The present disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210762926.9, filed on Jun. 30, 2022, all contents of which are incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductor substrates, and in particular, to a composite substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a semiconductor device.
Currently, a commercial GaN substrate with a high-quality and a large-size is rare, and Gallium Nitride based device is generally grown on a substrate such as sapphire, SiC, or silicon by heteroepitaxy methods. As an important Gallium Nitride heteroepitaxial substrate, a silicon substrate has the advantages of high crystal quality, large wafer size, high thermal conductivity (about 3 times that of the sapphire), low price, and substrate conductivity that may be controlled by doping, and the silicon substrate has attracted more and more attention from the industry. There are two main technical difficulties in the heteroepitaxial growth of a GaN film on the silicon substrate: one is that there is a large lattice mismatch (16.9%) between a GaN epitaxial film and the silicon substrate, which leads to a large number of penetrating dislocations in the epitaxial film, resulting in a poor crystal quality of the epitaxial film. Another more important is that there is a huge thermal mismatch (54%) between the silicon substrate and a Gallium Nitride film, which makes an epitaxial warpage of the silicon based Gallium Nitride difficult to control, and an edge of the epitaxial film is easy to crack. Generally, the solution to the huge thermal mismatch between the silicon substrate and the Gallium Nitride film is to use a lattice mismatch (2.4%) between AlN and GaN to introduce enough compressive stress to compensate for a tensile stress generated by the thermal mismatch during a high-temperature epitaxial growth of the Gallium Nitride, so as to obtain an epitaxial wafer with low stress and low warpage.
The purpose of the present disclosure is to improve a mechanical strength of a substrate, and further improve an epitaxial crystal quality of subsequent manufacturing of a semiconductor structure.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present disclosure provides a composite substrate, including: a first substrate, a bonding layer, and a second substrate which are stacked sequentially, where the first substrate includes a plurality of protruding structures disposed on a side close to the second substrate, and a groove formed between at least two protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures; and the bonding layer at least partially covers the protruding structures.
Furtherly, the bonding layer covers a bottom surface and a surface at a side, close to the first substrate, of the groove.
Furtherly, a material of the bonding layer and a material of the second substrate are the same.
Furtherly, the bonding layer includes a first bonding layer and a second bonding layer, and the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer are stacked in a thickness direction of the first substrate.
Furtherly, the second substrate includes SiC, and the bonding layer includes SiC, SiCN or SiCAlN.
Furtherly, the first substrate, the bonding layer, and the second substrate are all made of an N-type doped semiconductor material.
Furtherly, a cross section of the groove perpendicular to a plane where the first substrate is located includes a polygon or an arcuate shape.
Furtherly, a first dielectric layer which is patterned is disposed on a side, close to the second substrate, of the protruding structures, the first dielectric layer includes a plurality of openings, and the plurality of openings are in a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of grooves.
Furtherly, the first substrate is a multilayer structure, the first substrate includes a first sublayer and the protruding structures located above the first sublayer, and a material of the first sublayer and a material of the protruding structures are different.
Furtherly, a projection shape of the groove in a plane where the first substrate is located includes any of a polygon or a circle.
Furtherly, a side length of the polygon ranges from 1 um to 1 mm, or a diameter of the circle ranges from 1 um to 1 mm.
Furtherly, the composite substrate further including a third bonding layer, where the third bonding layer covers a surface at a side, close to the first substrate, of the second substrate.
Furtherly, a material of the third bonding layer and a material of the bonding layer are the same.
Furtherly, a chamfer is formed on a side wall of the first substrate and a side wall of the second substrate.
Furtherly, the composite substrate further including a second dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer conformally covers a side wall of the first substrate, a surface at a side, away from the second substrate, of the first substrate, and a side wall of the second substrate.
Furtherly, a material of the first substrate is silicon with a crystal orientation of (100), and a material of the second substrate is silicon with a crystal orientation of (111).
The present disclosure also provides a semiconductor device, including the above composite substrate, a nucleation layer, a buffer layer, and a device layer, where the nucleation layer, the buffer layer, and the device layer which are sequentially disposed on a second substrate of the composite substrate.
The present disclosure also provides a manufacturing method for a composite substrate, including: patterning and etching on a side of a first substrate to form a plurality of protruding structures, and a groove formed between at least two protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures; forming a bonding layer on a side, away from the first substrate, of the plurality of protruding structures, and the bonding layer at least partially covering the protruding structures; and bonding a second substrate to a side, away from the first substrate, of the bonding layer.
Furtherly, the forming a bonding layer on a side, away from the first substrate, of the plurality of protruding structures includes: forming, by an epitaxial process, the bonding layer on the side, away from the first substrate, of the plurality of protruding structures.
Furtherly, the first substrate is made of silicon and the second substrate is made of SiC; where the forming a bonding layer on a side, away from the first substrate, of the plurality of protruding structures includes: carbonizing the side, away from the first substrate, of the plurality of protruding structures to form a SiC layer, and the SiC layer is the bonding layer.
The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are only some rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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It should be noted that the groove 3 is used to attenuate a stress transmitted from the second substrate 2 to the first substrate 1. Furtherly, the first substrate 1 is bonded with the second substrate 2 to improve the mechanical strength of the composite substrate 20, and avoid a plastic deformation in a subsequent epitaxial process.
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Optionally, the first bonding layer 14 includes Al2O3, and the second bonding layer 15 includes SiC. The mechanical strength and hardness of the composite substrate 20 may be improved by using multi-layer bonding layer such as Al2O3 as a material of the bonding layer, and Al2O3 also has the advantages of good optical properties, good transparency and insulation, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, chemical inertness, and the like.
In an embodiment, a material of the bonding layer 11 and a material of the second substrate 2 are the same. The bonding layer 11 and the second substrate 2 using the same material can further improve a bond strength between the first substrate 1 and the second substrate 2, and avoid a problem of a poor epitaxial crystal quality caused by a lattice mismatch and a thermal mismatch of the composite substrate 20 in a subsequent manufacturing of a semiconductor device, and improve the mechanical strength of the composite substrate 20.
Optionally, the second substrate 2 includes SiC, and the bonding layer 11 includes SiC or SiCN or SiCAlN. The bonding layer 11 may be a silicon carbide material, including SiCN or SiCAlN, and SiCAlN may be an alloy material.
In an embodiment, the material of the bonding layer 11 and the material of the second substrate 2 are both SiC. When the material of the bonding layer 11 is SiC, the bonding layer 11 may be formed by a mature epitaxial process in semiconductor manufacturing, and then the composite substrate 20 is formed by bonding the second substrate 2 of the SiC material. It should be noted that, first of all, the composite substrate 20 of the same material may avoid the problem of the poor epitaxial crystal quality caused by the lattice mismatch and the thermal mismatch in the subsequent manufacturing of the semiconductor device, and improve the mechanical strength of the composite substrate 20. Furthermore, SiC, as a wide bandgap semiconductor with a wider bandgap than the silicon, has the advantages of a higher breakdown voltage, a lower conduction resistance, and a less performance degradation in high temperature environments, which may further improve an application of the composite substrate 20 in the semiconductor device.
It should be noted that the crystal state of SiC is not limited in the present disclosure, and the SiC may be a single crystal material, or a polycrystalline, a ceramic, an amorphous and other states.
In an embodiment, the first substrate 1, the bonding layer 11, and the second substrate 2 are all made of an N-type doped semiconductor material. Specifically, the composite substrate 20 is an N-type doped substrate, which may be used as an N-type semiconductor layer of the semiconductor device. Subsequently, other semiconductor layers are selectively formed on a top of the composite substrate 20 according to different applications, without the need to make the N-type semiconductor layer on the substrate first, and then make other semiconductor layers, which may effectively simplify the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Optionally, the first substrate 1, the bonding layer 11, and the second substrate 2 are all made of an N-type doped semiconductor material.
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Specifically, the first dielectric layer 4 covers a surface at a side, close to the second substrate 2, of the protruding structures 12. The first dielectric layer 4 is patterned to form the opening 41, and the opening 41 corresponds to the groove 3 one by one. The first dielectric layer 4 may be used as a mask version of etching the first substrate 1 to form a groove 3, the manufacturing process of removing the first dielectric layer 4 is not added in the later stage, and a process flow is simplified.
Optionally, the first dielectric layer 4 includes SiO2 or Al2O3.
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It should be noted that those skilled in the art may set the shape and layout of the groove 3 according to actual needs, and the present disclosure does not limit it. It should be noted that the projection shape of the groove 3 in the plane where the first substrate 1 is located may be a polygon, a circle, or a combination of two shapes.
In an embodiment, a side length of the polygon projection of the groove 3 ranges from 1 um to 1 mm, or a diameter of the circular projection of the groove 3 ranges from 1 um to 1 mm. Those skilled in the art may set the size of the groove 3 according to actual needs.
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In an embodiment, a material of the third bonding layer 5 and a material of the bonding layer 11 are the same, and the bonding layer 11 and the third bonding layer 5 of the same material can further improve a bond strength between the first substrate 1 and the second substrate 2, and enhance a mechanical strength of the composite substrate 20.
Optionally, a material of the bonding layer 11 and a material of the third bonding layer 5 are SiC.
Optionally, in an embodiment, the composite substrate 20 simultaneously includes the third bonding layer 5 and the first dielectric layer 4.
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Optionally, the chamfer formed by the side wall of the first substrate 1 and the side wall of the second substrate 2 may be an arc-shaped chamfer or a chamfer formed by polyline edges 6 as shown in
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It should be noted that a side, away from the first substrate 1, of the second substrate 2, is not provided with the second dielectric layer 7, so as to facilitate the subsequent manufacturing of the semiconductor device.
In an embodiment, a material of the first substrate 1 is silicon with a crystal orientation of (100), and a material of the second substrate 2 is silicon with a crystal orientation of (111). Si (111) is selected as the material of the second substrate 2, which is convenient for the later manufacturing of the semiconductor epitaxy structure by the epitaxial process.
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Specifically, the device layer 10 may be a power device, including a stack of GaN channel layer or AlGaN barrier layer. Or, as shown in
The composite substrate 20 includes a bonding layer 11, which is conducive to improving a bond strength between the first substrate 1 and the second substrate 2, and enhancing a mechanical strength of the composite substrate 20. Furtherly, the composite substrate 20 includes a groove 3, and the groove 3 is used to attenuate a stress transmitted from the second substrate 2 to the first substrate 1, which is conducive to improving the mechanical strength of the composite substrate 20, avoiding a plastic deformation in a subsequent epitaxial process, and improving an application performance of the semiconductor device 30.
Furtherly, a manufacturing method for a composite substrate is provided, and
Step S1, patterning and etching on a side of a first substrate to form a plurality of protruding structures, and a groove formed between at least two protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures.
Step S2, forming a bonding layer on a side, away from the first substrate, of the plurality of protruding structures, and the bonding layer at least partially covering the protruding structures.
Step S3, bonding a second substrate to a side, away from the first substrate, of the bonding layer.
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Specifically, the bonding layer 11 may be formed on the side, away from the first substrate 1, of the protruding structures 12 by an epitaxial method. In other words, the bonding layer 11 is formed on a surface of the first substrate 1 by the epitaxial process. Optionally, a material of the bonding layer 11 and a material of the second substrate 2 are SiC. It should be noted that, the composite substrate 20 using the same kind of material may avoid a problem of a poor epitaxial crystal quality caused by a lattice mismatch and a thermal mismatch in a subsequent manufacturing of the semiconductor device, and improve the mechanical strength of the composite substrate 20. Furthermore, SiC, as a wide bandgap semiconductor with a wider bandgap than the silicon, has the advantages of a higher breakdown voltage, a lower conduction resistance, and a less performance degradation in high temperature environments, which may further improve an application of the composite substrate 20 in the semiconductor device.
Optionally, the first substrate 1 is made of silicon and the second substrate 2 is made of SiC. The method of forming the bonding layer 11 on a side, away from the first substrate 1, of the plurality of protruding structures 12 includes: carbonizing the side, away from the first substrate 1, of the plurality of protruding structures 12 to form a SiC layer. At this time, the SiC layer is the bonding layer 11, and then the composite substrate 20 is formed by a bonding process.
Optionally, after completing the step S3 for bonding the second substrate 2, the composite substrate 20 with a thinner second substrate 2 may be manufactured by a thinning process.
According to the composite substrate provided by the present disclosure, by setting a bonding layer, a bond strength between the first substrate and the second substrate may be improved, and the mechanical strength of the composite substrate is enhanced. By setting the groove, a stress transmitted from the second substrate to the first substrate may be attenuated, so as to improve the mechanical strength of the composite substrate and avoid a plastic deformation in a subsequent epitaxial process.
Each embodiment in the present disclosure is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the difference from other embodiments, and the same similar parts between each embodiment can refer to each other. For the device disclosed by the embodiments, because it corresponds to the method disclosed by the embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant points can be described in the method section.
The above description of the present disclosed embodiment enables those skilled in the art to realize or use the present disclosure. A variety of modifications of these embodiments will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the present disclosure will not be limited to these embodiments shown herein, but will conform to the widest range consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
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202210762926.9 | Jun 2022 | CN | national |