成するビーム合成手段とを備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処理装置。
- 複数のレーザ光源を有し、各レーザ光から出力されるパルスレーザ光を重ね合わせて前記半導体膜に照射するパルスレーザ光を得ることを特徴とする請求項1~4のいずれかに記載のレーザアニール処理装置。
- 前記パルスレーザ光が照射される半導体膜が、非単結晶シリコンであることを特徴とする請求項1~5のいずれかに記載のレーザアニール処理装置。
- 前記パルスレーザ光がエキシマレーザであることを特徴とする請求項1~6のいずれかに記載のレーザアニール処理装置。
- パルス波形においてパルスエネルギー密度で最大高さの10%から最大高さに至るまでの立ち上がり時間が35n秒以下、前記最大高さから最大高さの10%に至るまでの立ち下がり時間が80n秒以上であるパルスレーザ光を得て、該パルスレーザ光を半導体膜に照射しつつ相対的に走査して該半導体膜の表面処理を行うことを特徴とするレーザアニール処理方法。
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