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- the present invention relates to a method for forming an oxynitride film or a nitride film which forms an oxynitride film or a nitride film under a pressure condition near atmospheric pressure, an apparatus for forming the same, or an acid manufactured using these forming methods or forming apparatus.
- the present invention relates to a nitride film, a nitride film, and a substrate on which the oxynitride film or the nitride film is formed.
- a transistor has a configuration in which a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a passivation film (protective film), etc. are formed on a substrate. It has become.
- a silicon wafer or a glass substrate is used as a substrate (object to be treated), a metal such as A 1 or a silicon is used as an electrode, and an interlayer including a passivation film is used.
- the insulator silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon carbide or the like is used.
- silicon oxide films are mainly used as the above-mentioned gate insulating film, but as the device dimensions become smaller and the operating speed is increased, etc., the gate insulating film is used as the gate insulating film.
- the silicon nitride film (dielectric constant 7.9), which has a dielectric constant larger than that of the silicon oxide film (dielectric constant 3.9), Haf Your (H f 0 2 ), and the silicate and aluminate (H f (Ha It has been studied to use one) mixed Si-O and Hf-A1-0) and nitrogen-doped one (dielectric constant differs depending on the composition J).
- a line-like plasma CVD apparatus comprising a line-like plasma generation part and an introduction part for introducing a reaction gas, and a thin film formed by this plasma CVD as a line-like light.
- An impurity on the surface of the amorphous silicon can be eliminated by a thin film forming apparatus in which an annealing portion to be annealed and a line-like plasma processing device for processing the thin film surface with plasma are arranged in series.
- a thin film forming apparatus capable of producing a good device with high reproducibility and good reproducibility. .
- a silicon nitride film formed by a normal film forming method such as plasma CVD or CVD method has a problem that many electrons or hole traps exist in the film and the reliability is poor.
- it is necessary to stably form a uniform, approximately several nm thick silicon nitride film but there is a problem that it is difficult to form a uniform film thickness with good reproducibility by the conventional method. Therefore, the present applicant has already applied for a method and apparatus for nitriding silicon wafer to form a silicon nitride film having few electrons or hole traps in the film for forming silicon nitride film on silicon wafer surface (patented) Reference 2).
- the formation of the nitride film and the oxynitride film is not limited to the silicon wafer, but can be widely applied to a high dielectric constant insulator, a nitride semiconductor, and the like. As a result of intensive studies by the present inventors, it has been possible to analyze the formation method of the optimum nitride film and oxynitride film.
- an oxynitride film or an oxynitride film capable of forming an oxynitride film or an oxynitride film capable of performing low temperature and high speed nitriding and having excellent device characteristics under pressure near atmospheric pressure.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an oxynitride film and a nitride film manufactured by a method of forming a nitride film, and a base material on which the oxynitride film or the nitride film is formed.
- a pressure of about 100 T Torr as an upper limit is preferable.
- a solid dielectric is placed on at least one of the opposing surfaces of the pair of opposing electrodes under a pressure of 500 to 80 OTorr from the ease of generation of discharge, and between the pair of opposing electrodes.
- a plasma obtained by introducing nitrogen gas and applying an electric field is brought into contact with an object to be treated, and an oxynitride film or a nitride film is formed on the surface of the object to be treated.
- the nitrogen gas contains not more than 0.2% and not less than 1 ppm of oxygen or oxide. It is possible to form an oxynitride film excellent in soot properties.
- nitrogen gas containing an oxide of 0.2% or less and more than 1 PP m is so-called general-purpose nitrogen purity nitrogen gas and it is easy to use as it does not require rare gas mixing or component adjustment. . More preferably, it is nitrogen gas containing not less than 0.1% and not less than 1 ppm of oxide.
- the nitrogen gas is a high purity nitrogen gas containing oxygen or oxide of 1 ppm or less. Furthermore, if the oxygen or oxide contained in the nitrogen gas is 1 ppb or less, an excellent nitride film can be formed.
- the oxide is, for example, NO X, C 02, H 20 or the like.
- N 2 nd ps or N 2 (H.I.R.) active species, and by depositing these nitrogen active species under the pressure that is dominant, it is possible to obtain an excellent nitride film with uniform bonding at room temperature. It can be formed at a low deposition rate and low temperature.
- the pressure near the atmospheric pressure is 300 T 0 rr It is the above pressure. Also, the 3 0 0 T orr more pressure of nitrogen active species observed by optical emission spectrometry, N 2 (H. I. R. ) or N 2 (2 nd ps) active species is dominant emerging It is a pressure at which more N 2 (2 nd ps) active species appear than N 2 (1 st ps). Nitrogen active species can be deposited under N 2 (2 nd ps) or N 2 (H. I. R.) active species at a pressure that results in uniform bonding and excellent nitride film at room temperature. It can be formed at a low temperature and a high deposition rate.
- the nitrogen active species, N 2 (2 nd .ps) or is intended to include one or both the least of N 2 (H. I. R.) .
- the pressure near the atmospheric pressure is a pressure equal to or higher than 300 ° Torr.
- FIG. 1 shows the effect of pressure on nitrogen plasma.
- FIG. 5 shows the result of spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission observed by direct plasma method of nitrogen plasma generated at pressure 45 Torr and pressure 450 Torr, respectively.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the results of the spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission observed in FIG. .
- FIG. 10 is a diagram comparing and explaining the spectrum analysis results of N 2 plasma emission and He ZN 2 plasma emission.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the origin of the light emission spectrum of the nitrogen active species.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the result of emission analysis of nitrogen plasma.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the discharge pressure dependency of N 2 plasma light emission and He / N 2 plasma light emission by comparison.
- FIG. 15 is a view schematically showing a configuration of the oxynitride film forming apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a view showing a pulse-like voltage waveform output from a power supply.
- FIG. 17 is a view for explaining the nitriding conditions of the Si substrate.
- Fig. 18 shows the X-ray photoelectron component of the nitride film formed by the apparatus and method of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows a light measurement result.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the bonding state in the depth direction of the nitride film formed by the apparatus and method of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the dielectric characteristics of each of the nitride films formed under film forming conditions with different nitriding temperatures.
- FIG. 21 is a comparison diagram of the leakage current characteristics of the nitride film.
- Fig. 28 is a diagram in which Fig. 2 7 is shown at different scales.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing the relationship between the film thickness of the nitride film and the substrate temperature by comparing the atmospheric pressure plasma method and the RF plasma method.
- FIG. 30 is a block diagram of an RF plasma nitride film forming apparatus.
- FIG. 3 1 is a comparison table in the case of forming an oxynitride film of an RF plasma nitride film forming apparatus and a nitride film forming apparatus of the present invention.
- FIG. 35 shows the results of the spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission observed by the direct plasma method when oxygen gas is not mixed into the introduced nitrogen gas.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the result of spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission observed by a direct plasma method when oxygen gas is added to nitrogen gas.
- FIG. 37 shows the amounts of added oxygen gas and N 2 (2 nd p.s.) and NO ⁇ based on the results of spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission for each changed amount of added oxygen gas.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship between ⁇ / each emission intensity.
- FIG. 38 is a view showing the relationship between the amount of oxygen gas added and the Si 2 ⁇ binding energy for films formed by respectively changing the amount of oxygen gas added to the nitrogen gas.
- the present invention provides a method of analyzing nitrogen plasma generated by an atmospheric pressure plasma method, and a method of forming a nitride film and a method of forming an oxynitride film based on the knowledge obtained by the method of analyzing nitrogen plasma. This will be described in the following order.
- FIG. 1 shows the effect of pressure on nitrogen plasma.
- the central part in FIG. 2 schematically shows the Si nitride (Si N, Si ON) disclosed in the invention of the prior application described above.
- the present invention includes the technique of Si nitride (Si N, Si ON), and constructs a nitriding process using nitrogen gas based on the analysis method of the present nitrogen plasma. Further, according to the nitride film forming method and the oxynitride film forming method of the present invention, since the nitriding process can be strictly controlled, for example, as shown in the left block in FIG. As shown in the right block in Fig.
- the nitride semiconductor of the light emitting diode can be obtained by doping a slight amount of nitrogen N into an oxide (eg, Z r 0 2 , H f 0 2 ) such as It can also be applied to forming (eg, G a N, I n N, A 1 N).
- an oxide eg, Z r 0 2 , H f 0 2
- It can also be applied to forming (eg, G a N, I n N, A 1 N).
- a solid dielectric is placed on at least one of the facing surfaces of a pair of opposing electrodes under pressure near atmospheric pressure by the atmospheric pressure plasma method, and nitrogen gas is introduced between the pair of opposing electrodes.
- a plasma of a nitrogen gas which is obtained by applying a pulse-like electric field between the electrodes, to contact a nitride target object to form a nitride film on the nitride target object, or It is a method of doping.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a nitrogen plasma emission analysis method by the direct plasma method for directly observing a plasma generation part.
- the nitrogen plasma emission analyzer 10 D has an alternating electric field (for example, a pulsed electric field) between a pair of discharge electrodes 1 1 having a solid dielectric disposed on the opposite surface and the opposite discharge electrodes 11. ), A nitrogen gas supply unit 1 3 for supplying nitrogen gas, and a probe 1 5 a so that the plasma 14 generated between the discharge electrodes 1 1 can be exposed by the application of a pulsed electric field. And a spectrum detector 1 5 for detecting the emission intensity and the wavelength of the plasmatized nitrogen gas.
- the nitrogen plasma spectrometer 10 D is installed in the chamber so that nitrogen plasma emission analysis can be performed under any pressure by changing the pressure conditions.
- This N 2 (2 nd ps) is, together with the N 2 harmon and an infrared system (hereinafter referred to as “Herman's infra-red system”, hereinafter described) of the N 2 plasma.
- Atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasma is a nitrogen active species that increases near atmospheric pressure.
- Fig. 7 shows the results of the spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission observed by the direct plasma method of nitrogen plasma generated at pressure 45 Torr shown in Fig. 4. It is the figure which showed including the range part other than the designated wavelength range.
- N 2 (1 nd ps) described later appears around a wavelength of 600 to 900 nm.
- the present invention relates to a method focusing on nitrogen active species of the plasma, forming a particular N 2 (H. I. R.) and / or N 2 (2 nd ps) is a nitride film and an oxynitride film by conditions prevailing It is characterized by Therefore, the comparison of nitrogen active species based on nitrogen plasma emission analysis will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.
- a nitrogen plasma emission analyzer 10 R has an alternating electric field (eg, a pulse-like shape) between a pair of discharge electrodes 1 1 on which opposing surfaces are provided with a solid dielectric and the opposite discharge electrodes 1 1.
- Power supply 1 2 for applying an electric field
- nitrogen gas supply unit 1 3 for supplying nitrogen gas
- probe 1 5a installed so as to face the outlet of plasma 14 generated between discharge electrodes 1 1
- a spectrum detector 15 for detecting the emission intensity and the wavelength of the plasmatized nitrogen gas.
- the nitrogen plasma emission analyzer 1 O R is installed in a chamber so that nitrogen plasma emission analysis can be performed under any pressure by changing the pressure conditions.
- FIG. 10 (a) * represents the He signal
- the emission of N 2 ion N 2 + appears around nm.
- this N 2 ion N 2 + forms an oxynitride film or a nitride film on a substrate, it is compared with neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) and N 2 (H. I. R.).
- the impact caused by the electric energy increases at the time of the collision, causing plasma damage.
- H e high concentration rare gas
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the origin of the light emission spectrum, and is a potential energy ( e V) diagram of a nitrogen molecule.
- E CR plasma method under reduced pressure, by Ri generated plasma activated nitrogen species to the RF plasma method is a N 2 (1 st ps)
- conventional E CR plasma method the N 2 (1 st in the RF plasma method ps) is used as film formation for nitrogen plasma.
- a pulsed plasma method is used in which a pulsed electric field is applied to a parallel plate cathode to generate plasma under pressure near atmospheric pressure.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the result of emission analysis of nitrogen plasma, and shows the discharge pressure dependency of nitrogen active species and nitrogen ion N 2 + .
- the vertical axis is the luminous intensity (kcps) and the horizontal axis is the nitrogen pressure (T orr).
- the nitrogen pressure was increased under the conditions of a pulse frequency of 10 kH to the discharge electrode and a nitrogen gas flow rate of 1.5 liter / min. It is an observation example of the case.
- b is a N 2 (1 st ps)
- c is a N 2 (2 nd ps)
- d is a N 2 (H. I. R.). It shows the pressure dependency of the luminescence intensity.
- nitrogen plasma of nitrogen active species N 2 (1 st ps) and N 2 (2 nd ps) is generated together with nitrogen ions N 2 + Nitrogen plasma of nitrogen active species N 2 (H. I. R.) is not generated.
- N 2 H. I. R.
- N 2 H. I. R.
- N 2 2 (H. I. R.)
- N 2 (2 nd ps) which are neutral nitrogen active species.
- the amounts of N 2 (1 st ps) and N 2 (H. I. R.) are reversed around the nitrogen pressure of 300 (T orr). From these facts, it is considered that N 2 (1 st ps) generated under low pressure is used as nitrogen plasma in the decompression plasma method by the conventional ECR plasma method and RF plasma method.
- the nitrogen pressure near atmospheric pressure 3000 (Torr) is dominant at around 500 (Torr). It is characterized by using N 2 (H.I.R.) and N 2 (2 nd ps) as nitrogen plasma.
- Fig. 13 is a diagram for comparing the discharge pressure dependence of N 2 plasma emission and He / N 2 plasma emission, and Fig. 13 (a) shows the He ZN 2 plasma emission by the RF plasma method. Figure 13 (b) shows the pressure dependence of N 2 plasma emission by the pulsed plasma method. Figure 13 (b) and Figure 12 are identical.
- Figure 13 (a) shows the He-N 2 plasma emission by the RF plasma method which generates nitrogen plasma under low pressure using a rare gas (here He).
- a rare gas here He
- the nitrogen plasma generated by the H e / N 2 plasma emission generates only N 2 (1 st ps) over the entire observation pressure, and nitrogen active species There is almost no nitrogen plasma of neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) and N 2 (H. I. R.).
- N 2 (1 st ps) is dominantly generated as long as the RF plasma method is employed even at a pressure close to the atmospheric pressure.
- the present invention adopts a remote type using a plasma existing in a diffusion region blown out from the inside of the electrode among pulse plasma methods performed under a pressure near atmospheric pressure, and N 2 (2 nd ps) and N 2 (H. I. R.) a is characterized by using the formation of a nitrogen plasma oxynitride film or a nitride film.
- N 2 (2 nd ps) is It is also possible to use a direct type using plasma existing in the dominant discharge region for forming an oxynitride film or a nitride film.
- a nitrogen gas of high purity is used by using a remote type using plasma existing in a diffusion region blown out from the inside of the electrode under a pressure of 500 (Torr) or higher. in, N 2 (H. I. R. ) 1 2 and N 2 (2 nd ps) to generate.
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing the nitrogen pressure dependence of nitrogen-activated species N 2 +. As shown in FIG. 14, under a pressure of 500 (T 0 rr) or higher, the generation of nitrogen ion N 2 +, which may be correlated with plasma damage, can also be reduced.
- nitrogen is easily introduced into the object to be treated because nitriding is performed under a pressure close to atmospheric pressure, that is, doping is suppressed.
- the nitride film forming apparatus and the oxynitride film forming apparatus according to the present embodiment have names basically divided according to the purity of the supplied nitrogen gas, and basically have the same configuration.
- the gas to be supplied is nitrogen gas containing only trace amounts (eg, 1 ppm or less) of O 2 or water (H 2 O) or oxides as an oxygen source
- a nitride film forming apparatus in the this called a trace (e.g., 1 ppm) good many 0.2% or less of 0 2 or water Ri (H 2 0) Moshiku the oxynitride film forming apparatus when applying the nitrogen gas containing the oxides Do.
- an oxynitride film forming apparatus 20 is an apparatus for forming an oxynitride film on a substrate 30, which is an object to be treated such as a wafer or an electronic substrate, using a remote pulse plasma method.
- it comprises a power supply 23 for applying a pulsed electric field, a nitrogen gas supply unit 24 for supplying nitrogen gas, a chamber 26 which is a reaction vessel, and a pump 27 for exhausting the gas.
- Reference numeral 25 denotes a plasma generated between the discharge electrodes 21 and 22.
- nitrogen gas is formed in the inside of the electrodes (between the electrode plates) from the upper side between the electrode plates between the discharge electrodes 21 and 22.
- the nitrogen gas supplied from the supply unit 24 is plasma-generated by a pulsed electric field and blown out from the lower side between the electrode plates to the lower side of the discharge electrodes 21, 22.
- the reaction part of the oxynitride film forming apparatus 20 is installed in the chamber 26.
- the inside of the chamber 26 is once purged with nitrogen gas, and nitriding treatment is performed, for example, maintained at 500 Torr. '
- the substrate 30 is placed on the wafer tray 31 and the wafer tray 31 is moved by the moving mechanism 32 so that the entire surface of the substrate 30 can be uniformly processed.
- the moving mechanism may be configured to move on the head side where the discharge electrodes 2 1 and 2 2 are provided instead of the water ray 31 1.
- the moving mechanism 32 by using one that can arbitrarily adjust the feed speed such as the transfer belt, as described later, the nitriding time taken for the nitrogen plasma can be made variable. This enables control of the formed film thickness.
- the wafer tray 3 1 may have a heating mechanism for heating the substrate 30. In that case, the heating temperature of the substrate 30 by the wafer tray 31 is preferably 50 ° C. or more, more preferably 100 ° C. or more.
- a stable bond of nitrogen to the object (base material) can be established, and the substrate on which the oxynitride film is formed Even after being removed from the chamber 26 and transferred to the atmosphere, the unstable nitrogen bonded can be prevented from being replaced with oxygen, and the subsequent oxidation can be suppressed.
- the oxynitride film forming apparatus 20 blows the nitrogen gas supplied from the nitrogen gas supply unit 24 onto the surface of the substrate 30 which is the object to be processed, and the power supply 23 pulses the discharge electrodes 21 and 22. An electric field is applied to form nitrogen gas into plasma and blow it out on the surface of the substrate 30.
- the oxynitride film forming apparatus 20 is processed under a pressure near atmospheric pressure.
- the pressure near atmospheric pressure means that the pressure control is a good odor and the equipment used for discharge plasma treatment becomes simple. It is a pressure of OOOT orr (about 3. 9 9 9 X 1 0 4 to 1 3 3 3 3 X 1 0 4 P a), and in particular, neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) and N 2 ( H. I. R.) dominates (see Fig. 12), and plasma damage by nitrogen ion N 2 + species is eliminated (approximately 6. 6 6 5 X 1 0 4 P a ) Over pressure
- the temperature is preferably 80 0 Torr or less.
- the surface of the substrate 30 on which the oxynitride film is formed may be heated or kept at a low temperature.
- the temperature of the substrate 30 is generally set appropriately in consideration of the damage to the substrate, the film forming rate, the force-performing property, the film thickness and the like, but according to the oxynitride film forming apparatus 20 of this embodiment.
- the formed oxynitride film has almost no nitriding time and temperature dependency, and the oxynitride film is formed uniformly and in a very short time, and the thickness of the formed film is also neutral active species N 2 (H. I. R.) and Z or N 2 (2 nd ps) can be controlled by the amount of formation or the nitriding time.
- the nitriding temperature is room temperature to 500 ° C.
- the method of forming an oxynitride film according to this embodiment uses the high purity nitrogen gas to form a film under a high pressure of about 500 T 0 rr or more near the atmospheric pressure. The pressure is adjusted to a pressure close to the atmospheric pressure. In this case, after exhausting the chamber 26 to a high vacuum, a large amount of nitrogen gas is introduced to purge the inside of the chamber 26. Therefore, when the present oxynitride film is formed, it remains even if the inside of the chamber 26 is evacuated to a high vacuum.
- the high purity nitrogen gas is referred to as high purity nitrogen gas in the conventional thermal nitriding method using a mixed gas of nitrogen gas and a rare gas, and is not a nitrogen gas subjected to special treatment. It is easy to introduce. That is, it is only necessary to use the high purity nitrogen gas without adjusting the mixing condition of nitrogen gas and a rare gas, and strict control of H 2 O and O 2 for the formation of an oxynitride film Is unnecessary. As described later, although the high purity nitrogen gas is used as it is, the dielectric characteristics and the leakage current characteristics are extremely excellent, and a uniform SiO.sub.4 ON film can be obtained. As described above, being able to use high purity nitrogen gas that does not require adjustment of the mixing ratio as it is leads to cost reduction and has the effect of being easy to implement.
- the discharge electrodes 2 1 and 2 2 are composed of simple metals such as iron, copper and aluminum, alloys such as stainless steel and yellow copper, and intermetallic compounds. At least the electrode facing surface of each electrode has a constant distance between the electrodes in order to prevent arcing, and a solid dielectric is disposed.
- the solid dielectric various materials can be used, such as general alumina and glass, plastics such as polytetrafluoroethylene and polyethylene terephthalate, and multilayers of these. More preferably, they are aluminum nitride A 1 N, silicon nitride Si 3 N 4 , boron nitride BN, and the like.
- the thickness of the dielectric layer is preferably about 0.1 to 4 mm.
- the solid dielectrics 21a and 22a preferably have a relative dielectric constant of 2 or more (under 25.degree. C. environment, the same applies hereinafter). It is also possible to coat the outer peripheral surface of the electrode with a plate-like object such as ceramic or resin, a sheet-like object, or a film-like object. In this embodiment, aluminum nitride A 1 N is used as the solid dielectrics 2 1 a and 2 2 a.
- the distance between the electrodes to which the voltage is applied is 0.1 to 5 mm, preferably 5 mm or less in consideration of discharge uniformity, and in the case of a direct type using a plasma existing in the discharge region, 0.5
- a size of 0.1 to 2 mm is preferred.
- the current density is 1 0 ⁇ 5 0 0 0 m A / cm 2, preferably 5 0 ⁇ 5 0 O mA / cm 2 b pulse voltage waveform which is, in addition to the impulse type shown, FIG.
- An appropriate waveform such as a square wave type or a modulation type shown in 16 (b) can be used.
- a so-called wave-like waveform may be used for applying a voltage to either positive or negative polarity side.
- a bipolar waveform may be used.
- the falling time of the pulse voltage is also steep, and it is preferable that the falling time is equal to or less than 1003 which is the same as the rising time.
- the rise time and the rise time are set to be approximately the same time.
- modulation may be performed using pulses with different pulse waveforms, rise times, and frequencies.
- the frequency of the pulsed voltage is preferably in the range of 0.5 kHz to 1 MHz. If it is less than 0.5kHz, the plasma density is too low and the treatment takes too long. If it is more than 1MHz, the discharge under high pressure exceeding 500Torr, depending on the size of the electrode, depending on the configuration Adjustment of input power and reflection power such as matching may be required.
- the processing speed of the plasma processing can be greatly improved.
- the upper limit of the frequency is not particularly limited, but high frequency bands such as commonly used 13.56 MHz and experimentally used 500 MHz are also possible. In consideration of ease of handling and compatibility with the load, 500 MHz or less is preferable. By applying such a pulse voltage, the processing speed can be greatly improved.
- the duration of the pulse in the pulse voltage is 0.5 to 200 S if it is less than 0.5 ⁇ s, the discharge becomes unstable, and When it exceeds s, it becomes easy to shift to arc discharge. More preferably, it is 3 MS to 200 ⁇ s.
- the duration of one pulse which is shown as t in Fig. 16, is the time during which the pulse continues in the pulse voltage consisting of the repetition of ON and OFF.
- the magnitude of the pulsed discharge voltage shown in FIG. 16 may be determined as appropriate, but in the present embodiment, the magnitude of the electric field between the electrodes is in the range of 10 to 100 k V / cm.
- the setting is preferably 20 to 300 kV cm. The reason why this range is set is that if the electric field strength is less than 10 kV / cm, processing takes too much time, and if it exceeds 100 kV / cm, arcing is likely to occur.
- direct current may be superimposed in the application of the pulse voltage.
- the material to be treated (object to be treated) in this embodiment is a silicon wafer 30, and in the formation of the oxynitride film by plasma treatment of the present invention, the surface temperature of the silicon wafer is the above-mentioned heating of the water ray 31 Although it is related to the temperature, 50 ° C. or higher is preferable, more preferably The temperature is preferably 100 ° C. or more. Needless to say, materials other than silicon wafers may be used as the material.
- N 2 (H. I. R.) generated at a nitrogen pressure of about 500 (T or r) in the vicinity of the atmospheric pressure as shown in the light emission analysis of FIG. )
- N 2 H. I. R.
- plasma generated between the opposing discharge electrodes 21 and 22 is directed toward the silicon wafer 30 disposed outside the discharge space. Make contact.
- the plasma state gas can be carried only to the target location on the silicon wafer surface to form the oxynitride film, it is possible to It is a preferred method with reduced electrical and thermal burden on the computer.
- bias can be applied to the silicon side of the substrate to be treated.
- the gas supply part 24 to the chamber around the electrode
- nitrogen was also supplied to the inside of the chamber 26 but the gas supplied to the chamber 26 between the electrodes was a gas which does not contain oxygen, it may be a rare gas or a gas introduced between the electrode plates. Is not limited to nitrogen.
- a transfer system such as a transfer conveyer or a transfer port can be used as a means for transferring silicon wafers.
- the nitrogenized gas is converted to a pressure of 300 ° (Torr), especially 5
- N 2 (2 nd ps) and N 2 (H. I. R.) which occur above 00 (T or r) are the dominant neutral active species.
- a good quality silicon oxynitride film is formed on the substrate surface of 0. This oxynitride film is
- oxynitridation is completed in a short time, and film formation is stopped at the desired film thickness (for example, 1.6 nm).
- this oxynitride film is excellent in film quality and excellent in uniformity. Therefore, to create a quantum device using a quantum structure, It is particularly effective.
- the oxynitride film is formed by supplying the high-purity nitrogen gas, but the gas supplied can be used as an oxygen source without changing the configuration of FIG. 13 at all. it is a child form ultratrace (e.g. 1 ppm or less) of 0 2 and H 2 0 by a good nitride film changed to a nitrogen gas only contains oxides such like.
- the nitrogen gas is a high purity nitrogen gas preferably containing only oxygen or oxide of 1 ppb or less as an oxygen source, and the nitrogen gas supply unit 24 of the oxynitride film forming apparatus 20 or this nitrogen gas supply unit This can be easily realized by attaching a filter that selectively adsorbs H 2 O or 0 2 to the nitrogen gas introduction path from 2 4.
- the pressure is 500 Torr
- the nitrogen gas flow rate is 10 liter / min
- the applied voltage is 3.36 1 6
- the pulse frequency is 3 0 3 ⁇ 4: 15 z
- nitridation time 3 0 sec to: 1 0 min
- nitridation temperature room temperature to 500 ° C.
- the treated substrate was P— type (1 1 1) Si.
- the width L of the discharge electrodes 21 and 22 of the oxynitride film forming apparatus 20 is 20 mm
- the height of the discharge electrodes 21 and 22 in the gas channel direction is 15 mm
- the discharge electrodes 21 and 22 The distance between 2 and 2 is 1 mm
- the discharge ports of discharge electrodes 2 1 and 2 2 if the nozzle is provided, the tip of the nozzle or the nozzle serves as the processing substrate side edge of the electrode plate The distance from the edge to the processing substrate was 5 mm.
- the neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) and N 2 are only in the plasma present in the diffusion region blown out from the inside of the remote electrode.
- An oxynitride film in which oxygen and nitrogen coexist is formed.
- an oxide as an impurity contained in a very small amount in a high purity nitrogen gas of 6 nines is used, but even if an oxide as an impurity is used, it is possible to form an oxynitride film. Since the deposition process of the apparatus 20 itself is excellent, as a result, it is possible to form an oxynitride film with excellent characteristics such as high dielectric constant and low leak current which have never existed. The results of quantitative study of the mixing conditions of nitrogen gas and oxide will be described later.
- Fig. 17 (b) shows how to evacuate the chamber 26 by introducing a large amount of nitrogen gas after evacuating the inside of the chamber 26 to a high vacuum, and performing pressure control of the chamber 26.
- the back pressure 9 X 1 0 - is an analysis result of the presence of residual gases Champa 2 in 6 in 1 0 T orr.
- the Cham 2 in 6 oxynitride film forming apparatus 2 0 Ru is installed, 0 2 4.
- a nitride film is formed using nitrogen gas containing only an oxide.
- a good nitride film can be formed simply by changing the supplied gas to 100% nitrogen gas without completely changing the configuration of FIG.
- 100% of nitrogen gas can be easily realized by attaching a filter that selectively adsorbs H 2 O or 0 2 to nitrogen gas supply unit 24 of oxynitride film forming apparatus 20. it can.
- Figure 18 shows the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XP S) of the nitride film formed on Si substrate under the film forming conditions of nitridation temperature 350 ° C, nitridation time 10 min, by the apparatus and method of this embodiment. It is a figure showing a measurement result.
- the vertical axis is the peak intensity (au), and the horizontal axis is the binding energy (eV).
- Figure 18 (a) shows the result of narrow spectrum measurement of Si
- Figure 18 (b) shows the result of measurement of N peak of Na.
- FIG. 1 8 (a) sea urchin, the binding energy 1 There was a peak due to Si—N bond around 0 2 (e V), from which it was confirmed that a Si 3 N 4 nitride film was formed.
- Fig. 19 is a diagram showing the bonding state in the depth direction of the nitride film formed by the apparatus and method of this embodiment, and Fig. 19 (a) shows the narroth spectrum of Si.
- Figure 19 (b) shows the results of N narrow spectrum measurement, respectively. Measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, with the peak intensity on the vertical axis and the binding energy (e V) on the horizontal axis.
- the portions represented by the individual peak curves are closer to the Si substrate from the surface side of the deposited nitride film, as going from the top to the bottom of the figure. .
- the bottom of the peak curve is that of the Si substrate.
- the oxidation source H 2 0, 0 2
- S i 0 The peak due to 2 does not appear.
- FIG. 19 (b) it can be confirmed that the bond of Si—N is uniformly distributed in the depth direction of the nitride film.
- the nitriding temperature is made different at room temperature (RT), 350 ° C., 500 ° C., and a film formation with a nitriding time of 10 min is performed. It is a figure which shows the electrical charging characteristic of each nitride film formed on condition.
- FIG. 20 shows the measurement results of capacitance (/ XF / cm 2 ) per one applied voltage (V) when a voltage of frequency 10 kHz is applied.
- the nitriding temperature may be different from b. Room temperature (RT), c. 350 ° C., d. 500 ° C.
- RT Room temperature
- c. 350 ° C. d. 500 ° C.
- Id eal curve experimental values b. to d. give device characteristics along the theoretical curve a.
- Figure 22 illustrates the analysis of the direct tunneling current of the leakage current.
- Leakage current effects that can be mentioned as conduction mechanism of leakage current are (DP. Ool-Frenkel emission current, (2) choke key emission current, (3) F-N tunnel current, (4) direct tunnel current
- the present inventors inferred that only the leakage current due to the direct tunneling current is involved (leakage current in the above (1) to (3)). It can be said that the leakage current is of poor quality, and (4) the direct tunneling current is the leakage current that appears in the case of an ideal insulating film, and from this also it was formed by the device and method of this embodiment.
- the oxynitride film has ideal characteristics as an insulating film.
- the (4) direct tunnel current is approximated by the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin equation, and it is inferred that the increase of the effective mass m * is involved in the (4) direct current due to the leakage current.
- Figure 23 shows a film formed under the film forming conditions with a nitriding temperature of 350 ° C and a nitriding time of 10 min at a pressure of 50 OT orr near the atmospheric pressure according to the apparatus and method of this embodiment. It is a figure showing a measurement result of applied voltage (V)-leak current (A / cm 2 ) of a nitride film having a thickness of 1.8 nm.
- V applied voltage
- a / cm 2 a nitride film having a thickness of 1.8 nm.
- the experimental value (Experimental Curve) is approximated by the above-mentioned Wentzel-Kramers-Br illouin equation, with no force even in the vicinity of the normal pressure and 500 T T rr near the atmospheric pressure. It almost agrees with the simulated value (simulated curve). From this, it is considered that the nitride film formed by the apparatus and method of the present embodiment has an increased effective mass m * that indicates the movement of
- the nitride film is excellent in dielectric characteristics and has excellent device characteristics with greatly reduced leakage current
- the film formation process can be easily performed on the Si substrate etc. by the apparatus and method of this embodiment. It can be easily formed based on existing methods and apparatuses, such as being able to be formed, being able to be carried out under atmospheric pressure at a lower temperature than in the past, and being easily inlined.
- the nitride film manufactured by the method and apparatus for forming an oxynitride film is excellent in that device characteristics such as leakage current characteristics are not found in the conventional nitride film, or close to theoretical values which can not be achieved by the conventional nitride film. New applications are expected from having characteristics.
- the nitriding temperature was observed at 25 ° C, 300 ° C, 500 ° C and three points under the condition of 10 min of nitriding time. As a result, it was clarified that the nitrided film thickness was saturated at 1 to 2 nm at each observation temperature, and it was confirmed that the nitriding reaction hardly depends on the nitriding temperature.
- the nitridation time was observed at three points of 0.5 min, 3 min, and l O min under the conditions of a nitridation temperature of 350 ° C. As a result, it was clarified that the nitride film thickness was saturated around 1 to 2 nm at each observation time, and it was confirmed that the nitriding reaction was hardly dependent on the nitriding time.
- the nitride film it is considered in consideration of which of the neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) and N 2 (H. I. R.) contribute to the formation of the nitride film.
- the possibility of controlling the thickness of the film and the electrical characteristics (insulation) of the nitride film will be described with reference to Figs. 25 and 26.
- Figure 25 shows the film thickness-pressure characteristics of the nitride film when the nitriding temperature is 350 ° C, the nitriding time is 10 min, and the pressure of nitrogen gas is changed at 50 to 700 Torr. , and the emission intensity of the N 2 (2 nd ps) is a neutral active species - is a graph showing the pressure characteristics.
- the composition of the nitride film produced calculated from the structural evaluation (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) was S i 3 N 3. 5 00. 7.
- the film thickness of the nitride film shows a constant value of 1.6 nm in the pressure range of 400 to 700 Torr, and the pressure of 50 to 400 T0 rr is shown. It decreases with the decrease in pressure in the range.
- the change in film thickness of the honeydeformed film with respect to this pressure is the light intensity of the neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) observed by luminescence analysis, and the neutral active species N 2 (2 nd This is consistent with the change in the emission intensity of ps), and it was found that the neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) contributes to the nitridation reaction near atmospheric pressure.
- FIG. 26 is a view showing the film thickness-nitriding temperature characteristic of the nitride film when the pressure of nitrogen gas is changed.
- the electrical characteristics (insulation properties) of the nitride film are different from the room temperature (RT), 350 ° C., 500 ° C., as described in the case of the nitride film shown in FIG. Even that The capacity-voltage characteristics (C1 characteristics) are almost the same, and as described for the nitride film of FIG. 21, the applied voltage / leakage current characteristics (1 characteristics) are different from the nitriding temperature. It can be understood that they do not depend on the nitriding temperature because they agree with each other. As a result, as explained by FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship of the above in comparison between an atmospheric pressure plasma method (AP Plasma) by a pulse plasma method and an RF plasma method (RF Plasma).
- Figures 2 7 and 2 8 represent the same data except that the scale of the nitriding time on the horizontal axis is linear or logarithmic.
- the atmospheric pressure plasma method and the RF plasma method can control the film thickness range of about 1 nm according to the nitriding time by changing the nitriding time
- the atmospheric pressure plasma method Although the change of the film thickness depending on the nitriding time is steep relative to the change of the film thickness depending on the nitriding time of the RF plasma method, the change is within the time range of 0.1 lmin to 10 min. , It is easy to control.
- the film thickness change region depending on the nitriding time by the atmospheric pressure plasma method is thinner than the film thickness change region depending on the nitriding time of the RF plasma method.
- the atmospheric pressure plasma method is thinner nitrided film even if the pressure of the same nitrogen gas and the same nitriding temperature are used. Can be formed in a short time.
- Fig.29 in the normal pressure plasma method, the pressure of the above 5000 T 0 rr and the nitriding time 10 0
- the film thickness of each nitride film formed by changing the temperature of the substrate temperature (nitriding temperature) in the range of RT to 500 ° C. under the film forming conditions of “min” is shown.
- the substrate temperature (nitriding temperature) is changed in the range of RT to 500 ° C. under film forming conditions of a pressure of 1 ⁇ 10 5 Torr and a nitriding time of 60 minutes.
- the film thickness of each nitride film formed is shown.
- the thickness of the nitride film formed by the atmospheric pressure plasma method can be a nitride film having a constant thickness regardless of the nitriding temperature, while the thickness of the nitride film formed by the RF plasma method is The film thickness fluctuates in the range of about 1 nm depending on the magnitude of the nitriding temperature.
- a nitride film having a constant film thickness can be generated regardless of the temperature of the substrate temperature (nitriding temperature).
- the generation amount of neutral active species N 2 (2 nd ps) is determined by the magnitude of the pressure of nitrogen gas.
- the desired film thickness, that is, the electrical properties (insulation) of the formed nitride film can be easily controlled simply by controlling the nitriding time and controlling the nitriding time.
- an RF plasma nitride film forming apparatus 50 includes a stage 53 in which a substrate 52 as a processing object is installed in a reaction chamber 51, and an RF high frequency is applied to introduce introduced gas.
- the radical gun 54 is connected to a gas supply source (nitrogen gas) 55, and the reaction chamber 51 is provided with a pump for setting the reaction chamber under a low pressure (for example, a turbo molecular pump; TMP) 56 is connected.
- a gas supply source nitrogen gas
- TMP turbo molecular pump
- a substrate (p-type (P-type (P-type (P-type)) is formed by the RF plasma nitride film forming apparatus 50 configured as described above and the nitride film forming apparatus of the present invention described above.
- the RF plasma nitride film forming apparatus the RF plasma nitride film forming apparatus
- a nitride film can be formed.
- the high purity nitrogen gas is supplied through the high purity gas filter to reduce the oxidation source (H 2 0, 0 2 ) to 1 ppb or less, and nitride film Si 3 N 3 5 O o 7 was formed. In addition, it was confirmed that the formed bonds of Si and N were uniformly distributed in the depth direction of the nitride film.
- the nitriding reaction does not depend on the nitriding time-nitriding temperature, and since the nitride film thickness is saturated at 1 to 2 nm and nitriding is completed, low temperature ⁇ high speed Nitriding becomes possible.
- a significant reduction of the nitriding time leads to an increase in the time efficiency of the process steps.
- oxides such as, for example, the high dielectric constant insulator of the MOS transistor (for example, Z r 0 2 , H f 0 2 ) It is possible to do a slight amount of nitrogen N doping.
- using the present nitrogen plasma together with a film forming gas containing Ga, In, A 1, etc., as shown in the right-hand side pattern in FIG. , I n N, AIN) can be deposited.
- 3 2 is a flow rate of nitrogen gas introduced into the electrode plates and fixed with 1 0 s 1 m, exhibited dielectric characteristics of the generated oxynitride film according to the amount of entrained 0 2 FIG. is there.
- the pressure was adjusted so that the exhaust pressure would be 5 0 0 T 0 rr.
- C—V characteristics in FIG. 32, when oxygen gas is added to the nitrogen gas with reference to the C—V characteristic curve a of the high purity N 2 gas, It was found that the spread of the hysteresis curve of the characteristic curve becomes smaller as shown in the CV characteristic curves b. To e. As the addition amount increases.
- FIG. 33 shows the relationship between the additive amount of oxygen gas to nitrogen gas and the flat panel shift (black span voltage shift) of the hysteresis characteristic of the C 1 V characteristic curve shown in Fig. 32.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram showing the correlation between the amount of oxygen gas added to nitrogen gas and the hysteresis width of the hysteresis characteristic shown in FIG. 32.
- the flat-band drift of the hysteresis characteristic of the CV characteristic curve indicates that the applied voltage is in the range of 0 to 2 sccm of oxygen addition where little oxygen gas is added to nitrogen gas.
- the saturation peak of the hysteresis characteristic of the C 1 V characteristic curve shifts to the positive voltage side of the applied voltage when the oxygen addition amount exceeds 2 sccm. Start to shift.
- the hysteresis width of the C1V characteristic curve is that the hysteresis width of the C1V characteristic curve is increased in the range of 0 to 2 sccm of oxygen addition where little oxygen gas is added to nitrogen gas.
- the hysteresis width of the C 1 V characteristic curve decreases in the region of 2 to 3.5 sccm of oxygen addition, and decreases in the region of more than 3.5 sccm of oxygen addition. It turned out to be saturated in the condition.
- the broadening of the hysteresis curve of the CV characteristic curve is preferably smaller as the amount of oxygen added increases, but conversely, the flat-band drift of the hysteresis characteristic of the C and V characteristic curve is oxygenated.
- a shift (shift) progresses, and the deviation of the applied voltage from the positive voltage side increases.
- the hysteresis width of its hysteresis characteristics is reduced, and the flat-plate drift is not biased to either positive or negative side. It was found that the state where the gas was added at 5.5 sccm was preferable, and considering the C 1 V characteristics of the oxynitrified film, it was found that it is preferable that oxygen gas be added to nitrogen gas although it is small. .
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing the relationship between the insulation voltage (dielectric voltage) and the leak current according to the amount of addition of 0 2 mixed in nitrogen gas introduced between the electrode plates. From Fig. 34, it was found that the leak current decreased as the amount of oxygen gas added to nitrogen gas was increased, and although it is not shown in the figure, it is not acceptable to add too much. .
- composition of the oxynitride film obtained when the addition amount of O 2 is 5.5 sccm is
- FIG. 35 is a diagram showing the result of spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission observed by the direct plasma method when oxygen gas is not mixed in the introduced nitrogen gas.
- FIG. 36 is a diagram showing the result of spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission observed by the direct plasma method when oxygen gas is added by 1.5 scm cm to the introduced nitrogen gas.
- the vertical axis represents the emission intensity (a. U.)
- the horizontal axis represents the wavelength (nm), respectively, and the wavelength at which N 2 (2 nd ps) is dominantly observed.
- the portion of wavelengths 2 0 0 to 3 5 0 (nm) near 0 to 4 0 0 nm is shown.
- Figure 3-7 shows the amount of added oxygen gas and N 2 (2 nd ps) and NO-y, respectively, based on the results of spectrum analysis of nitrogen plasma emission for each changed amount of added oxygen gas. It is the figure which showed the relationship between the luminescence intensity of this.
- the ordinate represents the emission intensity (M cps) of N 2 (2 nd ps) and the emission intensity of NO ⁇ ⁇ (kcps), and the abscissa represents the addition amount (sccm) of oxygen gas.
- the emission intensity (M cps) of N 2 (2 nd ps) is 2.
- OM cps when oxygen gas is not mixed, but the light emission intensity is the same as oxygen gas mixing (addition) is started. After the oxygen gas is added at 0.5 sccm, the amount of oxygen gas added is up to 3 sccm, but after that, even if the amount of oxygen gas is increased, N 2 It was found that the emission intensity (M cps) of (2 nd ps) saturates to a constant value (in this case, 0.7 M cps).
- the emission of NO-y is hardly detected when oxygen gas is not mixed, but the emission intensity increases with oxygen gas mixing and (addition) start, and the illustrated oxygen
- the amount of gas added is up to 3 sccm
- the emission intensity (kcps) of NO- ⁇ is constant even if the amount of oxygen gas added increases after oxygen gas is added at 3.0 sccm. It was found that (in this case, 2.2 kcps) was saturated.
- FIG. 38 is a view showing the relationship between the addition amount of oxygen gas and Si 2 p binding energy for the film formed by changing the addition amount of oxygen gas to the nitrogen gas.
- the amount of oxygen gas added is 0 to 1.5 scm
- the formed film has a Si
- the 10 2 0 eV of i 2 p bond energy is an oxynitride film S i 3 N x . 2
- the nitride film and the oxynitride film are formed by performing the nitriding process based on the light emission intensity of N 0 ⁇ under the plasma conditions where the light emission of this ⁇ ⁇ y is observed. It turned out that the same effect as controlling the amount of oxygen gas added can be obtained.
- nitride film forming method and the oxynitride film forming method of the present invention since the nitriding process can be strictly controlled, as shown in the left side pattern in FIG. 2, for example, a high dielectric constant insulator of an MOS transistor.
- Etc. (for example, Z r Z 2 , H f 0 2 ) are slightly doped with nitrogen N.
- Z r 0 2, H f 0 2 includes depositing the nitrogen in the film With the nitrogen plasma with such a film means that nitrogen is doped is formed.
- nitrogen is contained in the film even if the process of subjecting the surface to a thin film of an oxide film and performing the present nitrogen plasma treatment is repeated.
- the former is doped with nitrogen to the surface of the film and the latter is doped into the film. This process can be performed by a CVD film deposition process.
- the present invention relates to a semiconductor surface control using a nitride film and an oxynitride film, an MO S transistor using nitrogen doping, a nitride semiconductor, a light emitting element, an optical device, and a communication device. It can be used in a wide range of applications such as paste, nitride film and oxynitride film
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