TW201817910A - Heater module, thin film deposition apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A heater module applied to a thin film deposition apparatus includes a gas mixing chamber, a reaction chamber, and a heater. The gas mixing chamber includes at least one gas distribution plate and a shutter. The shutter is disposed above the gas distribution plate. The reaction chamber disposed at the downstream positon of the gas mixing chamber is connected to the gas mixing chamber. The heater is disposed near the gas mixing chamber.

Description

 Heater module, film deposition device and method  

The present invention relates to a heater module, and more particularly to a thin film deposition apparatus and method for preparing a high quality film using a heater module.

Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) devices can be classified into hot-wall deposition devices and cold-wall deposition devices. Since the cold wall type deposition apparatus can adjust the number of layers of film growth by the change of deposition time, and has the advantages of good film thickness uniformity, it is more suitable for preparing the nanometer scale than the hot wall type deposition apparatus. Dimensional layered material. However, the conventional cold wall deposition apparatus only heats the substrate, so that the reaction gases of different pipelines need to reach the surface of the substrate to have sufficient heat source for chemical reaction. Since the chemical reaction before the film growth is an important factor affecting the quality of the film, the reaction gas of different pipelines needs to be maintained at a high temperature before the film grows, so as to carry out a sufficient chemical reaction, thereby improving the quality of the deposited film.

Therefore, how to provide a heater module to improve the quality of deposited films is one of the most important issues at present.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a heater module, a thin film deposition apparatus and a method for improving the quality of a deposited film.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a heater module for use in a thin film deposition apparatus. The heater module includes a gas mixing chamber, a reaction chamber, and a heater. The gas mixing chamber includes at least one gas dispersion plate and a baffle disposed above the gas dispersion plate. The reaction chamber is disposed downstream of the gas mixing chamber and is in communication with the gas mixing chamber. The heater is adjacent to the gas mixing chamber.

In an embodiment, the gas mixing chamber further includes a plurality of intake passages.

In an embodiment, the gas dispersion plate has a plurality of through holes.

In an embodiment, the heater is one selected from the group consisting of a bulb, a tube, a heating coil, or a combination thereof.

In an embodiment, the baffle is a quartz plate.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a thin film deposition apparatus including a process chamber and at least one gas supply line. The process chamber includes a base and a heater module as described above. At least one gas supply line is connected to the heater module.

In one embodiment, the thin film deposition apparatus is a cold wall type chemical vapor deposition apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a thin film deposition method comprising the steps of: heating a substrate to a reaction temperature; providing a first reaction gas and a second reaction gas; isolating the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas; The first reaction gas and the second reaction gas are maintained at a preheating temperature; at the preheating temperature, the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas are mixed to perform a film formation reaction; and a film is deposited on the substrate.

In one embodiment, the step of providing the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas further comprises: heating a first precursor to a first temperature to generate a first reactive gas; and heating a second precursor to a first Two temperatures to produce a second reactive gas.

In one embodiment, the preheat temperature is between 500 and 800 °C.

In an embodiment, the first precursor is selected from the group consisting of transition metal compounds.

In one embodiment, the second precursor is one selected from the group consisting of sulfur, selenium, tellurium and the like.

As described above, the present invention provides a step of preheating the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas before mixing, by adding a heater module to the thin film deposition apparatus, and ensuring the first reaction gas and the second reaction. The gas can be mixed at a high temperature to complete the chemical reaction before the film grows, and the disadvantages of heating only the substrate in the prior art are improved, so the heater module, the film deposition device and the method of the present invention can be achieved. The efficacy of preparing high quality films.

1‧‧‧First Precursor

1a‧‧‧First reaction gas

2‧‧‧Second precursor

2a‧‧‧second reaction gas

3‧‧‧Processing chamber

4‧‧‧Base

5‧‧‧Substrate

6‧‧‧second heating source

7‧‧‧First heating source

8‧‧‧First carrier gas

9‧‧‧Second carrier gas

10a‧‧‧Second gas supply line

10b‧‧‧First gas supply line

11‧‧‧heater module

100‧‧‧film deposition apparatus

111‧‧‧Reaction room

112‧‧‧ gas dispersion board

113‧‧‧Gas mixing room

114‧‧‧Baffle

115‧‧‧heater

1121‧‧‧through hole

Insulated passages 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134‧‧

S10~S15‧‧‧ method steps

G‧‧‧ gas

1 is a schematic view of a thin film deposition apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2A is a side elevational view of a heater module in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2B to 2F are top views of the components of Fig. 2A.

3 is a graph showing temperature versus time of a grown MoS ₂ film in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a Raman spectrum diagram of a MoS ₂ film according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of different measurement positions on a MoS ₂ film according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG.

Fig. 5B is a photoluminescence (PL) spectrum diagram of each measurement position in Fig. 5A.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a thin film deposition method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a heater module, a film deposition apparatus, and a method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same elements will be described with the same reference numerals. This invention is limited.

The term "connected" as used herein is used in addition to the direct connection of the elements to the elements, and the indirect connection of the elements to the elements. For example, a medium or other element may be included between the two elements. Some of the known elements may be omitted to avoid obscuring the concepts of the present invention.

1 is a schematic view of a thin film deposition apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention provides a thin film deposition apparatus 100 including a process chamber 3, a first gas supply line 10b, and a second gas supply line 10a. The process chamber 3 includes a base 4 and a heater module 11. The susceptor 4 can be lifted and lowered according to the process to adjust the distance between the substrate 5 and the heater module 11. The first gas supply line 10b and the second gas supply line 10a are respectively connected to the heater module 11, wherein the thin film deposition device 100 may be a cold wall type chemical vapor deposition apparatus. Further, a first heating source 7 is disposed around the first gas supply line 10b and the second gas supply line 10a to heat the first precursor 1 and the second precursor 2. The susceptor 4 can carry a substrate 5 and is provided with a second heating source 6 for heating the substrate 5.

2A is a side elevational view of a heater module in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2A, the present invention provides a heater module 11 that can be mounted in the thin film deposition apparatus 100 of FIG. The heater module 11 includes a gas mixing chamber 113, a reaction chamber 111, and a heater 115. The gas mixing chamber 113 includes at least one gas dispersion plate 112 and a baffle 114. 2B to 2F are top views of the components of Fig. 2A. Referring to FIGS. 2A to 2F, the gas mixing chamber 113 may include a plurality of intake passages (1131, 1132, 1133, 1134) for gas intake of different pipelines, and the gas dispersion plate 112 has a plurality of through holes. 1121, the gas entering the reaction chamber can be uniformly dispersed. The four intake passages (1131, 1132, 1133, 1134) illustrated in FIG. 2D are only schematic views, and the present invention does not limit the number of intake passages.

As described above, the reaction chamber 111 in this embodiment is composed of a quartz tube and is disposed downstream of the gas mixing chamber 113. The upper end of the reaction chamber 111 communicates with the gas mixing chamber 113, and the lower end of the reaction chamber 111 can be directly mounted on the processing chamber 3 in the thin film deposition apparatus 100, so that the substrate 5 can be isolated from the reaction chamber 111. Further, the heater 115 is disposed adjacent to the gas mixing chamber 113 to maintain the gas mixing chamber 113 at a high temperature. In the present embodiment, the heater 115 is disposed above the gas mixing chamber 113. For example, the heater 115 may be disposed on both sides of the gas mixing chamber 113 or anywhere around the gas mixing chamber 113. The baffle 114 is disposed above the gas dispersion plate 112 to isolate the reaction gas between the heater 115 and the gas mixing chamber 113 to prevent the reaction gas from being adsorbed on the surface of the heater 115. In the present embodiment, the quartz plate is used as the baffle 114, so that the heat transfer of the heater 115 is not affected, and the reaction gas is prevented from contaminating the heater 115.

In the above embodiment, six bulbs are used as the heat source of the heater 115, and the heater 115 may also be selected from a lamp tube or a heating coil, or any combination of a bulb, a tube and a heating coil. Further, the operating temperature range of the heater 115 is 50 to 800 ° C, preferably 500 to 800 ° C, and the operating temperature is selected depending on the type of film to be grown.

3 is a graph showing temperature versus time of a grown MoS ₂ film in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a thin film deposition method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2A , FIG. 3 and FIG. 6 , the film deposition method provided by the present invention will be described below by taking a molybdenum disulfide (MoS ₂ ) film as an example. First, in step S10, the substrate 5 in the thin film deposition apparatus 100 is heated to a reaction temperature of about 850 to 950 ° C, and the process chamber 3 is maintained at a pressure of about 10 to 30 Torr. In step S11, a first precursor 1 is heated to a temperature of about 65 to 75 ° C, the first precursor 1 is evaporated to form a first reactive gas 1a, and a second precursor 2 is heated to about 190. The temperature of °C causes the second precursor 2 to evaporate to form a second reaction gas 2a. In this embodiment, the first precursor 1 is hexacarbonyl molybdenum (Mo(CO) ₆ ), and the second precursor 2 is sulfur. Powder (Sulfur).

In step S12, the first reactant gas 1a and the second reactant gas 2a are brought into the heater module 11 by the first carrier gas 8 and the second carrier gas 9, respectively, and can be controlled by the valve at this time. The first reaction gas 1a and the second reaction gas 2a are isolated from each other. In this embodiment, the first carrier gas 8 and the second carrier gas 9 are both argon (Ar). In step S13, the first reaction gas 1a and the second reaction gas 2a are maintained at a preheating temperature of about 500 to 800 ° C by using the heater 115 as a heat source. The process lasts for about 10 minutes. In this embodiment, preferably. The preheating temperature can be 650 ° C, 700 ° C or 750 ° C. In step S14, the first reaction gas 1a is brought to the position of the second reaction gas 2a by argon gas, and the first reaction gas 1a and the second reaction gas 2a are mixed at a temperature of about 500 to 800 ° C for the purpose of performing Subsequent film formation reaction. In step S15, a MoS ₂ film is deposited on the substrate 5.

As described above, the thin film deposition apparatus and method provided by the present invention can also be used to prepare other kinds of two-dimensional layered chalcogenides. For example: molybdenum sulfide (MoS _2), molybdenum selenide (MoSe _2), tellurium molybdenum (MoTe _2), sulfide, hafnium (HfS _2), selenide hafnium (HfSe _2), tellurium hafnium (HfTe _2), tungsten sulfide (WS _2), selenide, tungsten (WSe _2), tellurium tungsten (WTe _2), niobium sulfide (NbS _2), niobium selenide (NbSe _2), tellurium niobium (NbTe _2), rhenium sulfide (ReS ₂₎ , bismuth selenide (ReSe ₂ ), bismuth telluride (ReTe ₂ ), and the like. Wherein, the first precursor may be selected from transition metal compounds such as molybdenum oxide (MoO ₃ ), tungsten oxide (WO ₃ ), niobium oxide (Nb ₂ O ₅ ), antimony oxide (ReO ₃ ), antimony oxide (HfO _{2 )} a transition metal oxide, and the second precursor may be selected from one of the chalcogen elements or a compound thereof, such as sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and the like.

4 is a Raman spectrum diagram of a MoS ₂ film according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, two characteristic peaks of 383.5 cm-1 and 405.6 cm-1 are shown in the Raman spectrum, so that the prepared film is a multilayered MoS ₂ film.

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of different measurement positions on a MoS ₂ film according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. Fig. 5B is a photoluminescence (PL) spectrum diagram of each measurement position in Fig. 5A. Referring to FIG. 5A-5B at the same time, in this embodiment, the MoS ₂ film is grown on a sapphire substrate, and 9 points are taken on the MoS ₂ film for photoexcitation fluorescence (PL) analysis. As shown in FIG. 5B, the PL intensity of the MoS ₂ film is much larger than the PL intensity of the substrate at each measurement position, so the addition of the heater module of the present invention to the thin film deposition apparatus contributes to the preparation of high quality MoS _{2 .} film.

In summary, the present invention adds a heater module to the thin film deposition apparatus to preheat the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas before mixing, and ensures the first reaction gas and the second reaction. The gas can be mixed at a high temperature to complete the chemical reaction before the film grows, and the disadvantages of heating only the substrate in the prior art are improved, so the heater module, the film deposition device and the method of the present invention can be achieved. The efficacy of preparing high quality films.

The above-mentioned embodiments are not intended to limit the invention, and any equivalent modifications and variations of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (12)

 A heater module is applied to a thin film deposition apparatus, the heater module comprising: a gas mixing chamber comprising at least one gas dispersion plate and a baffle disposed above the gas dispersion plate; a reaction chamber And disposed downstream of the gas mixing chamber and in communication with the gas mixing chamber; and a heater disposed adjacent to the gas mixing chamber.    The heater module of claim 1, wherein the gas mixing chamber further comprises a plurality of intake passages.    The heater module of claim 1, wherein the gas dispersion plate has a plurality of through holes.    The heater module of claim 1, wherein the heater is one selected from the group consisting of a bulb, a tube, and a heating coil, or a combination thereof.    The heater module of claim 1, wherein the baffle is a quartz plate.    A film deposition apparatus comprising: a process chamber, comprising: a susceptor; and a heater module according to any one of claims 1 to 5; and at least one gas supply line Connected to the heater module.    The thin film deposition apparatus of claim 6, wherein the thin film deposition apparatus is a cold-wall chemical vapor deposition apparatus.    A film deposition method comprising the steps of: heating a substrate to a reaction temperature; providing a first reaction gas and a second reaction gas; isolating the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas; and causing the first reaction gas and The second reaction gas is maintained at a preheating temperature; at the preheating temperature, the first reaction gas and the second reaction gas are mixed to perform a film formation reaction; and a film is deposited on the substrate.    The thin film deposition method of claim 8, wherein the step of providing the first reactive gas and the second reactive gas further comprises: heating a first precursor to a first temperature to generate the first reaction And heating a second precursor to a second temperature to produce the second reactive gas.    The thin film deposition method of claim 8, wherein the preheating temperature is 500 to 800 °C.    The thin film deposition method of claim 9, wherein the first precursor is a transition metal compound.    The thin film deposition method according to claim 9, wherein the second precursor is one selected from the group consisting of sulfur, selenium, tellurium and the like.