This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202111053526.2, entitled “METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH DEVICE”, filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Sep. 9, 2021, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present application relates to the field of semiconductor technologies, and specifically to a method for a manufacturing semiconductor structure and a semiconductor growth device.
Semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, high electron mobility transistors, and the like are important optoelectronic devices that have a broad market prospect in industrial and military fields. Epitaxial structures of these devices are mainly manufactured by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) or molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and then epitaxial wafers are manufactured into qualified devices by a wafer process. The steepness of an epitaxial heterogeneous interface is one of the key indicators to characterize the quality of an epitaxial growth process, and the steepness of the heterogeneous interface has an important impact on device performance.
Compared with MBE, MOCVD has many advantages such as a large adjustable growth rate range, good equipment stability, and easy maintenance. Therefore, epitaxial structures of commercial devices are often grown by MOCVD. However, compared with MBE, the steepness of the heterogeneous interface grown by MOCVD is poor, affecting device performance to a certain extent.
Therefore, a technical problem to be resolved by the present application is to overcome the problem that the steepness of a growth interface in the prior art is poor, and a method for a manufacturing semiconductor structure and a semiconductor growth device are provided.
The present application provides a semiconductor growth device, including: a reaction chamber; a growth main pipe, where an end of the growth main pipe is connected to the reaction chamber; a vent main pipe; a first mixing main pipe to an Mth mixing main pipe, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; a first reaction gas source group to an Nth reaction gas source group, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; a first switching valve group to an Nth switching valve group, where a kth switching valve group is adapted for controlling transport of gas from a kth reaction gas source group to a jth mixing main pipe, k is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, and j is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M; and a first growth vent switching valve to an Mth growth vent switching valve, where a jth growth vent switching valve is adapted for switching the gas in the jth mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe or the vent main pipe.
Optionally, M is equal to 1; and the kth switching valve group is adapted for switching the gas in the kth reaction gas source group to be transported to the first mixing main pipe or the vent main pipe.
Optionally, the device further includes: a first mixing branch pipe group to an Nth mixing branch pipe group, where the first mixing branch pipe group to the Nth mixing branch pipe group are all connected to the first mixing main pipe; a first gas source connection pipe group to an Nth gas source connection pipe group, where a kth gas source connection pipe group is connected to the kth reaction gas source group; and a first vent branch pipe group to an Nth vent branch pipe group, where the kth switching valve group is adapted for switching gas in the kth gas source connection pipe group to be transported to a kth mixing branch pipe group or a kth vent branch pipe group.
Optionally, the kth mixing branch pipe group includes a first kth sub-mixing branch pipe to a Qkth kth sub-mixing branch pipe; a kth vent branch pipe group includes the first kth sub-vent branch pipe to a Qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe; a kth gas source connection pipe group includes the first kth sub-gas source connection pipe to a Qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe; and a kth switching valve group includes the first kth sub-switching valve to a Qkth kth sub-switching valve; and a qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in a qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe to be transported to a qkth kth sub-mixing branch pipe or a qkth sub-vent branch pipe, where qk is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Qk.
Optionally, M is greater than or equal to 2, and M is less than or equal to N; and the kth switching valve group is adapted for switching the gas in the kth reaction gas source group to be transported to the jth mixing main pipe or the vent main pipe.
Optionally, the device further includes: a first mixing branch pipe group to an Nth mixing branch pipe group, where a kth mixing branch pipe group includes Qk*M kth sub-mixing branch pipes, an (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to an (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe are respectively correspondingly connected with the first mixing main pipe to the Mth mixing main pipe, and qk is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Qk; a kth vent branch pipe group includes a first kth sub-vent branch pipe to a Qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe; and the kth switching valve group includes a first kth sub-switching valve to a Qkth kth sub-switching valve; and a qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in a qkth kth sub-reaction gas source to be transported to any kth sub-mixing branch pipe in the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe or transported to a qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe.
Optionally, the device further includes: a first gas source connection pipe group to an Nth gas source connection pipe group, where a kth gas source connection pipe group includes a first kth sub-gas source connection pipe to a Qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe, and a qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe is connected to the qkth kth sub-reaction gas source; and the qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in the qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe to be transported to any kth sub-mixing branch pipe in the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe or transported to the qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe.
Optionally, the device further includes: a first growth connection pipe to an Mth growth connection pipe, where the first growth connection pipe to the Mth growth connection pipe are all connected to the growth main pipe; and a first vent connection pipe to an Mth vent connection pipe, where the first vent connection pipe to the Mth vent connection pipe are all connected to the vent main pipe, where the jth growth vent switching valve is adapted for switching the gas in the jth mixing main pipe to be transported to a jth growth connection pipe or a jth vent connection pipe.
Optionally, the semiconductor growth device includes a metal organic chemical vapor deposition device.
The present application further provides a method for a manufacturing semiconductor structure, using a semiconductor growth device in the present application, and including: controlling, by a k1th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k1th reaction gas source group to a j1th mixing main pipe, where the j1th mixing main pipe contains a k1th reaction mixed gas, and k1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N; switching, by a j1th growth vent switching valve, the k1th reaction mixed gas in the j1th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe; after the switching, by a j1th growth vent switching valve, the k1th reaction mixed gas in the j1th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe, switching all of first to Mth growth vent switching valves to be in communication with a vent main pipe to perform growth interruption in a reaction chamber; controlling, by a k2th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k2th reaction gas source group to a j2th mixing main pipe, where the j2th mixing main pipe contains a k2th reaction mixed gas, k2 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, k2 is not equal to k1, and j2 is equal or not equal to j1; and after the growth interruption, switching, by a j2th growth vent switching valve, the k2th reaction mixed gas in the j2th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe.
Optionally, M is equal to 1; the step of controlling, by a k1th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k1th reaction gas source group to a j1th mixing main pipe is: controlling, by the k1th switching valve group, transport of the gas from the k1th reaction gas source group to the first mixing main pipe; the step of switching, by a j1th growth vent switching valve, the k1th reaction mixed gas in the j1th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe is: switching, by the first growth vent switching valve, the k1th reaction mixed gas in the first mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe; and during the growth interruption or after the growth interruption, controlling, by the k2th switching valve group, transport of the gas from the k2th reaction gas source group to the j2th mixing main pipe; the step of controlling, by a k2th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k2th reaction gas source group to a j2th mixing main pipe is: controlling, by the k2th switching valve group, transport of the gas from the k2th reaction gas source group to the first mixing main pipe; and the step of switching, by a j2th growth vent switching valve, the k2th reaction mixed gas in the j2th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe is: switching, by the first growth vent switching valve, the k2th reaction mixed gas in the first mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe.
Optionally, M is greater than or equal to 2, and M is equal to N; and j2 is not equal to j1, k1 is equal to j1, and k2 is equal to j2.
Optionally, M is greater than or equal to 2, and M is less than N; the method further includes: before or after the controlling, by a k1th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k1th reaction gas source group to a j1th mixing main pipe, controlling, by a k3th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k3th reaction gas source group to a j3th mixing main pipe, where the j3th mixing main pipe contains a k3th reaction mixed gas; and switching, by a j3th growth vent switching valve, the k3th reaction mixed gas in the j3th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe, where j3 is equal to j1; or, before or after the controlling, by a k2th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k2th reaction gas source group to a j2th mixing main pipe, controlling, by a k3th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k3th reaction gas source group to a j3th mixing main pipe, where the j3th mixing main pipe contains a k3th reaction mixed gas; and switching, by a j3th growth vent switching valve, the k3th reaction mixed gas in the j3th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe, where j3 is equal to j2, k3 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, and k3 is not equal to k1 and is not equal to k2.
Optionally, a duration of the growth interruption ranges from 1 second to 10 seconds.
The present application has the following beneficial effects.
In the method for a manufacturing semiconductor structure provided in the technical solutions of the present application, a k1th reaction mixed gas entering a reaction chamber reacts to form a k1th semiconductor film, and a k2th reaction mixed gas entering the reaction chamber reacts to form a k2th semiconductor film. Interruption processing is performed between the step of forming the k1th semiconductor film and the step of forming the k2th semiconductor film. The interruption helps to eliminate the retention of a residual source material after the reaction of the k1th reaction mixed gas on the k1th semiconductor film, to facilitate faster establishment of a stable concentration gradient of the k2th reaction mixed gas in the reaction chamber. Next, the interruption allows the k1th reaction mixed gas to be fully mixed in a j1th mixing main pipe before entering the reaction chamber. Therefore, gas in different k1th sub-reaction gas sources in a k1th reaction gas source group enters the reaction chamber at the same time. In summary, the steepness of an interface between the k1th semiconductor film and the k2th semiconductor film is improved.
To describe the technical solutions in specific embodiments of the present application or the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the specific embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present application, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
There are multiple reasons for the poor steepness of a heterogeneous interface grown by MOCVD, including the interdiffusion of components caused by a high growth temperature, the retention of a residual material at a boundary layer, inconsistent time of introducing source materials, inconsistent decomposition temperatures of source materials, and the like.
The growth of InGaAs/AlGaAs superlattices is used as an example. TMGa_1 (a first-way TMGa source) and trimethylindium (TMIn) are used as a group-III source for InGaAs, and trimethylaluminum (TMAl) and TMGa_2 (a second-way TMGa source) are used as a group-III source for AlGaAs, AsH3 is used as a group-V source for both, and the flow rate of AsH3 is kept constant in a growth process.
In an actual growth process, when the growth is switched from InGaAs to AlGaAs or from AlGaAs to InGaAs, there are interference of several factors, resulting in a non-steep InGaAs/AlGaAs heterogeneous interface.
One of the important factors is the asynchrony of the switching of the group-III sources. In an optimal case, the switching of the group-III sources needs to be synchronous. That is, the turning off of TMIn and TMGa_1 and the turning on of TMAl and TMGa_2 should be simultaneous at the instant of switching a growth material from InGaAs to AlGaAs. In an actual case, there is a certain difference in the switching time of the run/vent valves that control the switching of the four source materials. That is, the four valves are not turned on or off at the same time. As a result, gas components in a run pipe are unstable at the instant of switching. In addition, the four run/vent valves cannot be at the same position on a gas pipe, and have different distances from a reaction chamber. As shown in
Another important factor is the retention effect of a source material on a growth surface. A source material in a gas flow in the reaction chamber is diffused to the growth surface using a concentration gradient, and it takes some time to establish a stable concentration gradient.
To increase the steepness of a heterogeneous interface, the present applicant has explored a method to increase the steepness of the heterogeneous interface after a painstaking search. The method can effectively suppress several factors that reduce the steepness of the interface, for example, inconsistent time of introducing source materials and the retention of a residual source material on a sample surface, thereby increasing the steepness of the heterogeneous interface.
An embodiment of the present application provides a semiconductor growth device, and growth interruption is combined, so that the asynchrony of switching of gas sources can be effectively eliminated, thereby improving the steepness of a heterogeneous interface.
The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings. Apparently, the described embodiments are some rather than all of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
In the description of the present application, it needs to be understood that orientation or location relationships indicated by terms “center”, “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inside”, and “outside” are based on orientation or location relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only used to facilitate description of the present application and simplify description, but are not used to indicate or imply that the apparatuses or elements must have specific orientations or are constructed and operated by using specific orientations, and therefore, cannot be understood as a limit to the present application. In addition, the terms “first”, “second”, and “third” are used only for description, but are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance.
In the description of the present application, it needs to be noted that unless otherwise expressly specified and defined, “mounted”, “connected”, and “connection”, should be understood in a broad sense, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected or integrally connected; or mechanically connected or electrically connected; or connected directly or indirectly through an intermediate, or two elements communicated internally, or connected in a wireless manner, or connected in a wired manner. For a person of ordinary skill in the art, specific meanings of the terms in the present application should be understood according to specific conditions.
In addition, the technical features involved in different embodiments of the present application described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not constitute a conflict between them.
An embodiment of the present application provides a semiconductor growth device, including:
The kth reaction gas source group includes a plurality of kth sub-reaction gas sources. Specifically, the kth reaction gas source group includes Qk kth sub-reaction gas sources. The Qk kth sub-reaction gas sources are respectively a first kth sub-reaction gas source to a Qkth kth sub-reaction gas source. The Qk kth sub-reaction gas sources have different gas. Qk is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
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In a specific embodiment, the kth reaction gas source group includes two kth sub-reaction gas sources. The first reaction gas source group 140 includes two first-sub-reaction gas sources. The two first-sub-reaction gas sources have different gas. For example, one of the two first-sub-reaction gas sources is a first sub-Ga gas source, and the other is a first sub-indium gas source. The second reaction gas source group 150 includes two second-sub-reaction gas sources. The two second-sub-reaction gas sources have different gas. For example, one of the two second-sub-reaction gas sources is a second sub-Ga gas source, and the other is a second sub-Al gas source.
It needs to be noted that the kth reaction gas source group may include more than two kth sub-reaction gas sources. A quantity of k1th sub-reaction gas sources is equal to or not equal to a quantity of k2th sub-reaction gas sources, and k2 is not equal to k1. k1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, and k2 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N.
In the first switching valve group to the Nth switching valve group, the kth switching valve group includes Qk kth sub-switching valves. The Qk kth sub-switching valves are respectively a first kh sub-switching valve to a Qkth kth sub-switching valve. A quantity of kth sub-switching valves in the kth switching valve group is equal to a quantity of kth sub-reaction gas sources in the kth reaction gas source group. One kth sub-switching valve corresponds to one kth sub-reaction gas source.
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The first mixing main pipe 131 can select the kh reaction gas source group through the kth switching valve group to introduce a gas. When it is selected to introduce gas in a k1th reaction gas source group into the first mixing main pipe, gas in a k2th reaction gas source group is not introduced into the first mixing main pipe, where k2 is not equal to k1, k1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, and k2 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N. When N is equal to 2 and gas in the first reaction gas source group 140 is introduced into the first mixing main pipe 131, gas in the second reaction gas source group 150 is not introduced into the first mixing main pipe 131. When gas in the second reaction gas source group 150 is introduced into the first mixing main pipe 131, gas in the first reaction gas source group 140 is not introduced into the first mixing main pipe 131.
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The semiconductor growth device further includes: a first mixing branch pipe group to an Nth mixing branch pipe group, where the first mixing branch pipe group to the Nth mixing branch pipe group are all connected to the first mixing main pipe 131; a kth mixing branch pipe group includes a plurality of kth sub-mixing branch pipes, where specifically, the kth mixing branch pipe group includes Qk kth sub-mixing branch pipes, and the Qk kth sub-mixing branch pipes are respectively a first kth sub-mixing branch pipe to a Qkth kth sub-mixing branch pipe; a first vent branch pipe group to an Nth vent branch pipe group, where a kth vent branch pipe group includes Qk kth sub-vent branch pipes, the kth sub-vent branch pipes are connected to the vent main pipe 120, and the Qk kth sub-vent branch pipes are respectively a first kth sub-vent branch pipe to a Qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe, where the kth switching valve group is adapted for switching gas in the kth gas source connection pipe group to be transported to a kth mixing branch pipe group or a kth vent branch pipe group; and a qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in a qkth kth sub-reaction gas source to be transported to a qkth kth sub-mixing branch pipe or a qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe. qk is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Qk.
The semiconductor growth device further includes: a first gas source connection pipe group to an Nth gas source connection pipe group, where the kth gas source connection pipe group is connected to the kth reaction gas source group; specifically, the kth gas source connection pipe group includes Qk kth sub-gas source connection pipes, the Qk kth sub-gas source connection pipes are respectively a first kth sub-gas source connection pipe to a Qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe, and a qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in a qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe to be transported to a qkth kth sub-mixing branch pipe or a qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe.
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The semiconductor growth device further includes: a first growth connection pipe to an Mth growth connection pipe, where the first growth connection pipe to the Mth growth connection pipe are all connected to the growth main pipe 110; and a first vent connection pipe to an Mth vent connection pipe, where the first vent connection pipe to the Mth vent connection pipe are all connected to the vent main pipe 120. The jth growth vent switching valve is adapted for switching the gas in the jth mixing main pipe to be transported to a jth growth connection pipe or a jth vent connection pipe.
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It needs to be noted that the gas in the first mixing main pipe 131 is transported from the kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the first growth vent switching valve.
The semiconductor growth device further includes: a first growth branch pipe group to an Nth growth branch pipe group connected to the growth main pipe 110, where a kth growth branch pipe group includes Qk kth sub-growth branch pipes (not shown); a first additional vent branch pipe group to an Nth additional vent branch pipe group, where a kth additional vent branch pipe group includes Qk kth sub-additional vent branch pipes; and a first additional switching valve group to an Nth additional switching valve group, where a kth additional switching valve group includes Qk kth sub-additional switching valves, a qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in a qkth kth sub-reaction gas source to be transported to a qkth kth sub-mixing branch pipe or a qkth kth sub-additional vent branch pipe, and the qkth kth sub-additional vent branch pipe transports gas to the qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe or a qkth kth sub-growth branch pipe through a qkth kth sub-additional switching valve.
The growth main pipe 110 has a first end and a second end opposite to each other in an extension direction of the growth main pipe 110, the first end is connected to the reaction chamber 100, and the second end is sealed. When the first growth branch pipe group to the Nth growth branch pipe group are provided, connections between the first growth branch pipe group to the Nth growth branch pipe group and the growth main pipe 110 are all arranged between the first end and the second end.
The semiconductor growth device includes a metal organic chemical vapor deposition device.
Differences between this embodiment and the previous embodiment lie in that: M is greater than or equal to 2, and M is less than or equal to N; and the kth switching valve group is adapted for switching the gas in the kth reaction gas source group to be transported to the jth mixing main pipe or the vent main pipe.
The kth reaction gas source group includes a plurality of kth sub-reaction gas sources. Specifically, the kth reaction gas source group includes Qk kth sub-reaction gas sources. The Qk kth sub-reaction gas sources are respectively a first kth sub-reaction gas source to a Qkth kth sub-reaction gas source. The Qk kth sub-reaction gas sources have different gas. Qk is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The plurality of kth sub-reaction gas sources have different gas.
The kth switching valve group includes a plurality of kth sub-switching valves. Specifically, the kth switching valve group includes Qk kth sub-switching valves. The Qk kth sub-switching valves are respectively a first kth sub-switching valve to a Qkth kth sub-switching valve. A quantity of kth sub-switching valves in the kth switching valve group is equal to a quantity of kth sub-reaction gas sources in the kth reaction gas source group. One kth sub-switching valve corresponds to one kth sub-reaction gas source.
In this embodiment, the semiconductor growth device further includes: a first mixing branch pipe group to an Nth mixing branch pipe group, where a kth mixing branch pipe group includes a plurality of kth sub-mixing branch pipes, and any jth mixing main pipe in a first mixing main pipe to an Mth mixing main pipe is connected to some kth sub-mixing branch pipes in the plurality of kth sub-mixing branch pipes. Specifically, the kth mixing branch pipe group includes Qk*M kth sub-mixing branch pipes; the jth mixing main pipe is connected to Qk kth sub-mixing branch pipes; and a kth vent branch pipe group includes Qk kth sub-vent branch pipes. An (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to an (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe are respectively correspondingly connected to the first mixing main pipe to the Mth mixing main pipe. Any two kth sub-mixing branch pipes in the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe are connected to different mixing main pipes. qk is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Qk; the kth vent branch pipe group includes the first kth sub-vent branch pipe to the Qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe; and the kth switching valve group includes the first kth sub-switching valve to the Qkh kth sub-switching valve. A qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in a qkth kth sub-reaction gas source to be transported to any kth sub-mixing branch pipe in the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe or transported to a qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe.
That the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe are respectively correspondingly connected to the first mixing main pipe to the Mth mixing main pipe refers to that the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe is connected to the first mixing main pipe, an (M*(qk−1)+2)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe is connected to a second mixing main pipe, the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe is connected to the Mth mixing main pipe, and the like.
The semiconductor growth device further includes: a first gas source connection pipe group to an Nth gas source connection pipe group, where the kth gas source connection pipe group includes Qk kth sub-gas source connection pipes, the Qk kth sub-gas source connection pipes are respectively a first kth sub-gas source connection pipe to a Qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe, and a qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe is connected to the qkth kth sub-reaction gas source. The qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in the qkth kth sub-gas source connection pipe to be transported to any kth sub-mixing branch pipe in the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe or transported to the qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe.
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The semiconductor growth device further includes: a first growth connection pipe to an Mth growth connection pipe, where the first growth connection pipe to the Mth growth connection pipe are all connected to the growth main pipe; and a first vent connection pipe to an Mth vent connection pipe, where the first vent connection pipe to the Mth vent connection pipe are all connected to the vent main pipe. The jth growth vent switching valve is adapted for switching the gas in the jth mixing main pipe to be transported to a jth growth connection pipe or a jth vent connection pipe.
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The semiconductor growth device further includes: a first growth branch pipe group to an Nth growth branch pipe group connected to the growth main pipe 110, where a kth growth branch pipe group includes Qk kth sub-growth branch pipes (not shown); a first additional vent branch pipe group to an Nth additional vent branch pipe group, where a kth additional vent branch pipe group includes Qk kth sub-additional vent branch pipes; and a first additional switching valve group to an Nth additional switching valve group, where a kth additional switching valve group includes Qk kth sub-additional switching valves, a qkth kth sub-switching valve is adapted for switching gas in a qkth kth sub-reaction gas source to be transported to any kth sub-mixing branch pipe in the (M*(qk−1)+1)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe to the (M*qk)th kth sub-mixing branch pipe or transported to a qkth kth sub-additional vent branch pipe, where the qkth kth sub-additional vent branch pipe transports gas to the qkth kth sub-vent branch pipe or a qkth kth sub-growth branch pipe through a qkth kth sub-additional switching valve.
For the same content in this embodiment and the previous embodiment, details are not described again.
It needs to be noted that Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 above further include a common gas source. The common gas source is adapted for being introduced into the growth main pipe 110. Before, during, and after the growth interruption, the common gas source is introduced continuously. For example, the common gas source includes AsH3.
This embodiment provides a method for a manufacturing semiconductor structure, using the foregoing semiconductor growth device, and including the following steps.
Step S1: A k1th switching valve group controls transport of gas from a k1th reaction gas source group to a j1th mixing main pipe, where the j1th mixing main pipe contains a k1th reaction mixed gas, and k1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N.
Step S2: A j1th growth vent switching valve switches the k1th reaction mixed gas in the j1th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe.
Step S3: After switching the k1th reaction mixed gas in the j1th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe, the j1th growth vent switching valve switches all of first to Mth growth vent switching valves to be in communication with a vent main pipe to perform growth interruption in a reaction chamber.
Step S4: A k2th switching valve group controls transport of gas from a k2th reaction gas source group to a j2th mixing main pipe, where the j2th mixing main pipe contains a k2th reaction mixed gas, k2 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, k2 is not equal to k1, and j2 is equal or not equal to j1.
Step S5: After the growth interruption, a j2th growth vent switching valve switches the k2th reaction mixed gas in the j2th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe.
When M is equal to 1, the step of controlling, by a k1th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k1th reaction gas source group to a j1th mixing main pipe is: controlling, by the k1th switching valve group, transport of the gas from the k1th reaction gas source group to the first mixing main pipe; the step of switching, by a j1th growth vent switching valve, the k1th reaction mixed gas in the j1th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe is: switching, by the first growth vent switching valve, the k1th reaction mixed gas in the first mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe; and during the growth interruption or after the growth interruption, controlling, by the k2th switching valve group, transport of the gas from the k2th reaction gas source group to the j2th mixing main pipe; the step of controlling, by a k2th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k2th reaction gas source group to a j2th mixing main pipe is: controlling, by the k2th switching valve group, transport of the gas from the k2th reaction gas source group to the first mixing main pipe; and the step of switching, by a j2th growth vent switching valve, the k2th reaction mixed gas in the j2th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe is: switching, by the first growth vent switching valve, the k2th reaction mixed gas in the first mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe.
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When M is greater than or equal to 2 and M is equal to N, j2 is not equal to j1, k1 is equal to j1, and k2 is equal to j2.
In other embodiments, optionally, M is greater than or equal to 2, and M is less than N. In this case, any jth mixing main pipe can be selected for gas in a qkth kth sub-reaction gas source for mixing and transporting gas. In this case, the method further includes: before or after the controlling, by a k1th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k1th reaction gas source group to a j1th mixing main pipe, controlling, by a k3th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k3th reaction gas source group to a j3th mixing main pipe, where the j3th mixing main pipe contains a k3th reaction mixed gas; and switching, by a j3th growth vent switching valve, the k3th reaction mixed gas in the j3th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe, and growth interruption is also set between the step of switching, by a j3th growth vent switching valve, the k3th reaction mixed gas in the j3th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe and the step of switching, by a j1th growth vent switching valve, the k1th reaction mixed gas in the j1th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe; and j3 is equal to j1. In another embodiment, the method further includes: before or after the controlling, by a k2th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k2th reaction gas source group to a j2th mixing main pipe, controlling, by a k3th switching valve group, transport of gas from a k3th reaction gas source group to a j3th mixing main pipe, where the j3th mixing main pipe contains a k3th reaction mixed gas; and switching, by a j3th growth vent switching valve, the k3th reaction mixed gas in the j3th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe, and growth interruption is also set between the step of switching, by a j3th growth vent switching valve, the k3th reaction mixed gas in the j3th mixing main pipe to be transported to the growth main pipe and the step of switching, by a j2th growth vent switching valve, the k2th reaction mixed gas in the j2th mixing main pipe to be transported to a growth main pipe; and j3 is equal to j2.
k3 is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, and k3 is not equal to k1 and is not equal to k2.
A duration of the growth interruption ranges from 1 second to 10 seconds.
It needs to be noted that in a process of performing step 1 to step 5, the common gas source is introduced continuously into the growth main pipe 110.
A k1th reaction mixed gas entering a reaction chamber reacts to form a k1th semiconductor film, and a k2th reaction mixed gas entering the reaction chamber reacts to form a k2th semiconductor film. Interruption processing is performed between the step of forming the k1th semiconductor film and the step of forming the k2th semiconductor film. The interruption processing helps to eliminate the retention of a residual source material after the reaction of the k1th reaction mixed gas on the k1th semiconductor film, to facilitate faster establishment of a stable concentration gradient of the k2th reaction mixed gas in the reaction chamber. Next, the interruption processing allows the k1th reaction mixed gas to be fully mixed in a j1th mixing main pipe before entering the reaction chamber. Therefore, gas in different k1th sub-reaction gas sources in a k1th reaction gas source group enters the reaction chamber at the same time. In summary, the steepness of an interface between the k1th semiconductor film and the k2th semiconductor film is improved.
A growth rate of an epitaxial layer is reduced and a growth interruption is increased, so that a gas pause time can be reduced, thereby helping to establish a stable concentration gradient more quickly.
Obviously, the foregoing embodiments are merely examples for clear description, rather than a limitation to implementations. For a person of ordinary skill in the art, other changes or variations in different forms may also be made based on the foregoing description. All implementations cannot and do not need to be exhaustively listed herein. Obvious changes or variations that are derived there from still fall within the protection scope of present application.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202111053526.2 | Sep 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/106854 | 7/20/2022 | WO |