Silicon-based junction accumulation layer and buffer layer lateral double-diffusion field effect transistor and manufacturing method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor power devices, in particular to a transverse double-diffusion field effect transistor.
Background
Lateral Double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (LDMOS) have the advantages of easy integration, good thermal stability, better frequency, low power consumption, high switching speed, and the like, and become the core of intelligent power circuits and high-voltage devices. With the increasing market demand for portable power management and automotive electronics, LDMOS has received increased attention.
In the design process of the lateral device, the condition of weakening the Surface electric Field (RESURF) technology is required to be satisfied, so that the breakdown point of the device is transferred from the Surface to the body. However, as the length of the drift region of the device increases, the breakdown voltage of the device is mainly limited by the internal longitudinal voltage endurance capability, i.e. the breakdown voltage of the device gradually tends to saturate as the length of the drift region increases due to the voltage saturation effect of the lateral power device. In addition, with the improvement of the withstand voltage level, the on-resistance is greatly increased, and the application of the LDMOS device in the high-voltage field is limited to a great extent.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a silicon-based junction accumulation layer and buffer layer transverse double-diffusion field effect transistor, which can obtain better relation between breakdown voltage and specific on-resistance, greatly improve the breakdown voltage of a device and reduce the on-resistance.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a lateral double diffused field effect transistor with a silicon junction accumulation layer and a buffer layer, comprising:
the back surface of the P-type silicon substrate is provided with a substrate electrode;
a P-type base region formed at the left end region of the upper part of the P-type silicon substrate, a corresponding channel and an N are formed in the P-type base region+Source region and P+A source region;
an N-type buffer layer is formed on the right end region of the upper portion of the P-type silicon substrate, and an interval exists between the N-type buffer layer and the P-type base region; n is formed in the upper right end region of the N-type buffer layer+A drain region;
source electrode at P+Source region and N+A source region surface;
a gate dielectric layer covering N+A channel surface region on the right side of the source region;
an accumulation dielectric layer covering the P-type base region and N+A region between the drain regions;
the epitaxial layer covers the accumulation medium layer;
forming a first P-type region and a second P-type region at the left side end part and the right side end part of the epitaxial layer by ion implantation respectively, and forming N adjacent to the second P-type region in the epitaxial layer by ion implantation+A zone; said N is+The left end of the region does not exceed N+The boundary corresponding to the left end of the drain region;
forming a grid electrode on the surface of the grid dielectric layer, wherein the right side of the grid electrode is adjacent to the left side of the first P-type region;
in N+And a drain electrode is formed in the right end area of the surface of the drain region, and the left side of the drain electrode is adjacent to the second P-type region and the right side of the accumulation dielectric layer.
The epitaxial layer may beIs N-type, P-type, lightly doped or undoped, and has a concentration lower than that of N+The doping concentration of the region. The material of the epitaxial layer may be a silicon material or polysilicon.
Optionally, the doping concentration of the P-type silicon substrate is 1 × 1014cm-3~1×1015cm-3The doping concentration of the N-type buffer layer is 5 multiplied by 1014cm-3~5×1015cm-3。
Optionally, the length of the N-type buffer layer is 1/2-1/3 of the whole device, and the depth of the N-type buffer layer is 3-20 microns.
Optionally, the material of the accumulation dielectric layer is silicon dioxide or a high-K material.
Optionally, the thickness of the accumulation dielectric layer is 0.05-0.2 microns.
Optionally, the doping concentration of the epitaxial layer is 1 × 1014cm-3~1×1015cm-3。
Optionally, the thickness of the epitaxial layer is 1-3 microns.
Optionally, the doping concentration of the first P-type region and the second P-type region is 1 × 1017cm-3~1×1019cm-3。
Optionally, the N+The doping concentration of the region is 1 × 1017cm-3~1×1019cm-3。
The manufacturing method of the silicon-based junction accumulation layer and buffer layer lateral double-diffusion field effect transistor is characterized by comprising the following steps of:
1) taking a P-type silicon substrate and forming a substrate electrode;
2) formation of N by ion implantation and diffusion+Source region, P+Source region, P-type base region, N-type buffer layer and N+A drain region;
3) selecting an epitaxial layer material of 1-3 microns, growing an accumulated oxide layer on the bottom surface of the epitaxial layer material, and connecting the epitaxial layer material with the P-type silicon substrate and the N-type buffer layer through a bonding process; forming a first P-type region, a second P-type region and an N on the epitaxial layer by ion implantation+A zone;
4) forming a gate dielectric layer above the channel, and depositing metal to form a gate so that the metal is connected with the first P-type region in the epitaxial layer;
5) in N+Depositing metal above the drain region to form a drain electrode, so that the metal is connected with a second P-type region in the epitaxial layer;
6) and forming a passivation layer on the surface of the device.
The technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
from the source of contradiction, the idea of separating the voltage-resistant region from the conducting region is provided, and by eliminating the dependence relationship of the conducting resistance on the doping concentration, a better relationship between the breakdown voltage and the specific conducting resistance can be obtained, so that the breakdown voltage of the device is greatly improved, and the conducting resistance is reduced.
The electric field of the drift region is modulated by the buffer layer, so that the electric field distribution is more uniform, and the breakdown voltage of the device can be greatly improved; meanwhile, electrons are generated through the junction accumulation layer structure, the conductivity of the substrate is modulated, the specific on-resistance of the device is greatly reduced, and the dependency of conduction on doping concentration is eliminated; the limitation of RESURF condition in a lateral device is broken through, so that the breakdown voltage can be greatly high by reducing the doping concentration between a grid electrode and a drain electrode.
In the invention, two P-type regions are arranged, so that metal and semiconductor form good ohmic contact.
Since electrons are formed below the oxide layer while an equal number of holes are formed above the oxide layer when the device is turned on, N is set+The region blocks hole current in the epitaxial layer (10) above the oxide layer.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the working principle of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a comparison of the breakdown voltage of an exemplary LDMOS device of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a comparison of the on-resistance of an exemplary LDMOS device of the present invention with that of a conventional LDMOS device.
The reference numbers illustrate:
a 1-P type silicon substrate; 2-base region; 3-P+A source region; a 4-source electrode; 5-N+A source region; 6-a gate dielectric layer; 7-a grid; 8-a first P-type region; 9-accumulating a dielectric layer; 10-an epitaxial layer; 11-N+A zone; 12-a second P-type region; 13-a drain electrode; 14-a drain region; 15-N type buffer layer; 16-substrate electrode.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described in detail by way of examples with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1, a lateral double diffused field effect transistor of a silicon-based junction accumulation layer and a buffer layer comprises:
a P-type silicon substrate 1 having a substrate electrode 16 formed on the back surface thereof; typical values for the P-type silicon substrate doping concentration are 1 x 1014cm-3~1×1015cm-3;
A P-type base region 2 formed on the P-type silicon substrate, the concentration of the base region being determined by the threshold voltage, a corresponding channel being formed in the base region and an N+Source regions 5 and P+ A source region 3;
n-type buffer layer 15 formed on P-type silicon substrate and N+ A drain region 14, wherein the doping concentration and the depth of the N-type buffer layer are determined by the withstand voltage of the device; typical doping concentration of the N-type buffer layer is 5 × 1014cm-3~5×1015cm-3(ii) a The length of the N-type buffer layer is 1/2-1/3 of the whole device, and the typical value of the depth is 3-20 microns;
at P+Source region and N+ A source electrode 4 formed on the surface of the source region;
a gate dielectric layer 6 formed over the channel;
in the P-type base region and N+An accumulation dielectric layer 9 is formed on the surface of the device between the drain regions, the smaller the thickness of the dielectric layer is, the lower the on-resistance is, and the typical value of the thickness is 0.05-0.2 microns; the dielectric material is silicon dioxide or a high-K material;
an epitaxial layer 10 is formed above the accumulation medium layer, and the thickness of the epitaxial layer is 1-3 microns; typical doping concentration of the epitaxial layer 1 × 1014cm-3~1×1015cm-3The epitaxial layer is N type (or P type);
a first P-type region 8, a second P-type region 12 and N formed by implantation are formed on the epitaxial layer, respectively+A region 11; typical doping concentrations of the first and second P-type regions are 1 x 1017cm-3~1×1019cm-3,N+Typical doping concentration of the region is 1 x 1017cm-3~1×1019cm-3;
A grid 7 which covers the grid oxide layer and is connected with a first P-type region 8 in the epitaxial layer;
and the drain electrode 13 is positioned above the drain region and is connected with the second P type region 12 in the epitaxial layer.
Both breakdown voltage and specific on-resistance in conventional lateral double-diffused transistors exhibit a contradictory relationship, since a high breakdown voltage requires a low doping concentration, which leads to a high on-resistance. The invention starts from a contradiction source, proposes the idea of separating a breakdown region from a conduction region, and as shown in fig. 2, electrons can be generated through a junction accumulation layer structure, so that the conduction resistance does not depend on the doping concentration, and the conduction resistance of the device is greatly reduced; meanwhile, the electric field of the drift region is modulated by the buffer layer, so that the electric field distribution is more uniform, and the breakdown voltage of the device can be greatly improved.
The device can be prepared by the following steps:
1) taking a P-type silicon substrate and forming a substrate electrode;
2) formation of N by ion implantation and diffusion+Source region, P+Source region, P-type base region, N-type buffer layer and N+A drain region;
3) selecting an epitaxial layer material of 1-3 microns, growing an accumulated oxide layer on the bottom surface of the epitaxial layer material, and connecting the epitaxial layer material with the P-type silicon substrate and the N-type buffer layer through a bonding process; forming a first P-type region, a second P-type region and an N on the epitaxial layer by ion implantation+A zone;
4) forming a gate dielectric layer above the channel, and depositing metal to form a gate so that the metal is connected with the first P-type region in the epitaxial layer;
5) in N+Depositing a metal over the drain region to form a drain electrode, such that the metal is in contact withThe second P-type regions in the epitaxial layer are connected;
6) and forming a passivation layer on the surface of the device.
Through simulation tests, for the N-channel LDMOS, when the length of the drift region is 20 μm: as shown in fig. 3, the breakdown voltage of the common LDMOS is only about 230V, but with the structure of the present invention, the breakdown voltage of the device can be increased to about 460V, which is increased by 100%; as shown in FIG. 4, the specific on-resistance of a conventional LDMOS is 30m Ω. cm2On the other hand, the specific on-resistance of the device can be reduced to 6m omega cm by adopting the structure of the invention2The decrease is 80%.
Of course, the LDMOS of the present invention may also be a P-channel LDMOS, and the structure thereof is equivalent to that of an N-channel LDMOS, which is not described herein again.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, many modifications and substitutions can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and substitutions also fall into the protection scope of the present invention.