Groove type silicon carbide MOSFET device structure and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor devices, in particular to a groove type silicon carbide MOSFET device structure and a preparation method thereof.
Background
Trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET devices, as recognized next-generation silicon carbide power semiconductor devices, have lower specific on-resistance and on-voltage drop than planar-type devices. The smaller device area also provides a potential cost advantage for trench-type silicon carbide power devices, which are considered to be a comprehensive replacement for planar devices once design, fabrication, and reliability issues are overcome. The trench type silicon carbide power device inherits the core technology of a planar device in the fields of design methods, processes and the like, but has uniqueness. The technical difficulties of a groove etching process, a groove oxidation process, a groove gate oxide protection design method and the like are large.
The most significant problem with silicon carbide trench MOSFETs is the high field strength of the gate oxide in the blocking state. In order to maintain the long-term reliability of the silicon carbide MOSFET device, the highest field intensity of the gate oxide in the blocking state needs to be limited below 3MV/cm, while the field intensity of the gate oxide in the blocking state of the silicon carbide trench MOSFET without a protective structure often reaches above 8MV/cm and is far higher than the requirement of the field intensity working reliability. Silicon carbide trench MOSFET devices therefore require special gate oxide protection structures to avoid blocking state gate oxide breakdown.
Currently, the mainstream silicon carbide trench gate structure includes a double trench structure proposed by lom corporation, an asymmetric trench structure proposed by the british flying corporation, a V-type gate trench structure proposed by sumitomo corporation, a deep P-base trench structure proposed by bosch corporation, and a TED-MOS structure proposed by hitachi corporation. The structures are combined with the structure of the optimized groove through P-type injection, so that the shielding of the gate oxide in a blocking state is realized, and the gate oxide is effectively protected. However, the double-trench structure requires fine line width control and trench depth control; the asymmetric groove structure sacrifices the conduction performance of partial devices; the V-shaped groove structure needs to be prepared on the C surface of the wafer and needs to be developed again with a large number of processes; high-energy ion implantation above MeV is needed in deep P base region implantation, so that defect risks are introduced at the same time of high cost; the TED-MOS structure is too complex and the manufacturing difficulty is very high.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a groove type silicon carbide MOSFET device structure and a preparation method thereof, which have the characteristics of simple preparation method, strong gate oxide protection effect, good conduction performance and the like and are suitable for large-scale production.
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a trench type silicon carbide MOSFET device structure, comprising: an n-type highly doped silicon carbide substrate (1); an n-type lightly doped silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2) is positioned above the silicon carbide substrate (1); a trench gate (7) positioned on top of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2); the oxide layer (6) wraps the lower part of the trench gate (7), and the two sides of the oxide layer are sequentially provided with an n-type highly-doped source region (4), a p-type base region (3) and a p-type trench protection region (8) from top to bottom; a current transmission region (5) formed at the bottom of the oxide layer (6) and between the oxide layer (6) and the p-type trench protection region (8); contact grooves are formed on the surfaces and the side walls of the source region (4) and the p-type base region (3), and contact metal (10) is filled in the contact grooves; the top of the trench gate (7) is provided with an interlayer dielectric layer (9); a metal pad (11) and a passivation layer (12) are sequentially arranged above the interlayer dielectric layer (9); the bottom of the device is formed with a drain metal (13).
Further, the thickness of the bottom of the oxide layer (6) is 300nm to 800nm, and the thickness of the side wall is 30nm to 60 nm.
In another aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a trench type silicon carbide MOSFET device, including:
s1, epitaxially growing a silicon carbide epitaxial layer on the silicon carbide substrate;
s2, forming a p-type base region on the top of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer through ion implantation;
s3, arranging a first implantation mask on the top of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer, and forming an n-type source region through ion implantation;
s4, after the first injection mask is removed, arranging a first etching mask above the silicon carbide epitaxial layer, and etching to form a silicon carbide groove;
s5, forming a current transmission layer on the lower portion of the silicon carbide groove by taking the first etching mask as a second injection mask;
s6, after the first etching mask is removed, sequentially filling and forming a silicon dioxide layer and a polysilicon layer in the silicon carbide groove, and carrying out surface planarization;
s7, forming a second etching mask on the flattened device structure, and etching to form a contact groove;
s8, forming a p-type groove protection area by using the contact groove as a third injection mask and adopting inclination angle injection;
s9, removing the second etching mask, and corroding the silicon dioxide structure between the side wall of the silicon carbide groove and the polycrystalline silicon layer by a wet method;
s10, corroding the polycrystalline silicon layer in the structure by using alkaline corrosive liquid, and reserving silicon dioxide at the bottom of the silicon carbide groove for forming an oxide layer;
s11, after high-temperature activation annealing, performing high-temperature gate oxide oxidation, depositing and etching to form a polysilicon gate electrode;
s12, depositing silicon dioxide on the structure, etching to form an interlayer dielectric layer, stripping metal, and performing rapid thermal annealing to form source contact metal;
and S13, evaporating Al on the front surface and etching to form a metal pad structure, covering the passivation layer and etching to form a window, and sputtering drain metal on the back surface and then performing laser annealing to form the drain metal.
Further, the ion implantation for forming the current transfer region is performed with an inclination angle of 30 ° to 45 °.
Further, the ion implantation for forming the trench protection region is performed by using a tilt angle of 15 ° to 30 °.
Further, the depth of the trench gate is 0.8-1.6 μm, the depth of the contact trench under the contact metal is 0.4-0.8 μm, and is shallower than the depth of the trench gate;
further, the alkaline etching solution for etching the polysilicon is a mixed solution of NaOH and NaClO 3.
Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:
compared with the traditional technology, the groove type silicon carbide MOSFET device and the preparation method thereof adopt the dip angle injection to form the groove protection area structure, effectively protect the grid oxide at the bottom of the groove, simultaneously reduce the influence of the groove protection area on the on-resistance to the maximum extent, have lower current transmission area resistance and simultaneously improve the performance of the body diode. In the device preparation process, the method does not need to use overhigh injection energy, has low requirement on injection equipment and has shorter injection time.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a flow chart of a method of fabricating a trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3-15 are schematic diagrams of device structures obtained at different steps of a method for fabricating a trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Description of the main elements
Silicon carbide substrate 1
Silicon carbide epitaxial layer 2
P-type base region 3
Source region 4
Implantation mask 41
Current transmission region 5
Etching masks 51, 81
Oxide layer 6
Silicon dioxide layer 61
Trench gate 7
Polysilicon layer 71
P-type trench protection region 8
Interlayer dielectric layer 9
Contact metal 10
Metal pad 11
Passivation layer 12
Drain metal 13
The following detailed description will further illustrate the invention in conjunction with the above-described figures.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
Referring to fig. 1, in one aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a trench type silicon carbide MOSFET device structure. The structure comprises an n-type highly-doped silicon carbide substrate (1) and an n-type lightly-doped silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2), wherein the n-type highly-doped silicon carbide epitaxial layer is positioned above the silicon carbide substrate (1); a trench gate (7) positioned on top of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2); the oxide layer (6) wraps the lower part of the trench gate (7), and the two sides of the oxide layer are sequentially provided with an n-type highly-doped source region (4), a p-type base region (3) and a p-type trench protection region (8) from top to bottom; a current transmission region (5) formed at the bottom of the oxide layer (6) and between the oxide layer (6) and the p-type trench protection region (8); contact grooves are formed on the surfaces and the side walls of the n-type highly-doped source region (4) and the p-type base region (3), and contact metal (10) is filled in the contact grooves; the top of the trench gate (7) is provided with an interlayer dielectric layer (9); a metal pad (11) and a passivation layer (12) are sequentially arranged above the interlayer dielectric layer (9); the bottom of the device is formed with a drain metal (13).
In the present embodiment, the thickness of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2) is 5 μm to 35 μm. The depth of the trench gate (7) is 0.8-1.2 μm. The thickness of the bottom of the oxide layer (6) is 300nm to 800nm, and the thickness of the side wall is 30nm to 60 nm. The depth of the n-type highly doped source region (4) is 0.2 to 0.3 μm. The depth of the p-type base region (3) is 0.5 mu mTo 1 μm. The bottom of the p-type groove protection region (8) is a curved surface, and the total depth is 1-2 mu m. The depth of two sides of the p-type groove protection region (8) is 0.6-1.2 mu m, and the doping concentration is 2E16cm-3To 1E17cm-3。
In the present embodiment, the contact trench depth under the contact metal (10) is 0.4 μm to 0.8 μm and is shallower than the trench gate (7).
Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET device, and particularly provides a method for manufacturing a trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET device based on the material and process characteristics of silicon carbide, the method including the following steps:
step S1: a silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2) is epitaxially grown on a silicon carbide substrate (1), as shown in fig. 3.
Step S2: and forming a p-type base region (3) on the top of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2) through p-type ion implantation, as shown in figure 4.
Step S3: an implantation mask (41) is arranged above the structure of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2), and ion implantation is performed through the implantation mask (41) to form a source region (4), as shown in fig. 5. In the present embodiment, the source region (4) is an n-type highly doped source region.
Step S4: after removing the implantation mask (41), arranging an etching mask (51) above the silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2), and etching through the etching mask (51) to form a silicon carbide trench on the top of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer (2), as shown in fig. 6.
Step S5: injecting N ions to form a current transmission layer (5) by using the etching mask (51) as an injection mask and injecting the N ions at the lower part of the silicon carbide groove by using the inclined angle ion injection, thereby obtaining the structure shown in figure 7; in the present embodiment, the ion implantation for forming the current transfer region (5) is performed at an inclination of 30 ° to 45 °.
Step S6: after removing the etching mask (51), sequentially filling and forming a silicon dioxide layer (61) and a polysilicon layer (71) in the silicon carbide trench, and performing surface planarization, as shown in fig. 8.
Step S7: forming an etching mask (81) on the planarized device structure by etching, and forming a contact trench by secondary etching, as shown in fig. 9; in the present embodiment, the depth of the contact trench is 0.4 μm to 0.8 μm and is shallower than the depth of the polysilicon layer (71).
Step S8: forming a p-type groove protection region (8) by using Al ion tilt angle implantation by using the contact groove as an implantation mask, as shown in FIG. 10; in the embodiment, the ion implantation for forming the p-type groove protection region (8) adopts a tilt angle of 15-30 degrees.
Step S9: the etching mask (81) of the above structure is removed, and the silicon dioxide between the side wall of the silicon carbide trench and the polysilicon layer (71) is completely etched by a wet etching process, as shown in fig. 11.
Step S10: adopting alkaline corrosive liquid to corrode the polysilicon layer (71) in the structure, and reserving silicon dioxide at the bottom of the silicon carbide groove, as shown in figure 12; preferably, the alkaline etching solution for etching the polysilicon can be a mixed solution of NaOH and NaClO 3.
Step S11: after high-temperature activation annealing, high-temperature gate oxide oxidation is performed to oxidize the side wall gate of the silicon carbide trench, an oxide layer (6) is formed together with silicon dioxide reserved at the bottom of the silicon carbide trench, and a polysilicon gate electrode, namely a trench gate (7), is formed through deposition and etching processes, as shown in fig. 13.
Step S12: silicon dioxide is deposited on the structure and etched to form an interlayer dielectric layer (9), the metal is stripped and rapid thermal annealing is carried out to form a source contact metal (10), as shown in figure 14.
Step S13: evaporating Al on the front surface and etching to form a metal pad (11), covering the passivation layer (12) and etching to form a window, sputtering drain metal on the back surface and then performing laser annealing to form drain metal (13), and obtaining the final device structure shown in FIG. 15.
The foregoing is a more detailed description of the invention in connection with specific/preferred embodiments and is not intended to limit the practice of the invention to those descriptions. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various substitutions and modifications can be made to the described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention, and these substitutions and modifications should be considered to fall within the scope of the invention. In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "preferred embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.