The production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of display technology more particularly to a kind of production methods of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor.
Background technique
Flat panel display device has many merits such as thin fuselage, power saving, radiationless, is widely used.It is existing
Flat panel display device mainly includes liquid crystal display device (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD) and Organic Light Emitting Diode
Display device (Organic Light Emitting Display, OLED).
In flat panel display device, thin film transistor (TFT) (Thin Film Transistor, TFT) is generally used as switch member
Part controls the operation of pixel, or drives pixel as driving element.Thin film transistor (TFT) usually may be used according to its silicon thin film property
It is divided into amorphous silicon (a-Si) and two kinds of polysilicon (poly-Si).
Due to the defect problem that amorphous silicon itself is had by oneself, as defect too much caused by on-state current is low, mobility is low, stablizes
Property is poor, is restricted it in the application, in order to make up the defect of amorphous silicon itself, expands it in the application of related fields, low
Warm polysilicon (Low Temperature Poly-Silicon, LTPS) technology is come into being.
Low-temperature polysilicon film is due to its atomic arrangement rule, carrier mobility height (10~300cm2/ Vs), it is applied to
When the electronic components such as thin film transistor (TFT), it can make thin film transistor (TFT) that there is higher driving current, therefore in thin film transistor (TFT)
The material of the active layer of one of the nuclear structure of LTPS film as thin film transistor (TFT) is widely used in manufacture craft.
Existing low-temperature polysilicon film transistor generally includes: active layer, the gate insulator on the active layer
Layer, the grid on the gate insulating layer above the active layer and with the drain electrode of two end in contact of active layer and source
Pole;Wherein, gate insulating layer generally includes the silicon oxide layer being set on the active layer and on the silicon oxide layer
Silicon nitride layer spreads (Mobile ion) using silicon nitride layer and the gate contact to keep out the ion in grid, however nitrogen
SiClx layer is not a good insulating body for prolonged electrically operation, and in operating process, either N-type is thin
Film transistor or P-type TFT, gate insulating layer are all easy to generate carrier injection (Carry trapping)
Problem thereby reduces the reliability of gate insulating layer, influences the stability of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of production methods of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor, can not increase system
Production can keep out ion diffusion simultaneously and inhibit the gate insulating layer of carrier injection under the premise of journey light shield number, promote grid
The reliability of insulating layer and the stability of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a kind of production methods of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor, including such as
Lower step:
Step 1 provides a substrate, deposits a low-temperature polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate, and to the low-temperature polycrystalline silicon layer
Ion doping and patterned process are carried out, active layer is formed;
Step 2, the SiO deposit layer on the active layer and substrate;
Step 3 is deposited a silicon nitride layer on the silicon oxide layer and is carried out using oxygen-containing gas to the silicon nitride layer
Oxidation processes aoxidize the partial nitridation silicon layer of whole silicon nitride layers or upper layer to form a silicon oxynitride layer, thus institute
Stating silicon oxynitride layer, with silicon oxide layer or the silicon oxynitride layer, silicon oxide layer grid to be collectively formed with remaining silicon nitride layer exhausted
Edge layer;
Step 4 forms grid on square silicon oxynitride layer on the active layer;
Step 5 deposits interbedded insulating layer on the grid and silicon oxynitride layer, and in the interlayer insulating film
Source electrode and drain electrode of the upper formation with two end in contact of the active layer.
In the step 3 after the completion of silicon nitride layer deposits, rapid thermal annealing is carried out to the silicon nitride layer and is passed through simultaneously
The silicon nitride layer is fully oxidized to silicon oxynitride layer by oxygen-containing gas.
The silicon nitride layer deposition that a period of time is first carried out in the step 3, then passes to oxygen-containing gas and continues to deposit, will be upper
The partial nitridation silicon layer of layer is oxidized to silicon oxynitride layer.
Oxygen-containing gas in the step 3 is oxygen, aqueous vapor or nitrous oxide.
The grid material is molybdenum.
The source electrode and the material of drain electrode are that two layers of titanium presss from both sides one layer of aluminium.
The material of the interlayer insulating film is silicon nitride.
The ion adulterated in low-temperature polycrystalline silicon layer in the step 1 is P-type ion or N-type ion.
The source electrode and drain electrode pass through two via holes and the active layer through the interlayer insulating film and gate insulating layer
Two end in contact.
Beneficial effects of the present invention: a kind of production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor provided by the invention passes through
Silicon nitride layer with gate contact is oxidized to silicon oxynitride layer, using silicon oxynitride and gate contact, the silicon oxynitride layer phase
Than in silicon nitride layer, can not only keep out ion diffusion, also there is high electrical stability, be capable of effective suppressor grid insulating layer
Carrier injection, promotes the reliability of gate insulating layer and the stability of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor, and production method is simple,
It does not need to increase processing procedure light shield number.
Detailed description of the invention
For further understanding of the features and technical contents of the present invention, it please refers to below in connection with of the invention detailed
Illustrate and attached drawing, however, the drawings only provide reference and explanation, is not intended to limit the present invention.
In attached drawing,
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the step 1 of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the step 2 of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the signal of the step 3 of the first embodiment of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention
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Fig. 4 is the signal of the step 3 of the second embodiment of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention
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Fig. 5 is the signal of the step 4 of the first embodiment of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention
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Fig. 6 is the signal of the step 4 of the second embodiment of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention
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Fig. 7 is the signal of the step 5 of the first embodiment of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention
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Fig. 8 is the signal of the step 5 of the second embodiment of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention
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Fig. 9 is the flow chart of the production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor of the invention.
Specific embodiment
Further to illustrate technological means and its effect adopted by the present invention, below in conjunction with preferred implementation of the invention
Example and its attached drawing are described in detail.
Referring to Fig. 9, the present invention provides a kind of production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor, include the following steps:
Step 1, referring to Fig. 1, provide a substrate 1, deposit a low-temperature polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate 1, and to described
Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon layer carries out ion doping and patterned process, forms active layer 2.
Specifically, the substrate 1 is transparent substrate, and preferably glass substrate, the step 1 include: first in the substrate 1
One amorphous silicon layer of upper deposition is carried out crystallization by the way of Excimer-Laser Crystallization or solid phase crystallization and forms low temperature polycrystalline silicon
Then layer carries out ion doping and patterned process, form active layer 2.Preferably, the active layer 2 with a thickness of
Specifically, the ion of the ion doping is P-type ion (such as boron ion) or N-type ion (such as phosphonium ion).
Step 2, referring to Fig. 2, on the active layer 2 and substrate 1 SiO deposit (SiOX) layer 31.
Preferably, the silicon oxide layer 31 with a thickness of
Step 3 deposits a silicon nitride (SiN on the silicon oxide layer 31X) layer 32 and using oxygen-containing gas to the nitrogen
SiClx layer 32 carries out oxidation processes, and the oxidation of partial nitridation silicon layer 32 on whole silicon nitride layers 32 or upper layer is formed a nitrogen
Silica (SiON) layer 33, thus the silicon oxynitride layer 33 and silicon oxide layer 31 or the silicon oxynitride layer 33, silicon oxide layer
31 are collectively formed gate insulating layer 3 with remaining silicon nitride layer 32;.
Preferably, the oxygen-containing gas in the step 3 is oxygen (O2), aqueous vapor (H2) or nitrous oxide (N O2O)。
Optionally, referring to Fig. 3, in the first embodiment of the present invention, having been deposited in the step 3 in silicon nitride layer 32
Cheng Hou carries out rapid thermal annealing (Rapid Thermal Annealing, RTA) to the silicon nitride layer 32 while being passed through oxygen-containing
The silicon nitride layer 32 is fully oxidized to silicon oxynitride layer 33 by gas, namely the gate insulating layer 3 formed includes from bottom to top
The silicon oxide layer 31 and silicon oxynitride layer 33 being stacked.Preferably, silicon oxynitride layer 33 with a thickness of
Optionally, referring to Fig. 4, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the nitrogen of a period of time is first carried out in the step 3
SiClx layer 32 deposits, and then passes to oxygen-containing gas and continues to deposit, the partial nitridation silicon layer 32 on upper layer is oxidized to silicon oxynitride layer
33, namely the gate insulating layer 3 formed includes the silicon oxide layer 31 being stacked from bottom to top, remaining not oxidized nitridation
Silicon layer 32 and silicon oxynitride layer 33.Preferably, the remaining not oxidized silicon nitride layer 32 and silicon oxynitride layer 33 is total
With a thickness of
It should be noted that silicon oxynitride layer 33 is provided simultaneously with the characteristic and silica that silicon nitride layer 32 keeps out ion diffusion
The electrical stability of the height of layer 31, replaces silicon nitride layer 32 and gate contact using silicon oxynitride layer 33, can not only keep out ion
Diffusion, additionally it is possible to which the carrier injection of effective suppressor grid insulating layer promotes the reliability of gate insulating layer 3, whole process is not
The processing procedure for needing to change existing low-temperature polysilicon film transistor does not need to increase additional light shield or process, it is only necessary to
It is passed through oxygen-containing gas when deposited silicon nitride layer 31, or carries out fast speed heat in an oxygen-containing environment after silicon nitride layer 31 deposits
Annealing can be realized.
Step 4 please refers to Fig. 5 or Fig. 6, and grid 4 is formed on the silicon oxynitride layer 33 above the active layer 2.
Preferably, the material of the grid 4 is molybdenum (Mo), with a thickness ofSpecifically, the step 4 is first in institute
It states silicon oxynitride layer 33 and deposits a metal layer, then the metal layer is patterned, form grid 4.
Step 5 please refers to Fig. 7 or Fig. 8, and interbedded insulating layer 5 is deposited on the grid 4 and silicon oxynitride layer 33,
And it is formed on the interlayer insulating film 5 and the source electrode 61 of two end in contact of the active layer 2 and drain electrode 62.
Specifically, the material of the interlayer insulating film 5 be one of silicon nitride and silica or a variety of combinations, it is excellent
Selection of land, the interlayer insulating film 5 include the one layer of silica and one layer of silicon nitride being stacked from bottom to top, wherein silica
With a thickness ofSilicon nitride with a thickness ofThe source electrode 61 and the material of drain electrode 62 are that two layers of titanium presss from both sides one layer
Aluminium, first layer titanium with a thickness ofSecond layer titanium with a thickness ofAluminium with a thickness ofSpecifically, described
Step 5 includes that interbedded insulating layer 5 is deposited first on the grid 4 and silicon oxynitride layer 33, is subsequently patterned the layer
Between insulating layer 5, form two via holes through the interlayer insulating film 5 and gate insulating layer 3, two via hole exposes respectively
Then the both ends of the active layer 2 deposited metal layer and pattern on the interlayer insulating film 5, formed through two via holes point
Not with the source electrode 61 of two end in contact of active layer 2 and drain electrode 62.
In conclusion a kind of production method of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor provided by the invention, by will be with grid
The silicon nitride layer of contact is oxidized to silicon oxynitride layer, and using silicon oxynitride and gate contact, the silicon oxynitride layer is compared to nitridation
Silicon layer, can not only keep out ion diffusion, also have high electrical stability, be capable of the carrier note of effective suppressor grid insulating layer
Enter, promote the reliability of gate insulating layer and the stability of low-temperature polysilicon film transistor, production method is simple, does not need to increase
Add journey light shield number.
The above for those of ordinary skill in the art can according to the technique and scheme of the present invention and technology
Other various corresponding changes and modifications are made in design, and all these change and modification all should belong to the claims in the present invention
Protection scope.