WO2020156213A1 - 一种半导体晶体生长装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing, in particular to a semiconductor crystal growth device.
- the Czochralski method is an important method for preparing silicon single crystals for semiconductors and solar energy.
- the high-purity silicon material placed in the crucible is heated by a thermal field composed of carbon materials to melt it, and then the seed crystal is immersed in it.
- a series of (seeding, shoulder setting, equal diameter, finishing, cooling) processes are carried out to obtain a single crystal rod.
- a heat shield device such as a diversion tube (or reflective screen) is often set around the produced silicon crystal rod.
- a heat shield device such as a diversion tube (or reflective screen)
- it is used to isolate the quartz crucible and the silicon melt in the crucible against the crystal during the crystal growth process.
- the heat radiation generated on the surface increases the axial temperature gradient of the crystal rod, and the radial temperature distribution is as balanced as possible, so that the growth rate of the crystal rod is controlled within an appropriate range, while controlling the internal defects of the crystal;
- the inert gas introduced from the upper part of the crystal growth furnace is guided to pass through the surface of the silicon-silicon melt at a relatively large flow rate to achieve the effect of controlling the oxygen content and impurity content in the silicon ingot crystal.
- the distance between the heat shield device and the liquid surface of the silicon melt and the crystal rod it is often necessary to consider the distance between the heat shield device and the liquid surface of the silicon melt and the crystal rod to control the axial temperature gradient and radial temperature distribution of the crystal rod.
- the liquid surface distance Drm the minimum distance between the liquid surface of the heat shield device
- the crystal rod distance Drc the minimum distance between the heat shield device and the crystal rod
- Drm controls the stable growth of silicon crystals between the crystal pulling liquid levels
- Drc controls the temperature gradient of the silicon crystal rods in the axial direction.
- Japanese Patent Application No. JP2000160405 discloses a method and device for growing semiconductor crystals.
- a heat shielding device is arranged around single crystal silicon, and the distance from the ground surface of the heat shielding device to the surface of the silicon melt is defined and the single crystal is pulled out.
- the pulling speed of silicon controls the formation of defective crystal regions in the single crystal silicon when the single crystal silicon is pulled out.
- the heat shield device is fixed, the shape and position of the guide tube are fixed.
- the diameter of the silicon crystal rod is fixed, it is difficult to further reduce the Drc to achieve a large axial temperature gradient of the silicon crystal.
- the control of the heat shield device itself is realized.
- the present invention provides a semiconductor crystal growth device, which includes:
- a crucible the crucible is arranged inside the furnace body for containing silicon melt;
- a pulling device is arranged on the top of the furnace body for pulling out the silicon ingot from the silicon melt;
- a heat shield device the heat shield device includes a diversion tube, the diversion tube is barrel-shaped and arranged around the silicon crystal rod, used to rectify and adjust the argon gas input from the top of the furnace body The thermal field distribution between the silicon crystal rod and the liquid surface of the silicon melt; wherein, the heat shield device further includes an adjustment device arranged inside the lower end of the guide tube to adjust the heat shield device and The minimum distance between the silicon crystal rods.
- the adjusting device includes an annular device arranged around the inner side of the guide tube.
- the annular device is formed by splicing at least two arc-shaped parts.
- the adjustment device is detachably connected to the guide tube.
- the diversion tube includes an inner tube, an outer tube, and a heat insulation material, wherein the bottom of the outer tube extends below the bottom of the inner tube and is closed with the bottom of the inner tube so that the inner tube and the outer tube A cavity is formed between the cylinders, and the heat insulating material is arranged in the cavity.
- the adjusting device includes an inserting part and a protruding part, and the inserting part is inserted into the bottom of the outer cylinder and extends to a position between the bottom of the inner cylinder and the bottom of the inner cylinder.
- the cross section of the adjusting device is an inverted L shape or a T shape rotated 90° counterclockwise.
- the protruding portion is arranged in an inverted triangle or a shape protruding to one side of the silicon crystal rod.
- the protrusion extends downwardly beyond the bottom of the deflector.
- the shape of the protrusion extending downward beyond the bottom of the guide tube includes an inner concave curved surface or an outer convex curved surface
- the material of the adjusting device includes a material with low thermal conductivity.
- the material of the adjusting device includes single crystal silicon, graphite, quartz, high melting point metal or a combination of the foregoing materials.
- the side of the protrusion facing the silicon crystal rod is provided with a low thermal emissivity layer to further change the radiative heat transfer between the adjustment device and the surface of the silicon crystal rod.
- the heat shield device in the design of the heat shield device, by providing an adjustment device inside the lower end of the guide tube, the heat shield device and the crystal rod can be reduced without changing the shape and position of the guide tube.
- the minimum distance between the two increases the axial temperature gradient of the silicon crystal rod, thereby increasing the crystal growth speed; at the same time, the difference in the axial temperature gradient between the center and the edge of the crystal rod is reduced, which is conducive to the stable growth of crystals. .
- adjusting the device through the minimum distance Drc between the heat shield device and the crystal rod can change the flow rate of the argon gas flowing to the silicon melt liquid surface through the deflector and the gas flow rate expanding from the silicon melt liquid surface in the radial direction, and adjust the crystal content.
- the amount of oxygen further improves the pulling quality.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a semiconductor crystal growth apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a structural schematic diagram of an adjusting device installed on a deflector according to an embodiment of the present invention
- 3A-3C are respectively structural schematic diagrams of an adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the present invention provides a semiconductor crystal growth device, which includes:
- a crucible the crucible is arranged inside the furnace body for containing silicon melt;
- a pulling device is arranged on the top of the furnace body for pulling out the silicon ingot from the silicon melt;
- a heat shield device the heat shield device includes a diversion tube, the diversion tube is barrel-shaped and arranged around the silicon crystal rod, used to rectify and adjust the argon gas input from the top of the furnace body The thermal field distribution between the silicon crystal rod and the liquid surface of the silicon melt; wherein, the heat shield device further includes an adjustment device arranged inside the lower end of the guide tube to adjust the heat shield device and The minimum distance between the silicon crystal rods.
- FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a semiconductor crystal growth device according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a diagram according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 3A to 3C are respectively structural schematic diagrams of an adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the Czochralski method is an important method for preparing silicon single crystals for semiconductors and solar energy.
- the high-purity silicon material placed in the crucible is heated by a thermal field composed of carbon materials to melt it, and then the seed crystal is immersed in it.
- a series of (seeding, shoulder setting, equal diameter, finishing, cooling) processes are carried out to obtain a single crystal rod.
- the semiconductor crystal growth device includes a furnace body 1 in which a crucible 11 is arranged, a heater 12 for heating the crucible 11 is arranged outside the crucible 11, and a silicon melt 13 is contained in the crucible 11.
- a pulling device 14 is provided on the top of the furnace body 1. Under the driving of the pulling device 14, the seed crystal pulls the silicon crystal rod 10 from the liquid surface of the silicon melt, and at the same time, a heat shield device is arranged around the silicon crystal rod 10.
- the heat shield device includes a diversion cylinder 16, which is set in a conical barrel shape, which serves as a heat shield device to isolate the quartz crucible and the crucible during the crystal growth process.
- the heat radiation generated by the silicon melt on the crystal surface increases the cooling rate and axial temperature gradient of the crystal rod, and increases the number of crystal growth. On the other hand, it affects the thermal field distribution on the surface of the silicon melt and avoids the center and the crystal rod.
- the axial temperature gradient difference at the edge is too large to ensure the stable growth between the crystal rod and the liquid surface of the silicon melt; at the same time, the diversion cylinder is also used to divert the inert gas introduced from the upper part of the crystal growth furnace to make it more The large flow rate passes through the surface of the silicon melt to achieve the effect of controlling the oxygen content and impurity content in the crystal.
- the minimum distance between the bottom of the diversion cylinder 16 and the liquid level of the silicon melt 13 is used as the minimum distance between the heat shield device and the silicon melt, which is called the liquid level distance, which is represented by Drm; 16
- the minimum distance from the silicon crystal rod closest to the silicon crystal rod 10 is used as the minimum distance between the heat shield device and the silicon crystal rod, which is called the crystal rod distance, which is represented by Drc.
- a driving device 15 for driving the crucible 11 to rotate and move up and down is also provided at the bottom of the furnace body 1.
- the driving device 15 drives the crucible 11 to keep rotating during the crystal pulling process to reduce the heat of the silicon melt.
- the asymmetry of the silicon crystal column makes the silicon crystal column grow in the same diameter;
- the driving device 15 drives the crucible to move up and down to control the liquid surface distance Drm within a reasonable range, and to maintain the thermal radiation stability of the silicon melt liquid surface to meet the requirements of the silicon crystal rod.
- the driving device 15 drives the crucible to move up and down to control the liquid surface distance Drm between 20 mm and 80 mm.
- an adjustment device 17 is provided at the lower end of the flow guide tube 16, so that the adjustment device 17 and the flow guide tube 16 together serve as a heat shield device for the silicon melt liquid level Adjust the thermal field distribution between the crystal rod and the crystal rod.
- an adjustment device is provided on the inner side of the lower end of the flow guide tube.
- the minimum distance Drc between the heat shield device and the silicon crystal rod is The initial minimum distance between the guide tube and the crystal rod changes to the minimum distance between the adjustment device and the crystal rod, so that the minimum distance Drc between the heat shield device and the crystal rod is reduced, and the heat shield device can be aligned again.
- the radiant energy between the silicon crystal rod and the heat shield device, between the heat shield device and the silicon melt liquid level is adjusted, and then the heat flux intensity and distribution on the crystal surface are adjusted to make the center and edge of the silicon crystal rod axially
- the increase in temperature gradient effectively increases the crystal growth rate; at the same time, the difference in the axial temperature gradient between the center and the edge decreases, which is beneficial to the stable growth of crystals on the liquid surface of the silicon melt.
- the adjustment device also reduces the size of the channel through which the argon gas flows to the silicon melt surface through the deflector, so as to adjust the gas flow rate of the argon gas from the silicon melt surface in the radial direction, and adjust the oxygen content of the grown crystals. Further improve the quality of crystal pulling.
- the minimum distance Drc between the heat shield device and the silicon ingot is reduced, so that the radiative heat transfer of the silicon melt liquid to the ingot is reduced, and the axial temperature gradient of the ingot is increased. It is beneficial to increase the growth rate of crystals, and at the same time can reduce the power consumption of the heater for crystal growth; setting an adjustment device between the guide tube and the crystal rod can also reduce the radiation heat transfer from the guide tube to the crystal rod. Thereby, the difference of the axial temperature gradient between the center and the edge of the crystal rod is reduced, the process window (pulling speed range) of crystal growth is widened, and the yield of the product is improved.
- the guide tube is barrel-shaped and is arranged around the silicon crystal rod.
- the adjustment device 17 is arranged as an annular device surrounding the inner side of the guide tube.
- the adjustment device is detachably connected to the guide tube.
- the annular device is formed by splicing at least two arc-shaped components. Since the crystal pulling process is in a high-temperature environment, in order to avoid the adjustment device from expanding in a high-temperature environment, the installation and coordination with the deflector cylinder is unstable, the annular adjustment device is set in a multi-segment arc shape, and the gap between the multi-segment arcs is set This effectively avoids the problem of instability between the adjustment device and the guide tube due to expansion, and at the same time, setting the ring-shaped adjustment device into a multi-segment arc shape can further simplify the process of installing the adjustment device on the guide tube.
- the deflector cylinder 16 includes an inner cylinder 161, an outer cylinder 162, and an insulating material 163 arranged between the inner cylinder 161 and the outer cylinder 162, wherein the bottom of the outer cylinder 162 It extends below the bottom of the inner tube 161 and is closed with the bottom of the inner tube 161 to form a cavity containing the insulating material 163 between the inner tube 161 and the outer tube 162.
- the guide tube is arranged as a structure including an inner tube, an outer tube and a heat insulating material, which can simplify the installation of the guide tube.
- the material of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder is set to graphite, and the heat insulation material includes glass fiber, asbestos, rock wool, silicate, aerogel felt, vacuum board and the like.
- the adjusting device 17 in the form of the guide tube 16 including an inner tube 161, an outer tube 162, and an insulating material 163 provided between the inner tube 161 and the outer tube 162, the adjusting device 17 includes a protrusion 171 and an insert
- the insertion portion 172 is configured to be inserted into a position between the bottom of the outer cylinder 162 and the bottom of the inner cylinder 161 and the bottom of the inner cylinder 161.
- the adjustment device is installed on the deflector in an inserted form, without the need to modify the deflector, the installation of the adjustment device can be realized, and the manufacturing and installation cost of the adjustment device and the deflector can be further simplified.
- the insertion part is inserted between the bottom of the outer cylinder and the bottom of the inner cylinder, which effectively reduces the heat transfer from the outer cylinder to the inner cylinder, reduces the temperature of the inner cylinder, and further reduces the radiation heat transfer from the inner cylinder to the crystal rod.
- the difference in the axial temperature gradient between the center and the periphery of the silicon crystal rod is reduced, and the quality of the crystal pulling is improved.
- the adjusting device is configured as a material with low thermal conductivity.
- the exemplary low thermal conductivity material includes a material with a thermal conductivity less than 5-10 W/m*K.
- the material of the adjustment device is set to SiC ceramic, quartz, single crystal silicon, graphite, quartz, high melting point metal, or a combination of the foregoing materials.
- the adjustment device is set to be detachably installed on the deflector, on the one hand to realize the installation and separate manufacturing between the two, simplify the manufacturing process, and reduce the manufacturing cost; on the other hand,
- the adjustment device can also be individually replaced, and the adjustment device can be processed and used as a consumable part, so that the adjustment device can be formed into a series of products, shorten the research and development cycle, and reduce the development cost.
- setting the adjustment device to be integrally manufactured with the inner tube of the flow guide tube is also suitable for the present invention.
- the cross section of the adjusting device is in an inverted L shape or a T shape rotated 90° counterclockwise.
- the section of the adjusting device 17 is a T-shape rotated 90° counterclockwise, in which the inserting portion 172 is inserted into the bottom of the outer cylinder 162 and extends to a position between the bottom of the inner cylinder 161 and the bottom of the inner cylinder 161.
- 171 is an inverted triangle to reduce the minimum distance between the crystal rod and the heat shield.
- the setting of the protrusions as inverted triangles is only exemplary, and it can also be provided in any shape protruding to the side of the silicon crystal rod, and any shape that can reduce the minimum distance between the crystal rod and the heat shield device.
- the settings are applicable to the present invention.
- the protrusion 171 is provided in a shape protruding to the side of the crystal rod. As shown in FIGS. 3A-3C, the protrusion 171 extends downwardly beyond the bottom of the guide tube, as shown by the arrow P in the figure. As shown in Figure 2, the protruding part extends downwards from the bottom of the guide tube. Without changing the size and position of the guide tube, the minimum distance Drm between the heat shield device and the liquid level of the silicon melt is determined by the bottom of the guide tube.
- the minimum distance from the liquid surface of the silicon melt becomes the minimum distance between the lower end of the protrusion of the adjustment device and the liquid surface of the silicon cylinder, so that the minimum distance Drm between the heat shield device and the liquid surface of the silicon melt is reduced, thereby Change the flow rate of the argon gas flowing to the silicon melt surface through the deflector and expand in the radial direction from the silicon melt liquid surface, control the oxygen concentration inside the silicon melt near the periphery of the silicon crystal, and adjust the oxygen content of the crystal. Further improve the quality of crystal pulling.
- the shape of the protrusion 171 extending downward beyond the bottom of the guide tube includes a concave curved surface (as shown in FIG. 3B) or a convex curved surface (as shown in FIG. 3C).
- the shape of the protrusion extending downward beyond the bottom of the guide tube is set as a concave curved surface or a convex curved surface.
- the surface of the silicon crystal rod and the silicon melt can be further adjusted by adjusting the relative shape between the device and the liquid surface of the silicon melt.
- the radiative heat transfer between the body fluid level and the adjusting device adjusts the direction of the crystal surface along the axial direction, and the change of the heat flux released by the crystal to the outside reduces the difference in the axial temperature gradient between the center and the edge to achieve the crystal
- the shape of the interface with the melt is flatter, reducing the effect of the radial difference of the crystal.
- the side of the protrusion facing the silicon crystal rod is provided with a low thermal emissivity (high reflection coefficient) layer, so as to further reduce the radiation heat transfer between the deflector and the surface of the silicon crystal rod.
- the material of the adjustment device is graphite, and the surface of the graphite is subjected to surface treatment to form a SiC coating and/or a thermally decomposed carbon coating.
- the thickness of the coating is between 10 ⁇ m and 100 ⁇ m, wherein the thermally decomposed
- the surface of the carbon coating has high compactness, high heat reflection coefficient at high temperature, and surface treatment methods include chemical vapor deposition.
- coating is applied to the shape and surface of the protrusion of the adjusting device to form a high reflectance (low thermal emissivity) layer on the surface, and to change the surface of the silicon crystal rod, the liquid level and the gap between the adjusting device Radiation heat transfer, adjust the direction of the crystal surface along the axial direction, and the change of the heat flux released by the crystal to the outside, so that the difference in the axial temperature gradient between the center and the edge is reduced, so as to achieve a flatter interface between the crystal and the melt. , To reduce the effect of the radial difference of the crystal.
- the semiconductor crystal growth apparatus according to the present invention has been exemplarily introduced above. It should be understood that the limitation on the shape, mounting method and material of the adjustment device in the semiconductor crystal growth apparatus in this embodiment is only Exemplarily, any adjustment device that can reduce the minimum distance between the crystal rod and the heat shield device is suitable for the present invention.
- the semiconductor crystal growth device of the present invention by providing an adjustment device inside the lower end of the flow guide tube, the gap between the heat shield device and the crystal rod is reduced without changing the shape and position of the flow guide tube.
- the minimum distance increases the axial temperature gradient of the silicon crystal rod, thereby increasing the crystal growth speed; at the same time, the difference in the axial temperature gradient between the center and the edge is reduced, which is beneficial to the stable growth of the crystal.
- adjusting the minimum distance between the device and the crystal rod through the heat shield device reduces the channel size of the argon gas flowing from the deflector to the silicon melt liquid surface, and can change the flow of argon to the silicon melt liquid surface through the deflector and
- the gas flow rate spreading from the silicon melt liquid to the radial direction controls the oxygen concentration in the silicon melt near the periphery of the silicon crystal, adjusts the oxygen content of the crystal, and further improves the quality of the crystal pulling.
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- 一种半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,包括:炉体;坩埚,所述坩埚设置在所述炉体内部,用以容纳硅熔体;提拉装置,所述提拉装置设置在所述炉体顶部,用以从所述硅熔体内提拉出硅晶棒;以及热屏装置,所述热屏装置包括导流筒,所述导流筒呈桶状并绕所述硅晶棒四周设置,用以对从所述炉体顶部输入的氩气进行整流并调整所述硅晶棒和所述硅熔体液面之间的热场分布;其中,所述热屏装置还包括在所述导流筒下端内侧设置的调整装置,用以调整所述热屏装置与所述硅晶棒之间的最小距离。
- 根据权利要求1所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述调整装置包括环绕所述导流筒内侧设置的环形装置。
- 根据权利要求2所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述环形装置由至少两个弧形部件拼接而成。
- 根据权利要求1所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述调整装置与所述导流筒可拆卸地连接。
- 根据权利要求1所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述导流筒包括内筒、外筒以及隔热材料,其中,所述外筒的底部延伸至所述内筒底部下方并与所述内筒底部闭合以在内筒和外筒之间形成空腔,所述隔热材料设置在所述空腔内。
- 根据权利要求5所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述调整装置包括插入部和突出部,所述插入部插入所述外筒底部延伸至所述内筒底部下方的部分与所述内筒底部之间的位置。
- 根据权利要求6所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述调整装置的截面呈倒L型或逆时针旋转90°的T型。
- 根据权利要求6所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述突出部设置为倒三角形或者向所述硅晶棒一侧突出的形状。
- 根据权利要求8所述半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述突出部向下延伸超出所述导流筒底部。
- 根据权利要求8所述半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述突出 部向下延伸超出所述导流筒底部的形状包括内凹型曲面或外凸型曲面。
- 根据权利要求1所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述调整装置的材料包括低导热系数材料。
- 根据权利要求10所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述调整装置的材料包括单晶硅、石墨、石英、高熔点金属或者前述材料的组合。
- 根据权利要求9所述的半导体晶体生长装置,其特征在于,所述突出部面向所述硅晶棒的一侧设置有低热辐射系数层,以进一步改变所述调整装置与所述硅晶棒表面之间的辐射传热。
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