WO2014153841A1 - 低温多晶硅薄膜制作方法、薄膜晶体管制作方法 - Google Patents
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- Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of fabricating a low temperature polysilicon film for a display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic electroluminescent display (OLED), and a method of fabricating a thin film transistor.
- a display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic electroluminescent display (OLED)
- OLED organic electroluminescent display
- LTPS low temperature polysilicon Due to the atomic arrangement rule, high carrier mobility (10 ⁇ 300cm 2 /Vs), high driving current, can accelerate the reaction time of liquid crystal, reduce the volume of TFT, increase the transmission area, and obtain higher Brightness and resolution, so LTPS is widely used in the fabrication of thin film transistors to prepare active layers.
- the conventional method of crystallizing amorphous silicon by RTA (rapid thermal annealing) to form polycrystalline silicon requires annealing at a temperature of about 750 ° C, and the softening temperature of the glass is about 700 ° C, so it cannot be used on ordinary glass. Crystallization is achieved; and in the case of high-temperature crystallization, the number of nucleation is too large, which is not conducive to the formation of large-sized crystal grains; further, high-temperature crystallization increases the internal stress of the film layer, resulting in more crystal defects.
- the polycrystalline silicon thin film formed by the RTA method has a small grain size, uneven distribution, and high film roughness, which directly affects the electrical properties of the low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor (for example, mobility, leakage current, mobility, and threshold). Voltage uniformity, etc.).
- an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for fabricating a low temperature polysilicon film, comprising: forming an amorphous silicon film;
- the amorphous silicon film is subjected to multiple rapid thermal annealing at a preset temperature to form a low temperature polysilicon film, and the preset temperature is lower than the conventional RTA crystallization temperature.
- the embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for fabricating a thin film transistor, comprising: forming a buffer layer on a substrate;
- a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the substrate on which the interlayer insulating layer is formed.
- the embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for fabricating a thin film transistor, comprising: forming a buffer layer on a substrate;
- a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the substrate on which the interlayer insulating layer is formed.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for fabricating a low-temperature polysilicon film according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing deposition of an amorphous silicon film on a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a dehydrogenation process of an amorphous silicon film according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a schematic view of forming a crystal grain after multiple rapid thermal annealing according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a grain growth of an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a thin film transistor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of forming 30 display panels on a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing I-V test results of a thin film transistor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for fabricating a low temperature polysilicon film and a thin film transistor
- the manufacturing method can form a uniform polysilicon film having a high mobility on a common glass substrate, thereby improving the electrical performance of the thin film transistor.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for fabricating a low temperature polysilicon film according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes:
- Step 101 forming an amorphous silicon film
- Step 102 performing a plurality of rapid thermal annealing on the amorphous silicon film at a preset temperature to form a low temperature polysilicon film, wherein the preset temperature is lower than a conventional RTA crystallization temperature.
- the conventional RTA crystallization temperature is 750 °C.
- the substrate may be cleaned in advance to keep the substrate clean.
- step 101 specifically includes:
- the amorphous silicon film is deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.
- step 102 specifically includes:
- the amorphous silicon film is subjected to at least 3 rapid thermal annealing in a temperature range of 600 to 670 ° C, and the time of each rapid thermal annealing is not more than 30 s, and is cooled to room temperature.
- the method before the step 102 is performed, the method further includes:
- the amorphous silicon film is treated for 1 to 2 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C. Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, after the step of the foregoing steps, after step 102, the method further includes:
- the low temperature polysilicon film is treated for at least 3 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C.
- the conventional RTA crystallization temperature is generally annealed in a temperature range of about 750 ° C, and the softening temperature of the glass is about 700 ° C, so that crystallization cannot be achieved on ordinary glass; and in the case of high-temperature crystallization, the shape Too many cores are not conducive to the formation of large-sized grains; further high-temperature crystallization increases the internal stress of the film, resulting in more crystal defects.
- the amorphous silicon film is subjected to multiple rapid thermal annealing in an environment lower than the conventional RTA crystallization temperature, thereby lowering the crystallization temperature, enabling crystallization on a common glass substrate and reducing the production of a low temperature polysilicon film.
- the method for fabricating the low temperature polysilicon film of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to Figs.
- the method for fabricating low temperature polysilicon according to an embodiment of the invention includes the following steps:
- the substrate may be a common glass substrate.
- the substrate Before performing step S1, the substrate may be cleaned in advance to keep the substrate clean.
- the buffer layer may be a composite buffer layer composed of a SiN x layer and a Si0 2 layer.
- the step S1 specifically includes: depositing a layer of 50-150 nm thick by using a PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) method or other deposition method on the substrate (the thickness thereof may also be set as needed) SiN x layer to another value); then using a PECVD method, or other deposition methods for depositing a layer of 100 ⁇ 350 nm thick (the thickness thereof may be set to other values as required) of the Si0 2 layer, whereby the composite layer is formed on the substrate buffer .
- PECVD Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
- the buffer layer may also be a SiO 2 or SiN 2 layer.
- a layer of amorphous silicon material is deposited on the buffer layer on the substrate 1 by a PECVD method.
- the thickness of the amorphous silicon material layer is preferably 50 nm, and the thickness thereof may be set to other values as needed.
- the process condition for performing step S2 may be, for example, a reaction gas flow ratio of
- the formed amorphous silicon thin film 2 contains hydrogen 3.
- the amorphous silicon film is dehydrogenated.
- the amorphous silicon film can be subjected to a high temperature treatment for 1 to 2 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C.
- the amorphous silicon film is incubated at 450 ° C for 1.5 hours by a conventional annealing furnace to remove hydrogen residues in the amorphous silicon film, thereby avoiding hydrogen overflow during subsequent rapid thermal annealing and affecting the crystallization effect.
- S4 performing a plurality of rapid thermal annealing on the amorphous silicon film in a preset temperature environment to form a low temperature polysilicon film, wherein the preset temperature is lower than a conventional RTA crystallization temperature;
- the amorphous silicon film is subjected to at least 3 rapid thermal annealing in a temperature range of 600 to 670 ° C, and the time of each rapid thermal annealing is not more than 30 s, and is cooled to room temperature.
- reference numeral 4 denotes crystal grains in the low-temperature polysilicon film formed through the step S4.
- the amorphous silicon film is subjected to multiple rapid thermal annealing in an environment lower than the conventional RTA crystallization temperature, thereby lowering the crystallization temperature, enabling crystallization on a common glass substrate, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the low temperature polysilicon film. And through multiple rapid thermal annealing, the polycrystalline silicon crystal grains can be uniformly nucleated, and the low temperature crystallization can reduce the internal stress of the molybdenum layer, reduce the crystal defects, and can improve the mobility of the polycrystalline silicon film.
- the low temperature polysilicon film is subjected to a high temperature treatment for at least 3 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C.
- the low temperature polysilicon film is kept at a temperature of 450 ° C for 3 hours.
- the low temperature polysilicon film is held at a preset high temperature for a period of time to promote grain growth.
- This crystallization is divided into two distinct stages of nucleation and growth, which not only ensures uniform nucleation, but also ensures the size of the crystal grains.
- polycrystalline silicon having a grain size of about 200 nm can be finally formed.
- the increase in grain size can further increase the mobility of the polysilicon film, thereby improving the electrical performance of the thin film transistor.
- the embodiment of the invention further provides a method for fabricating a thin film transistor, comprising:
- Step 1 forming a buffer layer on the substrate
- the buffer layer may be a composite buffer layer composed of a SiN x layer and a Si0 2 layer.
- the buffer layer may also be a SiO 2 or SiN 2 layer.
- Step 2 depositing an amorphous silicon film on the buffer layer
- a layer of amorphous silicon material may be deposited on the buffer layer by PECVD.
- the thickness of the amorphous silicon material layer is preferably 50 nm, and the thickness thereof may be set to other values as needed.
- the process conditions for performing step 2 can be, for example: Sccm /500-1250 sccm, RF power is 80 ⁇ 120 W, the pressure in the deposition chamber is 1800 ⁇ 2200 mtorr and the temperature is 380 ⁇ 400 °C. At this time, the formed amorphous silicon film contains hydrogen;
- Step 3 Using RTA for the amorphous silicon film in an environment lower than the conventional RTA crystallization temperature The device performs multiple rapid thermal annealing to form a low temperature polysilicon film, and the low temperature polysilicon film is patterned to form an active layer including a source region, a drain region and a channel region;
- the amorphous silicon film can be dehydrogenated first.
- the amorphous silicon film can be subjected to a high temperature treatment for 1 to 2 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C.
- the amorphous silicon film is incubated at 450 ° C for 1.5 hours in a conventional annealing furnace to remove hydrogen residues in the amorphous silicon film, thereby avoiding hydrogen overflow during subsequent rapid thermal annealing and affecting the crystallization effect.
- the amorphous silicon film is subjected to at least 3 rapid thermal annealing in a temperature range of 600 to 670 ° C, and the time of each rapid thermal annealing is not more than 30 s, and is cooled to room temperature.
- the low temperature polysilicon film is further subjected to a high temperature treatment for at least 3 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C. Then, the low temperature polysilicon film is patterned by a mask to form an active layer including a source region, a drain region and a channel region;
- Step 4 forming a gate insulating layer over the channel region and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer; for example, a layer of SiN x or SiO 2 may be deposited over the channel region by PECVD or other deposition methods to form a gate insulating layer And forming a gate electrode by sputtering on the gate insulating layer; Step 5, doping impurities in the source region and the drain region by ion implantation, and forming an interlayer insulating layer over the gate electrode;
- 81 ⁇ or SiO 2 may be deposited over the gate electrode by PECVD or other deposition methods to form an interlayer insulating layer;
- Step 6 Form a source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate on which the interlayer insulating layer is formed.
- the source electrode and the drain electrode may be formed on the substrate on which the interlayer insulating layer is formed by sputtering.
- the source electrode and the drain electrode may be connected to the source and drain regions of the active layer through via holes penetrating through the interlayer insulating layer and the gate insulating layer, respectively.
- a top gate type thin film transistor is formed by the above steps, wherein the method of forming the low temperature amorphous silicon film on the substrate is the same as the method of fabricating the low temperature polysilicon film of the embodiment of the present invention.
- a thin film transistor fabricated by the above thin film transistor fabrication method has a structure as shown in FIG.
- the embodiment of the invention further provides a method for fabricating a thin film transistor, comprising:
- Step 1 forming a buffer layer on the substrate
- the buffer layer may be a composite buffer layer composed of a SiN x layer and a Si0 2 layer.
- the buffer layer may also be a Si0 2 or SiN ⁇ punch layer;
- Step 2 forming a gate electrode and a gate insulating layer on the buffer layer;
- a gate electrode may be formed on the buffer layer by a sputtering method, and SiN x or SiO 2 may be deposited by a PECVD method or other deposition methods to form a gate insulating layer.
- a gate insulating layer may be formed before the amorphous silicon film is formed;
- Step 3 depositing an amorphous silicon film on the gate insulating layer
- a layer of amorphous silicon material may be deposited on the gate insulating layer by PECVD.
- the thickness of the amorphous silicon material layer is preferably 50 nm, and the thickness thereof may be set to other values as needed.
- the process conditions for performing step 3 may be, for example, a reaction gas flow ratio of Sccm /500 ⁇ 1250 sccm, RF power is 80 ⁇ 120 W, the pressure in the deposition chamber is 1800 ⁇ 2200 mtorr and the temperature is 380 ⁇ 400 °C. At this time, the formed amorphous silicon film contains hydrogen;
- Step 4 performing rapid thermal annealing on the amorphous silicon film by using an RTA device in an environment lower than the conventional RTA crystallization temperature to form a low temperature polysilicon film, and patterning the low temperature polysilicon film to form a source region, a drain region, and An active layer of the channel region;
- the amorphous silicon film can be dehydrogenated first.
- the amorphous silicon film can be subjected to a high temperature treatment for 1 to 2 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C.
- the amorphous silicon film is incubated at 450 ° C for 1.5 hours in a conventional annealing furnace to remove hydrogen residues in the amorphous silicon film, thereby avoiding hydrogen overflow during subsequent rapid thermal annealing and affecting the crystallization effect.
- the amorphous silicon film is subjected to at least 3 rapid thermal annealing in a temperature range of 600 to 670 ° C, and the time of each rapid thermal annealing is not more than 30 s, and is cooled to room temperature.
- the low temperature polysilicon film is further subjected to a high temperature treatment for at least 3 hours in a temperature range of 400 to 500 °C.
- the low temperature polysilicon film is then patterned through a mask to form an active layer including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region;
- Step 5 Incorporating impurities into the source and drain regions by ion implantation, and forming an interlayer insulating layer over the active layer;
- SiN x or SiO 2 may be deposited over the active layer by PECVD or other deposition methods to form an interlayer insulating layer;
- Step 6 Form a source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate on which the interlayer insulating layer is formed.
- the source electrode and the drain electrode may be formed on the substrate on which the interlayer insulating layer is formed by sputtering.
- the source electrode and the drain electrode may be respectively connected to the active layer through via holes penetrating through the interlayer insulating layer Source and drain areas.
- the bottom gate type thin film transistor is formed by the above steps, wherein the method of forming the low temperature amorphous silicon film on the substrate is the same as the method of fabricating the low temperature polysilicon film of the embodiment of the present invention.
- a plurality of display panels can be formed on one substrate by the method of fabricating the thin film transistor of the present invention. Taking 30 display panels uniformly formed on the substrate as an example, 15 test points are taken at intervals on the entire substrate. For example, one test point can be taken on each of the display panels numbered 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, for each test point.
- the performance of the thin film transistor was tested, and the IV test results of the obtained thin film transistor are shown in Fig. 8.
- the horizontal axis represents the gate voltage
- the vertical axis represents the source-drain current of the thin film transistor. It can be seen that the I-V curves of the thin film transistors of the plurality of test points tend to be uniform, which proves that the thin film transistor fabricated by the embodiment of the present invention has uniform characteristics and is easy to drive.
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