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- the present invention relates generally to semiconductor fabrication methods and, more specifically, to methods for fabricating semiconductor structures having strained layers and controlled impurity diffusion gradients.
- substrates made from materials such as germanium (Ge), gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP), or gallium nitride (GaN). These alternate materials permit the development of a substrate suitable for a wider range of device types, functionalities, and speed. For example, new technological developments provide the ability to form heterostructures using silicon germanium (SiGe) to further speed up devices by changing the atomic structure of Si to increase electron mobility. These substrates are called strained Si substrates.
- SiGe silicon germanium
- a strained Si substrate is generally formed by a first epitaxial growth of a relaxed SiGe layer on bulk Si, and then a second epitaxial growth of a thin (less than about 500 Angstroms) Si layer on the relaxed SiGe layer. Because the lattice constant of relaxed SiGe is different from Si, the thin Si layer becomes “strained,” resulting in enhanced mobilities (and hence improved device speeds) over bulk Si. The percentage of Ge in SiGe, and the method of deposition can have a dramatic effect on the characteristics of the strained Si layer.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,442,205 "Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices with Strained Semiconductor Layers," incorporated herein by reference, demonstrates one such method of producing a strained Si device structure.
- a method of epitaxially growing a relaxed SiGe layer on bulk Si is discussed in PCT application WO 01/22482, "Method of Producing Relaxed Silicon Germanium Layers," incorporated herein by reference.
- the method includes providing a monocrystalline Si substrate, and then epitaxially growing a graded Si ⁇ -x Ge x layer with increasing Ge concentration at a gradient of less than 25% Ge per micron to a final composition in the range of 0.1 ⁇ x ⁇ 1, using a source gas of Ge x H y Cl z for the Ge component, on the Si substrate at a temperature in excess of 850 °C, and then epitaxially growing a semiconductor material on the graded layer.
- the terms “SiGe” and “Si ⁇ -x Ge x " are used interchangeably to refer to silicon-germanium alloys.
- SiGe graded layers with low threading dislocation densities are usually thick layers (greater than 1000 Angstroms and often greater than one micron). Consequently, the industry is moving toward chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques that allow high growth rates. Nevertheless, to grow a thin (less than 500 Angstroms thick), epitaxial strained Si layer uniformly on the SiGe, a high growth rate process is not optimal. To maintain a high-quality strained Si layer without defects, a low- growth rate, low-temperature (LT) CVD process is preferred. In other words, for developing strained Si substrates, the optimal epitaxial growth process of the first thick SiGe layer on bulk Si is different from the optimal epitaxial growth process of the second thin Si layer.
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- the SiGe layer is, ideally, planarized to reduce the surface roughness in the final strained Si substrate.
- Current methods of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) are typically used to improve the planarity of surfaces in semiconductor fabrication processes.
- CMP chemical mechanical polishing
- U.S. Patent No. 6,107,653 "Controlling Threading Dislocations in Ge on Si Using Graded GeSi Layers and Planarization," incorporated herein by reference, describes how planarization can be used to improve the quality of SiGe graded layers.
- One challenge to the manufacturability of semiconductor devices that include strained layers is that one or more high temperature processing steps are typically employed after the addition of the strained material. This can cause intermixing of the strained layer and adjacent material. This intermixing is generally referred to as interdiffusion, and it can be described by well-known diffusion theory (e.g., Fick's laws).
- interdiffusion is found in a field effect transistor ("FET") where a strained layer is used as the channel.
- FET field effect transistor
- impurities e.g., dopants
- the impurity profile i.e., a gradient describing the impurity concentration as a function of location in the overall semiconductor or device
- Presence of one or more impurities in the strained layer can, at certain concentrations, degrade overall device performance.
- the present invention provides methods for fabricating semiconductor structures that include several growth steps, each step being optimized for the particular semiconductor layer to be grown. For processing efficiency, the fabrication steps may be integrated into a single tool or a minimum number of tools.
- One or more strained material layers that are grown are relatively free of interdiffused impurities. Consequently, semiconductor devices built using the structures described herein do not exhibit the degraded performance that results from the presence of such impurities in the strained layers.
- the invention features a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure on a substrate.
- the method includes the step of exposing the substrate to a first gas mixture at a temperature greater than about 500 °C. This results in rapid growth of one or more layers of SiGe having a thickness greater than about 1000 Angstroms. Following this, the SiGe is planarized and the substrate is exposed to a second gas mixture at a temperature less than or equal to about 750 °C. This results in the growth of one or more strained layers having a thickness less than about 500 Angstroms.
- Both the first and second gas mixtures typically include Si, or Ge, or both.
- the semiconductor substrate can include Si, SiGe, or any combination of these materials. It can also be multi-layered. In this latter case, the layers can include relaxed SiGe disposed on compositionally graded SiGe. The layers can also include relaxed SiGe disposed on Si. One or more buried insulating layers may be included as well.
- the grown SiGe layer(s) may be substantially relaxed or compositionally graded.
- the strained layer can include Si, Ge, SiGe, or any combination of these materials. At least about fifty Angstroms of the furthest part of the strained layer defines a distal zone where the concentration of impurities is substantially equal to zero. Some embodiments include a subsequent SiGe layer deposited on the strained layer.
- An alternative embodiment includes fabricating a semiconductor structure on a substrate having one or more preexisting material layers with a thickness greater than about 200 Angstroms. This method involves exposing the substrate to a gas mixture that includes Si, or Ge, or both, at a temperature less than or equal to about 750 °C. This results in the growth of one or more strained layers having a thickness less than about 500 Angstroms.
- the preexisting material layers may include SiGe, an insulating layer, or both.
- Figure 1 is a flowchart depicting the steps of fabricating a semiconductor structure in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
- Figure 2 is a schematic (unsealed) cross-sectional view that depicts a semiconductor structure in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
- Figure 3 is a schematic (unsealed) cross-sectional view that depicts another semiconductor structure in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- the invention may be embodied in a fabrication method for a semiconductor structure or device, such as, for example, a FET, having specific structural features.
- a semiconductor structure fabricated according to the invention includes multiple layers grown under conditions optimized for each layer. These layers can be Si or SiGe, and may be strained or relaxed. Further, the strained material layers are relatively free of interdiffused impurities. Stated differently, these strained material layers are characterized by at least one diffusion impurity gradient that has a value that is substantially equal to zero in a particular area of the strained layer. Consequently, the semiconductor structure does not exhibit the degraded performance that results from the presence of such impurities in certain parts of the strained layers.
- Figure 1 depicts a method 100 for fabricating a semiconductor structure on a substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- the substrate may be Si, SiGe, or other compounds such as, for example, GaAs or InP.
- the substrate may also include multiple layers, typically of different materials.
- the multiple layers can include relaxed SiGe disposed on compositionally graded SiGe, as well as relaxed SiGe disposed on Si.
- the multiple layers may also include a buried insulating layer, such as SiO 2 or Si 3 N 4 .
- the buried insulating layer may also be doped.
- This method shown in Figure 1 includes a first growth step 108 where the substrate is exposed to a gas mixture at a temperature greater than about 500 °C. In one embodiment, the temperature can be greater than about 850 °C. In other embodiments this exposure occurs at a pressure less than or equal to about 760 Torr (absolute).
- the gas mixture typically includes Si, or Ge, or both. Some example gas mixtures are SiH 4 -GeH 4 , SiH Cl 2 -GeCl 4 , SiH 2 Cl -GeH 4 , SiHCl 3 -GeCl 4 , and SiHCl 3 -GeH 4 .
- one or more layers of SiGe 204 are grown on a substrate 202, as depicted in Figure 2, which illustrates an example semiconductor structure 200.
- the growth rate of the SiGe can be greater than about 0.2 micron per minute, and the resulting thickness can be greater than about 1000 Angstroms or even greater than about one micron.
- the SiGe can be substantially relaxed. It can also be compositionally graded (e.g., ten percent Ge per micron of thickness). Some embodiments include multiple SiGe layers where one or more of these layers may have a substantially constant Ge content.
- the layers grown during the first growth step 108 may be "deposited" by chemical vapor deposition ("CVD").
- Increasing the temperature of the first growth step 108 so it is greater than about 850 °C can increase the growth rate to about 0.5 micron per minute. Nevertheless, a high growth rate may also be achieved at a lower temperature (e.g., between about 500 °C and about 750 °C) by including a plasma enhancement step 110.
- the plasma enhancement step 110 the growth rate of the first growth step 108 typically increases to about 0.6 micron per minute.
- the plasma enhancement step 110 may include the use of low energy plasma.
- cleaning step 102 is performed before the first growth step 108.
- the substrate 202 is typically subjected to a wet process 104.
- the wet process 104 include the RCA clean, the IMEC clean, the Ohmi clean, and the DDC clean.
- the cleaning step may be mechanically augmented (e.g., using ultrasonic or megasonic excitation).
- the cleaning step 102 can also include a CO 2 -based process (e.g., cryogenic). Dry (e.g., plasma-enhanced) cleaning processes may be used as well.
- the cleaning step 102 can include an anneal step 106 where the substrate 202 is placed in, for example, a hydrogen ambient (e.g., at 1150 °C) for a certain amount of time (e.g., ninety seconds). In any case, the cleaning step 102 removes contamination and other material detrimental to the semiconductor structure 200.
- a hydrogen ambient e.g., at 1150 °C
- a certain amount of time e.g., ninety seconds
- a planarization step 112 follows the first growth step 108.
- the surface of the SiGe layer 204 is subjected to a chemical mechanical polishing step 114, or an ion beam etching step 116, or both.
- a chemical mechanical polishing step 114 or an ion beam etching step 116, or both.
- the surface of the SiGe layer 204 exhibits a surface roughness that is typically less than two Angstroms. This is an improvement over the typical twenty to fifty Angstrom surface roughness present in the as-grown SiGe layer 204.
- some embodiments include another cleaning step 118.
- Cleaning step 118 can also include a wet process 120, or a dry process, or both, examples of which are discussed above.
- the cleaning step 118 can also include an anneal step 122, similar to that described above.
- a SiGe regrowth layer 206 is disposed (e.g., deposited) on the substrate 202 after the planarization step 112.
- the SiGe regrowth layer 206 typically has a thickness greater than about 500 Angstroms although, in some embodiments, the thickness may be greater than about 5000 Angstroms or even greater then about one micron. In another embodiment, for reasons of, for example, economy, the thickness is minimized (e.g., less than about 500 Angstroms).
- the Ge concentration in the SiGe regrowth layer 206 is substantially equal to that in the SiGe layer 204.
- a second growth step 124 is next performed where the substrate 202 is exposed to a gas mixture at a temperature less than or equal to about 750 °C. In some embodiments this exposure occurs at a pressure less than or equal to about 760 Torr (absolute).
- the gas mixture typically includes Si, or Ge, or both. Some example gas mixtures are SiH 4 -GeH 4 , SiH 2 Cl 2 -GeCl 4 , SiH 2 Cl 2 -GeH 4 , SiHCl 3 -GeCl 4 , and
- the gas mixture used in the second growth step 124 has a lower decomposition temperature than the gas mixture used in the first growth step 108.
- one or more strained layers 208 are grown on the substrate 202.
- the growth rate of the strained layers 208 is less than the growth rate of the SiGe layer 204 in the first growth step 108.
- the strained layers 208 grown during the second growth step 124 may be "deposited" by chemical vapor deposition ("CVD"). Due, at least in part, to the low surface roughness achieved by the planarization step 112, the surface roughness of the one or more strained layers 208 is typically less than about five Angstroms. Controlling the thickness of the strained layers 208, as well as the temperature at which they are grown, also contributes to their final surface roughness.
- a plasma-enhancement step 126 may be included in the second growth step 124. This typically results in increased growth rates at reduced temperatures.
- the plasma-enhancement step 126 may include the use of low energy plasma.
- the strained layer 208 includes one or more of strained Si, strained Ge, or strained SiGe.
- the strained layer 208 may also be tensilely or compressively strained.
- the strained layer 208 includes compressively strained Ge.
- the "strain" in the strained layer 208 may be induced by lattice mismatch with respect to an adjacent layer, as described above, or mechanically.
- strain may be induced by the deposition of overlayers, such as Si 3 N 4 .
- Another way is to create underlying voids by, for example, implantation of one or more gases followed by annealing.
- the substrate 202, SiGe layers 204, 206, strained layer 208, and an interface 210 between the SiGe layers 204, 206 and strained layer 208, are characterized, at least in part, by an impurity gradient 218A, 218B (collectively, 218).
- the impurity gradient 218 describes the concentration of the impurity species as a function of location across the substrate 202, the strained layer 208, layers near or adjacent to the strained layer 208 (e.g., the SiGe layers 204, 206) and the interface 210.
- the impurity gradient 218 may be determined by solving Fick's differential equations, which describe the transport of matter:
- Equation (1) describes the rate of the permeation of the diffusing species through unit cross sectional area of the medium under conditions of steady state flow.
- Equation (2) specifies the rate of accumulation of the diffusing species at different points in the medium as a function of time, and applies to transient processes.
- equations (1) and (2) are vector-tensor relationships that describe these phenomena in three dimensions. In some cases, equations (1) and (2) may be simplified to one dimension.
- Axis 214 represents the impurity concentration, typically in units of cm '3 .
- Axis 216 corresponds to the location in the semiconductor structure 200.
- Axis 216 is aligned with the semiconductor structure 200 to illustrate a typical impurity profile, meaning that the impurity concentration at any point in the semiconductor structure 200 can be ascertained as a function of location.
- the depicted shape of the impurity gradient 218 is not intended to be limiting.
- impurity gradient 218A may describe a profile of a p-type (e.g., boron) or n-type (e.g., phosphorous or arsenic) dopant introduced in the substrate 202 or elsewhere in the semiconductor structure 200.
- impurity gradient 218B may, for example, describe a substantially constant concentration of Ge, or Si, or both, in the substrate 102 that takes on a desired value (e.g., a reduced value) in the strained layer 208.
- the impurity gradient 218 may describe the concentration of any species in the substrate 202, including the substrate species itself, at any point in the semiconductor structure 200.
- Boundary 220 represents the interface 210 between the SiGe regrowth layer 206 and the strained layer 208. (In embodiments lacking the SiGe regrowth layer 206, boundary 220 represents the interface between the SiGe layer 204 and the strained layer 208.) Boundary 222 depicts the start of a distal zone 212 of the strained layer 104. The distal zone 212 is located away from the interface 210.
- Boundary 224 corresponds to the edge of the strained layer 208. Of note are the locations where the boundaries 220, 222, 224 intersect the axis 216 and the impurity gradient 218.
- the impurity gradient 218 has a value substantially equal to zero in the distal zone 212. This is depicted by the impurity gradient 218 approaching the axis 216 at the boundary 222, and remaining there, or at zero, or at another value substantially equal to zero, between the boundary 222 and the boundary 224.
- the impurity gradient 218 can also have a value substantially equal to zero before reaching the boundary 222.
- one embodiment of the invention features a distal zone 212 that includes at least about fifty
- the distal zone 212 is at least about fifty Angstroms thick.
- Figure 3 depicts another embodiment of a semiconductor structure 300 where the second growth step 124 is followed by a step that disposes (e.g., deposits by CVD) one or more subsequent SiGe layers 302 on the strained layers 208. One or more of the subsequent SiGe layers 302 may be relaxed. An interface 304 is between the strained layers 208 and the subsequent SiGe layers 302.
- disposes e.g., deposits by CVD
- an impurity gradient 306A, 306B (collectively, 306) describes the impurity concentration at any point in the semiconductor structure 300, including in the subsequent SiGe layers 302.
- the illustrative example shown in Figure 3 demonstrates that - l i the impurity gradient 306 has a value substantially equal to zero in a zone 308 within the strained layers 208, but a non-zero value in other areas of the semiconductor structure 300, including in the subsequent SiGe layers 302.
- Boundaries 310, 312 define the limits of the zone 308, and a boundary 314 corresponds to the interface 304. Stated differently, the impurity gradient 306 has a value substantially equal to zero between the boundaries 310, 312.
- the impurity gradient 306 approaching the axis 216 at the boundaries 310, 312 and remaining there, or at zero, or at another value substantially equal to zero, between the boundaries 310, 312.
- the impurity gradient 306 can also have a value substantially equal to zero before reaching the boundary 310 or the boundary 312.
- the impurity gradient 306 may have any value (e.g., zero or non-zero).
- the depicted shape of the impurity gradient 306 is not intended to be limiting. As discussed above regarding the impurity gradient 218, the impurity gradient 306 may describe a profile of a dopant introduced in the semiconductor structure 300. The impurity gradient 306 may also describe the concentration of any species in the substrate 202, including the substrate species itself, at any point in the semiconductor structure 300.
- a distal zone away from the interface 210 between the strained layers 208 and an adjacent layer begins at a point that coincides generally with the boundary 310.
- a distal zone away from the interface 304 between the strained layers 208 and an adjacent layer begins at a point that coincides generally with the boundary 312.
- the aggregation of these two distal zones forms the zone 308 where the impurity gradient 306 has a value substantially equal to zero.
- One embodiment features distal zones that include at least about fifty Angstroms of the strained layer. In the aggregation of the distal zones depicted in Figure 3, this results in the zone 308 being at least about fifty Angstroms thick.
- a growth step may be performed on a semiconductor substrate that has one or more preexisting material layers thereon.
- the thickness of these preexisting material layers is, for example, greater than about 200 Angstroms, either individually or in the aggregate.
- the substrate which may include any of the substrate materials discussed above, is exposed to a gas mixture that contains Si, or Ge, or both, (see, e.g., the example gas mixtures described above) at a temperature less than or equal to about 750 °C.
- a gas mixture that contains Si, or Ge, or both, (see, e.g., the example gas mixtures described above) at a temperature less than or equal to about 750 °C.
- the typical growth rate of the strained layer is about 0.2 micron per minute, or less.
- the growth step includes plasma-enhancement. This typically results in increased growth rates at reduced temperatures.
- the one or more preexisting material layers include SiGe, which may be substantially relaxed. These layers may also include one or more insulating layers (e.g., SiO 2 or Si 3 N 4 , doped or undoped). Further embodiments include the step of planarizing one or more of the preexisting material layers before subjecting the semiconductor substrate to the growth step. As discussed above, this planarization may be accomplished by, for example, chemical mechanical polishing, or ion beam etching, or both.
- the one or more preexisting material layers may be cleaned (e.g., by using a wet process, dry process, or anneal, all as described above) before or after the growth step.
- a conventional controller manages the various process steps occurring within a cluster tool.
- the controller may be, for example, a computer or other programmable apparatus.
- the controller directs the operation of one or more aspects of the tool using, for example, standard or custom software.
- An equipment operator in turn, interacts with the controller.
- the tool(s) generally include a load lock station where an operator can access the wafers and, for example, move them in or out of the tool(s).
- one or more of the steps encompassed by the fabrication method 100 occur in a single process tool, or at least in a limited number of process tools.
- the first growth step 108 and the second growth step 124 can be performed in separate CVD chambers in a single process tool.
- these steps may be performed in a single CVD chamber in a single process tool.
- these steps may also be performed in separate (e.g., dedicated) process tools.
- one or more of the cleaning steps 102, 118, the first growth step 108, and the second growth step 124 may be performed in a single process tool.
- one or more of the cleaning steps 102, 118 may be performed in one chamber, and the growth steps 108, 124 may be performed in one or more other chambers.
- integrating one or more of the cleaning steps 102, 118 into the same process tool as that used for the growth steps 108, 124 typically occurs if the cleaning steps 102, 118 used the corresponding anneal processes 106, 122, or a dry process, as the cleaning mechanism.
- one or more of the cleaning steps 102, 118 may also be performed in one or more process tools that are separate from that used for the growth steps 108, 124.
- Semiconductor structures fabricated in accordance with embodiments of the invention typically have a threading dislocation density less than 10 cm " and, in some instances, less than 10 cm ' . Further, particle density is typically less than 0.3 cm ' .
- the relaxed Si 1-x Ge x layers produced in accordance with an embodiment of invention typically have localized light- scattering defect levels, which are related to particle size (diameter), as described in the following table:
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