Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a three-dimensional enhanced high electron mobility transistor based on a p-GaN structure and a manufacturing method thereof.
2. According to the three-dimensional enhanced high electron mobility transistor based on the p-GaN structure, the structure of the three-dimensional enhanced high electron mobility transistor sequentially comprises a substrate, a buffer layer, a GaN-based three-dimensional fin, a grid electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode from bottom to top, and is characterized by further comprising a built-in terminal structure, wherein the built-in terminal structure is a built-in high-resistance GaN region formed through ion implantation, and the built-in GaN high-resistance region is positioned below the grid electrode and above the buffer layer adjacent to two side regions of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin; p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction structures are grown above and on two sides of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin in a secondary epitaxial mode; the grid electrode is wrapped above and at two sides of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction to form a three-dimensional grid structure; and removing the p-GaN layers in the areas on the two sides of the grid electrode in an etching mode to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are respectively arranged at the two ends of the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction.
The invention provides a further preferable scheme of a three-dimensional enhancement type high electron mobility transistor based on a p-GaN structure, which comprises the following steps:
the height of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200-1000 nm, the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200-2000 nm, the number n of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is more than or equal to 1, and the distance between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200-2000 nm. The p-GaN of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction has a thickness of 40-150 nm and a p-type doping concentration of 1017~5×1020cm-3The p-type doping material is any one of Mg, Fe, Zn, C and Ca; the AlGaN is 5-30 nm thick, the Al component is 10-40%, and the GaN is 20-200 nm thick.
The invention provides a three-dimensional GaN enhancement type high electron mobility transistor and a first manufacturing method of a preferred scheme, which are characterized by comprising the following specific steps of:
1) growing a buffer layer over the substrate;
2) depositing a metal or insulating medium as a hard mask over the buffer layer;
3) defining a photoetching mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin above the hard mask, and then etching and removing the hard mask in an RIE (reactive ion etching) and ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode;
4) etching GaN in an RIE (reactive ion etching) and ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode to form a three-dimensional GaN fin; the height of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200-1000 nm, the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200-2000 nm, and the distance between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200-2000 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting a TMAH (mechanical vapor etching) or plasma treatment mode and the like, and then injecting ions into the buffer layer to form a built-in terminal structure; the ion implantation element is any one of Ar, H, B, O, N, He, Zn and F, and the ion implantation energy is 30-300 KeV;
6) removing the hard mask by adopting a wet method or a dry method;
7) growing p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction on the surface and the side surface of the buffer layer and the GaN-based three-dimensional fin by adopting MOCVD, MBE, PLD and other modes; the p-GaN of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction has a thickness of 40-150 nm and a p-type doping concentration of 1017~5×1020cm-3The p-type doping material is any one of Mg, Fe, Zn, C and Ca; the thickness of AlGaN is 5-30 nm, and the Al component is 10-40%; the thickness of the GaN is 20-200 nm;
8) depositing gate metal on the surface of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction above the GaN-based three-dimensional fin in an evaporation or sputtering mode, and then depositing a blocking dielectric layer in an ALD (atomic layer deposition), PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition), ICP-CVD (inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition), LPCVD (low pressure chemical vapor deposition) and other modes;
9) photoetching a grid mask, and sequentially etching the blocking dielectric layer and the grid metal by adopting RIE and ICP modes to form a grid;
10) etching and removing the p-type GaN outside the grid region by RIE and ICP modes by taking the blocking medium layer as a mask to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction;
11) removing the barrier dielectric layer by wet etching;
12) photoetching a source-drain mask on two sides of the grid, depositing source-drain metal, and annealing at high temperature to form a source electrode and a drain electrode;
13) defining a photoetching isolation mask, and isolating by adopting an etching or ion implantation mode to form an active region;
14) depositing a passivation dielectric layer on the surfaces of the grid electrode, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction by adopting ALD (atomic layer deposition), PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) and ICP-CVD (inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition) modes;
15) defining an interconnection open hole area mask, and etching to form interconnection open holes;
16) and defining an interconnection metal area mask, and forming interconnection metal through evaporation and stripping processes.
The invention provides a second manufacturing method based on a three-dimensional GaN enhancement type high electron mobility transistor and a preferred scheme, which is characterized by comprising the following specific steps of:
1) growing a buffer layer over the substrate;
2) depositing a metal or insulating medium as a hard mask over the buffer layer;
3) defining a photoetching mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin above the hard mask, and then etching and removing the hard mask in an RIE (reactive ion etching) and ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode;
4) etching GaN by means of RIE and ICP to form a GaN-based three-dimensional fin; the height of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin is 200-1000 nm, and the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin is 200-2000 nm; the distance between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200-2000 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting a TMAH (mechanical vapor etching) or plasma treatment mode, and then injecting ions into the buffer layer to form a built-in terminal structure; the ion implantation element is any one of Ar, H, B, O, N, He, Zn and F, and the ion implantation energy is 30-300 KeV;
6) removing the hard mask by adopting a wet method or a dry method;
7) growing p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction on the buffer layer and the surface and the side surface of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin by adopting MOCVD, MBE and PLD modes; the p-GaN of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction has a thickness of 40-150 nm and a p-type doping concentration of 1017~5×1020cm-3The p-type doping material is any one of Mg, Fe, Zn, C and Ca; the thickness of AlGaN is 5-30 nm, and the Al component is 10-40%; the thickness of the GaN is 20-200 nm;
8) photoetching source and drain masks at two ends of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction, then etching and removing p-type GaN in an RIE (reactive ion etching) and ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode, depositing source and drain metals, and annealing at high temperature to form a source electrode and a drain electrode;
9) photoetching a grid mask on the surface of a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction above the GaN-based three-dimensional fin, depositing grid metal in an evaporation or sputtering mode, and forming a grid through a stripping process;
10) etching and removing the p-type GaN outside the source electrode area, the drain electrode area and the grid electrode area by RIE and ICP modes by taking the source electrode area, the drain electrode area and the grid electrode area as masks to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction;
11) defining a photoetching isolation mask, and carrying out device isolation by adopting an etching or ion implantation mode to form an active region;
12) depositing a passivation dielectric layer on the surfaces of the grid electrode, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction by adopting ALD (atomic layer deposition), PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) and ICP-CVD (inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition) modes;
13) defining an interconnection open hole area mask, and etching to form interconnection open holes;
14) and defining an interconnection metal area mask, and forming interconnection metal through evaporation and stripping processes.
The realization principle of the invention is as follows: according to the invention, a GaN-based three-dimensional fin is formed by an etching method, and a built-in terminal structure initiated in the field is adopted, wherein the built-in terminal structure is a built-in high-resistance region formed by ion implantation, and the built-in GaN high-resistance region is positioned below a grid electrode and above a buffer layer adjacent to two side regions of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin, so that an electric field at the corner of the fin is relieved; and then, a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN layer is grown in a secondary epitaxial mode, and after the p-GaN outside the grid electrode is etched and removed, a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterogeneous body with a three-dimensional grid structure is formed below the grid electrode, so that the advantages of the three-dimensional grid structure can be utilized, the defects of the existing plane enhancement device based on the p-GaN structure are overcome, and the threshold voltage and the breakdown voltage of the device are improved.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the remarkable advantages that:
firstly, the three-dimensional gate structure is introduced into a p-GaN enhancement type device, and the threshold voltage of the conventional p-GaN enhancement type device is further improved by utilizing the enhanced gate control capability of the three-dimensional gate structure;
secondly, the device introduces a three-dimensional gate structure into the p-GaN enhancement device, utilizes the three-dimensional gate structure to have better electric field regulation and control capability and introduces a built-in electric field terminal structure, and forms high-resistance regions on two sides of the fin below the gate through ion implantation, so that the electric field peak value at the corner of the fin is relieved, and the breakdown voltage of the conventional p-GaN enhancement device is further improved.
Thirdly, the device of the invention adopts the p-GaN technology, so compared with other MOS/MIS three-dimensional enhancement devices, the controllability and the stability are higher, and the industrial application potential is larger; the invention is suitable for the field of GaN high-voltage power electronics.
Detailed Description
The following describes in detail a specific embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings and examples.
Referring to fig. 1a, 1b and 1c, the three-dimensional enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor based on the p-GaN structure is based on a group III nitride semiconductor, and comprises a substrate 1, a buffer layer 2, a GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3, a gate 6, a source and a drain from bottom to top, and further comprises a built-in terminal structure 4, wherein the built-in terminal structure 4 is a built-in high-resistance GaN region formed by ion implantation, and the built-in GaN high-resistance region is positioned below the gate 6 and above the buffer layer 2 adjacent to two side regions of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction junctions 5 grow above and on two sides of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; the grid electrode 6 is wrapped above and at two sides of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction to form a three-dimensional grid structure; and removing the p-GaN layers in the areas on the two sides of the grid 6 by etching to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are respectively arranged at the two ends of the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction. Wherein:
the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 has a height of 200-1000 nm (including 200nm, 400nm, 600nm or 1000nm and the like) and a width of 200-2000 nm (including 200nm, 600nm, 1000nm or 2000nm and the like); the number n of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is more than or equal to 1, and the distance between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 200-2000 nm (including 200nm, 800nm, 1500nm or 2000 nm).
The p-GaN of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 has a thickness of 40-150 nm (including 40nm, 70nm, 100nm or 150 nm), and a doping concentration of 1017~5×1020cm-3The AlGaN is 5-30 nm thick, the Al component is 10-40%, and the GaN is 20-200 nm thick (including 20nm, 50nm, 100nm or 200 nm).
Referring to fig. 2a, fig. 2b, fig. 2c, fig. 2d, fig. 2e, fig. 2f, fig. 2g, fig. 2h and fig. 2i, the first method for manufacturing a three-dimensional enhancement mode hemt based on a p-GaN structure according to the present invention comprises the following steps:
1) growing a buffer layer 2 over said substrate 1, as in fig. 2 a; wherein the substrate 1 is made of any one of Si, diamond, SiC, sapphire and GaN self-supporting substrate;
2) depositing a metal or an insulating medium as a hard mask above the buffer layer 2; the hard mask is Ni, W, SiN and SiO2Any one or more combinations of;
3) defining a photoetching mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin above the hard mask, and then etching and removing the hard mask by means of RIE and ICP, as shown in FIG. 2 b;
4) etching GaN by means of RIE and ICP to form GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3, as shown in FIG. 2 c; the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 is 200-1000 nm in height and 200-2000 nm in width; the distance between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 200-2000 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting TMAH (mechanical vapor etching) or plasma treatment and the like, and then injecting ions into the buffer layer 2 to form a built-in terminal structure 4, as shown in FIG. 2 d; the ion implantation element is any one of Ar, H, B, O, N, He, Zn and F, and the ion implantation energy is 30-300 KeV;
6) removing the hard mask by adopting a wet method or a dry method;
7) growing a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 on the surface and the side surface of the buffer layer 2 and the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 by adopting MOCVD, MBE, PLD and other modes, as shown in figure 2 e; the p-GaN of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 has a thickness of 40-150 nm and a p-type doping concentration of 1017~5×1020cm-3The p-type doping material is any one of Mg, Fe, Zn, C and Ca; the thickness of AlGaN is 5-30 nm, and the Al component is 10-40%; the thickness of the GaN is 20-200 nm;
8) depositing gate metal on the surface of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 above the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 by adopting an evaporation or sputtering mode, and then depositing a blocking dielectric layer by adopting an ALD (atomic layer deposition), PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition), ICP-CVD (inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition) and LPCVD (low pressure chemical vapor deposition) modes, as shown in a figure 2 f; the gate metal comprises any one of multilayer metals or single-layer metals of Pd/Au, W/Al, Ni/Au, Mo/Au, WN/Al, Pt, TiN and W, and the thickness of the gate metal is 50-500 nm;
9) photoetching a grid mask, and sequentially etching the blocking dielectric layer and the grid metal by adopting RIE and ICP modes to form a grid 6 as shown in figure 2 g;
10) etching and removing the p-type GaN outside the gate 6 region by RIE and ICP modes by taking the blocking dielectric layer as a mask to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction, as shown in FIG. 2 h;
11) removing the barrier dielectric layer by wet etching;
12) photoetching a source-drain mask on two sides of the grid electrode 6, then depositing source-drain metal, and annealing at high temperature to form a source electrode and a drain electrode, as shown in figure 2 i;
13) defining a photoetching isolation mask, and isolating by adopting an etching or ion implantation mode to form an active region;
14) depositing a passivation dielectric layer on the surfaces of the grid electrode 6, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction by adopting modes of ALD, PECVD, ICP-CVD and the like;
15) defining an interconnection open hole area mask, and etching to form interconnection open holes;
16) and defining an interconnection metal area mask, and forming interconnection metal through evaporation and stripping processes.
Referring to fig. 3a, fig. 3b, fig. 3c, fig. 3d, fig. 3e, fig. 3f, fig. 3g and fig. 3h, the second method for manufacturing a three-dimensional enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor based on a p-GaN structure according to the present invention comprises the following steps:
1) growing a buffer layer 2 over the substrate 1, as in fig. 3 a; wherein the substrate 1 is made of any one of Si, diamond, SiC, sapphire and GaN self-supporting substrate;
2) depositing a metal or an insulating medium as a hard mask above the buffer layer 2; the hard mask is Ni, W, SiN and SiO2Any one or more combinations of;
3) defining a photoetching mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 above the hard mask, and then etching and removing the hard mask by means of RIE and ICP, as shown in FIG. 3 b;
4) etching GaN by means of RIE and ICP to form GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3, as shown in FIG. 3 c; the GaN-based three-dimensional fin (3) is 200-1000 nm in height and 200-2000 nm in width; the distance between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins (3) is 200-2000 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting TMAH (mechanical vapor etching) or plasma treatment and the like, and then injecting ions into the buffer layer 2 to form a built-in terminal structure 4, as shown in FIG. 3 d; the ion implantation element is any one of Ar, H, B, O, N, He, Zn and F, and the ion implantation energy is 30-300 KeV;
6) removing the hard mask by adopting a wet method or a dry method;
7) growing a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 on the surface and the side surface of the buffer layer 2 and the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 by adopting MOCVD, MBE, PLD and other modes, as shown in figure 3 e; the p-GaN of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 has a thickness of 40-150 nm and a p-type doping concentration of 1017~5×1020cm-3The p-type doping material is any one of Mg, Fe, Zn, C and Ca; the thickness of AlGaN is 5-30 nm, and the Al component is 10-40%; the thickness of the GaN is 20-200 nm;
8) photoetching source and drain masks at two ends of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5, then etching and removing the p-type GaN in an RIE (reactive ion etching) and ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode, depositing source and drain metals, and annealing at high temperature to form a source electrode and a drain electrode, as shown in figure 3 f;
9) photoetching a grid mask on the surface of the p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 above the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3, depositing grid metal in an evaporation or sputtering mode, and forming a grid through a stripping process, as shown in FIG. 3 g; the gate metal comprises any one of multilayer metals or single-layer metals of Pd/Au, W/Al, Ni/Au, Mo/Au, WN/Al, Pt, TiN and W, and the thickness of the gate metal is 50-500 nm;
10) etching and removing the p-type GaN outside the source electrode area, the drain electrode area and the grid electrode area by RIE and ICP modes by taking the source electrode area, the drain electrode area and the grid electrode area as masks to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction, as shown in figure 3 h;
11) defining a photoetching isolation mask, and carrying out device isolation by adopting an etching or ion implantation mode to form an active region;
12) depositing a passivation dielectric layer on the surfaces of the grid electrode, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction by adopting ALD (atomic layer deposition), PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) and ICP-CVD (inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition) modes;
13) defining an interconnection open hole area mask, and etching to form interconnection open holes;
14) and defining an interconnection metal area mask, and forming interconnection metal through evaporation and stripping processes.
According to the above three-dimensional enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor based on p-GaN structure and two manufacturing methods thereof, the present invention further discloses the following embodiments, but not limited to the embodiments.
Example 1: the preparation method comprises the following steps of preparing a substrate 1 from Si, forming a GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 with the width of 200nm and the height of 1000nm, forming a three-dimensional GaN enhancement type high electron mobility transistor with a built-in terminal structure by Ar ion implantation, wherein the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 is 2000nm in adjacent distance, and the gate metal is W, and the preparation method specifically comprises the following steps:
1) on the upper side of a Si substrate 1, by utilizing a Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) technology, AlN of 200nm is firstly grown at 1050 ℃, and then an AlGaN layer (15 percent of Al group) of 1 mu m which is not intentionally doped and a GaN layer of 1 mu m are grown at 1000 ℃ to form a buffer layer 2;
2) depositing 100nm W metal above the
buffer layer 2 by magnetron sputtering in sequence, and depositing 80nm SiN by PECVD as a hard mask; the W sputtering conditions were: vacuum degree ≦ 1.5X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
The SiN deposition process conditions are as follows: gases are SiH respectively
4、NH
3He and N
2The flow rate is respectively 8sccm, 2sccm, 100sccm and 200sccm, the pressure is 500mTorr, the temperature is 260 ℃, and the power is 25W;
3) defining a photoetching mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 above the W/SiN hard mask, and then etching and removing the hard mask in an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gas being SF6The flow rate is 20sccm, and the pressure is 0.2 pa;
4) etching GaN by an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode to form a GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 200nm, and the interval between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 2000 nm; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gases are respectively BCl3And Cl2The flow rate is respectively 25sccm and 5sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the power of an upper electrode is 100W, the power of a lower electrode is 10W, and the etching depth is 1000 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting TMAH, and then injecting Ar ions into the buffer layer 2 to form a built-in terminal structure 4; the energy of Ar ion implantation is 30 KeV;
6) using HF acid and H successively2O2Removing the SiN and W metals;
7) growing a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 on the surface and the side surface of the buffer layer 2 and the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 by MOCVD; the thickness of the p-GaN is 150nm, and the doping concentration is 2 multiplied by 1017cm-3The p-type doped material is Mg; the thickness of AlGaN is 5nm, the composition of Al is 40%, and the thickness of GaN is 200 nm;
8) p-GaN/AlGaN/
GaN heterojunction 5 above GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3Depositing 50nm W gate metal on the surface by adopting a sputtering mode, and then depositing a 50nm blocking dielectric layer SiN by adopting a PECVD mode; the W sputtering conditions were: vacuum degree ≦ 1.5X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
The SiN deposition process conditions are as follows: gases are SiH respectively
4、NH
3He and N
2The flow rate is respectively 8sccm, 2sccm, 100sccm and 200sccm, the pressure is 500mTorr, the temperature is 260 ℃, and the power is 25W;
9) photoetching a grid mask, and sequentially etching the SiN blocking dielectric layer and the W grid metal by adopting ICP (inductively coupled plasma) to form a grid 6; the SiN etching process conditions are as follows: the gas being SF6The flow rate is 20sccm, and the pressure is 0.2 pa;
10) removing the p-type GaN outside the grid electrode 6 region by ICP etching by taking the SiN blocking dielectric layer as a mask to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gases are respectively BCl3And Cl2The flow is respectively 25sccm and 5sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the temperature is 25 ℃, the power of the upper electrode is 100W, and the power of the lower electrode is 10W;
11) removing the SiN layer by adopting BOE;
12) photoetching source and drain electrode masks on two sides of the
grid electrode 6, evaporating source and drain electrode metal by using an electron beam, and annealing at high temperature to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; the deposited metals are Ti, Al and TiN from bottom to top, and the thicknesses of the metals are 20nm, 100nm and 200nm respectively; the conditions adopted for electron beam evaporation were: vacuum degree ≦ 2.0X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
The process conditions of the rapid thermal annealing are as follows: the temperature is 550 ℃ and the time is 90 s;
13) defining a photoetching isolation mask, and carrying out isolation by adopting an ion implantation mode to form an active region; the injection conditions were: the ion is B+Current 10 μ Α, energy 200KeV, dose 5e 14;
14) depositing a 200nm SiN passivation layer on the grid electrode 6, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the surface of the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction by adopting PECVD; the SiN deposition process conditions are as follows: gases are SiH respectively4、NH3He and N2The flow rate is respectively 8sccm, 2sccm, 100sccm and 200sccm, the pressure is 500mTorr, the temperature is 260 ℃, and the power is 25W;
15) defining an interconnection open hole area mask, and etching to form interconnection open holes; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gas being SF6The flow rate is 20sccm, and the pressure is 0.2 pa;
16) defining an interconnection metal area mask, and forming interconnection metal through evaporation and stripping processes; vacuum degree ≦ 1.5X 10
- 6Torr, deposition rate less than
The deposited metal lamination layers are Ti and Al from bottom to top, and the thicknesses of the metal lamination layers are respectively 30nm and 500 nm.
Example 2: the material for preparing the substrate 1 is GaN, the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 600nm, the height of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 600nm, the distance between the adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 1500nm, the gate metal is TiN/Al, and the three-dimensional GaN enhancement type high electron mobility transistor with the built-in terminal structure 4 is formed by adopting B ion implantation, wherein the specific steps of the process flow comprise:
1) growing an unintentionally doped GaN layer with the thickness of 2 mu m at the temperature of 1000 ℃ by utilizing the Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) technology above the GaN substrate 1 to form a buffer layer 2;
2) depositing 100nm Ni as a hard mask above the
buffer layer 2 in an electron beam evaporation mode; the evaporation conditions were: vacuum degree ≦ 1.5X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
3) A photolithographic mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 is defined above the Ni hard mask, and then the hard mask is removed by ICP etching. The Ni etching process conditions are as follows: ar is used as gas, the flow rate is 50sccm, and the pressure is 0.4 pa;
4) etching GaN by an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode to form a GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 600nm, and the interval between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 1500 nm; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gases are respectively BCl3And Cl2The flow rate is respectively 25sccm and 5sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the power of an upper electrode is 100W, the power of a lower electrode is 10W, and the etching depth is 600 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting TMAH, and then injecting B ions into the buffer layer 2 to form a built-in terminal structure; the implantation energy of B ions is 100 KeV;
6) removing Ni metal by nitric acid;
7) MBE is adopted to grow p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 on the surface and the side surface of the buffer layer 2 and the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; the thickness of the p-GaN is 100nm, and the doping concentration is 5 multiplied by 1018cm-3The p-type doped material is Fe; the thickness of AlGaN is 12nm, the composition of Al is 28%, and the thickness of GaN is 100 nm;
8) sequentially depositing gate metals of 100nm TiN and 250nm Al on the surface of the p-GaN/AlGaN/
GaN heterojunction 5 above the GaN-based three-
dimensional fin 3 in a sputtering mode, and then depositing a 50nm blocking dielectric layer SiN in a PECVD mode; the TiN sputtering conditions were: vacuum degree ≦ 1.5X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
The SiN deposition process conditions are as follows: gases are SiH respectively
4、NH
3He and N
2The flow rate is respectively 8sccm, 2sccm, 100sccm and 200sccm, the pressure is 500mTorr, the temperature is 260 ℃, and the power is 25W;
9) photoetching a grid mask, and sequentially etching the SiN blocking dielectric layer and the TiN/Al grid metal by adopting an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode to form a grid 6; the etching process conditions of SiN and TiN are as follows: the gas being SF6The flow rate was 20sccm and the pressure was 0.2 pa. The etching process conditions of Al are as follows: the gas being Cl2The flow rate is 35sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the power of the upper electrode is 200W, and the power of the lower electrode is 10W;
10) this step is the same as step 10) of example 1;
11) this step is the same as step 11) of example 1;
12) photoetching source and drain electrode masks on two sides of the
grid electrode 6, evaporating source and drain electrode metal by an electron beam, and annealing at high temperature to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; the deposited metals are respectively Ti, Al, Ni and Au with the thickness of 20 from bottom to topnm, 150nm, 30nm and 50 nm; the conditions adopted for electron beam evaporation were: vacuum degree ≦ 2.0X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
The process conditions of the rapid thermal annealing are as follows: the temperature is 850 ℃ and the time is 30 s;
13) this step is the same as step 13) of example 1;
14) this step is the same as step 14) of example 1;
15) this step is the same as step 15) of example 1;
16) defining an interconnection metal area mask, and forming interconnection metal through evaporation and stripping processes; vacuum degree ≦ 1.5X 10
- 6Torr, deposition rate less than
The deposited metal lamination layers are Ti and Au from bottom to top, and the thicknesses of the metal lamination layers are respectively 30nm and 300 nm.
Example 3: the material for preparing the substrate 1 is SiC, the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 1000nm, the height of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 400nm, the adjacent distance between the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 800nm, the gate metal is Pt, and F ion implantation is adopted to form the three-dimensional GaN enhancement type high electron mobility transistor with the built-in terminal structure, and the specific steps of the technological process comprise:
1) on the SiC substrate 1, by using the metal organic chemical vapor deposition MOCVD technology, AlN of 250nm is firstly grown at 1050 ℃, and then an unintentionally doped GaN layer of 3 mu m is grown at 1000 ℃ to form a buffer layer 2;
2) depositing 50nm SiN and 300nm SiO on the buffer layer 2 by PECVD in sequence2As a hard mask; the SiN deposition process conditions are as follows: gases are SiH respectively4、NH3He and N2The flow rate is respectively 8sccm, 2sccm, 100sccm and 200sccm, the pressure is 500mTorr, the temperature is 260 ℃, and the power is 25W; SiO 22The deposition process conditions are as follows: gases are SiH respectively4、N2O, He and N2The flow rates are respectively 10sccm, 3sccm, 100sccm and 200sccm, the pressure is 400mTorr, the temperature is 260 ℃,the power is 25W;
3) in SiN/SiO2Defining a photoetching mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 above the hard mask, and then etching and removing the hard mask in an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gas being SF6The flow rate is 50sccm, and the pressure is 0.5 pa;
4) etching GaN by an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode to form a GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 1000nm, and the interval between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 800 nm; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gases are respectively BCl3And Cl2The flow rate is respectively 25sccm and 5sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the power of an upper electrode is 100W, the power of a lower electrode is 10W, and the etching depth is 400 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting TMAH, and then injecting F ions into the buffer layer 2 to form a built-in terminal structure 4; the energy of F ion implantation is 200 KeV;
6) removing SiN and SiO by HF acid2;
7) Growing a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 on the surface and the side surface of the buffer layer 2 and the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 by MOCVD; the thickness of the p-GaN is 70nm, and the doping concentration is 4 multiplied by 1019cm-3The p-type doped material is Ca; AlGaN has a thickness of 20nm, Al has a composition of 20%, and GaN has a thickness of 50 nm.
8) Photoetching source and drain masks at two ends of the p-GaN/AlGaN/
GaN heterojunction 5, then etching and removing p-type GaN in an ICP mode, depositing source and drain metals through magnetron sputtering, and annealing at high temperature to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; the p-GaN etching process conditions are as follows: the gases are respectively BCl
3And Cl
2The flow rate is respectively 25sccm and 5sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the power of the upper electrode is 100W, and the power of the lower electrode is 10W; the sputtered source drain metals are Ti, Al and W from bottom to top, and the thicknesses of the sputtered source drain metals are 20nm, 100nm and 100nm respectively; the conditions adopted for sputtering are as follows: vacuum degree ≦ 2.0X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
The process conditions of the rapid thermal annealing are as follows: the temperature is 900 ℃, and the time is 30 s;
9) photoetching a grid mask on the surface of the p-GaN/AlGaN/
GaN heterojunction 5 above the GaN-based three-
dimensional fin 3, and adoptingDepositing Pt metal in an evaporation mode, and forming a
grid electrode 6 through a stripping process; the conditions adopted for Pt evaporation were: vacuum degree ≦ 2.0X 10
- 6Torr, deposition rate less than
The thickness is 130 nm;
10) etching and removing the p-type GaN outside the source electrode, the drain electrode and the grid electrode region in an ICP mode by taking the source electrode, the drain electrode and the grid electrode 6 as masks to form an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction; the p-GaN etching process conditions are as follows: the gases are respectively BCl3And Cl2The flow rate is respectively 25sccm and 5sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the power of the upper electrode is 100W, and the power of the lower electrode is 10W;
11) defining a photoetching isolation mask, and carrying out isolation by adopting an ion implantation mode to form an active region; the injection conditions were: the ion being Ar+Current 10 μ Α, energy 300KeV, dose 8e 14;
12) this step is the same as step 14) of example 1;
13) this step is the same as step 15) of example 1;
14) this step is the same as step 16) of example 1.
Example 4: the material for preparing the substrate 1 is diamond, the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 2000nm, the height of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200nm, the adjacent distance between the GaN-based three-dimensional fins is 200nm, the gate metal is Ni/Au, O ion injection is adopted to form the three-dimensional GaN enhancement type high electron mobility transistor with a built-in terminal structure, and the specific steps of the technical process comprise:
1) on the diamond substrate 1, by utilizing the metal organic chemical vapor deposition MOCVD technology, AlN of 50nm is firstly grown at 900 ℃, and then an unintentionally doped GaN layer of 2.6 mu m is grown at 1000 ℃ to form a buffer layer 2;
2) depositing 50nm Ge and 300nm SiO above the
buffer layer 2 by magnetron sputtering
2As a hard mask; the sputtering conditions were: vacuum degree ≦ 1.5X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
3) In Ge/SiO2Defining a photoetching mask of the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3 above the hard mask, and then etching and removing the hard mask in an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gas being SF6The flow rate is 50sccm, and the pressure is 0.5 pa;
4) etching GaN by an ICP (inductively coupled plasma) mode to form a GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; the width of the GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 2000nm, and the interval between adjacent GaN-based three-dimensional fins 3 is 200 nm; the etching process conditions are as follows: the gases are respectively BCl3And Cl2The flow rate is respectively 25sccm and 5sccm, the pressure is 30mTorr, the power of an upper electrode is 100W, the power of a lower electrode is 10W, and the etching depth is 200 nm;
5) removing etching damage by adopting wet HCl, and then injecting O ions into the buffer layer 2 to form a built-in terminal structure 4; the energy of O ion implantation is 300 KeV;
6) successively using BOE and H2O2Removal of SiO2And Ge metal;
7) MBE is adopted to grow p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction 5 on the surface and the side surface of the buffer layer 2 and the GaN-based three-dimensional fin 3; the thickness of the p-GaN is 40nm, and the doping concentration is 5 multiplied by 1020cm-3The p-type doped material is C; AlGaN has a thickness of 30nm, Al has a composition of 15%, and GaN has a thickness of 50 nm.
8) This step is the same as step 8) of example 3;
9) photoetching a grid mask on the surface of a p-GaN/AlGaN/
GaN heterojunction 5 above a GaN-based three-
dimensional fin 3, sequentially depositing Ni and Au grid metal in an evaporation mode, and forming a
grid 6 through a stripping process; the conditions adopted for evaporating Ni and Au were: vacuum degree ≦ 2.0X 10
-6Torr, deposition rate less than
The thicknesses of the film are respectively 30nm and 470 nm;
10) this step is the same as step 10) of example 3;
11) defining a photoetching isolation mask, and carrying out device isolation by adopting an ion implantation mode to form an active region; the injection conditions were: the ion being O+Current 15 muA, energy 150KeV, dose 2e15;
12) This step is the same as step 14) of example 1;
13) this step is the same as step 15) of example 1;
14) this step is the same as step 16) of example 2.
Descriptions not related to the embodiments of the present invention are well known in the art, and may be implemented by referring to the well-known techniques.
The above embodiments and examples are specific supports for the technical ideas of the three-dimensional enhanced high electron mobility transistor based on the p-GaN structure and the manufacturing method thereof, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby, and any equivalent changes or equivalent modifications made on the basis of the technical scheme according to the technical ideas presented by the present invention still belong to the protection scope of the technical scheme of the present invention.