WO2022089181A1 - Gan-on-si epitaxial substrate having 2d material interlayer - Google Patents

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WO2022089181A1
WO2022089181A1 PCT/CN2021/122978 CN2021122978W WO2022089181A1 WO 2022089181 A1 WO2022089181 A1 WO 2022089181A1 CN 2021122978 W CN2021122978 W CN 2021122978W WO 2022089181 A1 WO2022089181 A1 WO 2022089181A1
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  • the present invention relates to a gallium nitride on silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with an intermediate layer of 2D material.
  • epitaxy has an important impact on the quality of products.
  • the impact on quality includes component performance, yield, reliability and life.
  • the material of the substrate hopes to minimize the defect density of the single crystal material, and the crystal structure, lattice constant (lattice constant), and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE, coefficient of thermal expansion) match the epitaxial material to avoid as much as possible in the epitaxy process. affect crystal quality.
  • the third-generation semiconductor technology and market have developed rapidly with the demand for power and high-frequency semiconductor components. The basis for quality improvement depends on the supply of high-quality epitaxial substrates of silicon carbide and gallium nitride, the two main protagonists of the third-generation semiconductor materials.
  • the most commonly used GaN substrates are GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC. on-SiC) two substrates.
  • the current GaN crystal growth method adopts the hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) method to produce single crystal gallium nitride substrates. Due to the limitations of production cost and yield conditions, the current mass production The technology reaches 4-inch substrates and the cost is extremely high.
  • HVPE hydride vapor phase epitaxy
  • the defect density of the above-mentioned vapor phase method is still higher than that of other liquid phase crystallization processes, but it is limited by the slow growth rate of the remaining processes and the higher cost of mass production. Under the consideration of compromise, the mainstream of commercial transformation is still limited to the HVPE method.
  • the literature points out that the vapor-phase GaN crystal growth rate is still possible to increase several times and maintain good crystallinity, but due to the deterioration of defect density, it has not been used as an orientation to reduce the cost of GaN substrates.
  • PVT physical vapor transport
  • one of the gas phase methods is used to produce single crystal aluminum nitride substrates.
  • SiC silicon carbide
  • SiC substrates are the current substrate materials for high-performance power semiconductors and high-end light-emitting diodes.
  • Transport, PVT high-quality large-size silicon carbide single crystal growth technology is difficult, high-end mass production technology is in the hands of a few manufacturers, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the application cost.
  • Gallium nitride on silicon carbide is a high-quality GaN epitaxial substrate, but for the above reasons, large-scale substrates have problems such as high price, limited supply and technology in the hands of a few manufacturers; relatively In other words, due to the large size, low cost, high productivity and stable quality of silicon substrates, the development of gallium nitride (GaN-on-Si) substrates on silicon wafers is more commonly concerned by relevant manufacturers.
  • GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC are both heterojunction epitaxy technologies in epitaxy process.
  • the higher quality of GaN-on-SiC than GaN-on-Si is precisely because of the GaN-on-SiC lattice
  • the degree of mismatch (lattice mismatch) is smaller than that of GaN-on-Si; another important feature is that the gallium nitride layer has significant tensile stress on the silicon surface.
  • Two-dimensional (2D) materials is a rapidly developing emerging field.
  • the earliest and most well-known material in the 2D material family that attracts a lot of R&D investment is graphene, whose two-dimensional layered structure has special or Excellent physical/chemical/mechanical/optical properties, there is no strong bond between layers, only van der Waals force, which also means that there is no dangling bond on the surface of the layered structure.
  • graphene has been It has been confirmed to have a wide range of excellent application potential; graphene research and development work is generally carried out around the world, and it also drives the research and development of more 2D materials, including hexagonal boron nitride hBN (hexagonal Boron Nitride), transition metal dichalcogenide TMDs (transition metal dichalcogenide TMDs (transition metal dichalcogenide) Metal dichalcogenides) and black phosphorus are also the ones who have accumulated more research and development achievements in the 2D material family.
  • Each of the above materials has specific material properties and application potential, and the manufacturing technology development of related materials is also actively promoted.
  • one of the TMDs materials are considered to have excellent diffusion barrier properties and varying degrees of high temperature stability.
  • hBN has excellent chemical passivation properties. Inertness and high temperature oxidation resistance.
  • van der Waals bonding characteristics of 2D materials have also attracted attention for the use of epitaxial substrates applied to traditional 3D materials. expansion) must be very well matched with the substrate material, but in reality, it often encounters situations such as the lack of suitable substrate materials for the subject of the present invention, or the ideal substrate material is expensive or difficult to obtain.
  • van der Waals Epitaxy Another solution, the so-called van der Waals Epitaxy.
  • the mechanism that van der Waals epitaxy may be beneficial to heteroepitaxy comes from the fact that the direct chemical bonds at the traditional epitaxy interface are replaced by van der Waals force bonding, which will relieve the stress or strain energy from the mismatch of lattice and thermal expansion in the epitaxy process to a certain extent.
  • the above-mentioned 2D layered material has a hexagon or honeycomb structure, and is considered to be structurally compatible with Wurtzite and Zinc-Blende structural materials in epitaxial time, and the related fields of the present invention are mainly Epitaxial materials belong to this type of structure.
  • single crystal is one of the requirements to ensure the quality of epitaxial crystals.
  • the growth of 2D materials tends to correlate with the crystal orientation of the crystalline substrate during the nucleation stage. It belongs to a polycrystalline structure, and the 2D material has already formed an inconsistent direction in the nucleation stage. After the nuclei aggregate into a continuous film with the growth, there are still domains with different orientations instead of single crystals; when the substrate is a single crystal material such as sapphire, it is still Due to the symmetry correlation between the two structures, the possible specific nucleation direction is not unique, and it is impossible to form a single crystal continuous film.
  • hBN is regarded as an excellent epitaxial substrate for transition metal dichalcogenides (transition metal dichalcogenides) materials.
  • the surface can be epitaxially grown with MoS 2 , WS 2 , MoSe 2 , WSe 2 and other TMD materials and maintain up to 95% of the surface area as a single crystal continuous film.
  • GaN-on-Si gallium nitride on silicon wafer
  • Heteroepitaxy needs to overcome the lattice matching problem between different materials, as well as the thermal stress problem caused by the different thermal expansion coefficients between the epitaxial layer and the substrate.
  • the GaN-on-Si lattice mismatch is relatively high, resulting in During the epitaxy process, the defect density of the gallium nitride layer is relatively high; another important feature is that the gallium nitride layer has significant tensile stress on the silicon surface.
  • the gallium nitride layer When the thickness of the gallium nitride layer is increased, the stress is higher, resulting in the bending deformation of the substrate or even nitriding The gallium layer may crack, and the associated effect becomes more severe as the wafer size increases. Relevant technical difficulties have led to the generally low yield of GaN-on-Si, and it is mostly used in power supply products. Currently, mass production is still dominated by six inches, and the advantages of large size of silicon wafers have not been fully utilized.
  • the present invention provides a gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer.
  • the lattice constant of the top layer is highly matched with AlN, AlGaN or GaN; wherein, the lattice constant of the top layer is highly matched with GaN, and a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer is grown on the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer by van der Waals epitaxy; or, the lattice constant of the top layer is The constant is highly matched with AlN or AlGaN, and the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is grown with an AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer by van der Waals epitaxy, and then has a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer on the AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer.
  • the thickness of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is greater than 0.5 nm.
  • the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a 2D layer suitable for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy.
  • the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure with only a top layer, and the top layer is a 2D material suitable for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy.
  • the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a composite layer structure formed by a top layer and a bottom layer, the top layer is a 2D material suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy, and the bottom layer is a 2D material suitable for a single crystal base layer.
  • the top layer adopts WS 2 or MoS 2 ; the bottom layer adopts hBN.
  • the single-layer structure or composite-layer structure of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a top lattice constant a that does not match AlN, AlGaN or GaN by more than 20% and is suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy.
  • At least the top layer of the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer is composed of two crystalline domains with matching directions at an angle of 60 degrees.
  • a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer is added between the surface of the monocrystalline silicon substrate and the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer to improve the dielectric properties of the silicon substrate and improve the application performance of high-frequency components.
  • the present invention can firstly grow layers with good crystallinity on the c-plane sapphire surface of single crystal by means of the application of polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer and van der Waals epitaxy (VDWE).
  • VDWE van der Waals epitaxy
  • Two (0° and 60°) crystalline domains point to the polycrystalline 2D material layer; the 2D material layer is transferred to the surface of the single crystal silicon substrate to form a surface lattice constant that is highly matched to AlN, AlGaN and GaN.
  • the substrate can effectively overcome the defect quality problem of the gallium nitride layer caused by the mismatch of the heteroepitaxial lattice; the characteristics of the van der Waals junction can alleviate some of the thermal stress problems caused by different thermal expansion coefficients. Therefore, the substrate structure of the present invention is advantageous for growing high-quality GaN epitaxial layers for the fabrication of GaN-based and other wide-energy-gap optoelectronic and semiconductor components.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a gallium nitride (GaN-on-Si) structure on a silicon wafer in the prior art
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • Embodiment 2 of the present invention is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • Embodiment 3 of the present invention is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • Embodiment 4 of the present invention is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 2 to 6 are several embodiments of the gallium nitride on silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer disclosed in the present invention.
  • the GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate of gallium nitride on silicon with a 2D material intermediate layer includes a single crystal silicon wafer substrate 1; 2D material ultra-thin interposer, the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer has only one top layer 21, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure, and the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for GaN epitaxy,
  • the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with GaN; a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 is grown on the top layer 21 of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer by van der Waals epitaxy.
  • the 2D material ultra-thin interposer adopts a composite layer structure instead of a single-layer structure, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is formed by the top layer 21 and the bottom layer 22 .
  • the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for GaN epitaxy, the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with GaN, and the bottom layer 22 is a 2D material suitable for use as a single crystal base layer; the top layer 21 of the ultra-thin interlayer of 2D material is made of van der Waals.
  • the GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 is epitaxially grown.
  • the GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate of gallium nitride on silicon with a 2D material intermediate layer includes a single crystal silicon wafer substrate 1; 2D material ultra-thin interposer, the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer has only one top layer 21, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure, and the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for AlN or AlGaN epitaxy Material, the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with AlN or AlGaN; the top layer 21 of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is grown with an AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 by van der Waals epitaxy, and then the AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 has a nucleation auxiliary layer 4.
  • GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 .
  • the GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate of gallium nitride on silicon with a 2D material intermediate layer includes a single crystal silicon wafer substrate 1; 2D material ultra-thin interposer, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a composite layer structure formed by a top layer 21 and a bottom layer 22, the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for AlN or AlGaN epitaxy, and the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is the same as that of AlN or AlGaN.
  • the bottom layer 22 is a 2D material suitable as a single crystal base layer; the top layer 21 of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is grown with an AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 by van der Waals epitaxy, and then on the AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 It has a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 .
  • the fifth embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 is added between the surface 1 of the single crystal silicon substrate and the ultra-thin interposer of the polycrystalline 2D material, so as to Improve the dielectric properties of silicon substrates and improve the application performance of high-frequency components.
  • a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 is covered on the silicon wafer substrate 1 , and a polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer is placed on the silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 .
  • the material ultra-thin interposer has only one top layer 21, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure, the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for GaN epitaxy, and the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with GaN; the 2D material is ultra-thin A GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 is grown on the top layer 21 of the interposer by van der Waals epitaxy.
  • a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 can also be added between the surface 1 of the single crystal silicon substrate and the ultra-thin interposer of the polycrystalline 2D material in the second to fourth embodiments to improve the dielectric properties of the silicon substrate , to improve the application performance of high-frequency components.
  • This article does not illustrate one by one.
  • the optimal design of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer of the present invention is that the thickness is greater than 0.5 nm.
  • the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a 2D layer suitable for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy.
  • the top layer 21 can be made of WS 2 or MoS 2 or the like; the bottom layer 22 can be made of hBN or the like.
  • the lattice constant a of the top layer 21 of the single-layer structure or the composite layer structure of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer does not match AlN, AlGaN or GaN by more than 20% and is suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy.
  • At least the top layer 21 of the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer is composed of two crystalline domains with matching directions at an angle of 60 degrees.
  • Step 1 using a silicon single crystal substrate (chip) that conforms to the epitaxial growth grade as the starting material, and undergoes appropriate pretreatment (including chip cleaning) as the preparation for the subsequent manufacturing process;
  • Step 2 growing a polycrystalline 2D material layer on the surface of the c-plane sapphire chip with an existing manufacturing process
  • Step 3 using the existing process to peel off the applicable 2D layer from the sapphire surface after growing, and transfer it to the surface of the silicon single crystal substrate;
  • step 4 using the van der Waals epitaxy technique, subsequent GaN epitaxy can be continued on the silicon single crystal substrate with the polycrystalline 2D material layer on the surface in step 3;

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Disclosed is a GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate having a 2D material interlayer; a 2D material ultra-thin interposer having a polycrystalline orientation is provided on a silicon wafer substrate, and the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has at least one top layer; a top lattice constant is highly matched to AlN, AlGaN, or GaN; a GaN monocrystalline epitaxial layer is grown on the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer by van der Waals epitaxial growth, or, an AlGaN or AlN nucleation enhancer layer is grown on the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer by van der Waals epitaxial growth, then the nucleation enhancer layer has a GaN monocrystalline epitaxial layer. The present invention effectively overcomes the quality problem of defective GaN layers caused by heterogeneous epitaxial lattice mismatch, alleviates the problem of thermal stress caused in part by the difference in coefficient of thermal expansion, and is beneficial for use in growing high-quality GaN epitaxial layers for the fabrication of GaN-based wide-bandgap photoelectric and semiconductor components.

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具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with 2D material interlayer 技术领域technical field
本发明涉及具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板。The present invention relates to a gallium nitride on silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with an intermediate layer of 2D material.
背景技术Background technique
在光电及半导体的组件制造过程中,外延对产品的质量有重要的影响。其中对质量的影响包含组件效能、良品率、可靠度及寿命等。通常,基板的材料希望能尽量减少缺陷密度的单晶材料,在晶体结构、晶格常数(lattice constant)、热膨胀系数(CTE,coefficient of thermal expansion)与外延材料匹配才能尽可能避免在外延过程中影响晶体质量。近年第三代半导体技术与市场随功率、高频半导体组件需求快速发展,质量提升的基础,仰赖第三代半导体材料两个主角碳化硅与氮化镓高质量外延基板的供应。不同于氮化镓系LED采用蓝宝石基板为主,依照目前技术,最常采用的氮化镓基板是硅晶圆上氮化镓(GaN-on-Si)及碳化硅上氮化镓(GaN-on-SiC)两种基板。In the manufacturing process of optoelectronic and semiconductor components, epitaxy has an important impact on the quality of products. The impact on quality includes component performance, yield, reliability and life. Usually, the material of the substrate hopes to minimize the defect density of the single crystal material, and the crystal structure, lattice constant (lattice constant), and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE, coefficient of thermal expansion) match the epitaxial material to avoid as much as possible in the epitaxy process. affect crystal quality. In recent years, the third-generation semiconductor technology and market have developed rapidly with the demand for power and high-frequency semiconductor components. The basis for quality improvement depends on the supply of high-quality epitaxial substrates of silicon carbide and gallium nitride, the two main protagonists of the third-generation semiconductor materials. Unlike GaN-based LEDs, which mainly use sapphire substrates, according to the current technology, the most commonly used GaN substrates are GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC. on-SiC) two substrates.
主要原因来自氮化镓单晶技术发展目前成本与尺寸的限制。氮化铝和氮化镓的熔点均在摄氏两千五百度以上且存在蒸气压高问题,换言之,若想要直接以熔融长晶的方法制作前述两种材料的单晶基板,则不只制造成本更高,也相对会产生更多废热,对环境造成不可避免的污染。气相法长晶部分,目前氮化镓长晶采用的是氢化物气相外延法(Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy,HVPE)来生产单晶氮化镓基板,由于生产成本及产率条件等限制,目前量产技术达到4英寸基板同时成本极高。事实上,上述气相法缺陷密度仍然偏高于其他液相长晶工序,但受限于其余工序长晶速率过于缓慢,量产成本更为高昂,在市场需求、组件性能以及基板成本与供应量折衷考虑之下,商转主流仍限于HVPE法。文献指出气相法GaN长晶速率仍有提高数倍的可能并维持良好结晶性,但受限于缺陷密度劣化,目前并未能作为降低GaN基板成本的取向。至于氮化铝长晶技术,采用的是气相法之一的物理气相传输法(Physical Vapor Transport,PVT)来生产单晶氮化铝基 板,由于生产技术及良率限制,全球仅两家厂家有量产能力,目前量产技术仅达到2英寸基板同时成本极高,而产能全由少数厂商占有无法广泛供应市场。由于氮化铝本身化学特性以及物理气相传输法硬件零组件限制,单晶成品中一定程度的碳(C)与氧(O)杂质存在为不可避免,也一定程度影响组件特性。The main reason comes from the current cost and size constraints of the development of GaN single crystal technology. The melting points of both aluminum nitride and gallium nitride are above 2500 degrees Celsius and there is a problem of high vapor pressure. In other words, if you want to directly produce single crystal substrates of the above two materials by the method of melting crystal growth, not only the manufacturing cost If it is higher, it will generate more waste heat and cause inevitable pollution to the environment. For the vapor phase crystal growth part, the current GaN crystal growth method adopts the hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) method to produce single crystal gallium nitride substrates. Due to the limitations of production cost and yield conditions, the current mass production The technology reaches 4-inch substrates and the cost is extremely high. In fact, the defect density of the above-mentioned vapor phase method is still higher than that of other liquid phase crystallization processes, but it is limited by the slow growth rate of the remaining processes and the higher cost of mass production. Under the consideration of compromise, the mainstream of commercial transformation is still limited to the HVPE method. The literature points out that the vapor-phase GaN crystal growth rate is still possible to increase several times and maintain good crystallinity, but due to the deterioration of defect density, it has not been used as an orientation to reduce the cost of GaN substrates. As for the aluminum nitride crystal growth technology, physical vapor transport (PVT), one of the gas phase methods, is used to produce single crystal aluminum nitride substrates. Due to the limitations of production technology and yield, only two manufacturers in the world have Mass production capacity, the current mass production technology only reaches 2-inch substrates and the cost is extremely high, and the production capacity is all occupied by a few manufacturers and cannot be widely supplied to the market. Due to the chemical characteristics of aluminum nitride itself and the limitations of physical vapor transport method hardware components, the existence of carbon (C) and oxygen (O) impurities in the finished single crystal product is inevitable, which also affects the component characteristics to a certain extent.
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类似的情形,也存在于目前碳化硅(SiC)单晶,碳化硅基板是目前高性能功率半导体以及高端发光二极管的基板材料,单晶长晶工序为气相法中的物理气相传输法(Physical Vapor Transport,PVT),高质量大尺寸碳化硅单晶成长技术难度高,高端量产技术掌握在少数厂商手中,影响所及应用成本仍有很大进步空间。碳化硅上氮化镓(GaN-on-SiC)为高质量的氮化镓外延基板,但综合以上原因,大尺寸基板存在价格高昂、供应量有限及技术掌握在少数厂商手中等问题;相对而言,硅基板尺寸大、成本低、产能高且质量稳定,硅晶圆上氮化镓(GaN-on-Si)基板发展更普遍为相关厂商关注。A similar situation also exists in the current silicon carbide (SiC) single crystal. Silicon carbide substrates are the current substrate materials for high-performance power semiconductors and high-end light-emitting diodes. Transport, PVT), high-quality large-size silicon carbide single crystal growth technology is difficult, high-end mass production technology is in the hands of a few manufacturers, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the application cost. Gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) is a high-quality GaN epitaxial substrate, but for the above reasons, large-scale substrates have problems such as high price, limited supply and technology in the hands of a few manufacturers; relatively In other words, due to the large size, low cost, high productivity and stable quality of silicon substrates, the development of gallium nitride (GaN-on-Si) substrates on silicon wafers is more commonly concerned by relevant manufacturers.
硅晶圆上氮化镓(GaN-on-Si)及碳化硅上氮化镓(GaN-on-SiC) 两种基板技术,在外延制程方面皆属异质接面外延技术,异质外延需克服不同材质之间的晶格匹配问题,以及外延层和基板间因热膨胀系数不同导致的热应力问题,GaN-on-SiC比GaN-on-Si质量高正是因为GaN-on-SiC晶格不匹配(lattice mismatch)的程度较GaN-on-Si小;另一个重要特性是氮化镓层在硅表面存在显著的张应力,当提升氮化镓层厚度时应力更高,导致基板的弯曲形变甚至氮化镓层可能开裂,随着晶圆尺寸增大时相关效应也更加严重。相关技术困难导致GaN-on-Si的良品率普遍较低,且多应用于电力电源产品,目前量产仍以六吋为主,硅晶圆大尺寸的优势未能完全发挥。Two substrate technologies, GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC, are both heterojunction epitaxy technologies in epitaxy process. Overcoming the lattice matching problem between different materials and the thermal stress problem caused by the different thermal expansion coefficients between the epitaxial layer and the substrate, the higher quality of GaN-on-SiC than GaN-on-Si is precisely because of the GaN-on-SiC lattice The degree of mismatch (lattice mismatch) is smaller than that of GaN-on-Si; another important feature is that the gallium nitride layer has significant tensile stress on the silicon surface. When the thickness of the gallium nitride layer is increased, the stress is higher, resulting in the bending of the substrate Deformation and even cracking of the gallium nitride layer is possible, and the associated effects become more severe as the wafer size increases. Relevant technical difficulties have led to the generally low yield of GaN-on-Si, and it is mostly used in power supply products. Currently, mass production is still dominated by six inches, and the advantages of large size of silicon wafers have not been fully utilized.
二维材料(two-dimensional(2D)materials)是一个快速发展的新兴领域,2D材料家族中最早吸引大量研发投入也最知名的材料为石墨烯(graphene),其二维层状结构具备特殊或优异的物理/化学/机械/光电特性,层与层间则没有强力的键结存在,仅以范德华力结合,这也表示层状结构表面没有空悬键(dangling bond)存在,目前石墨烯已被确认具有广泛而优异的应用潜能;石墨烯研发工作于全球普遍开展,同时也带动更多2D材料的研发,包括六方氮化硼hBN(hexagonal Boron Nitride)、过渡金属二硫族化物TMDs(transition metal dichalcogenides)以及黑磷black phosphorus等也是2D材料家族中累积较多研发成果者,上述材料均各自具备特异的材料特性与应用潜能,相关材料的制造技术开发也持续积极推展中。除了优异的光电特性之外,石墨烯、hBN以及TMDs材料之一的MoS 2都被视为具有优异的扩散阻障特性,也有程度不一的高温稳定性,尤其hBN更具有绝佳的化学钝性(inertness)以及高温耐氧化性。 Two-dimensional (2D) materials is a rapidly developing emerging field. The earliest and most well-known material in the 2D material family that attracts a lot of R&D investment is graphene, whose two-dimensional layered structure has special or Excellent physical/chemical/mechanical/optical properties, there is no strong bond between layers, only van der Waals force, which also means that there is no dangling bond on the surface of the layered structure. At present, graphene has been It has been confirmed to have a wide range of excellent application potential; graphene research and development work is generally carried out around the world, and it also drives the research and development of more 2D materials, including hexagonal boron nitride hBN (hexagonal Boron Nitride), transition metal dichalcogenide TMDs (transition metal dichalcogenide TMDs (transition metal dichalcogenide) Metal dichalcogenides) and black phosphorus are also the ones who have accumulated more research and development achievements in the 2D material family. Each of the above materials has specific material properties and application potential, and the manufacturing technology development of related materials is also actively promoted. In addition to its excellent optoelectronic properties, graphene, hBN and MoS 2 , one of the TMDs materials, are considered to have excellent diffusion barrier properties and varying degrees of high temperature stability. In particular, hBN has excellent chemical passivation properties. Inertness and high temperature oxidation resistance.
由于具备上述层状结构本质以及层间范德华力结合特性,将2D材料家族中两种或多种材料制作成层状堆栈异质结构(hetero-structures)技术可行性大开,异质结构除了结合不同特性更创造出新的应用特性或制作出新的组件成为可能,目前光电及半导体领域的研发相当积极。具体可以是机械性组成迭层,也可以是物理或化学气相沉积。Due to the above-mentioned nature of the layered structure and the bonding characteristics of the van der Waals force between layers, the technical feasibility of fabricating two or more materials in the 2D material family into layered stacked hetero-structures (hetero-structures) is greatly opened. Different characteristics make it possible to create new application characteristics or make new components. At present, the research and development in the field of optoelectronics and semiconductors is quite active. Specifically, it can be mechanical composition lamination, or physical or chemical vapor deposition.
2D材料的范德华力结合特性也获得应用于传统3D材料的外延基板用途的关注,其着眼点在于外延技术中外延材料在晶体结构、晶格常数(lattice constant)、热膨胀系数(CTE,coefficient of thermal  expansion)必须与基板材料匹配非常良好,但现实上常遭遇如本发明主题欠缺适合基板材料,或者是理想的基板材料成本偏高或不容易取得等情形,此时2D材料对于异质外延基板提供了另一种解决方案,也就是所谓的范德华外延(van der Waals Epitaxy)。范德华外延可能有利于异质外延的机制来自于传统外延界面直接的化学键改由范德华力结合所取代,将使得来自于外延工序中晶格以及热膨胀不匹配的应力或应变能因此获得一定程度的舒缓,从而使得外延层质量获得改善,或者说通过2D材料以及范德华外延导入可以使某些原先无法实用化的异质外延技术成为可能。相关研究也指出,当上述2D材料相互迭层异质结构时,相互间作用力以范德华力为主;而在2D材料上进行3D材料的外延时,由于界面上3D材料的空悬键(dangling bond)存在同时对接口的结合力有贡献,这种外延实质上并非纯粹范德华外延(van der Waals Epitaxy)或者更精确地可视为准范德华外延(Quasi van der Waals Epitaxy);不论何种情形,晶格与热膨胀的匹配程度,无疑地仍对最终的外延质量起了一定的作用,2D材料中介层与基板材料都对整体的匹配度有所贡献。上述2D层状材料具有六角形或蜂巢状(hexagon or honeycomb)结构,与纤锌矿(Wurtzite)和闪锌矿(Zinc-Blende)结构材料在外延时被视为结构兼容,本发明相关领域主要外延材料均属此类结构。The van der Waals bonding characteristics of 2D materials have also attracted attention for the use of epitaxial substrates applied to traditional 3D materials. expansion) must be very well matched with the substrate material, but in reality, it often encounters situations such as the lack of suitable substrate materials for the subject of the present invention, or the ideal substrate material is expensive or difficult to obtain. Another solution, the so-called van der Waals Epitaxy. The mechanism that van der Waals epitaxy may be beneficial to heteroepitaxy comes from the fact that the direct chemical bonds at the traditional epitaxy interface are replaced by van der Waals force bonding, which will relieve the stress or strain energy from the mismatch of lattice and thermal expansion in the epitaxy process to a certain extent. , so that the quality of the epitaxial layer can be improved, or through the introduction of 2D materials and van der Waals epitaxy, some hetero-epitaxial technologies that could not be practical before become possible. Relevant studies also pointed out that when the above-mentioned 2D materials are stacked with each other in heterostructures, the interaction force is dominated by van der Waals forces; while the epitaxial time of 3D materials on 2D materials, due to the dangling bonds of 3D materials on the interface ( dangling bond) while contributing to the bonding force of the interface, this epitaxy is not essentially a pure van der Waals epitaxy (van der Waals Epitaxy) or more precisely Quasi van der Waals Epitaxy (Quasi van der Waals Epitaxy); in either case , the matching degree of lattice and thermal expansion undoubtedly still plays a certain role in the final epitaxy quality, and both the 2D material interposer and the substrate material contribute to the overall matching degree. The above-mentioned 2D layered material has a hexagon or honeycomb structure, and is considered to be structurally compatible with Wurtzite and Zinc-Blende structural materials in epitaxial time, and the related fields of the present invention are mainly Epitaxial materials belong to this type of structure.
基于外延基板用途,单晶(single crystal)为确保磊晶质量的要求之一,一般2D材料成长往往会在成核阶段与结晶性基板晶体指向呈现相关性,当基板采用一般金属箔片时由于属于多晶结构,2D材料在成核阶段已经形成方向不一致,晶核随成长聚合成连续薄膜后仍存在不同指向的区块(domain)而非单晶;当基板采用单晶材料如蓝宝石,仍然因为两者结构对称相关性导致可能出现的特定成核指向并非唯一,而无法形成单晶连续薄膜。近期的研究发现通过改进既存工艺,将铜箔经过热处理形成特定晶格指向的铜箔时,可以消弭2D材料石墨烯和六方氮化硼(hBN)成长过程形成的异向晶格区块(domain)特征,而长成单晶石墨烯和六方氮化硼连续薄膜。Based on the use of epitaxial substrates, single crystal is one of the requirements to ensure the quality of epitaxial crystals. Generally, the growth of 2D materials tends to correlate with the crystal orientation of the crystalline substrate during the nucleation stage. It belongs to a polycrystalline structure, and the 2D material has already formed an inconsistent direction in the nucleation stage. After the nuclei aggregate into a continuous film with the growth, there are still domains with different orientations instead of single crystals; when the substrate is a single crystal material such as sapphire, it is still Due to the symmetry correlation between the two structures, the possible specific nucleation direction is not unique, and it is impossible to form a single crystal continuous film. Recent studies have found that by improving the existing process, when the copper foil is heat-treated to form a copper foil with a specific lattice orientation, the anisotropic lattice domains formed during the growth of 2D materials graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) can be eliminated. ) feature while growing into continuous thin films of single-crystal graphene and hexagonal boron nitride.
近年多项研究指出2D材料家族通常互为异质外延的理想基板材料,例如hBN被视为绝佳的过渡金属二硫族化物TMDs(transition metal dichalcogenides)材料的外延基板,研究指出在单晶hBN表面 可以外延成长MoS 2、WS 2、MoSe 2、WSe 2等TMD材料并维持高达95%表面积为单晶连续薄膜。 In recent years, many studies have pointed out that 2D material families are usually ideal substrate materials for heteroepitaxy. For example, hBN is regarded as an excellent epitaxial substrate for transition metal dichalcogenides (transition metal dichalcogenides) materials. The surface can be epitaxially grown with MoS 2 , WS 2 , MoSe 2 , WSe 2 and other TMD materials and maintain up to 95% of the surface area as a single crystal continuous film.
近年研究指出在单晶的c面(c-plane)蓝宝石表面可以CVD等方式成长结晶性良好的层状MoS 2、WS 2、MoSe 2、WSe 2等TMD材料,成长出来的TMD材料存在两种(0°及60°)晶体指向(crystal orientation)(参考文献:Nature 2019,v.567,169-170)。针对本发明所关注的AlGaN以及GaN材料而言,晶体结构在外延接面上具有六方对称性,上述的TMD层虽不构成单晶层,但理论上作为外延基板时无碍于AlGaN以及GaN外延层形成单晶;目前将TMD层自蓝宝石表面剥下并移转到其他基板表面的技术已达成实用化及大面积化,蓝宝石基板可以重复循环使用,已属于商业量产可行的制程(参考文献:ACS Nano 2015,9,6,6178-6187)。因此,除了前项方式制作TMD单晶连续薄膜之外,移转蓝宝石表面TMD层到热膨胀系数与AlGaN以及GaN高度匹配的基板亦是另一适用的量产可行方案。 Recent studies have pointed out that layered MoS 2 , WS 2 , MoSe 2 , WSe 2 and other TMD materials with good crystallinity can be grown on the c-plane sapphire surface of a single crystal by CVD or other methods. There are two types of TMD materials grown. (0° and 60°) crystal orientation (reference: Nature 2019, v. 567, 169-170). For the AlGaN and GaN materials concerned by the present invention, the crystal structure has hexagonal symmetry on the epitaxial junction. Although the above-mentioned TMD layer does not constitute a single crystal layer, theoretically it does not hinder AlGaN and GaN epitaxy when used as an epitaxial substrate. The technology of peeling off the TMD layer from the sapphire surface and transferring it to the surface of other substrates has been practical and large-scale, and the sapphire substrate can be recycled and used repeatedly, which is a feasible process for commercial mass production (ref. : ACS Nano 2015, 9, 6, 6178-6187). Therefore, in addition to the previous method of fabricating TMD single-crystal continuous thin films, transferring the TMD layer on the sapphire surface to a substrate whose thermal expansion coefficient is highly matched to AlGaN and GaN is another feasible solution for mass production.
现有工艺的硅晶圆上氮化镓(GaN-on-Si),如图1所示。异质外延需克服不同材质之间的晶格匹配问题,以及外延层和基板间因热膨胀系数不同导致的热应力问题,GaN-on-Si晶格不匹配(lattice mismatch)的程度较高,导致外延过程中氮化镓层缺陷密度偏高;另一个重要特性是氮化镓层在硅表面存在显著的张应力,当提升氮化镓层厚度时应力更高,导致基板的弯曲形变甚至氮化镓层可能开裂,随着晶圆尺寸增大时相关效应也更加严重。相关技术困难导致GaN-on-Si的良品率普遍较低,且多应用于电力电源产品,目前量产仍以六吋为主,硅晶圆大尺寸的优势未能完全发挥。The existing process gallium nitride on silicon wafer (GaN-on-Si), as shown in Figure 1. Heteroepitaxy needs to overcome the lattice matching problem between different materials, as well as the thermal stress problem caused by the different thermal expansion coefficients between the epitaxial layer and the substrate. The GaN-on-Si lattice mismatch is relatively high, resulting in During the epitaxy process, the defect density of the gallium nitride layer is relatively high; another important feature is that the gallium nitride layer has significant tensile stress on the silicon surface. When the thickness of the gallium nitride layer is increased, the stress is higher, resulting in the bending deformation of the substrate or even nitriding The gallium layer may crack, and the associated effect becomes more severe as the wafer size increases. Relevant technical difficulties have led to the generally low yield of GaN-on-Si, and it is mostly used in power supply products. Currently, mass production is still dominated by six inches, and the advantages of large size of silicon wafers have not been fully utilized.
发明内容SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
为了解决现有工艺中存在的问题,本发明提供一种具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板。In order to solve the problems existing in the prior art, the present invention provides a gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer.
本发明的解决方案如下:The solution of the present invention is as follows:
具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,包含一单晶硅晶圆基板;A gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer, including a single crystal silicon wafer substrate;
硅晶圆基板上有多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层,所述多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层至少具有一顶层;A polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer on the silicon wafer substrate, and the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer has at least one top layer;
所述顶层晶格常数与AlN、AlGaN或GaN高度匹配;其中,顶层晶格常数与GaN高度匹配,2D材料超薄中介层顶层上借助范德华外延生长有GaN单晶外延层;或者,顶层晶格常数与AlN或AlGaN高度匹配,2D材料超薄中介层顶层上借助范德华外延生长有AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层,再在AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层上具有GaN单晶外延层。The lattice constant of the top layer is highly matched with AlN, AlGaN or GaN; wherein, the lattice constant of the top layer is highly matched with GaN, and a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer is grown on the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer by van der Waals epitaxy; or, the lattice constant of the top layer is The constant is highly matched with AlN or AlGaN, and the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is grown with an AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer by van der Waals epitaxy, and then has a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer on the AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer.
所述2D材料超薄中介层的厚度大于0.5nm。The thickness of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is greater than 0.5 nm.
所述2D材料超薄中介层为适用于GaN、AlGaN或AlN外延的2D层。The 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a 2D layer suitable for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy.
所述2D材料超薄中介层为单层结构,只具有顶层,顶层为适用于GaN、AlGaN或AlN外延的2D材料。The 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure with only a top layer, and the top layer is a 2D material suitable for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy.
所述2D材料超薄中介层为由顶层和底层形成的复合层结构,顶层为适用于AlN、AlGaN或GaN外延的2D材料,底层为适合作为单晶基层的2D材料。The 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a composite layer structure formed by a top layer and a bottom layer, the top layer is a 2D material suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy, and the bottom layer is a 2D material suitable for a single crystal base layer.
所述顶层采用WS 2或MoS 2;底层采用hBN。 The top layer adopts WS 2 or MoS 2 ; the bottom layer adopts hBN.
所述2D材料超薄中介层的单层结构或者复合层结构的顶层晶格常数a与AlN、AlGaN或GaN不匹配度不大于20%且适用于AlN、AlGaN或GaN外延。The single-layer structure or composite-layer structure of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a top lattice constant a that does not match AlN, AlGaN or GaN by more than 20% and is suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy.
所述多晶向2D材料超薄中介层至少顶层是由两种互呈60度角度匹配方向的结晶区域(domain)所组成。At least the top layer of the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer is composed of two crystalline domains with matching directions at an angle of 60 degrees.
所述单晶硅基板表面与多晶向2D材料超薄中介层之间添加二氧化硅(SiO 2)层,以提升硅基板的介电性,提升高频组件应用性能。 A silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer is added between the surface of the monocrystalline silicon substrate and the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer to improve the dielectric properties of the silicon substrate and improve the application performance of high-frequency components.
采用上述方案后,本发明借助多晶向2D材料超薄中介层与范德华外延(VDWE)之应用,可以先在单晶的c面(c-plane)蓝宝石表面成长结晶性良好的层状并存在两种(0°及60°)结晶区域(domain)指向的多晶向2D材料层;将2D材料层移转到单晶硅基板表面,形成表层晶格常数与AlN、AlGaN以及GaN高度匹配的基板,可以有效克服异质外延晶格不匹配导致氮化镓层缺陷质量问题;范德华接面的特性可以缓解部分因热膨胀系数不同导致的热应力问题。因此本发明的基板结构有利于用来进行成长高质量GaN外延层,以进行GaN系等宽能隙光电及半导体组件制作。After adopting the above scheme, the present invention can firstly grow layers with good crystallinity on the c-plane sapphire surface of single crystal by means of the application of polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer and van der Waals epitaxy (VDWE). Two (0° and 60°) crystalline domains point to the polycrystalline 2D material layer; the 2D material layer is transferred to the surface of the single crystal silicon substrate to form a surface lattice constant that is highly matched to AlN, AlGaN and GaN. The substrate can effectively overcome the defect quality problem of the gallium nitride layer caused by the mismatch of the heteroepitaxial lattice; the characteristics of the van der Waals junction can alleviate some of the thermal stress problems caused by different thermal expansion coefficients. Therefore, the substrate structure of the present invention is advantageous for growing high-quality GaN epitaxial layers for the fabrication of GaN-based and other wide-energy-gap optoelectronic and semiconductor components.
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图1是现有工艺的硅晶圆上氮化镓(GaN-on-Si)结构示意图;1 is a schematic diagram of a gallium nitride (GaN-on-Si) structure on a silicon wafer in the prior art;
图2是本发明的实施例一结构示意图;FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
图3是本发明的实施例二结构示意图;3 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of the present invention;
图4是本发明的实施例三结构示意图;4 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of the present invention;
图5是本发明的实施例四结构示意图;5 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 4 of the present invention;
图6是本发明的实施例五结构示意图。FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
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下面结合附图和具体实施例对本发明作进一步详细说明。The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
请参阅图2至图6所示,是本发明揭示的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板的几个实施例。Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 6 , which are several embodiments of the gallium nitride on silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer disclosed in the present invention.
如图2所示的实施例一,具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,包含一单晶硅晶圆基板1;硅晶圆基板1上有多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层,所述多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层只具有一顶层21,即所述2D材料超薄中介层为单层结构,顶层21为适用于GaN外延的2D材料,顶层21晶格常数与GaN高度匹配;2D材料超薄中介层的顶层21上借助范德华外延生长有GaN单晶外延层3。As shown in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate of gallium nitride on silicon with a 2D material intermediate layer includes a single crystal silicon wafer substrate 1; 2D material ultra-thin interposer, the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer has only one top layer 21, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure, and the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for GaN epitaxy, The lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with GaN; a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 is grown on the top layer 21 of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer by van der Waals epitaxy.
如图3所示的实施例二,是在实施例一中,将所述2D材料超薄中介层采用复合层结构代替单层结构,即2D材料超薄中介层为由顶层21和底层22形成的复合层结构,顶层21为适用于GaN外延的2D材料,顶层21晶格常数与GaN高度匹配,底层22为适合作为单晶基层的2D材料;2D材料超薄中介层的顶层21上借助范德华外延生长有GaN单晶外延层3。In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3 , in the first embodiment, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer adopts a composite layer structure instead of a single-layer structure, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is formed by the top layer 21 and the bottom layer 22 . The top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for GaN epitaxy, the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with GaN, and the bottom layer 22 is a 2D material suitable for use as a single crystal base layer; the top layer 21 of the ultra-thin interlayer of 2D material is made of van der Waals. The GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 is epitaxially grown.
如图4所示的实施例三,具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,包含一单晶硅晶圆基板1;硅晶圆基板1上有多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层,所述多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层只具有一顶层21,即所述2D材料超薄中介层为单层结构,顶层21为适用于AlN或AlGaN外延的2D材料,顶层21晶格常数与AlN或AlGaN高度匹配;2D材料超薄中介层的顶层21上借助范德华外延生长有AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层4,再在AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层4上具有GaN单晶外延层3。As shown in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 4 , the GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate of gallium nitride on silicon with a 2D material intermediate layer includes a single crystal silicon wafer substrate 1; 2D material ultra-thin interposer, the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer has only one top layer 21, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure, and the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for AlN or AlGaN epitaxy Material, the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with AlN or AlGaN; the top layer 21 of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is grown with an AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 by van der Waals epitaxy, and then the AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 has a nucleation auxiliary layer 4. GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 .
如图5所示的实施例四,具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓 GaN-on-Si外延基板,包含一单晶硅晶圆基板1;硅晶圆基板1上有多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层,所述2D材料超薄中介层为由顶层21和底层22形成的复合层结构,顶层21为适用于AlN或AlGaN外延的2D材料,顶层21晶格常数与AlN或AlGaN高度匹配,底层22为适合作为单晶基层的2D材料;2D材料超薄中介层的顶层21上借助范德华外延生长有AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层4,再在AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层4上具有GaN单晶外延层3。As shown in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 5 , the GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate of gallium nitride on silicon with a 2D material intermediate layer includes a single crystal silicon wafer substrate 1; 2D material ultra-thin interposer, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a composite layer structure formed by a top layer 21 and a bottom layer 22, the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for AlN or AlGaN epitaxy, and the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is the same as that of AlN or AlGaN. Highly matched, the bottom layer 22 is a 2D material suitable as a single crystal base layer; the top layer 21 of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is grown with an AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 by van der Waals epitaxy, and then on the AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer 4 It has a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 .
如图6所示的实施例五,与实施例一的区别在于,所述单晶硅基板表面1与多晶向2D材料超薄中介层之间添加二氧化硅(SiO 2)层5,以提升硅基板的介电性,提升高频组件应用性能。具体是在硅晶圆基板1上覆盖二氧化硅(SiO 2)层5,在二氧化硅(SiO 2)层5上有多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层,所述多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层只具有一顶层21,即所述2D材料超薄中介层为单层结构,顶层21为适用于GaN外延的2D材料,顶层21晶格常数与GaN高度匹配;2D材料超薄中介层的顶层21上借助范德华外延生长有GaN单晶外延层3。当然,本发明也可以在实施例二至四的单晶硅基板表面1与多晶向2D材料超薄中介层之间添加二氧化硅(SiO 2)层5,以提升硅基板的介电性,提升高频组件应用性能。本文不逐一图示。 As shown in FIG. 6 , the fifth embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 is added between the surface 1 of the single crystal silicon substrate and the ultra-thin interposer of the polycrystalline 2D material, so as to Improve the dielectric properties of silicon substrates and improve the application performance of high-frequency components. Specifically, a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 is covered on the silicon wafer substrate 1 , and a polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer is placed on the silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 . The material ultra-thin interposer has only one top layer 21, that is, the 2D material ultra-thin interposer has a single-layer structure, the top layer 21 is a 2D material suitable for GaN epitaxy, and the lattice constant of the top layer 21 is highly matched with GaN; the 2D material is ultra-thin A GaN single crystal epitaxial layer 3 is grown on the top layer 21 of the interposer by van der Waals epitaxy. Of course, in the present invention, a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 5 can also be added between the surface 1 of the single crystal silicon substrate and the ultra-thin interposer of the polycrystalline 2D material in the second to fourth embodiments to improve the dielectric properties of the silicon substrate , to improve the application performance of high-frequency components. This article does not illustrate one by one.
本发明所述2D材料超薄中介层的优化设计是厚度大于0.5nm。所述2D材料超薄中介层为适用于GaN、AlGaN或AlN外延的2D层。其中,所述顶层21可以采用WS 2或MoS 2等;底层22可以采用hBN等。 The optimal design of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer of the present invention is that the thickness is greater than 0.5 nm. The 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a 2D layer suitable for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy. Wherein, the top layer 21 can be made of WS 2 or MoS 2 or the like; the bottom layer 22 can be made of hBN or the like.
表2Table 2
材料Material 晶格常数a(nm)Lattice constant a(nm)
六方氮化硼hBNHexagonal Boron Nitride hBN 0.250.25
石墨烯graphenegraphene graphene 0.2460.246
WS 2 WS 2 0.3180.318
MoS 2 MoS 2 0.31610.3161
WSe 2 WSe 2 0.32970.3297
MoSe 2 MoSe 2 0.32830.3283
所述2D材料超薄中介层的单层结构或者复合层结构的顶层21晶 格常数a与AlN、AlGaN或GaN不匹配度不大于20%且适用于AlN、AlGaN或GaN外延。所述多晶向2D材料超薄中介层至少顶层21是由两种互呈60度角度匹配方向的结晶区域(domain)所组成。The lattice constant a of the top layer 21 of the single-layer structure or the composite layer structure of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer does not match AlN, AlGaN or GaN by more than 20% and is suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy. At least the top layer 21 of the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer is composed of two crystalline domains with matching directions at an angle of 60 degrees.
本发明具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板的制备方法,步骤如下:The preparation method of the gallium nitride on silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with the 2D material intermediate layer of the present invention, the steps are as follows:
步骤1,以符合外延成长等级之硅单晶基板基板(芯片)为起始材料,经由适当前处理(含芯片清洗)作为后续制造程序之准备; Step 1, using a silicon single crystal substrate (chip) that conforms to the epitaxial growth grade as the starting material, and undergoes appropriate pretreatment (including chip cleaning) as the preparation for the subsequent manufacturing process;
步骤2,以既有制造工艺在c面蓝宝石芯片表面成长多晶向2D材料层;Step 2, growing a polycrystalline 2D material layer on the surface of the c-plane sapphire chip with an existing manufacturing process;
步骤3,以既有工序将适用的2D层自蓝宝石表面成长后剥下,并移转到硅单晶基板表面; Step 3, using the existing process to peel off the applicable 2D layer from the sapphire surface after growing, and transfer it to the surface of the silicon single crystal substrate;
步骤4,利用范德华外延技术,在步骤3中表面具有多晶向2D材料层的硅单晶基板上可继续进行后续GaN外延;或先进行AlN或AlGaN成核层披覆再继续进行GaN外延。In step 4, using the van der Waals epitaxy technique, subsequent GaN epitaxy can be continued on the silicon single crystal substrate with the polycrystalline 2D material layer on the surface in step 3;
以上所述仅为本发明的较佳实施例,并非对本发明的限制。应当指出,本领域的技术人员在阅读完本说明书后,依本案的设计思路所做的等同变化,均落入本案的保护范围。The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. It should be pointed out that after reading this specification, the equivalent changes made by those skilled in the art according to the design ideas of this case all fall into the protection scope of this case.

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  1. 具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于包含一单晶硅晶圆基板;A gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer is characterized by comprising a single crystal silicon wafer substrate;
    硅晶圆基板上有多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层,所述多晶向的2D材料超薄中介层至少具有一顶层;A polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer on the silicon wafer substrate, and the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interposer has at least one top layer;
    所述顶层晶格常数与AlN、AlGaN或GaN高度匹配;其中,顶层晶格常数与GaN高度匹配,2D材料超薄中介层顶层上借助范德华外延生长有GaN单晶外延层;或者,顶层晶格常数与AlN或AlGaN高度匹配,2D材料超薄中介层顶层上借助范德华外延生长有AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层,再在AlGaN或AlN成核辅助层上具有GaN单晶外延层。The lattice constant of the top layer is highly matched with AlN, AlGaN or GaN; wherein, the lattice constant of the top layer is highly matched with GaN, and a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer is grown on the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer by van der Waals epitaxy; or, the lattice constant of the top layer is The constant is highly matched with AlN or AlGaN, and the top layer of the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is grown with an AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer by van der Waals epitaxy, and then has a GaN single crystal epitaxial layer on the AlGaN or AlN nucleation auxiliary layer.
  2. 如权利要求1所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述2D材料超薄中介层的厚度大于0.5nm。The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material interlayer according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is greater than 0.5 nm.
  3. 如权利要求1所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述2D材料超薄中介层为适用于GaN、AlGaN或AlN外延的2D层。The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material interlayer according to claim 1, wherein the 2D material ultra-thin interposer is a 2D layer suitable for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy .
  4. 如权利要求1所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述2D材料超薄中介层为单层结构,只具有顶层,顶层为适用于GaN、AlGaN或AlN外延的2D材料。The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material interlayer according to claim 1, wherein the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is a single-layer structure with only a top layer, and the top layer is suitable for 2D materials for GaN, AlGaN or AlN epitaxy.
  5. 如权利要求1所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述2D材料超薄中介层为由顶层和底层形成的复合层结构,顶层为适用于AlN、AlGaN或GaN外延的2D材料,底层为适合作为单晶基层的2D材料。The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material interlayer according to claim 1, wherein the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is a composite layer structure formed by a top layer and a bottom layer, and the top layer is a composite layer structure. To be a 2D material suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy, the underlying layer is a 2D material suitable as a single crystal base layer.
  6. 如权利要求4或5所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述2D材料超薄中介层的单层结构或者复合层结构的顶层晶格常数a与AlN、AlGaN或GaN不匹配度不大于20%且适用于AlN、AlGaN或GaN外延。The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material interlayer according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the 2D material ultra-thin interlayer has a single-layer structure or a top layer of a composite layer structure The lattice constant a does not match AlN, AlGaN or GaN by more than 20% and is suitable for AlN, AlGaN or GaN epitaxy.
  7. 如权利要求4或5所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述顶层采用WS 2或MoS 2The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the top layer adopts WS 2 or MoS 2 .
  8. 如权利要求5所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述底层采用hBN。The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material intermediate layer according to claim 5, wherein the bottom layer is hBN.
  9. 如权利要求1所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述多晶向2D材料超薄中介层至少顶层是由两种互呈60度角度匹配方向的结晶区域所组成。The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material interlayer according to claim 1, characterized in that: at least the top layer of the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is composed of two kinds of 60-degree interlayers. It consists of crystallized regions with matching orientations.
  10. 如权利要求1所述的具有2D材料中间层的硅上氮化镓GaN-on-Si外延基板,其特征在于:所述单晶硅基板表面与多晶向2D材料超薄中介层之间添加二氧化硅SiO 2层。 The gallium nitride-on-silicon GaN-on-Si epitaxial substrate with a 2D material interlayer according to claim 1, characterized in that: a polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interlayer is added between the surface of the single crystal silicon substrate and the polycrystalline 2D material ultra-thin interlayer. Silica SiO2 layer.
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