Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Method
20210074853 ยท 2021-03-11
Inventors
Cpc classification
H01L29/66704
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/408
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/1041
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/4236
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/7834
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/407
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/1095
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H01L29/10
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/40
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
A semiconductor device, a terminal device, and a manufacturing method, where the device uses a groove-gate structure and a double-longitudinal reduced surface field (RESURF) technology using a longitudinal field plate and a longitudinal PN junction, and a channel is disposed on a bottom of a groove. The device is implemented based on a conventional spit trench gate metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) process or a monolithic integrated bipolar-complementary MOS (CMOS)-double-diffused MOS field-effect transistor (DMOS) (BCD) process technology.
Claims
1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate comprising a side; an epitaxial layer located on the side of the substrate; a groove located in the epitaxial layer and comprising: an inner wall; a bottom wall; and a groove bottom; a gate electrode disposed in the groove and comprising an outer wall; an oxidized layer disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall; drift regions located on two sides of the groove; a first drain electrode and a second drain electrode that are respectively located in the drift regions on the two sides of the groove; and a channel located between the bottom wall and the substrate and proximate to the groove bottom, wherein the substrate, the epitaxial layer, and the channel have a first doping type, wherein the drift regions, the first drain electrode, and the second drain electrode have a second doping type, and wherein, in the first doping type and the second doping type, one is a P type and another is an N type.
2. The semiconductor device of claim 1, further comprising: a first oxidized layer disposed between an inner side wall of the groove and an outer side wall of the gate electrode, wherein the first oxidized layer is any one of: a field oxidized layer; a gate oxidized layer; or both the field oxidized layer and the gate oxidized layer; and a second oxidized layer disposed between the groove bottom and a bottom of the gate electrode, wherein the second oxidized layer is the gate oxidized layer, and wherein the bottom faces the groove bottom.
3. The semiconductor device of claim 2, wherein the groove further comprises a main part and a protruding part along a depth direction of the groove, and wherein the protruding part extends from the main part and protrudes towards the substrate.
4. The semiconductor device of claim 3, wherein the gate electrode further comprises: a first part located at the protruding part; and a second part located at the main part, wherein a first section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an outer side wall of the first part and an inner side wall of the protruding part is the gate oxidized layer, and wherein a second section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an outer side wall of the second part and an inner side wall of the main part is the field oxidized layer.
5. The semiconductor device of claim 4, wherein a width of the first part is greater than a width of the second part.
6. The semiconductor device of claim 3, further comprising: an upper gate electrode disposed in the groove and located at the main part; and a lower gate electrode disposed in the groove and located at the protruding part, wherein the lower gate electrode is electrically coupled to the upper gate electrode, wherein a first section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an outer side wall of the lower gate electrode and an inner side wall of the protruding part is the gate oxidized layer, and wherein a second section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an outer side wall of the upper gate electrode and an inner side wall of the main part is the field oxidized layer.
7. The semiconductor device of claim 6, further comprising a holding area in the groove, wherein the holding area is an area that is between the upper gate electrode and the lower gate electrode and that extends along a width direction of the groove, wherein the holding area comprises an insulation layer, and wherein the width direction is perpendicular to the depth direction.
8. The semiconductor device of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of gate electrodes disposed in the groove, wherein the gate electrodes are electrically coupled and arranged along a depth direction of the groove; a second oxidized layer that is disposed between the groove bottom and a bottom of a gate electrode closest to the groove bottom in the gate electrodes; and a first oxidized layer, wherein a first section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an inner side wall of the groove and an outer side wall of the gate electrode closest to the groove bottom is a gate oxidized layer, and wherein a second section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an outer side wall of each of the other gate electrodes in the gate electrodes and the inner side wall is a field oxidized layer.
9. The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein widths of the gate electrodes along a direction from the groove bottom to a groove opening of the groove are in a descending order, and wherein a direction of the widths is perpendicular to the depth direction.
10. The semiconductor device of claim 8, further comprising an insulation layer in the groove, wherein the insulation layer is an area that is between two gate electrodes of the gate electrodes and that extends along a width direction of the groove, and wherein the width direction is perpendicular to the depth direction.
11. The semiconductor device of claim 1, further comprising: a body electrode located in the epitaxial layer and proximate to an outer surface of the epitaxial layer; and a cell located in an area enclosed by the body electrode.
12. The semiconductor device of claim 1, further comprising: a well region of an isolated island shape located in the groove, wherein a doping type of the well region is the first doping type; and a body electrode located in the well region and proximate to an outer surface of the well region.
13. The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein electrodes of the gate electrode, the first drain electrode, and the second drain electrode are all led out to an outer surface of the semiconductor device.
14. The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode are symmetrically distributed.
15. The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the drift regions are located on opposite sides of the groove.
16. A terminal device comprising: a semiconductor device comprising: a substrate comprising a side; an epitaxial layer located on the side of the substrate; a groove located in the epitaxial layer and comprising: an inner wall; a bottom wall; and a groove bottom; a gate electrode disposed in the groove and comprising an outer wall; an oxidized layer disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall; drift regions located on two sides of the groove; a first drain electrode and a second drain electrode that are respectively located in the drift regions on the two sides of the groove; and a channel located between the bottom wall and the substrate and is proximate to the groove bottom, wherein the substrate, the epitaxial layer, and the channel have a first doping type, wherein the drift regions, the first drain electrode, and the second drain electrode have a second doping type, and wherein, in the first doping type and the second doping type, one is a P type and the other is an N type; and a controller coupled to the semiconductor device and configured to control on or off of the semiconductor device.
17. The terminal device of claim 16, further comprising: a first oxidized layer disposed between an inner side wall of the groove and an outer side wall of the gate electrode, wherein the first oxidized layer is any one of: a field oxidized layer; a gate oxidized layer; or both the field oxidized layer and the gate oxidized layer; and a second oxidized layer disposed between the groove bottom and a bottom of the gate electrode, wherein the second oxidized layer is the gate oxidized layer, and wherein the bottom faces the groove bottom.
18. The terminal device of claim 17, wherein the groove further comprises a main part and a protruding part along a depth direction of the groove, and wherein the protruding part extends from the main part and protrudes towards the substrate.
19. The terminal device of claim 18, wherein the gate electrode further comprises: a first part located at the protruding part; and a second part located at the main part, wherein a first section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an outer side wall of the first part and an inner side wall of the protruding part is the gate oxidized layer, and wherein a second section of the first oxidized layer that is disposed between an outer side wall of the second part and an inner side wall of the main part is the field oxidized layer.
20. A power semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: forming an epitaxial layer on a side of a substrate; forming a groove in the epitaxial layer; covering a side wall of the groove with a field oxidized layer; covering an area of a bottom wall of the groove with a gate oxidized layer; disposing a gate electrode in the groove, wherein the area is covered by a front projection of a bottom of the gate electrode on the bottom wall of the groove; forming a first drift region on one side of the groove; forming a second drift region on another side of the groove; forming a first drain electrode in the first drift region; forming a second drain electrode in the second drift region; and forming a channel between the bottom wall and the substrate proximate to the area, wherein the substrate, the epitaxial layer, and the channel have a first doping type, wherein the first drift region, the second drift region, the first drain electrode, and the second drain electrode have a second doping type, and wherein, in the first doping type and the second doping type, one is a P type and another is an N type.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0113] Before specific implementations of this application are described, acronyms and abbreviations, English versions, and definitions of key terms used in the specific implementations of this application are first described.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations English acronym/ Full English expression/ abbreviation Standard English term MOS Metal-oxide-semiconductor BCD Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS LDMOS laterally-diffused MOS RESURF reduced surface field USB Universal Serial Bus OVP Over voltage protection WLCSP Wafer level chip-scale packaging
Definitions of Key Terms
[0114] Channel: A channel is a thin semiconductor layer between a source region and a drain region that are of a field effect transistor.
[0115] Cell: A cell is a minimum unit of a power semiconductor device, where the power semiconductor device includes a plurality of cells connected in parallel.
[0116] N-type well region: An N-type well region is a low concentration N-type doping region.
[0117] Drift region: A drift region is a high resistance region with very few current carriers in a PN junction under influences of drift motion and diffusion.
[0118] Epitaxial layer: An epitaxial layer is a semiconductor layer that grows and deposits on a substrate.
[0119] Field plate: A field plate is one of common methods of a semiconductor terminal technology. The field plate can increase a curvature radius of a curved surface junction by changing potential distribution on the surface, to suppress surface electric field concentration.
[0120] Depletion layer: A depletion layer is an area, near a PN junction, in which current carriers at the depletion layer are depleted by diffusion, leaving only positive and negative ions that cannot move. The depletion layer is also called a space charge region.
[0121] RESURF technology: A RESURF technology is a reduced surface field technology, and is a technology widely used in designing a device with a transverse high voltage and a low on resistance.
[0122] With the development of handheld electronic devices, due to a limitation of space of the device, requirements on electronic components in aspects such as a high density, high integration, miniaturization, high performance, and a low cost are put forward. Power semiconductor devices used by the electronic devices are classified into two types: a discrete solution component and an integrated solution component. The discrete solution component has disadvantages of low integration, a high chip height, and a high cost. The discrete solution component has disadvantages of a serious loss caused by an excessively large on resistance, or an unacceptable cost caused by a large chip area.
[0123] A common structure of a power semiconductor device in the industry is that two MOS devices of a same structure are connected in series.
[0124] Source electrodes 11 of the two MOS devices are short-circuited together, and a gate electrode 121 and a gate electrode 122 are short-circuited. Two drain electrodes 131 and 132 are respectively used as an input end and an output end of the device. A control signal controls, using the gate electrode 121 and the gate electrode 122, channels of the two MOS devices to be turned on or turned off at the same time. When the channel is turned off, the drain electrodes 131 and 132 of the two MOS devices implement a bidirectional blocking withstand voltage (the bidirectional blocking withstand voltage means that no matter which one of the two drain electrodes 131 and 132 is connected to a positive electrode of a power supply or which one is connected to a negative electrode of a power supply, the blocking withstand voltage can be implemented). When the channel is turned on, a current flows from the drain electrode 131 of one MOS to the drain electrode 132 of the other MOS, and a current path is shown by an arrow in
[0125] To reduce the on resistance of the device and reduce the chip area, the device structure is optimized on the basis of a common power semiconductor device in the industry.
[0126] In this solution, a conventional LDMOS structure is used. A disadvantage is that the surface field plate technology must be used to reduce a surface field strength and improve voltage withstand capability of the device. A length of the field plate, a length and a concentration of a drift area 32 determine the voltage withstand capability of the device. To achieve a higher withstand voltage, a relatively long drift region with a low doping concentration must be used. This increases a cell size of the device and increases a resistance of the drift region. It should be known that a relatively high on resistance of the device may cause a relatively low current density. A sum of lengths of bilateral drift regions of the voltage withstand device shown in
[0127] To reduce the on resistance per unit area of the power semiconductor device and reduce the chip area, in this application, a groove-gate structure is used, a channel is disposed on a bottom of a groove, and a double-longitudinal RESURF technology using a longitudinal field plate and a longitudinal PN junction is used, achieving objectives of reducing a drift region size of a cell and increasing a drift region concentration, thereby obtaining an effect of reducing a cell size and reducing a drift region resistance. That is, in this application, a conventional low-cost manufacturing technology is used to implement a bidirectional-voltage-withstand MOS-type switch device that has a low on resistance and high reliability.
[0128] The following describes a specific implementation of the power semiconductor device provided in this embodiment of this application with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, refer to Embodiment 1.
Embodiment 1
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[0131] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, the groove 53 is located in the epitaxial layer 52 and is close to an outer surface area of the epitaxial layer 52, and an opening of the groove 53 faces the outer surface of the epitaxial layer 52.
[0132] In an example, a specific structure of the groove 53 may be as follows: along a thickness direction of the epitaxial layer 52, the groove 53 may include a main part 531 and a protruding part 532 that extends from the main part 531 and protrudes towards the substrate 51. It should be understood that a width of the main part 531 is greater than a width of the protruding part 532. The structure of the groove 53 may also be understood in the following manner. The groove is a convex groove, a protruding part of the convex groove protrudes towards the substrate, and an opening of the convex groove faces an upper surface of the epitaxial layer.
[0133] When the groove 53 is a convex groove, correspondingly, the field oxidized layer 55 may include a first field oxidized layer 551 along a side wall of the main part 531 and a second field oxidized layer 552 along a side wall of the protruding part 532. In addition, an on resistance of the semiconductor device is reduced while ensuring a voltage withstand value. A thickness of the first field oxidized layer 551 is greater than a thickness of the second field oxidized layer 552.
[0134] In addition, when the groove 53 is the convex groove, correspondingly, the N-type drift regions 57 are located outside the main part 531 and the protruding part 532 of the groove.
[0135] It should be noted that in this embodiment of this application, the first field oxidized layer 551 may be formed by depositing silicon dioxide using an oxide deposition process. The second field oxidized layer 552 may be generated in a thermal oxidation manner.
[0136] In a specific example, the second field oxidized layer 552 and the gate oxidized layer 56 may be formed at the same time.
[0137] To improve voltage withstand performance of the power semiconductor device, a thickness of the first field oxidized layer 551 may be between 350 and 1000 .
[0138] In this embodiment of this application, the P-type channel 59 may be formed, through ion injection, by injecting P-type doping ions to the bottom of the protruding part 532 of the groove 53.
[0139] In an example, widths of the gate electrode 54 along a thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may be the same. In another example, widths of the gate electrode along the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may alternatively be different. In this way, along the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer, the gate electrode 54 may include a first part and a second part that extends from the first part to the bottom wall of the groove 53, and a width of the first part is greater than a width of the second part. In addition, the first part of the gate electrode is located in the main part 531 of the groove, and the second part of the gate electrode is located in the protruding part 532 of the groove.
[0140] In another example, the gate electrode 54 may be a polycrystalline silicon gate electrode.
[0141] In addition, to implement bidirectional voltage withstand of the power semiconductor device, in an example, the first drain electrode 581 and the second drain electrode 582 are symmetrically distributed on the two sides of the groove 53.
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[0145] It should be noted that this embodiment of the present disclosure imposes a limitation on the power semiconductor device. For example, the power semiconductor includes a substrate and an epitaxial layer. The epitaxial layer has a groove, a channel, and a drift region. The drift region has a first drain electrode and a second drain electrode. A gate electrode is disposed in the groove, and there is an oxidized layer between an inner wall of the groove and an outer wall of the gate electrode. This may be understood as a limitation on a structure of a cell located in the power semiconductor device.
[0146] It should be understood that in this embodiment a doping type of the substrate, the epitaxial layer, and the channel is a P type, and a doping type of the drift region, the first drain electrode, and the second drain electrode is an N type.
[0147] Optionally, a doping type of the substrate, the epitaxial layer, and the channel is an N type, and a doping type of the drift region, the first drain electrode, and the second drain electrode is a P type.
[0148] In another example of this application, to implement miniaturization of the device, in a schematic front view of a device product shown in
[0149] It should be noted that, accompanying drawing signs in
[0150] It should be noted that, as shown in
[0151] In an example,
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[0153] A height of a WLCSP device is about 0.5 mm (a thickness of the back coat is about 0.04 mm, a thickness of a silicon chip is about 0.25 mm, and a height of a soldering ball is about 0.2 mm), which is only half of a height of a plastic-packaged device. A heat dissipation effect of the WLCSP device is better than that of a plastic-packaged device of the same size. For example, a thermal resistance Rja of a WLCSP device, including 25 soldering balls, with a chip size of 2 millimeters (mm)2 mm is about 30 degrees Celsius ( C.)/watt (W), which is only half of that of a plastic-packaged device of the same size.
[0154] The foregoing is a specific implementation of the power semiconductor device according to Embodiment 1 of this application. In the specific implementation, the power semiconductor device is of an MOS structure without a source electrode. Removal of an area of the source electrode helps reduce a cell size, and reducing of the cell size helps reduce an on resistance per unit area of the power semiconductor device.
[0155] In addition, the power semiconductor device is of a single channel (the channel 59 shown in
[0156] In addition, in the power semiconductor device, a field oxidized layer is disposed inside the epitaxial layer (device body) to form an internal longitudinal field plate. The drift regions 57 and the epitaxial layer 52 in the power semiconductor device form an internal longitudinal PN junction (internal longitudinal diode). A double-RESURF technology using the internal longitudinal field plate and the internal longitudinal PN junction is used in this application, greatly reducing a chip area.
[0157] It should be noted that, the foregoing longitudinal direction is a thickness direction of the substrate, or a thickness direction of the epitaxial layer, or a depth direction of the groove.
[0158] In addition, compared with a conventional LDMOS technology, an internal longitudinal diode of the device is formed such that the device does not have a strong electric field on a surface, and does not need a surface field plate technology. This helps reduce a transverse size of the drift region, and further reduce the cell size. In addition, the device uses a longitudinal gate electrode field oxidized layer on which a charge balance mechanism is used. This helps increase a concentration of the drift region, thereby reducing the resistance of the drift region, and further reducing the on resistance of the cell.
[0159] In conclusion, the power semiconductor device provided in this application can reduce the on resistance per unit area of the power semiconductor device, reduce the chip area, and reduce the power loss of the device.
[0160] A cross-section shape of the groove may be a rectangle, may be a convex shape, and naturally may alternatively be another shape. It should be noted that a plane on which the cross-section of the groove is located is perpendicular to a length direction of the groove. To facilitate understanding of the following content, terms that appear in the following are first described herein.
[0161] A length direction of the groove is an extension direction of the groove.
[0162] A depth direction of the groove is perpendicular to a width direction of the groove. Both the depth of the groove and the width of the groove are concepts based on a cross-section of the groove. It should be noted that both the depth direction of the groove and the width direction of the groove are located in a plane on which the cross-section of the groove is located. Naturally, both the depth direction of the groove and the width direction of the groove are perpendicular to the length direction of the groove.
[0163] It should be known that the cross-section shape of the groove may be a rectangle, and may alternatively be another shape close to a rectangle (or similar to a rectangle). Commonly, as shown in
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[0165] In an implementation of the present disclosure, no matter what the cross-section shape of the groove is, there may be only one gate electrode in the groove. There is an oxidized layer between an outer side wall of the gate electrode and an inner side wall of the groove, and between a bottom of the gate electrode and a groove bottom of the groove. Generally, a material of the oxidized layer is silicon dioxide. It should be noted that the bottom of the gate electrode faces the groove bottom of the groove.
[0166] Further, the oxidized layer between the outer side wall of the gate electrode and the inner side wall of the groove is a first oxidized layer (or that is, there is a first oxidized layer between the outer side wall of the gate electrode and the inner side wall of the groove). In addition, the oxidized layer between the bottom of the gate electrode and the groove bottom of the groove is a second oxidized layer (or that is, there is a second oxidized layer between the bottom of the gate electrode and the groove bottom of the groove). It should be noted that the second oxidized layer is a gate oxidized layer.
[0167] Optionally, the first oxidized layer is a gate oxidized layer or a field oxidized layer.
[0168] Optionally, the first oxidized layer may include both a gate oxidized layer and a field oxidized layer.
[0169] It should be noted that if a thickness of the first oxidized layer is equal to or approximately equal to a thickness of the second oxidized layer, the first oxidized layer is a gate oxidized layer. The approximate equality should follow the conventional understanding of persons skilled in the art. If the thickness of the first oxidized layer is obviously greater than the thickness of the second oxidized layer, for example, a difference between the first oxidized layer and the second oxidized layer can be determined by naked eyes, the first oxidized layer is a field oxidized layer.
[0170] A shape of the bottom of the gate electrode is the same as or approximately the same as a shape of the groove bottom of the groove. When the bottom of the gate electrode is a curved surface, reference may be made to the cross-sectional diagram of the gate electrode shown in
[0171] It should be noted that the gate electrode may be completely located in the groove, or may be partially located in the groove (or a part of the gate electrode protrudes out of the groove).
[0172] Optionally, if the gate electrode is completely located in the groove, that there is a first oxidized layer between the outer side wall of the gate electrode and the inner side wall of the groove means that along a width direction of the groove, there is a first oxidized layer between an area that is on the inner side wall of the groove and that is exactly opposite to the outer side wall of the gate electrode and the outer side wall of the gate electrode.
[0173] Optionally, if a part of the gate electrode is located in the groove and the other part of the gate electrode is located outside the groove (it may be understood that the part of the gate electrode protrudes out of the groove), that there is a first oxidized layer between the outer side wall of the gate electrode and the inner side wall of the groove means that along a width direction of the groove, there is a first oxidized layer between an area that is on the inner side wall of the groove and that is exactly opposite to an outer side wall of a part, at which the gate electrode is located, of the groove and the outer side wall of the part, at which the gate electrode is located, of the groove.
[0174] When only one gate electrode is disposed in the groove, a top surface of the gate electrode may be aligned with a groove opening of the groove or protrude out of the groove opening of the groove, or may be inside the groove.
[0175] In a first embodiment of this application, a top surface of the gate electrode is aligned with or protrudes out of the groove opening of the groove. There is a first oxidized layer between an inner side wall of the groove and an outer side wall of the gate electrode. It should be explained that an upper edge of the inner side wall of the groove is a plane on which an outer surface of the epitaxial layer is located, and a lower edge of the inner side wall of the groove is an edge of the bottom of the gate electrode.
[0176] Optionally, if a cross-section shape of the groove is close to a rectangle, the first oxidized layer is a gate oxidized layer or a field oxidized layer. In addition, the first oxidized layer may further include both a gate oxidized layer and a field oxidized layer.
[0177] It should be noted that, when the first oxidized layer includes both the gate oxidized layer and the field oxidized layer, along a direction from a groove opening of the groove to a groove bottom of the groove, assuming that the groove opening of the groove is located above the groove bottom of the groove (or assuming that the groove bottom of the groove is located below the groove opening of the groove), the field oxidized layer is located above the gate oxidized layer, or that is, the field oxidized layer is located in an upper part of the inner side wall of the groove, and the gate oxidized layer is located in a lower part of the inner side wall of the groove. It should be noted that, when the above or below concepts are mentioned in the following, the concepts should also be understood according to the definitions in this paragraph. For brief description, no explanation is provided in the following related part.
[0178] Optionally, if a cross-section shape of the groove is close to a convex shape, a part of the first oxidized layer on the main part is a field oxidized layer, and a part of the first oxidized layer on the protruding part is a gate oxidized layer.
[0179] In a second embodiment of this application, a top surface of the gate electrode is inside the groove. There is a first oxidized layer between at least partial inner side wall of the groove and an outer side wall of the gate electrode. An upper edge of the at least partial inner side wall is aligned with an edge of a top surface of the gate electrode, and a lower edge of the at least partial inner wall is aligned with an edge of a bottom of the gate electrode. It should be known that the upper edge of the at least partial inner side wall is opposite to the lower edge of the at least partial inner side wall.
[0180] Optionally, if a cross-section shape of the groove is close to a rectangle, the first oxidized layer is a gate oxidized layer or a field oxidized layer. In addition, the first oxidized layer may further include both a gate oxidized layer and a field oxidized layer.
[0181] It should be noted that, when the first oxidized layer includes both the gate oxidized layer and the field oxidized layer, the field oxidized layer is located in an upper part of the inner side wall of the groove, and the gate oxidized layer is located in a lower part of the inner side wall of the groove.
[0182] Optionally, if a cross-section shape of the groove is close to a convex shape, a part of the first oxidized layer on the main part is a field oxidized layer, and a part of the first oxidized layer on the protruding part is a gate oxidized layer.
[0183] In this embodiment, along a depth direction of the groove, there is an insulation layer in an area between an extension surface of the top surface of the gate electrode and a plane on which the outer surface of the epitaxial layer is located. It should be explained that the extension surface of the top surface of the gate electrode includes the top surface of the gate electrode and a surface obtained by extending an edge of the gate electrode along the width direction of the groove.
[0184] It should be noted that, in this application, the insulation layer may be an oxidized layer. Optionally, the insulation layer is silicon dioxide. For an insulation layer that appears in the following, refer to the explanation herein. Details are not described in the following.
[0185] When a plurality of gate electrodes is disposed in the groove, the plurality of gate electrodes is electrically connected, and the plurality of gate electrodes are arranged along a depth direction of the groove. In addition, the plurality of gate electrodes is discontinuous. For brief description, a gate electrode that is farthest from a groove bottom of the groove of the plurality of gate electrodes may be referred to as a top gate electrode. In this case, a top surface of the top gate electrode may be aligned with a groove opening of the groove or protrude out of the groove opening of the groove, or may be inside the groove. Similarly, a gate electrode that is closest to the groove bottom of the groove in the plurality of gate electrodes may be referred to as a bottom gate electrode, and there is a second oxidized layer between a bottom of the bottom gate electrode and the groove bottom of the groove. It can be learned from the foregoing that the second oxidized layer is a gate oxidized layer.
[0186] It should be noted that, when a plurality of gate electrodes is disposed in the groove, the the bottom of the gate electrode in between the groove bottom of the groove and the bottom of the gate electrode mentioned above is the bottom of the bottom gate electrode. Correspondingly, the bottom of the gate electrode in the bottom of the gate electrode faces the bottom of the groove is also the bottom of the bottom gate electrode.
[0187] In a third embodiment of this application, a top surface of the top gate electrode is aligned with or protrudes out of a groove opening of the groove. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the first oxidized layer between the outer side wall of the bottom gate electrode and the inner side wall of the groove is a gate oxidized layer. It should be known that, assuming that an area exactly opposite to the outer side wall of the bottom gate electrode in the inner side wall of the groove is a bottom area, a first oxidized layer between the outer side wall of the bottom gate electrode and the inner side wall of the groove is a gate oxidized layer. Further, a first oxidized layer between an outer side wall of the bottom gate electrode and the bottom area is a gate oxidized layer. Similar descriptions mentioned in another part of this application may also be understood according to the explanation herein. A first oxidized layer between an outer side wall of each of the plurality of gate electrodes rather than the bottom gate electrode and an inner side wall of the groove is a field oxidized layer.
[0188] In addition, along a direction from a groove bottom of the groove to a groove opening of the groove, widths of the plurality of gate electrodes are in descending order. A direction of the width of the gate electrode is perpendicular to a depth direction of the groove.
[0189] Optionally, in the groove, there is an insulation layer in an area obtained by extending an area between two adjacent gate electrodes (an area between a bottom of an upper gate electrode and a top surface of a lower gate electrode) along a width direction of the groove.
[0190] In a fourth embodiment of this application, a top surface of the top gate electrode is inside the groove. In this embodiment, there is an insulation layer in an area between an extension surface of the top surface of the top gate electrode and a plane on which the outer surface of the epitaxial layer is located. It should be explained that the extension surface of the top surface of the top gate electrode includes the top surface of the top gate electrode and a surface obtained by extending an edge of the top gate electrode along the width direction of the groove.
[0191] In a fifth embodiment of this application, a cross-section shape of the groove is close to a rectangle (or similar to a rectangle), and two gate electrodes are disposed in the groove. The two gate electrodes are electrically connected, and the two gate electrodes are arranged along a depth direction of the groove. In addition, the two gate electrodes are discontinuous. The two gate electrodes may be respectively an upper gate electrode and a lower gate electrode. For ease of description, an area exactly opposite to the outer side wall of the upper gate electrode in the inner side wall of the groove is referred to as an upper area, and an area exactly opposite to the outer side wall of the lower gate electrode in the inner side wall of the groove is referred to as a lower area.
[0192] It should be noted that, when two gate electrodes are disposed in the groove, the the bottom of the gate electrode in between the groove bottom of the groove and the bottom of the gate electrode mentioned above is a bottom of the lower gate electrode. Correspondingly, the bottom of the gate electrode in the bottom of the gate electrode faces the bottom of the groove is also the bottom of the lower gate electrode.
[0193] Optionally, the first oxidized layer between the lower area and the outer side wall of the lower gate electrode is a gate oxidized layer, and the first oxidized layer between the upper area and the outer side wall of the upper gate electrode is a field oxidized layer.
[0194] Optionally, the first oxidized layer between the lower area and the outer side wall of the lower gate electrode is a field oxidized layer, and the first oxidized layer between the upper area and the outer side wall of the upper gate electrode is a field oxidized layer.
[0195] In addition, there is an insulation layer in an area, in the groove, obtained by extending an area between the two gate electrodes along the width direction of the groove.
[0196] In a sixth embodiment of this application, a cross-section shape of the groove is close to a convex shape (or similar to a convex shape), and an upper gate electrode and a lower gate electrode are disposed in the groove. The upper gate electrode is located in a main part of the groove, and the lower gate electrode is located in a protruding part of the groove.
[0197] It may be implemented that a first oxidized layer between an outer side wall of the lower gate electrode and an inner side wall of the protruding part is a gate oxidized layer, and a first oxidized layer between an outer side wall of the upper gate electrode and an inner side wall of the main part is a field oxidized layer.
[0198] In addition, there is an insulation layer in an area, in the groove, obtained by extending an area between the two gate electrodes (an area between a bottom of the upper gate electrode and a top surface of the lower gate electrode) along the width direction of the groove.
[0199] In a seventh embodiment of this application, a top surface of the upper gate electrode is inside the groove. Compared with the fifth and the sixth embodiments described above, there is further an insulation layer in the groove. The insulation layer is in a top area, and the top area is an area between an extension surface of a top surface of the upper gate electrode and a plane on which an outer surface of the epitaxial layer is located. The extension surface of the top surface of the upper gate electrode includes the top surface of the upper gate electrode and a surface obtained by extending an edge of the upper gate electrode along the width direction of the groove.
[0200] In addition, the power semiconductor device provided in this application is based on a dual-RESURF technology using a longitudinal field plate and an internal longitudinal diode structure, greatly reducing a chip area. In terms of performance, a switching speed is high, and when the power semiconductor device serves as an over-voltage protection device, security is high. In terms of reliability, in the present disclosure, a withstand voltage of a power stage and the gate electrode is the same as a forward/reverse withstand voltage of the device. There is no reliability risk of gate oxidized layer degradation or breakdown.
[0201] To verify a technical effect of the power semiconductor device in Embodiment 1 of this application, a structure and a performance parameter of the device in this embodiment of this application are simulated using a semiconductor device technology computer aided design (TCAD) tool.
[0202] The simulation experiment is based on a trench gate lateral MOS-type semiconductor device with a bidirectional blocking voltage of 28 volts (V).
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Cell structural parameters of a power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 1 of this application Num- Parameter Num- Structure name Parameter ber Structure name value ber (unit) value 1 Cell size 1.3 m 7 Width of a 0.2 m second part of a groove 2 Thickness of a 1 m 8 Depth of a 0.3 m P-type substrate second part of a groove 3 Thickness of a 2 m 9 Depth of a 0.25 m P-type epitaxial first part layer of a groove 4 Depth of a 0.5 m 10 Depth of a 0.4 m second doped P-type second N-type well well region 5 Width of a 0.4 m 11 Thickness of a 500 heavily-doped field oxidized N-type well layer region 6 Width of a 0.3 m 12 Depth of a 0.2 m first part heavily-doped of a groove N-type well region
[0203]
[0204] When a potential of a gate electrode 54, a potential of a channel 59 (body), and a potential of the second drain electrode 582 are all low electrical levels, a voltage of the first drain electrode 581 gradually increases from 0 V, and a current of the first drain electrode 581 is read gradually. A voltage of the first drain electrode 581 corresponding to an abruptly increased current of the first drain electrode 581 is a breakdown voltage from the first drain electrode 581 to the second drain electrode 582 of the device. As shown in
[0205] In addition, Embodiment 1 of this application further provides a threshold voltage simulation experiment of a trench groove-gate lateral MOS-type semiconductor device with a bidirectional blocking voltage of 28 V. A simulation curve is shown in
[0206] Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure further provides a measurement (calculation) experiment on an on resistance of a gate literal MOS-type semiconductor device with a bidirectional blocking voltage of 28 V. Simulation conditions of the measurement (calculation) experiment are as follows. Both a channel and the second drain electrode 582 are connected to a low electrical level, a voltage of the gate electrode is a fixed value 3.6 V or 5 V. An I-V characteristic of a voltage and a current of the first drain electrode 581 is simulated, and an on resistance of the device from the first drain electrode 581 to the second drain electrode 582 is calculated using a formula R=V/I. A simulation calculation result is shown in
[0207] It can be learned from the foregoing simulation experiment result that the on resistance per unit area of the power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 1 of this application is greatly reduced. The following experimental data can be used to further verify the effect. When a gate electrode drive voltage is 3.6 V, an on resistance per unit area of a conventional literal MOS device with a bidirectional blocking voltage of 30 V that is the best for commercial use in the industry is 19 m/mm.sup.2. An on resistance per unit area of the power semiconductor device in this embodiment of this application is 10 m/mm.sup.2, and is 50% less than the best for commercial use in the industry.
[0208] The foregoing is a specific implementation of the power semiconductor device according to Embodiment 1 of this application. Based on the specific implementation, Embodiment 1 of this application further provides a specific implementation of a manufacturing method of a power semiconductor device.
[0209] It should be noted that the power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 1 of this application may be implemented based on a conventional split trench gate MOS process or a monolithic integrated BCD process technology, and a manufacturing process is simple and manufacturing costs are low.
[0210]
[0211] As shown in
[0212] S131: Provide a P-type substrate.
[0213] In this embodiment of this application, the P-type substrate 51 may be a silicon substrate.
[0214]
[0215] S132: Form a P-type epitaxial layer above the P-type substrate, where the epitaxial layer includes a first area and a second area outside the first area.
[0216] The P-type epitaxial layer 52 with a specific doping concentration grows on the P-type substrate 51.
[0217] It should be noted that the first area is an area in which a cell is located, and the second area is a contact area of a body electrode. As shown in
[0218] The P-type epitaxial layer 52 may be used as a device body. The P-type epitaxial layer 52 includes a first area I and a second area II.
[0219] S133: Form an N-type well at a location that is inside the first area of the epitaxial layer and that is close to an upper surface of the epitaxial layer.
[0220] N-type doping impurity ions are injected, through ion injection, to the location that is inside the first area I of the epitaxial layer 52 and that is close to the upper surface of the epitaxial layer, to form the N-type well 57 such that an N-type drift region is formed at the location that is inside the first area I of the epitaxial layer 52 and that is close to the upper surface of the epitaxial layer.
[0221]
[0222] S134: Etch the N-type well to form a main part of a groove.
[0223] The N-type well 57 is etched using a silicon etching process to form the main part 531 of the groove in the N-type well 57.
[0224] S135: Form a first field oxidized layer on a side wall of the main part.
[0225] In an example, the S135 may be implemented in the following implementation, including the following steps.
[0226] S1351: Fill up silicon dioxide into the main part.
[0227] The silicon dioxide 150 is filled up into the main part 531 using a thermal growth or silicon dioxide deposition process.
[0228] S1352: Etch silicon dioxide in a middle area of the main part to form the first field oxidized layer on the side wall of the main part of the groove.
[0229] This step may further be etching, based on a thickness of the first field oxidized layer, the silicon dioxide 150 in the middle area of the main part 531, to form the first field oxidized layer 551 on the side wall of the main part 531.
[0230] It should be noted that the thickness of the first field oxidized layer determines voltage withstand performance of the power semiconductor device. Therefore, the thickness of the first field oxidized layer may be determined based on the voltage withstand performance of the manufactured power semiconductor device. For example, the thickness of the first field oxidized layer may be 0.1 m.
[0231] S136: Etch towards the substrate from a bottom of the main part whose side wall is covered with the first field oxidized layer, to form a protruding part of the groove.
[0232] This step may further be etching towards the substrate from the bottom of the main part whose side wall is covered with the first field oxidized layer, to form the protruding part 532 of the groove. It should be noted that the protruding part 532 of the groove may be extended to the epitaxial layer 52.
[0233] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, the main part 531 and the protruding part 532 form the groove 53.
[0234] Correspondingly, the N-type well 57 located outside the main part 531 and the protruding part 532 of the groove is used as the drift region 57.
[0235]
[0236] S137: Form a channel between the bottom wall of the groove and the substrate and that is close to an area of the bottom wall of the groove.
[0237] P-type doping ions are injected to the bottom wall of the protruding part 532, to form a P-type well region 59 between the bottom wall of the protruding part 532 and the substrate 51 and that is close to an area of the bottom wall of the groove 532, where the P-type well region is used as a channel 59 of the power semiconductor device.
[0238]
[0239] S138: Form an oxidized layer on an inner surface of the protruding part of the groove, to form a second field oxidized layer on a side wall of the protruding part and form a gate oxidized layer on the bottom wall of the protruding part.
[0240] A function of the oxidized layer formed on the bottom wall of the protruding part 532 is the gate oxidized layer. A quality and a thickness of the gate oxidized layer are crucial for the threshold voltage of the gate electrode. Therefore, to improve a quality of a film of the generated oxidized layer, this step may further be forming the oxidized layer on the inner surface of the protruding part 532 using a thermal growth process. An oxidized layer may be formed at the bottom and on the side wall of the protruding part 532 using the thermal growth process. The oxidized layer formed on the bottom wall of the protruding part 532 is a gate oxidized layer 56, and the oxidized layer formed on the side wall of the protruding part 532 is a second field oxidized layer 552.
[0241] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, because a thickness of the gate oxidized layer is relatively thin, the oxidized layer that is formed on the inner surface of the protruding part 532 is a thin layer oxidized layer. Generally, a thickness of the oxidized layer is less than a thickness of the first field oxidized layer that covers the side wall of the main part 531. In this way, a thickness of the second field oxidized layer is less than the thickness of the first field oxidized layer. In this way, when the threshold voltage and the withstand voltage of the power semiconductor device are satisfied, the power semiconductor device may have a relatively small on resistance.
[0242]
[0243] S139: Fill a gate electrode material into the groove to form the gate electrode.
[0244] Polysilicon is filled into the groove 53, to form a polysilicon gate electrode 54 in the groove 53. It should be noted that, after the polysilicon is filled, to reduce a quantity of mask layers, the polysilicon may be further ground using a chemical mechanical grinding process after the polysilicon is filled.
[0245] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, a width of the formed gate electrode 54 along a thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may not change. In another example, a width of the gate electrode along the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may alternatively change. In this way, along the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer, the gate electrode 54 may include a first part and a second part that extends from the first part to the bottom wall of the groove 53, and a width of the first part is greater than a width of the second part. In addition, the first part of the gate electrode is located in the main part 531 of the groove, and the second part of the gate electrode is located in the protruding part 532 of the groove.
[0246]
[0247] S1310: Form a first N-type drain electrode and a second N-type drain electrode respectively in drift regions on two sides of the groove.
[0248] Heavily-doped N-type doping ions are respectively injected to surfaces of the drift regions on the two sides of the groove, to form the first N-type drain electrode 581 and the second N-type drain electrode 582 in the drift regions on the two sides of the groove. It should be noted that, in a specific example, the first N-type drain electrode 581 and the second N-type drain electrode 582 may be symmetrically distributed on the two sides of the groove, to form a bidirectional-voltage-withstand MOS-type switch device.
[0249] S1311: Form a P-type body electrode in the second area of the epitaxial layer.
[0250] To implement miniaturization of the device, in an optional embodiment of this application, P-type doping ions may be injected to a surface of the second area of the epitaxial layer 52 to form a heavily-doped P-type well, where the heavily-doped P-type well is used as the P-type body electrode 510. It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, all cells are located in an area enclosed by the body electrode 510.
[0251]
[0252] The foregoing is a specific implementation of the manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device according to Embodiment 1 of this application. In the specific implementation, the manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device may be implemented based on a conventional split trench gate MOS process or a monolithic integrated BCD process technology. A manufacturing process is simple, and manufacturing costs are low.
[0253] The foregoing is a specific implementation of the power semiconductor device and the manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device according to Embodiment 1 of this application. In addition, to improve current uniformity between cells, this application further provides another specific implementation of a power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device. For details, refer to Embodiment 2.
Embodiment 2
[0254]
[0255] It should be noted that a schematic diagram of a device symbol of a power semiconductor device in Embodiment 2 is the same as the schematic diagram of the device symbol in Embodiment 1. For brevity, the schematic diagram of the symbol is not shown in this embodiment of this application. For details, refer to the schematic diagram of the device symbol in Embodiment 1.
[0256] As shown in
[0257] To form more body electrodes and further improve current equalization of the cell, in this embodiment of this application, the device may further include a body electrode 1711 formed in the P-type well region 174. The body electrode 1711 is formed in the P-type well region 174 and is close to an outer surface of the P-type well region 174. A doping type of the body electrode 1711 is P type. In this way, a body electrode is formed on each cell such that a cell having the body electrode is formed. In this way, current equalization between cells may be improved.
[0258] In addition, to improve voltage withstand performance of the device, in an optional embodiment of this application, the field oxidized layer 176 may be disposed surrounding the P-type well region 174.
[0259] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, the P-type channel 1710 and the P-type well region 174 may be formed at the same time, and the P-type channel 1710 and the P-type well region 174 may be of an integrally formed structure, and may be formed by injecting doping ions to a part area on a surface of the epitaxial layer. It may be considered that the P-type channel 1710 and the P-type well region 174 are different parts of the P-type well region formed by injecting P-type doping ions to a part area on the surface of the epitaxial layer. The specific implementation is described in detail in the manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device.
[0260] Widths of the gate electrode 175 along a thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may be the same. In another example, widths of the gate electrode 175 along the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may alternatively be different. In this way, along the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer, the gate electrode 175 may include a first part and a second part that extends from the first part to the bottom wall of the groove 173, and a width of the first part is greater than a width of the second part. In addition, the first part of the gate electrode is located in the main part 1731 of the groove, and the second part of the gate electrode is located in the protruding part 1732 of the groove. In another example, the gate electrode 175 may be a polycrystalline silicon gate electrode.
[0261] In addition, to implement bidirectional voltage withstand of the power semiconductor device, in an example, the first drain electrode 1791 and the second drain electrode 1792 are symmetrically distributed on the two sides of the groove 173.
[0262] In this embodiment of this application, widths of the groove 173 along a thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may be the same. In this way, in this example, a shape of a longitudinal cross-section of the groove 173 is a rectangle. In this way, the groove may be formed using a sequential etching process. A manufacturing process is relatively simple, and manufacturing costs are relatively low.
[0263] In addition, to further reduce an on resistance per unit area of the device based on a premise that a withstand voltage of the device is ensured, in an optional embodiment of this application, widths of the groove 173 along the thickness direction of the epitaxial layer may alternatively be different. In this way, in this example, the groove 173 is a convex groove. A structure of the semiconductor device in the optional embodiment is shown in
[0264]
[0265] It should be noted that a structure of the power semiconductor device shown in
[0266]
[0267] When the groove 173 is a convex groove, correspondingly, the field oxidized layer 176 may include a first field oxidized layer 1761 along a side wall of the main part 1731 and a second field oxidized layer 1762 along a side wall of the protruding part 1732. In addition, to reduce an on resistance of the semiconductor device, a thickness of the first field oxidized layer 1761 is greater than a thickness of the second field oxidized layer 1762.
[0268] In addition, when the groove 173 is the convex groove, correspondingly, the N-type drift regions 178 are located outside the main part 1731 and the protruding part 1732 of the groove.
[0269] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, the first field oxidized layer 1761 may be formed by depositing silicon dioxide using an oxide deposition process. The second field oxidized layer 1762 may be generated in a thermal oxidation manner.
[0270] In a specific example, the second field oxidized layer 1762 and the gate oxidized layer 177 may be formed at the same time.
[0271] The foregoing is a specific implementation of the power semiconductor device according to Embodiment 2 of this application. In this specific implementation, the power semiconductor device not only has the beneficial effects of the power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 1, but also has relatively good current equalization between cells.
[0272] To verify a technical effect of the power semiconductor device in Embodiment 2 of this application, a structure and a performance parameter of the device in this embodiment of this application are simulated using a semiconductor device TCAD tool.
[0273] The simulation experiment is based on a trench gate lateral MOS-type semiconductor device with a bidirectional blocking voltage of 28 V.
[0274] On a P-type substrate with a concentration of 710.sup.19, a P-type epitaxial layer with a doping concentration of 810.sup.15 and a thickness 3 (3 herein is a number 3 in Table 3) of 2 m is set to form the device body. A width 7 (7 herein is a number 7 in Table 3) of a first part of the groove is 0.4 m, and a depth 9 (9 herein is a number 9 in Table 3) of the first part of the groove is 0.2 m. A width 6 (6 herein is a number 6 in Table 3) of a second part of the groove is 0.3 m, and a depth 8 (8 herein is a number 8 in Table 3) is 0.2 m. On a surface of the device body, and N-type drift regions with a concentration of 810.sup.16 are respectively disposed on the two sides of the groove, a depth 4 (4 herein is a number 4 in Table 3) is 0.5 m, and a transverse width 1 (1 herein is a number 1 in Table 3) is 0.5 m. A concentration of a P-type well region of a first doping type is 1.710.sup.17, and a depth 10 (10 herein is a number 10 in Table 3) is 0.9 m. A thickness 11 of a field oxidized layer (11 herein is a number 11 in Table 3) is set to 500 , and a thickness of a gate oxidized layer is set to 120 . A channel length of the device is basically equal to a width of a second part of the groove, and is 0.3 m. A threshold voltage of the device depends on the thickness of the gate oxidized layer and the concentration of the P-type well region of the first doping type. A breakdown voltage and an on resistance of the device are determined by a concentration, a depth, and a length of an N-type drift region, a thickness of the field oxidized layer, and a depth of the groove.
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Cell structural parameters of a device in Embodiment 2 Num- Parameter Num- Structure name Parameter ber Structure name value ber (unit) value 1 Width of a 0.5 m 7 Width of a 0.4 m second doped first part N-type well of a groove 2 Thickness of a 1 m 8 Depth of a 0.2 m P-type substrate second part of a groove 3 Thickness of a 2 m 9 Depth of a 0.2 m P-type epitaxial first part layer of a groove 4 Depth of a 0.5 m 10 Depth of a 0.9 m second doped P-type second N-type well well region 5 Width of a 0.4 m 11 Thickness of a 500 heavily-doped field oxidized N-type well layer region 6 Width of a 0.3 m 12 Depth of a 0.15 m second part heavily-doped of a groove N-type well region
[0275]
[0276]
[0277] Embodiment 2 of the present disclosure further provides a measurement (simulation calculation) experiment on an on resistance of a gate literal MOS-type semiconductor device with a bidirectional blocking voltage of 28 V. Simulation conditions of the measurement (simulation calculation) experiment are as follows. Both a channel and the second drain electrode 1792 are connected to a low electrical level, a voltage of the gate electrode is a fixed value 3.6 V or 5 V. An I-V characteristic of a voltage and a current of the first drain electrode 1791 is simulated, and an on resistance of the device from the first drain electrode 1791 to the second drain electrode 1792 is calculated using a formula R=V/I. A simulation calculation result is shown in
[0278] It can be learned from the foregoing simulation experiment result that the on resistance per unit area of the power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 2 of this application is greatly reduced. The following experimental data can be used to further verify the effect. When a gate electrode drive voltage is 3.6 V, an on resistance per unit area of a conventional literal MOS device with a bidirectional blocking voltage of 30 V that is the best for commercial use in the industry is 19 m/mm.sup.2. An on resistance per unit area of the power semiconductor device in Embodiment 2 of this application is 12 m/mm.sup.2, and is 37% less than the best for commercial use in the industry.
[0279] In addition, a switching speed of the power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 2 of this application is also relatively high.
[0280] Based on the specific structure of the power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 2, an embodiment of this application further provides a specific implementation of a manufacturing method of a power semiconductor device.
[0281]
[0282] As shown in
[0283] S251: Provide a P-type substrate.
[0284] In this embodiment of this application, the P-type substrate 171 may be a silicon substrate.
[0285] S252: Form a P-type epitaxial layer above the P-type substrate, where the epitaxial layer includes a first area and a second area outside the first area.
[0286] The P-type epitaxial layer 172 with a specific doping concentration grows on the P-type substrate 171.
[0287] The P-type epitaxial layer 172 may be used as a device body. The P-type epitaxial layer 172 includes a first area I and a second area II that is located at the two sides of the first area.
[0288] S253: Inject, through ion injection, P-type doping impurities and N-type doping impurities respectively to the first area and the second area of the epitaxial layer, to respectively form a P-type well region and an N-type well region, where the P-type well region includes a first part and a second part that extends from the first part to a bottom of the second well region, and the first part of the P well region includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region.
[0289] The P-type doping impurities are first injected, through ion injection, to a surface of a first area I of the epitaxial layer 172 to form the P-type well region 271, and then the N-type doping impurities are injected, through ion injection, to a second area II of the epitaxial layer 172 to form an N-type well region 178. The P-type well region 271 includes a first part 2711 and a second part 2712 that are opposite to each other, where the first part 2711 is located above the second part 2712. The first part 2711 includes a first area S1 and a second area S2 surrounding the first area S1.
[0290]
[0291] S254: Form a groove in the second area of the first part in the P-type well region and a preset range of the N-type well region on a side of the second area.
[0292] To simplify a manufacturing process and reduce manufacturing costs, as an optional example, a specific implementation of S254 may further include etching a second area S2 of the first part 2711 in the P-type well region and a preset range of an N-type well region 178 on a side of the second area S2, to form a groove 173 in the second area S2 of the first part 2711 in the P-type well region and the preset range of the N-type well region 178 of the side of the second area S2.
[0293] Correspondingly, the N-type well region 178 located outside the groove 173 is used as the drift region 178. The second part 2712 of the P-type well region 271 is formed as a channel 1710.
[0294]
[0295] S255: Form a field oxidized layer on a side wall of the groove.
[0296] In an example, the S225 may be implemented in the following implementation, including the following steps.
[0297] S2551: Fill up silicon dioxide into the groove 173.
[0298] The silicon dioxide 272 is filled up into the main part 531 using a thermal growth or silicon dioxide deposition process.
[0299] S2552: Etch, based on a thickness of the field oxidized layer, silicon dioxide 272 that is close to a middle area of the groove 173, to form a field oxidized layer 176 on a side wall of the groove 173.
[0300] This step may further be etching, based on a thickness of the field oxidized layer, the silicon dioxide 272 in the middle area of the groove 173, to form the field oxidized layer 176 on the side wall of the groove 173.
[0301] It should be noted that the thickness of the field oxidized layer determines voltage withstand performance of the power semiconductor device. In an example, the thickness of the oxidized layer may be 0.1 m.
[0302] S256: Form a gate oxidized layer in a specific area of the bottom wall of the groove, and the specific area of the bottom wall of the groove is an area covered by a front projection of a bottom wall of a to-be-formed gate electrode on the bottom wall of the groove.
[0303] To improve a quality of the gate oxidized layer 177, in this step, the gate oxidized layer 177 may be formed at the bottom of the groove 173 using a thermal oxidation process.
[0304] S257: Fill a gate electrode material into the groove 173 whose bottom is covered with the gate oxidized layer 177, to form a gate electrode 175.
[0305] In an example, a polysilicon material may be filled into a second groove whose bottom is covered with a gate oxidized layer, to form a polysilicon gate electrode 175.
[0306]
[0307] S258: Form a first drain electrode and a second drain electrode respectively in drift regions on two sides of the groove, and a doping type of the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode is an N type.
[0308] Heavily-doped N-type doping ions are respectively injected to surfaces of the drift regions 178 on the two sides of the groove 173, to form a first N-type drain electrode 1791 and a second N-type drain electrode 1792 in the drift regions 178 on the two sides of the groove 173. It should be noted that, in a specific example, the first N-type drain electrode 1791 and the second N-type drain electrode 1792 may be symmetrically distributed on the two sides of the groove, to form a bidirectional-voltage-withstand MOS-type switch device.
[0309] S259: Form a body electrode in the first area of the first part of the P-type well region.
[0310] To implement miniaturization of the device and increase current equalization of the device, in an optional embodiment of this application, P-type doping ions may be injected to a surface of a first area S1 of the first part 2711 of the P-type well region 271 to form a heavily-doped P-type well, where the heavily-doped P-type well is used as a P-type body electrode 1711.
[0311]
[0312] The foregoing is a specific implementation of the manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device according to Embodiment 2 of this application.
[0313] As an optional embodiment of this application, to further reduce an on resistance of a device, this application further provides another optional implementation of a manufacturing method of a power semiconductor device. Refer to
[0314] As shown in
[0315] S271 to S273 are the same as S251 to S253. For brevity, details are not described herein again.
[0316] The first part 2711 of the P-type well region 271 may include a first subpart 27111 and a second subpart 27112 that extends from the first subpart 27111 to the bottom of the second well region. The first subpart 27111 of the first part 2711 of the P-type well region 271 includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region.
[0317] S274: Etch a second area of the first subpart 27111 of the first part in the P-type well region and a preset range of the N-type well region 178 on a side of the second area, to form a main part 1731 of the groove in the second area of the first subpart 27111 of the first part in the P-type well region and the preset range of the N-type well region 178 on the side of the second area.
[0318]
[0319] S275: Form a first field oxidized layer on a side wall of the main part.
[0320] In an example, the S275 may be implemented in the following implementation, including the following steps.
[0321] S2751: Fill up silicon dioxide 281 into the main part 1731 of the groove.
[0322]
[0323] S2752: Etch silicon dioxide in a middle area of the main part, to form the first field oxidized layer on the side wall of the main part of the groove.
[0324] S276: Etch towards the substrate from a bottom of the main part whose side wall is covered with the first field oxidized layer, to form a protruding part of the groove.
[0325] This step may further be etching towards the substrate from the bottom of the main part whose side wall is covered with the first field oxidized layer, to form the protruding part 1732 of the groove. It should be noted that the protruding part 1732 of the groove may be extended to the epitaxial layer 172.
[0326] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, the main part 1731 and the protruding part 1732 form the groove 173.
[0327] Correspondingly, the N-type well region 178 located outside the main part 1731 and the protruding part 1732 of the groove is used as the drift regions 178.
[0328]
[0329] S277: Form an oxidized layer on an inner surface of the protruding part 1732 of the groove, to form a second field oxidized layer 1762 on a side wall of the protruding part 1732 and form a gate oxidized layer 177 on the bottom wall of the protruding part 1732.
[0330] A function of the oxidized layer formed on the bottom wall of the protruding part 1732 is the gate oxidized layer. A quality and a thickness of the gate oxidized layer are crucial for the threshold voltage of the gate electrode. Therefore, to improve a quality of a film of the generated oxidized layer, this step may further be forming the oxidized layer on the inner surface of the protruding part 1732 using a thermal growth process. An oxidized layer may be formed at the bottom and on the side wall of the protruding part 1732 using the thermal growth process. The oxidized layer formed on the bottom wall of the protruding part 1732 is a gate oxidized layer 177, and the oxidized layer formed on the side wall of the protruding part 1732 is a second field oxidized layer 1762.
[0331] It should be noted that, in this embodiment of this application, because a thickness of the gate oxidized layer is relatively thin, the oxidized layer that is formed on the inner surface of the protruding part 1732 is a thin layer oxidized layer. Generally, a thickness of the oxidized layer is less than a thickness of the first field oxidized layer 1761 that covers the side wall of the main part 1731. In this way, a thickness of the second field oxidized layer 1762 is less than the thickness of the first field oxidized layer 1761. In this way, when the threshold voltage and the withstand voltage of the power semiconductor device are satisfied, the power semiconductor device may have a relatively small on resistance.
[0332]
[0333] S278: Fill a gate electrode material into the groove that is covered with the gate oxidized layer, to form a gate electrode.
[0334] In an example, a polysilicon material may be filled into a groove 173 that is covered with a gate oxidized layer, to form a polysilicon gate electrode 175.
[0335]
[0336] S279 to S2710 are the same as S258 to S259. For brevity, details are not described herein again.
[0337] A structure of the power semiconductor device formed using the example is shown in
[0338] The foregoing are specific implementations of two optional examples of the power semiconductor device provided in Embodiment 2 of this application.
[0339] It should be noted that, in the specific implementations of the power semiconductor device and the manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device provided in the foregoing Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, an example in which a doping type of a substrate is a P type is used for description. Actually, this embodiment of this application does not limit the doping type of the substrate. As an alternative embodiment of this application, a doping type of the substrate may also be an N type. When the substrate is an N-type substrate, a doping type of the epitaxial layer, the drift region, the first drain electrode, the second drain electrode, the channel, and the body electrode on the substrate also need to be changed correspondingly.
[0340] In addition, Embodiment 2 may use a same packaging structure as that used in Embodiment 1. Therefore, a packaging structure of a final device product of the power semiconductor device in Embodiment 2 may also be shown in
[0341] The foregoing is a specific implementation of the power semiconductor device and the manufacturing method of the power semiconductor device according to this embodiment of this application.
[0342] Based on the semiconductor device provided in the embodiment, as shown in