WO2012137526A1 - 炭化珪素半導体装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a silicon carbide semiconductor device, and more particularly to a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a gate electrode.
- silicon carbide has been increasingly adopted as a material constituting semiconductor devices in order to enable higher breakdown voltage, lower loss, and use in high-temperature environments.
- Silicon carbide is a wide band gap semiconductor having a larger band gap than silicon that has been widely used as a material for forming semiconductor devices. Therefore, by adopting silicon carbide as a material constituting the semiconductor device, it is possible to achieve a high breakdown voltage and a low on-resistance of the semiconductor device.
- a semiconductor device that employs silicon carbide as a material has an advantage that a decrease in characteristics when used in a high temperature environment is small as compared with a semiconductor device that employs silicon as a material.
- MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
- MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
- a p-type body region having a p-type conductivity is formed, and a channel region is formed in the p-type body region.
- the threshold voltage is shifted to the plus side to approach the normally-off type. Or a normally-off type.
- the threshold voltage is shifted to the negative side by increasing the density of the n-type impurity in the n-type body region, as opposed to the case of the n-channel, and approaches a normally-off type.
- it can be a normally-off type.
- the threshold voltage is adjusted by such a method, there is a problem that the channel mobility is greatly reduced. This is because electron scattering due to the dopant becomes significant by increasing the doping density. Therefore, for example, the doping density of the p-type body region is, for example, about 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 to 4 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the conventional semiconductor device has a problem that it is difficult to freely set the threshold voltage while ensuring sufficient channel mobility, in particular, to approach the normally-off type or to be the normally-off type. It was.
- the present invention has been made to address such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a silicon carbide semiconductor device capable of increasing the degree of freedom in setting a threshold voltage while suppressing a decrease in channel mobility. Is to provide.
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device of the present invention includes a substrate, a silicon carbide layer, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode.
- the substrate is made of silicon carbide having a hexagonal crystal structure and has a main surface.
- the silicon carbide layer is formed epitaxially on the main surface of the substrate.
- the silicon carbide layer is provided with a groove having a side wall inclined with respect to the main surface.
- the side wall has an off angle of 50 ° to 65 ° with respect to the ⁇ 0001 ⁇ plane.
- the gate insulating film is provided on the side wall of the silicon carbide layer.
- the gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film.
- the silicon carbide layer includes a body region having a first conductivity type and facing the gate electrode through a gate insulating film, and a pair of regions having a second conductivity type separated from each other by the body region.
- the body region has an impurity density of 5 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more.
- the channel controlled by the gate electrode is formed on the side wall in the body region.
- the sidewall has an off angle of 50 ° or more and 65 ° or less with respect to the ⁇ 0001 ⁇ plane, so that the impurity density of the body region where the channel is formed is set to a high value of 5 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more.
- the present inventors have found that the decrease in channel mobility is suppressed. Therefore, according to this semiconductor device, the threshold voltage can be greatly shifted by using a high impurity density while suppressing a decrease in channel mobility.
- impurity means an impurity that generates majority carriers when introduced into silicon carbide.
- an angle formed between the off orientation of the side wall and the ⁇ 01-10> direction may be 5 ° or less.
- the off orientation becomes approximately the ⁇ 01-10> direction, and as a result, the surface orientation of the side wall is close to the ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ plane.
- the present inventors have found that the above-described effects can be obtained particularly reliably.
- the off angle of the side wall with respect to the ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ plane in the ⁇ 01-10> direction may be not less than ⁇ 3 ° and not more than 5 °.
- the off angle with respect to the plane orientation ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ is set to ⁇ 3 ° or more and + 5 ° or less.
- the channel mobility is particularly high within this range. Is based on the obtained.
- the “off angle with respect to the ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ plane in the ⁇ 01-10> direction” means an orthogonal projection of the normal of the side wall to a plane including the ⁇ 01-10> direction and the ⁇ 0001> direction
- ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ is an angle formed with the normal of the plane, and its sign is positive when the orthographic projection approaches parallel to the ⁇ 01-10> direction, and the orthographic projection is in the ⁇ 0001> direction.
- the case of approaching parallel is negative.
- the plane orientation of the side wall is substantially ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ .
- the surface orientation of the side wall is substantially ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ in consideration of the processing accuracy of the side wall and the like in the range of the off-angle where the surface orientation can be substantially regarded as ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ .
- the plane orientation is included, and the range of the off angle in this case is, for example, a range where the off angle is ⁇ 2 ° with respect to ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ .
- the side wall may be a surface on the carbon surface side of silicon carbide constituting the substrate.
- the (0001) plane of hexagonal single crystal silicon carbide is defined as the silicon plane
- the (000-1) plane is defined as the carbon plane. That is, when adopting a configuration in which the angle formed between the off-direction of the side wall and the ⁇ 01-10> direction is 5 ° or less, the main surface is close to the (0-33-8) plane, Channel mobility can be further improved.
- the impurity density in the body region may be 1 ⁇ 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the threshold voltage can be set with a sufficient degree of freedom. If a doping density exceeding 1 ⁇ 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 is employed, problems such as deterioration of crystallinity may occur.
- the semiconductor device may be a normally-off type.
- the doping density of the body region is increased to such an extent that it is normally off, according to the semiconductor device of the present invention, the decrease in channel mobility can be sufficiently suppressed.
- the gate electrode may be made of polysilicon of the first conductivity type. That is, when the first conductivity type is p-type, the gate electrode is made of p-type polysilicon, and when the first conductivity type is n-type, the gate electrode is made of n-type polysilicon. it can.
- P-type polysilicon refers to polysilicon whose majority carriers are holes
- n-type polysilicon refers to polysilicon whose majority carriers are electrons. By doing so, it becomes easy to make the semiconductor device normally-off type.
- the gate electrode may be made of n-type polysilicon. By doing so, the switching speed of the semiconductor device can be improved.
- the gate insulating film may have a thickness of 25 nm to 70 nm. If the thickness of the gate insulating film is less than 25 nm, dielectric breakdown may occur during operation. On the other hand, when the thickness of the gate insulating film exceeds 70 nm, it is necessary to increase the absolute value of the gate voltage. Therefore, the above problem can be easily solved by setting the thickness of the gate insulating film to 25 nm or more and 70 nm or less.
- the first conductivity type may be p-type and the second conductivity type may be n-type. That is, the semiconductor device may be an n-channel type. By doing so, it is possible to provide a semiconductor device using electrons as majority carriers, which can easily ensure high mobility.
- the impurity density in the body region may be 8 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more and 3 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 or less. By doing so, it becomes possible to obtain a threshold voltage of about 0 to 5 V at a normal operating temperature.
- the semiconductor device of the present application can be easily replaced with a semiconductor device employing silicon as a material, and the semiconductor device can be stably made a normally-off type. In addition, a significant reduction in channel mobility due to an increase in impurity density can be avoided.
- the threshold voltage of the gate electrode in which the weak inversion layer is formed in the body region may be 2 V or more in a temperature range of room temperature to 100 ° C.
- the normally-off state can be more reliably maintained at the normal operating temperature.
- the room temperature is specifically 27 ° C.
- the threshold voltage may be 3 V or more at 100 ° C. Thereby, even when the operating temperature is high, the normally-off state can be more reliably maintained.
- the threshold voltage may be 1 V or more at 200 ° C. Thereby, even when the operating temperature is higher, the normally-off state can be more reliably maintained.
- the temperature dependence of the threshold voltage may be ⁇ 10 mV / ° C. or higher.
- the temperature rise is higher than when the temperature dependency is less than ⁇ 10 mV / ° C. (that is, when the absolute value of the temperature dependency is larger than 10 mV / ° C. and the sign is minus). Therefore, it is possible to suppress the tendency that the threshold voltage decreases and approaches zero. Thereby, the normally-off state can be stably maintained.
- the channel mobility of electrons at room temperature may be 30 cm 2 / Vs or higher. By doing so, it becomes easy to sufficiently suppress the on-resistance of the semiconductor device.
- the channel mobility of electrons at 100 ° C. may be 50 cm 2 / Vs or more. Thereby, even when the operating temperature is high, the on-resistance of the semiconductor device can be sufficiently suppressed.
- the channel mobility of electrons at 150 ° C. may be 40 cm 2 / Vs or more. Thereby, even when the operating temperature is higher, the on-resistance of the semiconductor device can be sufficiently suppressed.
- the temperature dependence of the electron channel mobility may be ⁇ 0.3 cm 2 / Vs ° C. or more. As a result, the on-resistance of the semiconductor device can be stably suppressed.
- the barrier height at the interface between the silicon carbide layer and the gate insulating film may be not less than 2.2 eV and not more than 2.6 eV.
- barrier height By increasing the barrier height, leakage current (tunnel current) flowing in the gate insulating film can be suppressed. However, if a crystal plane having a large barrier height between the gate insulating film and the gate insulating film is used as a surface in contact with the gate insulating film, channel mobility may be lowered. On the other hand, by adopting a crystal plane having a barrier height of 2.2 eV or more and 2.6 eV as a surface in contact with the gate insulating film, high channel mobility can be secured while suppressing leakage current. Such a barrier height can be easily achieved by employing a sidewall having an off angle of 50 ° or more and 65 ° or less with respect to the ⁇ 0001 ⁇ plane. Barrier height refers to the size of the band gap between the conduction band of the silicon carbide layer and the conduction band of the gate insulating film.
- the semiconductor device may include a breakdown voltage holding layer that separates the body region and the substrate.
- a channel resistance that is a resistance value in a channel region formed in the body region is smaller than a drift resistance that is a resistance value in the breakdown voltage holding layer.
- the on-resistance of the semiconductor device can be reduced.
- Such a relationship between the channel resistance and the drift resistance can be easily achieved by employing a sidewall having an off angle of 50 ° or more and 65 ° or less with respect to the ⁇ 0001 ⁇ plane.
- the semiconductor device may be a vertical insulated gate field effect transistor.
- the semiconductor device of the present invention it is possible to provide a silicon carbide semiconductor device capable of increasing the degree of freedom in setting the threshold voltage while suppressing a decrease in channel mobility. .
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a semiconductor device in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device shown in FIG. It is a cross-sectional
- the silicon carbide semiconductor device in the present embodiment is a vertical insulated gate field effect transistor (MOSFET) including a groove having an inclined side wall 6.
- the semiconductor device shown in FIG. 1 has a substrate 1 made of silicon carbide whose conductivity type is n-type, and a silicon carbide layer formed epitaxially on the main surface of substrate 1.
- the silicon carbide layer includes a breakdown voltage holding layer 2 having an n-type conductivity, a p-type body layer 3 (body region) having a p-type conductivity, an n-type source contact layer 4 having an n-type conductivity, And a contact region 5 whose conductivity type is p-type.
- the semiconductor device further includes a gate insulating film 8, a gate electrode 9, an interlayer insulating film 10, a source electrode 12, a source wiring electrode 13, a drain electrode 14, and a back surface protective electrode 15.
- the substrate 1 is made of silicon carbide having a hexagonal crystal type.
- the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 is formed on one main surface of the substrate 1.
- a p-type body layer 3 is formed on the breakdown voltage holding layer 2. Therefore, the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 separates the p-type body layer 3 and the substrate 1.
- the impurity density of the p-type body layer 3 is 5 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more, preferably 1 ⁇ 10 20 cm ⁇ 3 or less, more preferably 8 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more and 3 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ . 3 or less.
- An n-type source contact layer 4 is formed on the p-type body layer 3.
- a p-type contact region 5 is formed so as to be surrounded by the n-type source contact layer 4.
- the trench is formed by partially removing the n-type source contact layer 4, the p-type body layer 3 and the breakdown voltage holding layer 2.
- the side wall 6 of the groove is inclined with respect to the main surface of the substrate 1.
- the side wall 6 has an off angle of 50 ° or more and 65 ° or less with respect to the ⁇ 0001 ⁇ plane.
- the planar shape of the convex part surrounded by the inclined surface may be a hexagon, for example.
- the angle formed between the off orientation of the side wall 6 and the ⁇ 01-10> direction is 5 ° or less.
- the plane orientation of the side wall 6 becomes close to the ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ plane.
- the off angle of the side wall 6 with respect to the ⁇ 03-38 ⁇ plane in the ⁇ 01-10> direction is not less than ⁇ 3 ° and not more than 5 °.
- Side wall 6 is a surface of silicon carbide constituting substrate 1 on the carbon surface (000-1) side. In other words, assuming that the plane orientation of the side wall 6 is the (hklm) plane, m is a negative value.
- the plane orientation of the main surface of the substrate 1 is substantially the (000-1) plane
- the plane orientation of the sidewall 6 is substantially (03-3-8) plane, ( ⁇ 303-8) plane, (3-30-8) plane, (0-33-8) plane, (30-3-8) plane, and (-330-8) plane
- these six planes form the bottom of the groove in plan view. It is arranged so as to surround it.
- the bottom of the groove may have a hexagonal shape in plan view, and in this case, the above six surfaces are connected to each of the six sides of the hexagon.
- the bottom of the groove may be substantially point-like, and in this case, the groove is formed substantially only by the side wall 6.
- a gate insulating film 8 is formed on the side wall 6 and the bottom of the groove. This gate insulating film 8 extends to the upper surface of the n-type source contact layer 4.
- the thickness of the gate insulating film 8 is 25 nm or more and 70 nm or less.
- the barrier height at the interface between p-type body layer 3 and gate insulating film 8 on side wall 6 is set to 2.2 eV or more and 2.6 eV or less.
- a gate electrode 9 is formed on the gate insulating film 8 so as to fill the inside of the trench.
- the upper surface of the gate electrode 9 has substantially the same height as the upper surface of the portion located on the upper surface of the n-type source contact layer 4 in the gate insulating film 8.
- the gate electrode is made of p-type polysilicon.
- the p-type body layer 3 (body region having the first conductivity type) faces the gate electrode 9 with the gate insulating film 8 interposed therebetween.
- the breakdown voltage holding layer 2, the p-type body layer 3, and the n-type source contact layer 4 are stacked along the side wall 6 in this order.
- the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 and the n-type source contact layer 4 (a pair of regions having the second conductivity type) are separated from each other by the p-type body layer 3.
- An interlayer insulating film 10 is formed so as to cover a portion of the gate insulating film 8 extending to the upper surface of the n-type source contact layer 4 and the gate electrode 9.
- an opening 11 is formed so as to expose a part of the n-type source contact layer 4 and the p-type contact region 5.
- a source electrode 12 is formed so as to fill the inside of the opening 11 and to be in contact with a part of the p-type contact region 5 and the n-type source contact layer 4.
- Source wiring electrode 13 is formed to be in contact with the upper surface of source electrode 12 and to extend on the upper surface of interlayer insulating film 10.
- a drain electrode 14 is formed on the back surface of the substrate 1 opposite to the main surface on which the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 is formed.
- the drain electrode 14 is an ohmic electrode.
- a back surface protection electrode 15 is formed on the surface opposite to the surface facing the substrate 1.
- the side wall 6 of the groove is inclined, and the side wall 6 is substantially a ⁇ 03-3-8 ⁇ plane.
- these so-called semipolar plane side walls 6 can be used as a channel region which is an active region of a semiconductor device. Since these side walls 6 are stable crystal planes, when the side walls 6 are used as channel regions, leakage current is sufficiently higher than when other crystal planes (for example, (0001) plane) are used as channel regions. It can be reduced and a high breakdown voltage can be obtained.
- a reverse bias is applied between p type body layer 3 and breakdown voltage holding layer 2 having a conductivity type of n type. It becomes a non-conductive state.
- a positive voltage is applied to the gate electrode 9
- an inversion layer is formed in the channel region in the vicinity of the region in contact with the gate insulating film 8 in the p-type body layer 3.
- the n-type source contact layer 4 and the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 are electrically connected.
- a current flows between the source electrode 12 and the drain electrode 14. That is, the semiconductor device is turned on.
- the off angle with respect to the ⁇ 0001 ⁇ plane of the side wall 6 is not less than 50 ° and not more than 65 °. Therefore, even when the p-type body layer 3 having a high doping density of 5 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more is formed and the threshold voltage is shifted to the positive side, carriers (electrons) in the channel region are formed. The decrease in mobility (channel mobility) is suppressed. As a result, the threshold voltage is shifted to the plus side while suppressing a decrease in channel mobility, so that the MOSFET can be brought close to a normal-off type or a normally-off type. From the viewpoint of further shifting the threshold voltage to the plus side, the p-type impurity density in the p-type body layer 3 may be 1 ⁇ 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 or more, and further 5 ⁇ 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 or more. You can also
- the semiconductor device is normally-off type by sufficiently increasing the impurity concentration of the p-type body layer 3.
- the channel resistance that is the resistance value in the channel region formed in the p-type body layer 3 is smaller than the drift resistance that is the resistance value in the breakdown voltage holding layer 2.
- the threshold voltage of the gate electrode 9 such that the weak inversion layer is formed in the p-type body layer 3 is 2 V or more in a temperature range of room temperature to 100 ° C. More preferably, the threshold voltage is 3 V or more at 100 ° C. The threshold voltage is 1 V or more at 200 ° C.
- the temperature dependency of the threshold voltage is ⁇ 10 mV / ° C. or higher.
- the temperature dependency value (mV / ° C.) of the threshold voltage is approximately constant in a temperature region in which a semiconductor device is normally used.
- a threshold value from 25 ° C. to 200 ° C. It can be defined as the slope of a straight line when the temperature dependence of voltage is approximated by a straight line.
- the threshold voltage It becomes difficult to set the temperature dependency to ⁇ 10 mV / ° C. or higher. The reason for this is that the trap level tends to increase in the (0001) plane due to an increase in impurity density. When there are many trap levels, the amount of trapped electrons released as the temperature rises also increases. As a result, the drain current increases with increasing temperature. In this case, the threshold voltage decreases greatly as the temperature increases. In other words, the temperature dependency value of the threshold voltage is a negative value having a large absolute value.
- the electron channel mobility at room temperature is 30 cm 2 / Vs or more. More preferably, the channel mobility of electrons at 100 ° C. is 50 cm 2 / Vs or more. Further, the electron channel mobility at 150 ° C. is 40 cm 2 / Vs or more. Further, the temperature dependence of the electron channel mobility is ⁇ 0.3 cm 2 / Vs ° C. or more.
- an n-type silicon carbide layer is epitaxially formed on the main surface of substrate 1 made of silicon carbide.
- a portion of the silicon carbide layer on the substrate 1 side becomes the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 as it is.
- Epitaxial growth of the silicon carbide layer is performed by a CVD method using, for example, a mixed gas of silane (SiH 4 ) and propane (C 3 H 8 ) as a source gas and using, for example, hydrogen gas (H 2 ) as a carrier gas.
- H 2 hydrogen gas
- the concentration of the n-type impurity in the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 can be set to, for example, 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or more and 5 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the p-type body layer 3 and the n-type source contact layer 4 are formed by implanting ions into the upper surface layer of the breakdown voltage holding layer 2.
- an impurity having a p-type conductivity such as aluminum (Al) is implanted.
- the depth of the region where the p-type body layer 3 is formed can be adjusted by adjusting the acceleration energy of the implanted ions.
- an n-type source contact layer 4 is formed by ion-implanting impurities of n-type conductivity into the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 on which the p-type body layer 3 is formed.
- impurities of n-type conductivity For example, phosphorus or the like can be used as the n-type impurity. In this way, the structure shown in FIG. 3 is obtained.
- a mask layer 17 is formed on the upper surface of the n-type source contact layer 4.
- an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film can be used.
- the following steps can be used. That is, a silicon oxide film is formed on the upper surface of the n-type source contact layer 4 using a CVD method or the like. Then, a resist film (not shown) having a predetermined opening pattern is formed on the silicon oxide film by using a photolithography method. Using this resist film as a mask, the silicon oxide film is removed by etching. Thereafter, the resist film is removed. As a result, a mask layer 17 having an opening pattern is formed in the region where the groove shown in FIG. 4 is to be formed.
- etching for example, reactive ion etching (RIE), particularly inductively coupled plasma (ICP) RIE can be used.
- RIE reactive ion etching
- ICP-RIE inductively coupled plasma
- SF 6 or a mixed gas of SF 6 and O 2 as a reaction gas can be used.
- a thermal etching process for exposing a predetermined crystal plane in the breakdown voltage holding layer 2, the p-type body layer 3, and the n-type source contact layer 4 is performed.
- the vertical wall 16 shown in FIG. 4 is etched (thermal etching) using a mixed gas of oxygen gas and chlorine gas as a reaction gas and a heat treatment temperature of, for example, 700 ° C. or more and 1000 ° C. or less.
- a heat treatment temperature for example, 700 ° C. or more and 1000 ° C. or less.
- the conditions of the thermal etching step are, for example, a flow rate ratio of chlorine gas to oxygen gas ((chlorine gas flow rate) / (oxygen gas flow rate)) of 0.5 or more and 4.0 or less, more preferably 1.0. It can be set to 2.0 or more.
- the reaction gas may contain a carrier gas in addition to the above-described chlorine gas and oxygen gas.
- the carrier gas for example, nitrogen (N 2 ) gas, argon gas, helium gas or the like can be used.
- the heat treatment temperature is set to 700 ° C. or more and 1000 ° C. or less as described above, the etching rate of SiC is, for example, about 70 ⁇ m / hr.
- the selectivity ratio of SiC to SiO 2 can be extremely increased, so that the mask layer 17 made of SiO 2 is substantially not etched during SiC etching. Not etched.
- the crystal plane appearing on the side wall 6 is, for example, a ⁇ 03-3-8 ⁇ plane. That is, in the etching under the conditions described above, the ⁇ 03-3-8 ⁇ plane, which is the crystal plane with the slowest etching rate, is self-formed as the sidewall 6 of the groove. As a result, a structure as shown in FIG. 5 is obtained.
- the mask layer 17 is removed by an arbitrary method such as etching.
- a resist film (not shown) having a predetermined pattern is formed using a photolithography method so as to extend from the inside of the groove having the side wall 6 to the upper surface of the n-type source contact layer 4.
- a resist film having an opening pattern formed at the bottom of the groove and a part of the upper surface of the n-type source contact layer 4 is used.
- ions of a p-type conductivity are ion-implanted to form an electric field relaxation region 7 at the bottom of the trench and a conductivity type in a partial region of the n-type source contact layer 4. Forms a p-type contact region 5.
- the resist film is removed. As a result, a structure as shown in FIG. 6 is obtained.
- an activation annealing step for activating the impurities implanted by the above-described ion implantation is performed.
- annealing is performed without forming a cap layer on the surface of the silicon carbide layer.
- the inventors did not deteriorate the surface properties of the above-described ⁇ 03-3-8 ⁇ plane even when the activation annealing treatment was performed without forming a protective film such as a cap layer on the surface. It was found that sufficient surface smoothness can be maintained. For this reason, the activation annealing step is directly performed by omitting the step of forming the protective film (cap layer) before the activation annealing treatment, which has been conventionally considered necessary.
- the activation annealing step may be performed after the cap layer described above is formed.
- the activation annealing treatment may be performed by providing a cap layer only on the upper surfaces of the n-type source contact layer 4 and the p-type contact region 5.
- gate insulating film 8 is formed so as to extend from the inside of the trench having sidewall 6 to the upper surfaces of n-type source contact layer 4 and p-type contact region 5.
- gate insulating film 8 for example, an oxide film (silicon oxide film) obtained by thermally oxidizing a silicon carbide layer can be used. In this way, the structure shown in FIG. 7 is obtained.
- a gate electrode 9 is formed on the gate insulating film 8 so as to fill the inside of the groove having the side wall 6.
- a method for forming the gate electrode 9 for example, the following method can be used.
- a conductive film to be a gate electrode extending to the inside of the trench and the region on the p-type contact region 5 is formed by sputtering or the like.
- a material of the conductor film any material such as metal can be used as long as it is a conductive material.
- the portion of the conductor film formed in a region other than the inside of the trench is removed by using any method such as etch back or CMP. As a result, a conductor film filling the inside of the trench remains, and the gate electrode 9 is configured by the conductor film. In this way, the structure shown in FIG. 8 is obtained.
- an interlayer insulating film 10 (see FIG. 9) is formed so as to cover the upper surface of the gate electrode 9 and the upper surface of the gate insulating film 8 exposed on the p-type contact region 5.
- the interlayer insulating film any material can be used as long as it is an insulating material.
- a resist film having a pattern is formed on the interlayer insulating film 10 by using a photolithography method. In the resist film (not shown), an opening pattern is formed in a region located on the p-type contact region 5.
- the interlayer insulating film 10 and the gate insulating film 8 are partially removed by etching.
- an opening 11 is formed in the interlayer insulating film 10 and the gate insulating film 8.
- a conductor film to be the source electrode 12 is formed so as to fill the inside of the opening 11 and cover the upper surface of the resist film described above.
- the portion of the conductor film formed on the resist film is simultaneously removed (list off).
- the source electrode 12 can be formed by the conductor film filled in the opening 11.
- the source electrode 12 is an ohmic electrode in ohmic contact with the p-type contact region 5 and the n-type source contact layer 4.
- the drain electrode 14 (see FIG. 9) is formed on the back surface side of the substrate 1 (the surface side opposite to the main surface on which the breakdown voltage holding layer 2 is formed).
- the drain electrode 14 any material can be used as long as it can make ohmic contact with the substrate 1. In this way, the structure shown in FIG. 9 is obtained.
- the source wiring electrode 13 that contacts the upper surface of the source electrode 12 and extends on the upper surface of the interlayer insulating film 10, and the back surface protection electrode 15 ( 1) is formed using an arbitrary method such as a sputtering method. As a result, the semiconductor device shown in FIG. 1 can be obtained.
- the first and second conductivity types in the present invention are p-type and n-type, respectively
- the first and second conductivity types may be n-type and p-type, respectively.
- the gate electrode 9 is preferably made of n-type polysilicon.
- the present invention is particularly advantageously applied to a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a gate electrode.
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なお、上記側壁の面方位は、実質的に{03-38}であることがより好ましい。ここで、側壁の面方位が実質的に{03-38}であるとは、側壁の加工精度などを考慮して実質的に面方位が{03-38}とみなせるオフ角の範囲に側壁の面方位が含まれていることを意味し、この場合のオフ角の範囲はたとえば{03-38}に対してオフ角が±2°の範囲である。これにより、上述したチャネル移動度をより一層向上させることができる。
まず、図2を参照して、炭化珪素からなる基板1の主表面上に、導電型がn型である炭化珪素層をエピタキシャルに形成する。当該炭化珪素層のうち基板1側の部分は、そのまま耐圧保持層2となる。炭化珪素層のエピタキシャル成長は、たとえば原料ガスとしてシラン(SiH4)とプロパン(C3H8)との混合ガスを用い、キャリアガスとしてたとえば水素ガス(H2)を用いたCVD法により実施することができる。また、このとき導電型がn型の不純物としてたとえば窒素(N)やリン(P)を導入することが好ましい。この耐圧保持層2のn型不純物の濃度は、たとえば5×1015cm-3以上5×1016cm-3以下とすることができる。
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- 六方晶の結晶構造を有する炭化珪素からなり、主表面を有する基板(1)と、
前記基板の前記主表面上にエピタキシャルに形成された炭化珪素層とを備え、
前記炭化珪素層には前記主表面に対して傾斜した側壁(6)を有する溝が設けられており、前記側壁は{0001}面に対して50°以上65°以下のオフ角を有し、さらに
前記炭化珪素層の前記側壁上に設けられたゲート絶縁膜(8)と、
前記ゲート絶縁膜の上に設けられたゲート電極(9)とを備え、
前記炭化珪素層は、前記ゲート絶縁膜を介して前記ゲート電極と対向しかつ第1導電型を有するボディ領域(3)と、前記ボディ領域によって互いに分離されかつ第2導電型を有する1対の領域(2、4)とを含み、前記ボディ領域は5×1016cm-3以上の不純物密度を有する、炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 前記側壁のオフ方位と<01-10>方向とのなす角は5°以下である、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記側壁の、<01-10>方向における{03-38}面に対するオフ角は-3°以上5°以下である、請求項2に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記側壁は、前記基板を構成する炭化珪素のカーボン面側の面である、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記ボディ領域における不純物密度は1×1020cm-3以下である、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- ノーマリーオフ型となっている、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記ゲート電極は、前記第1導電型を有するポリシリコンからなっている、請求項6に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記ゲート電極はn型ポリシリコンからなっている、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記ゲート絶縁膜の厚みは25nm以上70nm以下である、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記第1導電型はp型であり、前記第2導電型はn型である、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記ボディ領域における不純物密度は8×1016cm-3以上3×1018cm-3以下である、請求項10に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記ボディ領域に弱反転層が形成されるような前記ゲート電極の閾値電圧が、室温以上100℃以下の温度範囲において2V以上である、請求項10に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記閾値電圧が100℃において3V以上である、請求項12に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記閾値電圧が200℃において1V以上である、請求項12に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記閾値電圧の温度依存性が-10mV/℃以上である、請求項12に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 室温における電子のチャネル移動度が30cm2/Vs以上である、請求項10に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 100℃における電子のチャネル移動度が50cm2/Vs以上である、請求項16に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 150℃における電子のチャネル移動度が40cm2/Vs以上である、請求項16に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 電子のチャネル移動度の温度依存性が-0.3cm2/Vs℃以上である、請求項16に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記炭化珪素層と前記ゲート絶縁膜との界面におけるバリアハイトは2.2eV以上2.6eV以下である、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
- 前記1対の領域は、前記ボディ領域と前記基板とを隔てる耐圧保持層(2)を含み、
オン状態において、前記ボディ領域に形成されるチャネル領域における抵抗値であるチャネル抵抗は、前記耐圧保持層における抵抗値であるドリフト抵抗よりも小さい、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。 - 縦型絶縁ゲート電界効果トランジスタである、請求項1に記載の炭化珪素半導体装置。
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