WO2022146953A1 - Thermally conductive wafer layer - Google Patents

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WO2022146953A1
WO2022146953A1 PCT/US2021/065266 US2021065266W WO2022146953A1 WO 2022146953 A1 WO2022146953 A1 WO 2022146953A1 US 2021065266 W US2021065266 W US 2021065266W WO 2022146953 A1 WO2022146953 A1 WO 2022146953A1
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  • This relates generally to semiconductor device fabrication, and more particularly to thermally conductive coatings for substrates.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of an example of a drop-on-demand inkjet printer 100 used to deposit material on a surface 102.
  • the drop-on-demand inkjet printer 100 comprises a nozzle 104 which emits material supplied by a reservoir 106.
  • An actuator (not shown) causes material to be emitted from the nozzle 104, at specified times (on demand), as liquid droplets 108.
  • the droplets 108 impact and are adsorbed by the surface 102, forming liquid beads 110 that are held together by surface tension.
  • the timing of droplets 108 being ejected from the nozzle 104 as the inkjet printer 100 moves over the surface 102 determines the resulting pattern formed.
  • Continuous inkjet printers can also be used for selective deposition of material onto a surface.
  • Continuous inkjet printers use a catcher located between the inkjet nozzle and the substrate surface. The catcher catches droplet material and returns it to the reservoir when the catcher is not deflected, enabling the inkjet printer to continuously form and release droplets. Deposition occurs when the catcher is deflected away from interposition between the inkjet nozzle and the substrate surface, allowing droplets to reach the substrate surface.
  • Various types of droplet deposition actuation can also be used, such as thermal actuation, piezoelectric actuation, electrodynamic actuation, and acoustic actuation inkjet printers.
  • Inkjet printers as used for deposition of semiconductor device-related materials are not the inkjet printers used in business offices to print legible documents and images. Instead, “inkjet printer” as used herein refers to mechanisms for deposition of volumes of liquids (“inks”) onto a semiconductor wafer surface, usually on picoliter or femtoliter scales, wherein the so-called “inks” contain semiconductor processing-related nanoparticles and/or precursors in suspension. The ink can then be dried and the suspended materials annealed to form permanent structures on the surface onto which the ink was deposited.
  • Unwanted constituents of liquid and other delivery media used to deliver the nanoparticles from the inkjet printer 100 to the surface 102 are volatilized away from the wafer surface by the annealing or sintering process, leaving behind desired deposition material on the surface 102.
  • the term “inkjet printer” is used because a business office inkjet printer, and an inkjet printer as described herein, have some analogous functions.
  • Inkjet printing as described herein is a non-contact, additive, fabrication and patterning process.
  • Non-contact refers to the lack of contact between the deposition apparatus - the inkjet printer - and the substrate surface.
  • Materials are directly deposited in a specified pattern - which can correspond to a traditionally-patterned deposition on a portion of a surface or a blanket deposition across an entire surface - in a layer-by-layer fashion, generally without using masks or stencils. Once an ink is deposited, the ink is dried and annealed or sintered to form the desired layer.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example view 200 of a wafer 202.
  • semiconductor devices are fabricated on one surface of the wafer 202, referred to as a “front” surface 204 herein.
  • the surface opposing the “front” surface is referred to as the “back” surface 206 or “back side” 206 herein.
  • a back side metal layer 208 is fabricated on the back surface 206 to enhance thermal conduction.
  • the metal layer 208 usually includes copper, though other highly thermally conductive metals can also be used.
  • High localized power consumption in a device can generate significant localized heat, which can warp the substrate on which the device is built, or melt or cause destructive chemical reactions in device components.
  • the conductive metal layer 208 spreads heat across the span of the wafer 202, delocalizing elevated temperatures and facilitating heat dissipation, such as via an attached heat sink.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example process 300 for fabricating a back side metal layer 208 on a back surface 206 of the FIG. 2 wafer 202 (or other substrate).
  • the front surface 204 of the wafer 202 is patterned, so that pattern material 304 such as conductive metal or polysilicon fills trenches 306 created using etch processes.
  • Etch processes can include, for example, photoresist spin on, optical exposure of the photoresist, development of the photoresist to remove exposed or non-exposed portions of the photoresist (depending on whether a positive or negative photoresist is used), and etching to produce trenches 306.
  • step 308 adhesive 310 is applied to cover the front surface 204 of the wafer 202.
  • double-sided grinding tape 318 is adhered to the glass carrier 314.
  • step 320 the wafer 202 is flipped over using the glass carrier 314, and the grinding tape 318 is stuck on to a stable surface (not shown).
  • a grinder 322 is prepared to reduce the thickness of the wafer 202, for example, from 680 to 700 microns thick down to 50 microns thick.
  • step 324 the wafer’s 202 thickness is reduced by the grinder 322.
  • step 326 the wafer 202, adhesive 310 and glass carrier 314 are removed from the grinding tape 318 and the stable surface.
  • a TiW (titanium-tungsten alloy) layer 328 is deposited on the back surface 204 of the wafer 202, and a copper layer 330 is deposited on the TiW layer 328.
  • a layer of photoresist 334 is spun onto the wafer 202 over the copper layer 330.
  • the layer of photoresist 334 is then patterned (for example, using optical exposure and development) so that regions 336 of the photoresist 334 corresponding to scribe lines are bare of photoresist 334.
  • the scribe line regions 336 are locations between dies where it is safe to cut the wafer 202 into separate dies without damaging circuits.
  • step 338 the back side 204 of the wafer 202 is etched, so that portions of the TiW layer 328 and the copper layer 330 corresponding to the regions 336 are removed.
  • steps 340 and 342 the back side 204 of the wafer 202 is further etched to facilitate subsequent dicing (die separation).
  • step 344 double-sided dicing tape 346 is adhered to the photoresist layer 334, and used to hold the wafer 202 in place on a stable surface.
  • step 348 the glass carrier 314 is removed, for example, using laser debonding.
  • step 350 dicing is performed along the scribe lines to cut the wafer 202 into separate dies.
  • a semiconductor wafer with a thermally conductive surface layer comprises a bulk semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface, circuitry on the first surface, a metallic layer attached to the first surface or the second surface, and a graphene layer attached to the metallic layer.
  • the first surface opposes the second surface.
  • the metallic layer comprises a transition metal.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of an example of a drop-on-demand inkjet printer used to deposit material on a surface.
  • FIG. 2 shows a view of a back side metal layer fabricated on a wafer back surface to enhance thermal conduction.
  • FIG. 3 shows a process for fabricating a back side metal layer on a back surface of the FIG. 2 wafer.
  • FIG. 4A shows an illustration of an example process for fabricating metallic nanoparticles.
  • FIG. 4B shows an example illustration of a metallic nanoparticle.
  • FIG. 5A shows an example view of a wafer with a layer of metallic nanoparticles, deposited in droplets on the wafer’s back side, including metallic nanoparticles embedded with particles of various carbon species.
  • FIG. 5B shows an example view of a wafer after sintering of the layer of metallic nanoparticles to form a thermally conductive back side layer.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example process for fabricating a thermally conductive layer on a back surface of a wafer.
  • FIG. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of step 630 of FIG. 6, in which one or more metal layers, such as a layer of TiW and a layer of Cu, is added to the back side of the wafer.
  • one or more metal layers such as a layer of TiW and a layer of Cu
  • FIG. 4A shows an illustration of an example process 400 for fabricating metallic nanoparticles 402.
  • some metallic nanoparticles 402 are embedded with carbon specie particles.
  • Such metal-carbon nanoparticles as further described with respect to FIGS. 5 A and 5B, are useful to fabricate a thermally conductive layer on the back side 504 of a semiconductor wafer 502.
  • Graphene also may provide a favorably high thermal conductivity, which is usually measured in W/mK (Watts per meters-Kelvin). While amorphous carbon has a thermal conductivity of approximately 1.7 W/mK, and pure copper has a thermal conductivity of approximately 401 W/mK, graphene has a thermal conductivity of 2000 to 2500 W/mK.
  • FIG. 4A shows that a transition metal 404 and solid carbon 406 (for example, an amorphous or graphitic carbon rod) are vaporized by application of high power electric current 408 in an arc reactor 410 to form the metallic nanoparticles 402.
  • the transition metals such as silver, nickel, ruthenium, cobalt, molybdenum, and iridium, generally have hexagonal surface structures in solid form.
  • the metal constituent is selected with consideration for its reactivity. Too reactive a metal can result in structural instability in the finished product, related to changes in microstructure due to phase transformation.) Further, carbon which nucleates on a hexagonal-structure transition metal is likely to grow with a hexagonal structure to form graphene.
  • metallic nanoparticles 402 form, including metallic nanoparticles 402 embedded with carbon particles.
  • Metallic nanoparticles 402 produced by the process 400 of FIG. 4A are generally between 4 and 150 nm in diameter. Generally, smaller particle sizes correspond to increased thermal conductivity due to higher surface area compared to larger particle sizes. Design of experiments is useful to calibrate an arc tool to optimize particle production processes by optimizing parameters such as vaporization energy, chamber size and shape, reactant shape and content, and cooling rate.
  • Some metallic nanoparticles 402 form without embedded carbon particles, while some metallic nanoparticles 402 form with multiple carbon particles.
  • Various carbon species may be embedded in the metallic nanoparticles 402 at this stage.
  • a sintering step (which is part of the process for depositing a back side 504 thermally conductive layer on a wafer 502, described with respect to FIGS. 5A and 5B) results in carbon rising from the metal and restructuring, regardless of the carbon’s initial specie, to form grapheme carbon.
  • FIG. 4B shows an example illustration 412 of a metallic nanoparticle 402.
  • the nanoparticle 402 comprises metal 416 and a graphene platelet 414.
  • Graphene platelets are singlelayer or multi-layer portions of a two-dimensional graphitic sheet, and have a hexagonal lattice structure.
  • FIG. 5 A shows an example view 500 of a wafer 502 with a layer of metallic nanoparticles 402, deposited in droplets on the wafer’s 502 back side 504, including metallic nanoparticles 402 embedded with particles of various carbon species.
  • Deposition is performed after circuits (see pattern material 608, FIG. 6) are fabricated on a front side 506 (a front surface) of the wafer 502. Circuits can include electrically functional structures attached relative to (fabricated in or on) the front side 506 of the wafer 502.
  • Deposition of metallic nanoparticles 402 is performed on the back side 504 of the wafer 502, which accordingly is on the opposite side of the bulk of the wafer 502 from the front of the wafer 502 and the circuits.
  • deposition on a surface of the wafer means either depositing directly on the surface of the wafer, or depositing on a surface of a material which is attached relative and proximate to the surface of the wafer.
  • Deposition is usefully performed by, for example, an inkjet printer 100 as described with respect to FIG. 1, with the nanoparticles 402 dissolved or suspended in ink so that the metallic nanoparticles 402 do not clump.
  • Nanoparticles 402 can be deposited non-uniformly.
  • Droplets used for deposition can have an upper diameter limit of, for example, 200 nm to 1 micron. Droplets of diameter equal to or less than 200 nm can use, for example, a pH of 4 to 9, with a viscosity of 8 to 20 cubic Pascal, and a surface tension of 28 to 32 mN/m (milli-Newtons per meter). Multiple layers of droplets will generally be used, with the number of layers of deposited droplets depending on the designed effective thermal conductance.
  • the substrate surface can be prepared prior to printing to enable uniform adhesion of the nanoparticle-bearing ink to the substrate surface.
  • An inkjet printer that deposits larger droplets enables use of larger metallic nanoparticles 402.
  • Small (4 to 150 nm) metallic nanoparticles 402 can result in metallic nanoparticles 402 overlapping or clumping.
  • Larger metallic nanoparticles 402 reduce overlapping and clumping, which enables fabrication of a graphene sheet 512 (FIG. 5B) with fewer grain boundaries in the graphene sheet 512 after sintering.
  • the graphene sheet 512 is also called a graphene layer herein.
  • Grain boundaries cause electron scattering. Fewer grain boundaries results in improved thermal conductivity.
  • sintering results in some amount of inclusions, such as voids and carbon that does not exit a formed metal layer to form the graphene sheet 512 (as further described below). Fewer inclusions correlates to higher thermal conductance. Accordingly, the sintering process can be designed to reduce inclusions.
  • FIG. 5B shows an example view 508 of a wafer 502 after sintering of a layer of metallic nanoparticles 402 to form a thermally conductive back side 504 layer.
  • the metallic nanoparticles 402 are deposited (FIG. 5 A)
  • they are sintered at a temperature of, for example, less than 400 degrees C (Celcius), generally 250 degrees C to 300 degrees C.
  • the temperature limitation relates to the circuits previously fabricated on the front side 506 of the wafer 502. Temperatures over 400 degrees C may damage the circuits.
  • a heating apparatus such as an oven (not shown), sinters (heats) the metallic nanoparticles 402 to melt them.
  • the carbon from carbon-containing nanoparticles 402 rises from the flowing metal to the metal’s surface.
  • the carbon restructures, seeding on the hexagonally structured, cooling surface of the metal to form a graphene sheet 512. Accordingly, the carbon rising out of the metal rearranges to match the hexagonal surface structure of the solidifying metal, which means the carbon forms graphene.
  • the graphene sheet 512 can be, for example, a few monolayers (atomic layers) thick.
  • FIG. 5B also shows the melted metallic nanoparticles 510.
  • the melted metallic nanoparticles 510 are shown as a uniform sheet, though top and bottom surfaces can be, to some extent, rough, reflecting the sintered nanoparticle origin of the layer corresponding to the melted metallic nanoparticles 510.
  • the graphene sheet 512 is highly conductive, enabling a thinner thermally conductive backside 504 layer, which tends to result in decreased wafer 502 warpage. Accordingly, a thinner thermally conductive backside 504 layer reduces stress on and related warpage of the wafer 502. For example, a backside 504 layer of a few microns in thickness or less can avoid excessive stress on the wafer 502.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example process for fabricating a thermally conductive layer on a back surface 601 of a wafer 606.
  • a front surface 604 of the wafer 606 is patterned, so that pattern material 608 such as conductive metal or polysilicon fills trenches 610 previously created using etch processes (similarly to as described with respect to FIG. 3).
  • pattern material 608 is arranged (designed) to form circuitry.
  • adhesive 614 is applied to cover the front surface 604 of the wafer 606.
  • a glass carrier 618 which is useful as a safe handle for grabbing and manipulating the wafer 606, is stuck on to the adhesive 614.
  • step 620 double-sided grinding tape 622 is adhered to the glass carrier 618.
  • step 624 the wafer 606 is flipped over using the glass carrier 618, and the grinding tape 622 is adhered to a stable surface (not shown), thereby holding the wafer 606 in place.
  • a grinder 626 is prepared to reduce the thickness of the wafer 606, from a first thickness (for example, 680 to 700 microns) down to a second thickness (for example, 50 microns).
  • step 628 the wafer’s thickness is reduced by the grinder 626.
  • step 630 the wafer 606, adhesive 614, and glass carrier 618 are removed from the grinding tape 622 and the stable surface. Also, an SiCh layer 632 is added to the back side 601 of the wafer 606 in step 630.
  • the SiCh layer 632 is useful to add to provide a dielectric layer, but is thin - for example, a few tenths of nm thick - to allow effective function of a subsequently-added thermally conductive layer (the graphene layer 636).
  • an inkjet printer deposits metallic nanoparticles, some of which include carbon particles, onto the back side 601 of the wafer 606 (accordingly, as shown in FIG.
  • step 638 the glass carrier 618 is removed.
  • step 640 the wafer 606 is cut 642 into separate dies.
  • FIG. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of step 630 of FIG. 6, in which one or more metal layers 732, such as a layer of TiW and a layer of Cu, is added to the back side 601 of the wafer 606.
  • one or more metal layers 732 such as a layer of TiW and a layer of Cu
  • spin coating is used to apply nanoparticles to a substrate surface.
  • different portions of the back side of the wafer are covered by the metallic layer and the graphene layer.
  • substantially all of the back side of the wafer is covered by the metallic layer and the graphene layer, the meaning of substantially all being determined by the portion of the back side of the wafer required to be covered to meet the design requirements for thermal spreading of the thermally conductive back side layer.
  • a graphene sheet layer is fabricated on a front surface of the substrate.
  • a graphene sheet layer on a front surface of the substrate is useful for heat spreading.
  • Such a graphene sheet layer can, for example, be fabricated close to an integrated circuit or other functional device or other heat source.
  • a graphene sheet layer is fabricated on only a portion of a front or back surface of a substrate. In some embodiments, a graphene sheet layer is fabricated on a front surface of a substrate, except a portion of the front surface covered by a functional device such as an integrated circuit.
  • a filter is used in arc processes to produce particles for deposition.
  • the metallic portion of the nanoparticles is formed by an alloy of multiple transition metals.

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