WO2024251767A1 - Procédé de fabrication d'un dispositif à base de carbure de silicium (sic) cristallin - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of manufacturing substrates and other devices each comprising a crystalline layer, preferably monocrystalline, of silicon carbide (hereinafter "SiC”).
- substrates and other devices each comprising a crystalline layer, preferably monocrystalline, of silicon carbide (hereinafter "SiC”).
- SiC substrates and SiC devices form or are intended to form all or part of power components or devices integrating a transistor based on CMOS technology (for "Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor" according to the English terminology).
- SiC is a semiconductor material commonly used in industry, particularly for manufacturing power electronic devices.
- a so-called initial SiC substrate is the most suitable for the growth, particularly epitaxial, of a monocrystalline layer based on SiC.
- the processes for growing a monocrystalline layer of SiC generally use initial substrates made of monocrystalline SiC; however, it turns out that the cost of these initial substrates is high, as is the cost of existing SiC devices resulting from such processes.
- SiCOI SiC On Insulator
- SmartSiCTM a technology known as SmartSiCTM
- SiCOI substrates are made from a thin layer of SiC detached from an initial monocrystalline SiC substrate using a process known as “Crystal Ion Slicing”.
- the SmartSiCTM process requires annealing to achieve the detachment/cleavage of the SiC monocrystalline layer and this prevents certain integrations, in particular by hybridization of said SiCOI substrates with a device integrating a transistor based on CMOS technology (hereinafter referred to as a "CMOS device"). It is also impossible to perform SiC epitaxy on a substrate in which an ion implantation according to the SmartSiCTM process has been performed because such epitaxy assumes a thermal balance that would lead to the detachment of the epitaxial layer during its growth.
- a method for manufacturing a device comprising at least one so-called layer of interest based on, or even consisting of, crystalline, preferably monocrystalline silicon carbide (SiC), the manufacturing method comprising the following steps: a. Providing a so-called initial substrate based on, or even consisting of, crystalline, preferably monocrystalline SiC, then b. Growing by epitaxy, on the initial substrate, a so-called buffer layer based on a material having, in its crystalline, preferably monocrystalline, form: i.
- a lattice parameter equal, to within plus or minus 6%, preferably to within plus or minus 2%, to a lattice parameter of the crystalline, preferably monocrystalline, SiC on which the initial substrate is based, and ii. a melting temperature strictly greater than 1600°C, preferably greater than 2000°C, and even more preferably greater than or substantially equal to 2500°C, and iii. until the buffer layer has a thickness strictly greater than 2 nm, preferably greater than or equal to 4 nm, and strictly less than twice, preferably substantially equal to or less than, a critical thickness Ec beyond which defects or dislocations appear in the raw buffer layer, c.
- Insolating the stack preferably by its rear face, with laser radiation having a wavelength absorbed more by the buffer layer than by the crystalline SiC, preferably monocrystalline, from which the initial substrate is made, the laser radiation being configured to alter the buffer layer so as to detach the initial substrate from the rest of the stack by at least partially sacrificing the buffer layer, and thus obtaining a device comprising at least the layer of interest transferred onto the receiving substrate.
- the thermal balance is reduced, compared to known methods, so that the integrity of the device of interest, as well as, where applicable, that of the initial substrate, are relatively unaltered, at least relative to what would be observed if thermal annealing, for example at a temperature above 400°C, had to be applied to detach the device of interest.
- the method as introduced above is preferably free of a thermal annealing step, in particular for detaching said device.
- the invention relates to a use of the device manufactured by implementing the method as introduced above and comprising the growth, by epitaxy, of crystalline SiC, preferably monocrystalline, on the layer of interest of the device, the layer of interest consisting of a thin layer.
- the manufacturing method makes it possible to manufacture a device consisting of a thin layer of crystalline SiC, preferably monocrystalline, usable as a seed layer of a substrate based on crystalline SiC, preferably monocrystalline.
- the invention relates to a use of the device manufactured by implementing the method as introduced above to obtain an epitaxial device based on SiC peeled off from the receiving substrate.
- the invention relates to a use of the device manufactured by implementing the method as introduced above for assembling the device manufactured with a CMOS device as a receiving substrate, where appropriate by electrically interconnecting the device and the CMOS device by respective contact recovery areas of the device and the CMOS device, the CMOS device being for example silicon-based.
- FIGS 1A to 1E represent different steps of an embodiment of the manufacturing method according to the first aspect of the invention.
- Figures 2A and 2B represent different steps of a first variant of the implementation mode which is illustrated in Figures 1A to 1E.
- Figures 3A and 3B show different steps of a second variant of the implementation mode which is illustrated in Figures 1A to 1E.
- Figures 4A and 4B show different steps of a third variant of the implementation mode which is illustrated in Figures 1A to 1E.
- Figure 5 represents a flowchart of another mode of implementation of the manufacturing method according to the first aspect of the invention relative to that illustrated in Figures 1A to 1E.
- the manufacturing method may further comprise, following the detachment of the initial substrate from the rest of the stack, a step consisting in recovering the initial substrate, and if necessary in providing it again.
- the initial substrate may thus be reused, if necessary after at least one treatment, for example chosen from a chemical treatment and a chemical mechanical polishing (or CMP for "chemical mechanical polishing" according to the English terminology).
- CMP chemical mechanical polishing
- the material from which the buffer layer is made may be selected from: a. TiN, VN, ZrN, TaN, NbN, and HfN, or even MoN, WN and CrN, and b. TiC, VC, ZrC, TaC, NbC, and HfC, or even MoC, WC and CrC, c. Or a mixture of at least two of these chemical compounds.
- the material from which the buffer layer can be made is chosen from NbN, HfN and TiN, or a mixture of at least two of these chemical compounds.
- the material from which the buffer layer can be made is niobium nitride (NbN).
- the buffer layer can be grown by implementing at least one of: reactive sputtering, pulsed laser deposition (PLD), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
- PLD pulsed laser deposition
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- the thickness of the buffer layer may be between 1.5 and 15 nm, preferably between 3 and 12 nm, and will for example be substantially equal to 4 nm or 10 nm.
- the critical thickness of the buffer layer may be between 4 nm and 100 nm, preferably between 10 nm and 20 nm, and will typically be substantially equal to 15 nm.
- the step of epitaxial growth of said at least one layer of interest may comprise the implementation of chemical vapor deposition (or CVD).
- the device may consist of said layer of interest and form a germination layer (or “seed layer” in English).
- the step of epitaxial growth of said at least one layer of interest may comprise, in addition to the growth of said layer, the growth of other layers to form, together with said layer of interest, an epitaxial device based on SiC, comprising for example at least one of a power component and a radiofrequency component, such as a diode or a transistor, in particular a field effect transistor.
- the growth of the different layers of the device may be carried out so that at least one of these layers or at least one of the layers at least one area of at least one of these layers is doped, of type N or type P, where appropriate with atoms different from one layer to another or from one area to another.
- each layer can constitute all or part of a SiC-based component; it may in particular not be homogeneous and comprise, in addition to semiconductor elements, conductive elements, such as conductive tracks, forming for example a redistribution layer (or RDL for "Redistribution Layer” in English) and dielectric elements, for example based on an oxide of a semiconductor material, for example silicon oxide or an epoxy resin.
- conductive elements such as conductive tracks
- dielectric elements for example based on an oxide of a semiconductor material, for example silicon oxide or an epoxy resin.
- the transfer of the stack by its front face onto the receiving substrate may comprise, or consist of, a step of bonding the stack by its front face onto the receiving substrate, the bonding step preferably being carried out by implementing a technique allowing the bonding to withstand conditions, in particular temperature, intended to be encountered during subsequent steps of manufacturing and/or processing and/or assembly of the device.
- the bonding of the stack, by its front face onto the receiving substrate may then be carried out by means of at least one bonding layer.
- the SiC-based epitaxial device and the receiving substrate each comprising contact recovery zones flush with the face by which it is opposite the other, the step of bonding the stack by its front face onto the receiving substrate may comprise at least one electrical contacting of a contact recovery zone of the SiC-based epitaxial device with a recovery zone of the receiving substrate, the bonding being for example hybrid.
- the receiving substrate may be chosen from: a. A substrate based on polycrystalline SiC, b. A substrate based on a material having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of crystalline SiC, preferably monocrystalline, c. A substrate integrating a transistor for example based on CMOS technology, d. A silicon-based substrate, e. A metal substrate, and f. Preferably when the device is finalized before the insolation step, a substrate comprising a base plate, thermal grease and a heat sink.
- the material from which the buffer layer is formed may have an absorbance of at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, greater than an absorbance of a layer of crystalline SiC, preferably monocrystalline, likewise thickness than the buffer layer, for the chosen wavelength of the laser radiation and for the critical thickness Ec of the buffer layer.
- the wavelength of the laser radiation can be in the visible or infrared range.
- the terms “on”, “surmounts”, “covers”, “underlying”, “facing” and their equivalents do not necessarily mean “in contact with”.
- the deposition of a first layer on a second layer does not necessarily mean that the two layers are directly in contact with each other, but means that the first layer at least partially covers the second layer by being either directly in contact with it or by being separated from it by at least one other layer or at least one other element.
- a layer can also be composed of several sub-layers of the same material or of different materials.
- a layer based on a material A is understood to mean a layer comprising this material A and possibly other materials.
- a parameter that is “substantially equal to/greater than/less than” a given value means that the parameter is equal to/greater than/less than the given value, plus or minus 20% or even 10% of that value.
- a parameter that is “substantially between” two given values means that the parameter is at least equal to the smallest given value, plus or minus 20% or even 10% of that value, and at most equal to the largest given value, plus or minus 20% or even 10% of that value.
- critical thickness of an epitaxially grown layer is understood to mean the thickness beyond which defects or dislocations appear in the green layer. This thickness can for example be determined as indicated in the article by Dai, Y., et al., entitled “Engineering of the Curie temperature of epitaxial Sr1-xBaxTiO3 films via strain” and published in 2016 in “Journal of Applied Physics”, vol. 120, p. 114101.
- the present invention is said to accommodate methods for measuring the critical thickness that are more precise and/or that may come to be developed.
- a material is considered to be absorbent at a wavelength ⁇ , when it absorbs at least 20% of a light radiation of wavelength ⁇ , preferably at least 50% and advantageously at least 70%.
- absorption percentages are however given as an indication of one of the parameters to be taken into account to evaluate the capacity of a layer of a material to heat under laser exposure; other parameters are where appropriate to be considered such as the thickness of the layer (typically, when the thickness of the layer increases, its absorption also increases) or the power of the laser, which can influence in particular the absorption percentages indicated.
- a material can be considered transparent at a wavelength ⁇ provided that it transmits at least 90% of light radiation of wavelength ⁇ , preferably at least 95%.
- step refers to the performance of a part of the process, and can designate a set of sub-steps.
- step does not necessarily mean that the actions carried out during a step are simultaneous or immediately successive. Certain actions of a first step may in particular be followed by actions linked to a different step, and other actions of the first step may be repeated subsequently. Thus, the term step does not necessarily mean unitary and inseparable actions in time and in the sequence of the phases of the process.
- the thickness of a layer is taken in a direction normal to the main plane of extension of the layer.
- the relative terms “on”, “overtops”, “under”, “underlying”, “intercalated” refer, unless otherwise stated, to positions taken in the direction normal to the main plane of extension of the layer.
- the manufacturing method is described below with reference to FIGS. 1A to 1E and 5. More particularly, it is a manufacturing method 100 of a device 1 comprising at least one layer 11 based on, or even consisting of, (mono)crystalline silicon carbide SiC.
- the method 100 provides for the provision 110 of an initial substrate 2 based on, or even consisting of, (mono)crystalline SiC, and the provision 140 of a receiving substrate 5.
- the initial substrate 2 may consist of a wafer, or a part of such a wafer, made of (mono)crystalline silicon carbide SiC.
- This supply step 110 is therefore potentially consistent with step corresponding to the SmartSiCTM process.
- the method 100 comprises a step consisting of growing 120 by epitaxy and on the initial substrate 2, a specific buffer layer 3. More particularly, the buffer layer 3 is specific in that it is made from a material having, in its monocrystalline form: a. a lattice parameter equal, to within plus or minus 6%, preferably to within plus or minus 2%, to a lattice parameter of the (mono)crystalline SiC from which the initial substrate (2) is made, and b. a melting temperature strictly greater than 1600°C, preferably greater than 2000°C, and even more preferably greater than or substantially equal to 2500°C.
- the material from which the buffer layer 3 is made gives the buffer layer 3: a. the ability to propagate the crystalline structure of the (mono)crystalline SiC to a layer of interest 11 based on (mono)crystalline SiC, which, as we will see below, is intended to be grown 130 on the buffer layer 3, and b. refractory and inert aspects to significant temperature variations, in particular to allow the growth 130 by epitaxy of the layer of interest 11 based on (mono)crystalline SiC, without these variations inducing a change in the nature or nominal composition of the buffer layer 3.
- the buffer layer 3 is more particularly raw 120 until it has a thickness strictly greater than 1.5 nm, preferably greater than or equal to 3 nm, and strictly less than twice, preferably substantially equal to or less than, a critical thickness Ec beyond which defects or dislocations appear in the raw buffer layer 3 120.
- a critical thickness Ec beyond which defects or dislocations appear in the raw buffer layer 3 120 if the thickness of the buffer layer remains less than its critical thickness, which depends mainly on its nature (composition) and its crystalline structure, it is ensured that the structure of the buffer layer 3 is consistent with the structure of the initial substrate 2.
- the buffer layer 3 may for example be raw 120 until it has a thickness substantially equal to 4 nm.
- the thickness of the buffer layer 3 is thus limited lower and upper.
- the thickness of the buffer layer 3 will be substantially between 1.5 nm and 15 nm, preferably between 3 and 12 nm, and will for example be substantially equal to 4 nm or 10 nm, and/or the buffer layer 3 will be made from a material for which the critical thickness Ec of the buffer layer 3 will be between 4 nm and 100 nm, preferably between 10 nm and 20 nm, and will typically be substantially equal to 15 nm.
- the thickness of the buffer layer 3 must in fact be sufficient to allow functional absorption of laser radiation of a given wavelength, so that the buffer layer 3 constitutes a sacrificial layer under exposure to said laser radiation.
- the thickness of the buffer layer 3 must remain sufficiently low so as not to present defects and dislocations such that they would propagate to the layer of interest 11 during its growth, which would prevent the obtaining of a monocrystalline layer of interest 11 or at least would degrade the monocrystalline structure of said layer of interest 11, which is desired to be of the best possible quality.
- the material from which the buffer layer 3 is made can be chosen from: a. TiN, VN, ZrN, TaN, NbN, and HfN, or even MoN, WN and CrN, and b. a mixture of at least two of these chemical compounds.
- each of these nitrides has refractory and temperature-inert properties, in particular because they all have a melting temperature greater than 2000°C.
- the lattice parameter of each of these nitrides does not differ significantly from the lattice parameter of (mono)crystalline SiC; more particularly, all of these nitrides have a lattice parameter equal, to within plus or minus 6%, to the lattice parameter of (mono)crystalline SiC.
- the critical thickness Ec determined for each of these nitrides can be relatively low, and in particular less than or equal to a few nanometers, for some of them, which does not make them preferential candidates since a low critical thickness Ec induces a low thickness of the buffer layer 3 and therefore a low absorption of the laser radiation supposed to sacrifice it. It is therefore clear from the table below that the materials constituted by titanium nitride and niobium nitride are the best candidates among the nitrides mentioned in the table. Painting
- the critical thickness Ec of a titanium nitride layer is only 4 nm, it is possible to grow a buffer layer 3 based on titanium nitride having a thickness greater than 4 nm, or even up to 8 nm, without defects or dislocations being created therein that are such that they would not allow the growth of a monocrystalline layer of interest 11 based on SiC from its exposed surface.
- the absorbance of a layer based on titanium nitride with a thickness substantially less than 8 nm is greater than the absorbance of a layer of the same nature but with a thickness substantially equal to 4 nm, and therefore greater than 22% (see table 1), which can be satisfactory.
- the absorbance that the buffer layer 3 must exhibit in relation to the absorbance that a layer of the same thickness in monocrystalline SiC would have, and to pose as preferential that the material from which the buffer layer 3 is formed has an absorbance of at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, greater than an absorbance of such a layer of monocrystalline SiC, for the chosen wavelength of the laser radiation and for the critical thickness Ec of the buffer layer 3.
- the absorption coefficient of the buffer layer 3 must be greater than the absorption coefficient of the SiC.
- the buffer layer 3 must be able to be considered as absorbent at the wavelength of the laser radiation, while the stack 10 and the initial substrate 2 must be able to be considered as transparent at the wavelength of the laser radiation if they had the same thickness as the buffer layer 3.
- titanium nitride TiN and hafnium nitride HfN appear to be good candidates, meeting the specifications described above, they nevertheless present a difference of lattice parameters with monocrystalline SiC which induces a relatively low critical thickness; and it emerges from the table above that the best candidate, among the nitrides mentioned in the table, is niobium nitride NbN which has both a high melting temperature, a lattice parameter very close to that of monocrystalline SiC, and therefore a significant critical thickness Ec suggesting the possibility of growing the buffer layer 3 to a thickness substantially equal to 30 nm, at which the buffer layer 3 would have an absorbance: a. greater than 54%, even though such absorbance is already very satisfactory, and b. such as to guarantee the sacrificial functionality of the buffer layer 3 under laser exposure at a wavelength of 1200 nm.
- the absorbance measurements/data mentioned in the table above correspond to those obtained for laser radiation having a wavelength equal to 1200 nm, located in the infrared. Infrared laser radiation having other wavelengths can be considered, provided that they allow the buffer layer 3 to be sacrificed, preferably without degrading the integrity of the other layers. The same potentially applies to laser radiation whose wavelengths are located in the visible spectrum (typically between 380 and 750 nanometers).
- the buffer layer 3 may be made from certain carbides, and in particular from carbides chosen from TiC, VC, ZrC, TaC, NbC, and HfC, or even MoC, WC and CrC.
- the buffer layer 3 can be grown by implementing any existing epitaxial growth technique suitable for the specific case, and in particular at least one of: reactive sputtering, pulsed laser ablation (PLD), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
- PLD pulsed laser ablation
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- the manufacturing method 100 comprises, following the epitaxial growth 120 of the buffer layer 3, a step consisting of growing 130 by epitaxy, on the layer buffer 3, at least the aforementioned layer of interest 11.
- the layer of interest 11 can be grown by implementing, in accordance with the ordinary skills of the person skilled in the art, any existing epitaxial growth technique suitable for the specific case, and typically a chemical vapor deposition (or CVD).
- step 130 comprises at least the epitaxial growth of a thin layer of monocrystalline SiC as layer of interest 11, it may comprise other technological steps of microelectronics whether before and/or after the epitaxial growth of the thin layer 11. It is understood that, if the buffer layer 3 must be able to withstand temperatures, which can reach up to 1600°C or more, necessary for the epitaxial growth of the SiC, certain technological steps among those potentially comprised by step 130 of the manufacturing method 100 may require higher temperatures; the buffer layer 3, and in particular the material from which it is made, will then preferably be chosen to withstand these higher temperatures.
- the device 1 to be manufactured comprises at least the layer of interest 11 based on monocrystalline SiC, but that the device 1 may comprise other layers, based on the same semiconductor material or based on at least one other semiconductor material, so as to constitute for example an epitaxially grown device 1 based on SiC. And the growth of each layer based on a semiconductor material of the device 1 may be carried out so that it is, at least by zone, doped, of type N or of type P, where appropriate with atoms different from one layer to another or from one zone to another.
- Such an epitaxially grown device 1 based on SiC may thus comprise for example: a.
- a power component and a radiofrequency component such as a diode or a transistor, in particular a field effect transistor, but also b.
- conductive elements such as conductive tracks, forming for example a redistribution layer (or RDL for “Redistribution Layer” in English) and dielectric elements, for example based on an oxide of a semiconductor material, typically silicon oxide or an epoxy resin.
- the device 1 to be manufactured is made up of the layer of interest 11 based on monocrystalline SiC, it can be considered as forming a seed layer, i.e. a layer on which it will be possible to grow by epitaxy of other monocrystalline SiC-based layers, typically to obtain a monocrystalline SiC-based substrate.
- a seed layer i.e. a layer on which it will be possible to grow by epitaxy of other monocrystalline SiC-based layers, typically to obtain a monocrystalline SiC-based substrate. This is the embodiment illustrated in Figures 2A and 2B.
- a stack 10 is obtained which successively comprises the initial substrate 2, the buffer layer 3 and at least the layer of interest 11 of the device 1 to be manufactured, the stack 10 extending from a rear face 101 constituted by the initial substrate 2 to a front face 102 opposite the rear face 101, and constituted by at least a portion of the device 1.
- the manufacturing method 100 comprises, following the growth 130 of the device 1, or at least of a part of this device 1 which constitutes the layer of interest 11, a step consisting of transferring 150 the stack 10 by its front face 102 onto the receiving substrate 5 provided 140.
- the transfer of the stack 10 by its front face 102 onto the receiving substrate 5 may comprise, or consist of, a step of bonding the stack 10 by its front face 102 onto the receiving substrate 5.
- the bonding step is preferably carried out by implementing a technique allowing the bonding to withstand the conditions, in particular temperature, already mentioned above which are intended to be encountered in particular during subsequent steps of manufacturing and/or processing and/or assembly of the device 1.
- the receiving substrate 5 can be chosen from: a. A substrate based on polycrystalline SiC, the cost of which is much lower than a substrate based on monocrystalline SiC and which advantageously has a thermal expansion coefficient close to monocrystalline SiC; b. A substrate based on a material having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of (mono)crystalline SiC, or even the substrate based on (mono)crystalline SiC; c. A substrate integrating a transistor for example based on CMOS technology; d. A silicon-based substrate, potentially integrating a transistor for example based on CMOS technology; e.
- this type of substrate could have, if necessary, just a function of mechanical support, protection of transistors and/or heat evacuation; and f. preferably when the device 1 is finalized before the insolation step 160, a substrate comprising a base plate (by which the stack 10 is intended to be transferred to the receiving substrate 5), thermal grease, and a heat sink; it could then be a so-called packaging substrate (or “packaging substrate” in English) and thus transfer the stack, by gluing, directly onto a packaging substrate.
- the bonding of the stack 10 by its front face 102 on the receiving substrate 5 can be carried out by means of one or more bonding layers 6, in accordance with the ordinary skills of the person skilled in the art.
- a bonding layer 6 can be deposited on the front face 102 of the layer of interest 11, or more generally of the device 1, which is made from an adhesive, for example organic, such as BCB or SU-8, and a bonding layer 6 made from the same adhesive or a different adhesive can be deposited on the receiving surface of the receiving substrate 5, so that the transfer 150 consists of bonding the two bonding layers 6 together.
- the receiving substrate 5 can constitute a transfer substrate or equivalently a temporary handle.
- the manufacturing method 100 comprises, following the transfer 150 of the stack 10 onto the receiving substrate 5, a step consisting of exposing 160 the stack 10 with the aforementioned laser radiation, having a wavelength absorbed more by the buffer layer 3 than by the (mono)crystalline SiC from which the initial substrate 2 is made.
- the wavelength of the laser radiation will typically be chosen in the transparency range of the (mono)crystalline SiC and/or for example substantially equal to 1200 nm.
- the exposure 160 of the buffer layer 3 is preferably carried out by the rear face 101 of the stack 10, so that the layer of interest 11, and more generally the device 1 to be manufactured, is not directly exposed to the laser radiation, but rather the initial substrate 2 which is a a priori concentrated on a substrate based on monocrystalline SiC, and therefore which is a priori free of functionalities potentially negatively affected by the aforementioned laser radiation.
- the exposure 160 must be configured to lead to the detachment of the initial substrate 2 from the rest of the stack 10 by at least partially sacrificing the buffer layer 3, and to the obtaining 170 of the device 1 comprising at least said layer of interest 11 and being transferred to the receiving substrate 5, with or without bonding layer(s) 6.
- the manufacturing method 100 as described above thus provides for laser lift-off of the device 1 of interest by at least partially sacrificing the buffer layer 3. More precisely, the energy of the laser radiation is absorbed by the buffer layer 3, which has the effect of heating it. Under the effect of this heating, the buffer layer 3 decomposes at least partially in liquid and gaseous form. The gaseous part dissipates while at least part of the liquid part can remain in contact with the upper face of the initial substrate 2 and/or the lower face of the layer of interest 11.
- Potential residues, in particular liquid, of the buffer layer 3, can be cleaned during a subsequent step not shown in the figures. For example, this cleaning may include dry or wet etching and/or CMP steps. This makes it possible to completely remove the buffer layer residues 3 on the surface of the initial substrate 2 and/or the layer of interest 11, without altering the surface or the structure of the latter.
- This step of detaching the layer of interest 11 by alteration of the buffer layer 3 requires, as already mentioned above, a buffer layer 3 of sufficient thickness to allow functional absorption of the exposed laser radiation 160, while remaining sufficiently weak to not present defects and dislocations such that they would propagate to the device 1 of interest during its growth, in particular during step 130.
- the thermal balance of the manufacturing method 100 as described above is thereby reduced, compared with known methods, and in particular relative to the SmartSiCTM method (whose debonding annealing is typically carried out at a temperature of 1100°C), such that the integrity of the device 1 of interest, as well as, where applicable, that of the initial substrate 2, are thereby relatively unaltered, at least relative to what would be observed if thermal annealing, for example at a temperature greater than 400°C, or even greater than 1000°C, had to be applied to debond the device 1 of interest from the initial substrate 2.
- the method 100 as introduced above is preferably free of a thermal annealing step, in particular for detaching the device 1 of interest from the initial substrate 2.
- the manufacturing method 100 may comprise a step consisting of recovering 180 the initial substrate 2, and if necessary providing it 110 again.
- the initial substrate 2 may thus be reused, if necessary after at least one treatment, for example chosen from a chemical treatment and a chemical mechanical polishing (or CMP for “chemical mechanical polishing” according to the English terminology).
- CMP chemical mechanical polishing
- FIGS. 2A and 2B three different uses of the manufacturing method 100 according to the first aspect of the invention are illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B for the first, in FIGS. 3A and 3B for the second and in FIGS. 4A and 4B for the third.
- the first use envisaged consists, as already discussed above, in reducing the device of interest 1 to only the layer of interest 11.
- the manufacturing method makes it possible to manufacture a device 1 consisting of a layer of interest 11 made of (mono)crystalline SiC which can be used as a seed layer, for example a substrate based on (mono)crystalline SiC.
- the receiving substrate can advantageously be based on polycrystalline SiC, and be encapsulated if necessary (one or more layers deposited around or on the polycrystalline SiC); the cost of such a receiving substrate is much lower than a substrate based on monocrystalline SiC and advantageously has a thermal expansion coefficient close to that of monocrystalline SiC.
- the bonding between the layer of interest 11 and the receiving substrate 5 must be chosen so as to withstand the temperatures necessarily reached to grow monocrystalline SiC, typically temperatures substantially equal to, or even slightly higher than, 1600°C.
- the second use envisaged aims to obtain, initially, an epitaxial device 1 based on SiC transferred to the receiving substrate 5. It may then be advantageous for the manufacturing method 100 to comprise, at following the detachment of the initial substrate 2 from the rest of the stack 10, a step (not shown) consisting of detaching the device 1 from the receiving substrate 5, if necessary by sacrificing one or more bonding layers 6.
- at least one bonding layer 6 may be based on a crosslinkable polymer, for example under UV radiation, so as to reduce its adhesion energy, and allow the detachment of the device of interest 1 from the receiving substrate 5.
- the manufacturing method 100 may comprise technological steps of microelectronics aimed at completing, or even finalizing, the device of interest 1, the receiving substrate 5 then typically playing the role of a transfer substrate or equivalently of a temporary handle and the bonding interface 6 then having to withstand the conditions of implementation of said technological steps.
- the second intended use therefore aims to obtain, in a second step, an epitaxially grown SiC-based device 1 detached from any other component. It is then possible to bond the epitaxially grown SiC-based device 1 for example onto a silicon-based substrate, in particular to process (or equivalently treat using microelectronics techniques) the exposed face of the epitaxially grown SiC-based device 1.
- the third envisaged use consists of an integration of an epitaxially grown SiC-based device 1 as manufactured 100, by its assembly with a CMOS-type device, in particular as a receiving substrate 5.
- the assembly carries the electrical interconnection between them of the device 1 and the CMOS-type device by respective contact recovery zones of the epitaxially grown SiC-based device 1 and the CMOS-type device.
- the bonding layer(s) 6 as illustrated in FIG. 4B then preferably comprise zones based on a dielectric material surrounding electrical contact recovery zones.
- the CMOS-type device is for example based on silicon, to show that it is then possible to assemble together devices based on semiconductor materials that are different from each other.
- the manufacturing method 100 according to the first aspect of the invention allows at least one of: a. the provision of high-quality, low-cost monocrystalline SiC substrates, b. the low-cost production of monocrystalline SiC epitaxial devices, and c. the hybridization of monocrystalline SiC epitaxial devices on a CMOS type device, particularly based on silicon.
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