SOI-based dielectric isolation structure manufacturing method and dielectric isolation structure
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of SOI (silicon on insulator), in particular to a manufacturing method of a dielectric isolation structure based on SOI and the dielectric isolation structure.
Background
The SOI (Silicon-On-Insulator) technology is used as an all-dielectric isolation technology, the defect of bulk Silicon materials is effectively overcome by the unique structure of the SOI (Silicon-On-Insulator) technology, the potential of the Silicon integrated circuit technology is fully exerted, and the SOI (Silicon-On-Insulator) technology is becoming the mainstream technology for manufacturing high-speed, low-power consumption, high-integration and high-reliability ultra-large-scale integrated circuits. The SOI technology adopts full dielectric isolation, thoroughly eliminates the parasitic latch-up effect of a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ) device, reduces a single event upset interface, has excellent single event resistance and instantaneous irradiation resistance, enables the SOI chip to work in the worst cosmic ray environment, and is widely applied in space science. However, total dose ionization damage creates charge traps and interface states in the oxide layer that can cause inversion of the silicon substrate near the isolation oxide layer and form parasitic tube leakage under a certain source-drain bias.
In addition, the prior art has certain improvement on the structure or the material of the dielectric isolation region, and the opening of the parasitic channel is restrained. Either way, however, the process complexity is increased to some extent, which increases the manufacturing cost of the transistor device. However, for the SOI technology of a thick silicon film, the full-dielectric isolation technology between devices has great difficulty and high complexity, and the shallow trench isolation technology cannot meet the circuit requirement.
In the prior art, a manufacturing process of a dielectric isolation structure based on an SOI process of a thick silicon film is lacking.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a dielectric isolation structure manufacturing method based on SOI and a dielectric isolation structure, and the specific technical scheme is as follows:
On one hand, the invention discloses a manufacturing method of a dielectric isolation structure based on SOI, which enables the breakdown voltage of the dielectric isolation structure to be larger than 880V on SOI with the thickness of silicon film of 20 μm, and the method comprises the following steps:
S1, performing oxidation pretreatment on the upper surface of top silicon of an SDB silicon wafer to form a silicon dioxide layer with the thickness of 50-55nm, wherein the SDB silicon wafer is made of SOI (silicon on insulator) materials;
s2, depositing a silicon nitride layer with the thickness of 55-60nm on the silicon dioxide layer;
s3, depositing a photoresist film on the silicon nitride layer, and adopting negative photoresist contact exposure, wherein the thickness of the film is larger than 1 mu m;
s4, carrying out dry etching on the silicon nitride layer, carrying out wet etching on the silicon dioxide layer, and then carrying out deep groove etching to form grooves with the width of more than 5 mu m and less than 6.2 mu m;
s5, removing the residual photoresist;
s6, oxidizing and growing silicon dioxide on the inner side wall of the groove formed by etching in the step S4, wherein the air pressure of the growing environment is more than ten standard atmospheric pressures, and the growing thickness range of the silicon dioxide is 1.7-1.8 mu m;
S7, performing low-pressure chemical vapor deposition on the surface layer of the semi-finished product structure formed in the step S6, wherein the deposition thickness of the polysilicon is more than 3 mu m, and the polysilicon fills the grooves formed by etching;
s8, carrying out surface planarization on the polycrystalline silicon;
S9, removing the silicon nitride layer, and performing field oxidation to form a field oxide layer.
Further, the SDB silicon wafer comprises top silicon, an oxygen buried layer and a substrate from top to bottom, and the grooves obtained in the step S4 are engraved on the oxygen buried layer.
Further, before step S1, an SDB silicon wafer is manufactured, the thickness of the top silicon layer is 20 mu m, and the thickness of the oxygen-buried layer is 5-6 mu m.
Preferably, in step S8, a CMP process is used to planarize the surface of the polysilicon.
Preferably, the air pressure of the growth environment in step S6 is 10.8 standard atmospheres, and the growth thickness of the silicon dioxide is in the range of 1.76 μm.
Preferably, step S4 deep trench etching results in a trench having a width of 6.1 μm.
Optionally, the wet etching solution used in the wet etching process in step S4 includes any one of KOH, EPW, TMAH.
In another aspect, a dielectric isolation structure based on SOI is disclosed, which is fabricated using the fabrication method described above.
Further, the thickness of the top silicon on SOI is 20 μm, and the breakdown voltage of the dielectric isolation structure is greater than 880V.
The technical scheme of the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(a) The dielectric isolation structure is applied to a thick silicon film SOI process, and the breakdown voltage of the dielectric isolation structure reaches over 880V;
(b) The dielectric isolation structure has good insulating property between the high voltage region and the low voltage region, and the manufacturing process has low complexity.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for manufacturing an SOI-based dielectric isolation structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
For better understanding of the present invention, the objects, technical solutions and advantages thereof will be more clearly understood by those skilled in the art, and the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are merely some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, apparatus, article, or device that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements that are expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or device.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for fabricating a dielectric isolation structure based on SOI is provided, such that a breakdown voltage of the dielectric isolation structure is greater than 880V achieved on SOI with a silicon film thickness of 20 μm, as shown in FIG. 1, the method comprises the steps of:
Firstly, manufacturing an SDB silicon wafer, wherein the SDB silicon wafer comprises top silicon, an oxygen burying layer and a substrate from top to bottom, the thickness of the top silicon is 20 mu m, and the thickness range of the oxygen burying layer is 5-6 mu m.
S1, performing oxidation pretreatment on the upper surface of top silicon of a Silicon Direct Bonding (SDB) silicon wafer to form a silicon dioxide layer of 50-55nm, wherein the SDB silicon wafer is made of SOI (silicon on insulator) materials;
s2, depositing a silicon nitride layer with the thickness of 55-60nm on the silicon dioxide layer;
s3, depositing a photoresist film on the silicon nitride layer, and adopting negative photoresist contact exposure, wherein the thickness of the film is larger than 1 mu m;
and S4, carrying out dry etching on the silicon nitride layer, carrying out wet etching on the silicon dioxide layer, and then carrying out deep groove etching to form grooves with the width of more than 5 mu m and less than 6.2 mu m (preferably 6.1 mu m), wherein the grooves are etched to the oxygen-buried layer.
Specifically, a wet etching process is adopted, and the expected depth of the dielectric isolation groove can be obtained by controlling the size and etching time of the etching window, so that the complete simultaneous completion of the full dielectric isolation and partial isolation structure of the thick silicon film SOI integrated circuit is realized, the integrated level of the integrated circuit is improved, the photoetching times are reduced, the process is simple and controllable, and the damage is small. The wet etching process adopts wet etching liquid comprising any one of KOH (potassium hydroxide), EPW (ethylenediamine and catechol) and TMAH (tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide).
S5, removing the residual photoresist;
S6, oxidizing and growing silicon dioxide on the inner side wall of the groove formed by etching in the step S4, wherein the air pressure of the growing environment is more than ten standard air pressures, and the growing thickness of the silicon dioxide is 1.7-1.8 mu m (preferably 1.76 mu m).
One of the key inventions of the present invention is that a high pressure environment of 10.8 atmospheres is preferably used to oxidize and grow silicon dioxide on the inner sidewalls of the etched trench, which plays a critical role in increasing the breakdown voltage of the dielectric isolation structure.
S7, performing Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) on the surface layer of the semi-finished product structure formed in the step S6, wherein the deposition thickness of the polysilicon is more than 3 mu m, and the polysilicon fills the grooves formed by etching;
the full-dielectric isolation groove is filled with polysilicon, so that long-time high-temperature annealing of the traditional isolation process is avoided, the influence on the diffusion of the total-dose reinforcing impurities is reduced, the total-dose irradiation resistance of the device is improved, the isolation process has small influence on other process procedures, and the isolation process can be completed before well injection of the device or before gate oxide.
S8, carrying out surface planarization on the polycrystalline silicon.
The polysilicon is preferably surface planarized using a chemical mechanical Polishing (CHEMICAL MECHANICAL CMP) process. CMP is a process of pressing a workpiece to be polished against a rotating elastic polishing pad, supplying a corrosive processing liquid to the workpiece, and simultaneously supplying a polishing material of ultra-fine abrasive grains (diameter 100nm or less) to selectively polish protrusions of the workpiece when the workpiece is subjected to corrosion processing (chemical processing). CMP is introduced into surface shaping of a dielectric isolation structure to reduce the field oxide sharp angle height and improve the breakdown voltage of the dielectric isolation.
S9, removing the silicon nitride layer, and performing field oxidation to form a field oxide layer.
In another aspect, a dielectric isolation structure based on SOI is disclosed, which is fabricated using the fabrication method described above.
Further, the thickness of the top silicon on SOI is 20 μm, and the breakdown voltage of the dielectric isolation structure is greater than 880V.
The dielectric isolation method is applied to the thick silicon film SOI process, and alkaline wet corrosion is adopted, so that dielectric isolation grooves with different depths can be simultaneously realized, the full dielectric isolation between devices is realized, the integration level of a circuit is improved, the photoetching times are reduced, the process manufacturing cost is reduced, and meanwhile, the process is simple and has small difficulty. The isolation process adopted by the invention can avoid long-time high-temperature annealing of the isolation structure, can reduce the influence on the diffusion of the total dose reinforcing impurities in the application of the anti-radiation circuit, improves the total dose irradiation resistance of the device, and simultaneously eliminates the parasitic latch-up effect of the CMOS device through all-medium isolation.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and any such modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.