REVERSE-CONDUCTING INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
20230129950 · 2023-04-27
Inventors
Cpc classification
H01L29/417
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/41708
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/7397
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/1095
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H01L29/417
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/10
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/66
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
A reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. More particularly, the insulated gate bipolar transistor and the method of manufacturing the same are configured to form a cover layer so as to prevent external exposure of an uppermost surface of a first contact in a first cell region, thereby maximally reducing occurrences of contamination during subsequent processing.
Claims
1. A reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor, the transistor comprising: a substrate; a collector electrode on the substrate; a collector layer on or in contact with the collector electrode in a first cell region; a cathode layer on in contact with the collector electrode in a second cell region; a drift region on or over the collector layer and the cathode layer; a plurality of trench gates extending from a surface of the substrate in the first cell region and the second cell region, and spaced apart from each other; a body region on or over the drift region and between adjacent trench gates in the first cell region and the second cell region; an emitter region on or at the surface of the substrate and on the body region in the first cell region; a body contact region adjacent to the emitter region and in the substrate; an interlayer insulating film on the substrate in the first cell region; and a first contact through the interlayer insulating film.
2. The transistor of claim 1, further comprising: a barrier region on or below the body region and on the drift region in the first cell region and the second cell region.
3. The transistor of claim 1, wherein an uppermost surface of the body contact region is lower than the surface of the substrate.
4. The transistor of claim 1, further comprising: a cover layer on the interlayer insulating film and the first contact in the first cell region.
5. The transistor of claim 4, further comprising: an emitter electrode on the interlayer insulating film, the first contact, and the surface of the substrate in the second cell region.
6. The transistor of claim 4, wherein the cover layer comprises a conductive metal.
7. The transistor of claim 4, wherein the cover layer comprises a nitride film, an oxide film, or a combination thereof.
8. A reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor, the transistor comprising: a collector electrode on a substrate; a collector layer having a first conductivity type on or in contact with the collector electrode in a first cell region; a cathode layer having a second conductivity type on or in contact with the collector electrode in a second cell region; a drift region having the second conductivity type on or over the collector layer and the cathode layer; a plurality of trench gates extending from a substrate surface of the substrate in the first cell region and second cell region, and spaced apart from each other; a body region having the first conductivity type on or over the drift region and between adjacent trench gates in the first cell region and the second cell region; an emitter region having the second conductivity type on or at the surface of the substrate and on or over the body region in the first cell region; a body contact region having the first conductivity type in the body region; an interlayer insulating film on the substrate in the first cell region; a first contact through the interlayer insulating film and at least partially into the substrate, connected to the body contact region and comprising a conductive metal; a cover layer comprising an inorganic film or a conductive metal film on the interlayer insulating film and the first contact; and an emitter electrode on the cover layer and the interlayer insulating film in the first cell region and on the substrate in the second cell region.
9. The transistor of claim 8, further comprising: a buffer layer having the second conductivity type on the collector layer and the cathode layer.
10. The transistor of claim 8, wherein the cover layer at least partially covers an uppermost surface of the first contact.
11. The transistor of claim 8, further comprising: a conductive film on an outer surface of the first contact.
12. A method of manufacturing a reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor, the method comprising: forming trench gates extending from a substrate surface in a first cell region and a second cell region; forming a body region in a substrate and forming an emitter region on the body region in the first cell region, between adjacent trench gates; forming an insulating film or layer on the substrate surface in the first cell region and the second cell region; etching the insulating film or layer in the first cell region; forming a body contact region in the body region in the first cell region through the etched insulating film or layer; forming a first contact comprising a conductive metal in the etched insulating film or layer; and forming a preliminary cover layer on the insulating film or layer and the first contact.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising: etching the insulating film or layer and the preliminary cover layer so as to form a cover layer and expose the substrate surface in the second cell region; and forming an emitter electrode on the cover layer and the substrate surface in the second cell region.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein etching the insulating film or layer comprises: etching the insulating film or layer and the substrate thereunder by a predetermined depth; and the body contact region has an uppermost surface at a position lower than the substrate surface.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein the preliminary cover layer comprises an inorganic film, and partially covers an uppermost surface of the first contact.
16. A method of manufacturing a reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor, the method comprising: forming trench gates configured to extend from a substrate surface in a first cell region and a second cell region; forming a body region in a substrate and forming an emitter region on the body region in the first cell region, between adjacent trench gates; forming an interlayer insulating film on the substrate in the first cell region; forming a body contact region in the body region in the first cell region, spaced from the substrate surface; forming a first contact through the interlayer insulating film, connected to the body contact region and comprising a conductive metal; forming a cover layer on the interlayer insulating film and the first contact; and forming an emitter electrode on the cover layer and on the substrate in the second cell region.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising: forming a conductive layer on the interlayer insulating film.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the body region in the second region is in direct contact with the emitter electrode.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising: forming a barrier region in the first cell region and the second cell region.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0042] Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The exemplary embodiments of the disclosure may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present disclosure should not be construed as being limited to the following exemplary embodiments, but should be interpreted on the basis of the matters described in the claims. In addition, the present exemplary embodiments are only provided for reference in order to more completely describe the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.
[0043] In the following specification, a first component “on,” on “a top of,” on “an uppermost surface of” or on “an upper part of” a second component includes both the first component being in contact with the second element (or an upper surface thereof), as well as the first component being a certain distance apart from the second component. In addition, when the first component is spaced apart from the second component, another component may be between the two components. In addition, when the first component is “directly on the second component” or “directly above the second component,” no other component may be between the two components.
[0044] In addition, “first” and “second” configurations are described below, but it should be noted that a “second” configuration does not presuppose a “first” configuration, and is only for convenience of description.
[0045] Meanwhile, when one or more exemplary embodiments can be implemented differently, functions or operations specified in a specific block or sequence may occur differently from the order described (e.g., as may be depicted in a flowchart). For example, the functions or operations of two consecutive blocks or in a sequence may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse.
[0046] In the exemplary embodiment described below, as an example, a first conductivity type may be P-type, and a second conductivity type may be N-type, but the present disclosure is not necessarily limited thereto, and may be opposite or complementary to the above example.
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[0048] Hereinafter, the reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor (RC-IGBT) according to the exemplary embodiment(s) of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0049] Referring to
[0050] The reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor 1 may include a first cell region C1 serving as an IGBT region, a second cell region C2 serving as a diode region, and a ring region R (refer to
[0051] Hereinafter, a structure of the reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor 1 will be described in detail.
[0052] First, a collector electrode 110 is on a first surface of a substrate 101. Such a collector electrode 110 may comprise a conductive metal or alloy, for example, aluminum, nickel, gold, or an AlMoNiAu alloy, and may extend across the first cell region C1 and the second cell region C2. In addition, a collector layer 121 is on or under the collector electrode 110 in the first cell region C1. In addition, a cathode layer 123 is on or under the collector electrode 110 in the second cell region C2. The collector layer 121 may be or comprise a high-concentration impurity doped region having a first conductivity type, and the cathode layer 123 may be or comprise an impurity doped region having a second conductivity type. The collector layer 121 may partially traverse the second cell region C2 or be limited to the first cell region C1, but is not limited thereto.
[0053] In addition, a buffer layer 130 is on or under the collector layer 121 and the cathode layer 123. The buffer layer 130 may be or comprise a high-concentration impurity doped region having the second conductivity type. In addition, in the first cell region C1 and the second cell region C2, a drift region 140 may be on or under the collector layer 121 and the cathode layer 123, or on or under the buffer layer 130. The drift region 140 comprises an impurity doped region having the second conductivity type, and may be formed by, for example, epitaxial growth, but is not limited thereto.
[0054] In addition, a barrier region 150 may be on the drift region 140. The barrier region 150 comprises a high-concentration impurity doped region having the second conductivity type, and serves to increase a hole concentration and decrease a turn-on voltage in the drift region 140 through carrier accumulation. The barrier region 150 is in the first cell region C1 and the second cell region C2, and may be between adjacent trench gates 170.
[0055] Subsequently, a body region 152 that comprises an impurity doped region having the first conductivity type is on the barrier region 150 in the first cell region C1 and the second cell region C2, and a channel region (not shown) is in the body region 152. The channel region is inverted to the second conductivity type when the gate(s) are on to form a current path. The body region 152 may also be between adjacent trench gates 170.
[0056] In addition, in the first cell region C1, an emitter region 154, which comprises a high-concentration impurity doped region having the second conductivity type, is on the body region 152 and/or on a second surface of the substrate 101. The emitter region 154 is also between adjacent trench gates 170 in the first cell region C1, and may have, for example, a band shape. Accordingly, in the first cell region C1, the barrier region 150, the body region 152, and the emitter region 154 may be sequentially formed on a front side of the substrate 101. The emitter region 154 may physically contact or overlap a body contact region 156 to be described later.
[0057] The body contact region 156 comprises a high-concentration impurity doped region having the first conductivity type, and may partially overlap the emitter region 154 in the body region 152. Since the impurity concentration of the body contact region 156 is higher than that of the body region 152, and carriers may easily move through the body contact region 156, switching speed of the transistor 1 may be improved. In addition, the body contact region 156 is in the first cell region C1, but is not in the second cell region C2, and thus it is preferable that the bottommost surface of the body contact region 156 is lower than the bottommost surface of the adjacent emitter region 154. Alternatively, the body contact region 156 may be recessed a predetermined distance from the second surface of the adjacent substrate 101 (e.g., the uppermost surfaces of the body regions 152 in the second cell region C2 and the emitter regions 154 in the first cell region C1).
[0058] In addition, a plurality of trench gates 170 extending from the second surface of the substrate 101, and spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction may be in the first cell region C1 and the second cell region C2. Each trench gate 170 may comprise a gate electrode 171 and a gate insulating layer 173 surrounding an outermost surface of the gate electrode 171. The gate electrode 171 may comprise a polysilicon film doped with a second conductivity type impurity, and the gate insulating layer 173 may comprise, for example, a silicon oxide film (e.g., doped or undoped silicon dioxide) and/or a nitride film (e.g., silicon nitride).
[0059] In addition, in the first cell region C1, an interlayer insulating layer 181 is on the trench gates 170 and the substrate 101. That is, an uppermost surface of each trench gate 170 is covered with the interlayer insulating layer 181. The interlayer insulating layer 181 may also comprise the same material(s) as that of the gate insulating layer 173 or a different material, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the interlayer insulating layer 181 may be on the substrate 101 (e.g., its second surface) in the second cell region C2.
[0060] In the first cell region C1, a first contact 183 traverses the interlayer insulating layer 181 in a vertical direction. The first contact 183 may pass through the interlayer insulating layer 181 in a vertical direction, but may connect to an individual body contact region 156. The first contact 183 may comprise a conductive metal material, for example, tungsten (W), but is not limited thereto. In addition, the first contact 183 may at least partially pass through the emitter region 154. In addition, a second contact 185 may pass through the interlayer insulating film 181 in the second cell region C2. The second contact 185 may electrically contact an emitter electrode 190 (to be described later). The second contact 185 may have a wide contact structure having a larger width or diameter than that of the first contact 183. In addition, in
[0061] In addition, a conductive layer 160 may be on a surface of the interlayer insulating layer 181 and on an outer surface of the first contact 183. For improved contact resistance and thermal stability, the conductive layer 160 may be formed by a self-aligned silicide process, using a metal such as titanium (Ti). However, the metal (e.g., Ti) deposited, but unsilicided, during the self-aligned silicide process is not removed in the first cell region C1.
[0062] In addition, a cover layer 187 is on or over the interlayer insulating film 181. The cover layer 187 at least partially covers an uppermost surface of the first contact 183, and comprises, for example, a conductive metal or alloy thereof, or an inorganic layer comprising an oxide film (e.g., silicon dioxide), a nitride film (e.g., silicon nitride), or a combination thereof. Describing a function of the cover layer 187, when an uppermost surface of the first contact 183 is exposed after formation of the first contact 183, there is a possibility that contamination may occur when a subsequent cleaning process is performed. Accordingly, the cleaning process may be performed after forming the cover layer 187 to block or cover the first contacts 183.
[0063] In addition, the cover layer 187 may completely cover the uppermost surface of the first contacts 183, or at least partially cover the uppermost surface of the first contacts 183, but is not limited thereto.
[0064] An emitter electrode 190 may be on the cover layer 187 and in openings in the interlayer insulating layer 181 in the second cell region C2. The emitter electrode 190 may comprise, for example, a polysilicon layer.
[0065] Hereinafter, together with the structure and problems of the conventional reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor 9, the structural features of the present disclosure for solving the problems will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0066] Referring to
[0067] In this case, in order to improve the device switching speed, the body contact region (i.e., a high-concentration impurity doped region having a first conductivity type) should be adjacent to the emitter region 950 in the first cell region C1. The bottom of the body contact region is lower than the bottom of the emitter region 950 and should be physically/electrically connected to the first contact 920. Accordingly, in a process for forming a hole or opening for the first contact 920, the surface of the substrate 901 on the side of the first cell region C1 should be etched by a predetermined depth, to a location of the body contact region.
[0068] The second contact 930 in the second cell region C2 may be formed by etching the interlayer insulating film 910, but the first contact 920 in the first cell region C1 is formed by etching both the interlayer insulating film 910 and the substrate 901. Accordingly, since the first contact 920 and the second contact 930 may have different depths, it is not easy for the body contact region to be formed in a correct position when the first contact 920 and the second contact 930 are formed through the conventional simultaneous process. As a result, there is a problem in that it is not easy to form the body contact region in the correct position using the conventional process of simultaneously forming the first contact 920 and the second contact 930.
[0069] In addition, in the conventional structure 9 or the process thereof, the film 960 made of Ti or TiN is formed on the interlayer insulating film 910, on the open emitter region 950, and on the body region in the second cell region C2. When the layer 960 is formed, an emitter electrode 940 is formed on the layer 960. In this case, when the layer 960 made of Ti or TiN is formed on the body region, which is an impurity doped region the first conductivity type, ohmic contact is not possible, so there is also a problem that diode characteristics are deteriorated.
[0070] In order to solve such problems, referring to
[0071] In addition, since the subsequent process of forming the second cell region C2 may be performed after the first contact 183 is covered with the cover layer 187, contamination may be reduced or prevented when performing subsequent processes such as a cleaning process. In addition, as described above, since the processes of forming the first cell region C1 and forming the second cell region C2 are separately performed, the conductive layer 160 may not be in or in part(s) of the second cell region C2, and a detailed description thereof will also be described later.
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[0073] Hereinafter, the method of manufacturing the reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0074] First, referring to
[0075] In addition, a field oxide 191 constituting an oxide film (e.g., silicon dioxide) may be formed on the substrate 101 in the ring region R, and a gate electrode 193 may be conventionally formed on the field oxide 191.
[0076] Thereafter, referring to
[0077] Then, referring to
[0078] Thereafter, referring to
[0079] Thereafter, referring to
[0080] Referring to
[0081] Referring to
[0082] Then, referring to
[0083] After removing the photoresist pattern PR in the second cell region C2, referring to
[0084] As described above, since the processes for forming the first contact 183 in the first cell region C1 and forming the second contact 185 in the second cell region C2 are separately performed, the first contact 183 may have a relatively large thickness or height, and thus may easily extend to a position in contact with the body contact region 156. In addition, prior to forming the second contact region 185, the first contact 183 is covered with the preliminary cover layer 188, and thus there is also an advantage that subsequent processing such as forming the second contact region 185 may be performed when the first contact 183 is not exposed.
[0085] In addition, when the conductive layer 160 in the first cell region C1 is formed, the body region(s) 152 in the second cell region C2 is/are covered with the insulating film or layer 182, so the conductive layer 160 may be prevented from contacting the body region(s) 152 in the second cell region C2.
[0086] The detailed description above is illustrative of the present disclosure. In addition, the above description shows and describes embodiments of the present disclosure, and the present disclosure may be used in various other combinations, modifications, and environments. That is, changes or modifications may be made within the scope of the concept of the disclosure in the present specification, the scope equivalent to the disclosed contents described previously, and/or the scope of the skill or knowledge of the art. The above-described exemplary embodiments are to describe the best state for implementing the technical idea of the present disclosure, and various modifications for specific applications or fields and uses of the present disclosure are possible. Therefore, the detailed description of the present disclosure is not intended to limit the present disclosure to the disclosed embodiments.