WO2015064338A1 - ゲルマニウム層を熱処理する半導体基板の製造方法および半導体装置の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor substrate manufacturing method and a semiconductor device manufacturing method, and more particularly to a semiconductor substrate manufacturing method and a semiconductor device manufacturing method in which a germanium layer is heat-treated.
- Germanium is a semiconductor having superior electronic properties compared to silicon (Si).
- a MOSFET Metal / Oxide / Semiconductor / Field / Effect / Transistor
- it is important to improve carrier mobility in a germanium layer.
- the mobility varies greatly depending on the type of substrate.
- the mobility of the germanium substrate is low, high performance cannot be obtained in a semiconductor device such as a MOSFET. It is required to improve the mobility of the germanium layer and improve the performance of the semiconductor device.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a high-performance semiconductor device.
- the present invention is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, comprising a step of heat-treating a germanium layer having an oxygen concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or higher in a reducing gas atmosphere at 700 ° C. or higher.
- the present invention includes a step of heat-treating a germanium layer having an oxygen concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more in a reducing gas atmosphere so as to reduce the oxygen concentration. It is.
- the heat treatment step may be a heat treatment step at 800 ° C. or higher.
- the oxygen concentration of the germanium layer may be lower than 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 by the heat treatment.
- the germanium layer may have a (111) plane as a main surface.
- the reducing gas atmosphere may be a hydrogen gas atmosphere.
- the germanium layer may be a single crystal germanium substrate.
- the present invention is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising a step of forming a semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate manufactured by the method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate.
- the step of forming the semiconductor device includes a step of forming a gate insulating film on the surface of the heat-treated germanium layer, and a step of forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. It can be.
- a high-performance semiconductor device can be provided.
- FIG. 1A to FIG. 1D are cross-sectional views showing a method for manufacturing a MOS structure used in the experiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s in the (111) substrate A.
- FIGS. 3A to 3C are AFM images of the substrate surface of the (111) substrate A after the hydrogen heat treatment.
- FIG. 4A to FIG. 4F are diagrams showing the AFM observation results after hydrogen heat treatment on the (111) substrate A.
- FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing RMS of 1 ⁇ m square with respect to the heat treatment temperature in the hydrogen heat treatment of the substrate A having different crystal orientations.
- FIG. 6E are diagrams showing the AFM observation result of the surface of the substrate A after the heat treatment on the (111) substrate A.
- FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the oxygen concentration with respect to the depth in the (111) substrate B.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s in the (111) substrate B.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s of a sample in which oxygen ions are ion-implanted into the (111) substrate A.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the oxygen concentration with respect to the depth from the surface of a sample obtained by implanting oxygen ions into the (111) substrate A.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s in the substrate B.
- 12A to 12E are cross-sectional views illustrating the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the oxygen concentration with respect to the depth in the (111) substrate B.
- the mobility varies depending on the type of substrate.
- the mobility varies depending on a growth apparatus for growing a substrate, growth conditions, materials, and the like.
- the mobility is different in the germanium layer formed on the substrate.
- the reason why the mobility varies depending on the type of the substrate or layer is unknown. For this reason, it is difficult to improve mobility.
- substrates A and B having different growth methods were prepared as single crystal germanium substrates having different mobility.
- Substrate B has a lower mobility than substrate A.
- a MOS structure was fabricated using the substrate A and the substrate B, and the following experiment was performed.
- FIG. 1A to FIG. 1D are cross-sectional views showing a method for manufacturing a MOS structure used in the experiment.
- a P-type single crystal germanium substrate 10 is prepared.
- the substrate A or the substrate B is used as the single crystal germanium substrate.
- the substrate A having the (111) plane as the main surface is referred to as the (111) substrate A
- the substrate B having the (111) surface as the main surface is referred to as the (111) substrate B.
- Acceptor concentration N A of the germanium substrate 10 is 2 ⁇ 10 15 cm -3.
- a germanium oxide film 12 is formed on the germanium substrate 10.
- the germanium oxide film 12 is formed by heat-treating the germanium substrate 10 in an oxygen gas atmosphere.
- the formation conditions of the germanium oxide film 12 are an oxygen pressure of 70 atm and a substrate temperature of 500 ° C.
- the film thickness of the germanium oxide film 12 is about 5 nm to 6 nm.
- a gold (Au) film is formed as a metal film 14 on the surface of the germanium oxide film 12.
- the metal film 14 is used as a gate electrode.
- a (111) substrate A was used to fabricate a MOS structure having a gate length of 100 ⁇ m and a gate width of 25 ⁇ m.
- the split CV method is a method in which the number of carriers is derived from the integration of CV measurement, and the mobility is obtained from the number of carriers and IV measurement.
- the surface electron density N s was determined from the number of carriers.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s in the (111) substrate A.
- the temperature of the hydrogen heat treatment in FIG. 1B was 500 ° C., and the time was 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes.
- the reference sample is a sample that has not been subjected to the hydrogen heat treatment of FIG. 1B, and has a germanium oxide film thickness of 15 nm and a germanium oxide film deposition temperature. In the reference sample, when the surface electron density is 4 ⁇ 10 11 cm ⁇ 2 , the mobility is about 1200 cm 2 / Vs, which is the maximum.
- the mobility hardly changes with the heat treatment time.
- the mobility increases as the heat treatment time increases.
- the difference in mobility due to the heat treatment time increases.
- FIGS. 3A to 3C are AFM images of the substrate surface of the (111) substrate A after the hydrogen heat treatment.
- 3 (a) to 3 (c) are AFM images of the germanium substrate 10 in which the temperature of the hydrogen heat treatment in FIG. 1 (b) is 500 ° C. and the time is 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes, respectively.
- the AFM image corresponds to a range of 1 ⁇ m ⁇ 1 ⁇ m (1 ⁇ m ⁇ ).
- FIG. 3A when the heat treatment time is 1 minute, no step-and-terrace structure is observed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10.
- FIG. 3A when the heat treatment time is 1 minute, no step-and-terrace structure is observed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10.
- FIG. 3A when the heat treatment time is 1 minute, no step-and-terrace structure is observed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10.
- a small step-and-terrace structure is observed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10 when the heat treatment time is 5 minutes.
- a step and terrace structure is observed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10 when the heat treatment time is 15 minutes.
- the surface on which the step and terrace structure is observed means that the flatness is high.
- Fig. 2 is compared with Fig. 3 (a) to Fig. 3 (c).
- the heat treatment time is 500 ° C. and the heat treatment time is long, the mobility increases in a region where the surface electron density is high. This is considered to be because the flatness of the interface between the germanium substrate 10 and the germanium oxide film 12 is improved as the heat treatment time is increased.
- FIGS. 4A to 4F are diagrams showing the AFM observation results of the surface of the substrate A after the hydrogen heat treatment on the (111) substrate A.
- FIG. FIGS. 4A to 4C are AFM observation images of the surface of the (111) substrate A after hydrogen heat treatment at 500 ° C., 650 ° C., and 850 ° C., respectively. The heat treatment time is 15 minutes. The range of the image is 1 ⁇ m ⁇ .
- FIG. 4D to FIG. 4F are respectively shown. It is a figure which shows the surface of the board
- a step-and-terrace structure is observed when the heat treatment temperature is 500 ° C. to 850 ° C.
- the step height is about 0.3 nm or twice as large as about 0.3 nm.
- Germanium has a diamond structure, and its lattice constant is 0.567 nm.
- the thickness of an atomic layer having a regular tetrahedral bonding structure constituting the diamond structure as a unit is 0.567 ⁇ 3 ⁇ 1/2 nm, which is about 0.33 nm. This thickness corresponds to two bonds in the sense of bonds between Ge atoms. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4D to FIG.
- the height of the step substantially corresponds to one atomic layer.
- the step-and-terrace structure is formed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10 when the temperature of the hydrogen heat treatment is 500 ° C. to 850 ° C.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing RMS (Root-Mean-Square) of 1 ⁇ m square with respect to the temperature of hydrogen heat treatment of the substrate A having different crystal orientations.
- the heat treatment time is 15 minutes. Dots are measurement points, and lines are approximate lines. Note that the RMS of the substrate before the hydrogen heat treatment is about 0.3 nm.
- (111) indicates the (111) substrate A.
- (110) indicates the substrate A having the (110) main surface, and (100) indicates the substrate A having the (100) main surface.
- the RMS of the substrate surface can be made smaller than about 0.3 nm in the temperature range of 500 ° C. to 850 ° C.
- the RMS is 0.2 nm or less in the temperature range of 500 ° C. to 850 ° C.
- the RMS is 0.2 nm or less in the temperature range of 550 ° C. to 750 ° C.
- the RMS is 0.2 nm or less in the temperature range of 700 ° C. or higher.
- the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is flattened by the hydrogen heat treatment regardless of the plane orientation of the germanium substrate 10.
- FIGS. 6A to 6E are diagrams showing the AFM observation result of the substrate surface after the heat treatment in the (111) substrate A.
- FIG. FIGS. 6A and 6B are AFM observation images of the (111) substrate A surface after heat treatment (nitrogen heat treatment) in a hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas atmosphere, respectively.
- the heat treatment temperature is 750 ° C. and the time is 15 minutes.
- the range of the image is 1 ⁇ m ⁇ .
- FIG. 6C is a diagram illustrating a surface in the substrate film thickness direction with respect to the substrate surface direction in a partial region of FIG. 6B, and corresponds to a cross section.
- FIG. 6D and FIG. 6E are AFM observation images (perspective views) of the surface of the substrate A after heat treatment in a hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas atmosphere, respectively.
- the range of the image is 20 ⁇ m ⁇ .
- the RMS of 1 ⁇ m ⁇ in the hydrogen heat treatment is about 0.2 nm, whereas the RMS of 1 ⁇ m ⁇ in the nitrogen heat treatment is about 0.2 nm to 0.5 nm.
- the surface of the germanium substrate is flattened even in an inert gas atmosphere such as a nitrogen gas as well as in a hydrogen gas atmosphere.
- an inert gas atmosphere such as a nitrogen gas as well as in a hydrogen gas atmosphere.
- the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is flattened by heat treatment without oxidizing the surface of the germanium substrate 10. That is, the gas at the time of heat treatment may be a reducing gas or an inert gas.
- the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is flattened when heat treatment is performed at about 500 ° C. or more in a reducing gas or inert gas atmosphere.
- the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is planarized, the mobility in a region where the surface electron concentration is high is improved as shown in FIG.
- the flatness is substantially the same when the heat treatment temperature is between 500 ° C. and 850 ° C.
- the flatness depends on the heat treatment time when the heat treatment temperature is around 500 ° C.
- the mobility ⁇ eff of the substrate B (referred to as (111) substrate B) having the (111) plane as the main surface was measured using the split CV method.
- Acceptor concentration N A of the germanium substrate 10 is 2 ⁇ 10 15 cm -3.
- the maximum mobility is about 300 cm 2 / Vs.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the oxygen concentration with respect to the depth in the (111) substrate B.
- FIG. The black circles indicate the SIMS analysis results after the hydrogen heat treatment of the (111) substrate B, the black triangles after the hydrogen heat treatment at 700 ° C., and the white circles after the hydrogen heat treatment at 850 ° C.
- the heat treatment temperature is 15 minutes.
- the depth from the surface is at least 2 ⁇ m, and the oxygen concentration is 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more.
- the depth from the surface is up to 1 ⁇ m, and the oxygen concentration is 1.5 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more.
- the oxygen concentration was below the detection limit.
- the substrate B has a higher oxygen concentration than the substrate A. From this, it was estimated that there is some relationship between the low mobility in the substrate B and the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10.
- the oxygen concentration in the substrate B decreases to 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the oxygen concentration in the substrate B becomes 4 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or less, which is the detection limit.
- the temperature of the hydrogen heat treatment is increased, the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10 is decreased.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s in the (111) substrate B.
- the heat treatment temperatures in FIG. 1B are 650 ° C., 750 ° C. and 850 ° C., and the heat treatment time is 15 minutes.
- the reference sample is a sample not subjected to the heat treatment of FIG. 1B, in which the film thickness of the germanium oxide film is 15 nm and the film formation temperature of the germanium oxide film is increased.
- the maximum mobility is about 300 cm 2 / Vs.
- the maximum mobility is improved to about 600 cm 2 / Vs.
- the heat treatment temperature is 750 ° C.
- the maximum mobility is further improved to about 800 cm 2 / Vs.
- the heat treatment temperature is 850 ° C.
- the maximum mobility is about 1200 cm 2 / Vs, which is almost the same as that of the substrate A.
- the heat treatment temperature is preferably 750 ° C. or higher, more preferably 800 ° C. or higher, and further preferably 850 ° C. or higher. Since the melting point of germanium is about 938 ° C., the heat treatment temperature is preferably 925 ° C. or less, more preferably 900 ° C. or less.
- the reason why the oxygen concentration decreases when the heat treatment temperature of the hydrogen heat treatment is increased is not clear, but for example, oxygen in the germanium substrate 10 may be removed by the reducing gas.
- oxygen ions are implanted into the germanium substrate 10 of the (111) substrate A and heat-treated.
- a sample in which the heat treatment atmosphere was a nitrogen gas atmosphere and a sample in which a hydrogen gas atmosphere was used were prepared. Manufacturing steps other than ion implantation and heat treatment are the same as those of the (111) substrate A in FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s of a sample in which oxygen ions are ion-implanted into the (111) substrate A.
- the heat treatment temperature is 700 ° C.
- the heat treatment time is 15 minutes.
- the reference sample is the same as the reference sample in FIG. 2 in which oxygen is not ion-implanted and hydrogen heat treatment is not performed.
- the maximum mobility is about 1200 cm 2 / Vs.
- the maximum mobility is about 500 cm 2 / Vs.
- the maximum mobility is about 800 cm 2 / Vs.
- the mobility is not improved much by nitrogen heat treatment, but the mobility is improved by performing the hydrogen heat treatment.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the oxygen concentration with respect to the depth from the surface of a sample obtained by implanting oxygen ions into the (111) substrate A.
- FIG. A solid line, a broken line, and a dotted line show the SIMS analysis result of the reference sample before the hydrogen heat treatment, the SIMS analysis result of the sample after the hydrogen heat treatment at 700 ° C., and the calculation result of the ion-implanted oxygen ions, respectively.
- the oxygen concentration in the SIMS analysis results of the solid line and the broken line becomes very large in a region where the depth is shallower than 150 nm. This is because oxygen adsorbed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is observed. Results for regions with depths less than 150 nm are not accurate. Further, since the measurement speed is different, the detection limit and the behavior in a shallow region are different from those in FIG.
- the oxygen concentration of the substrate A before implanting oxygen ions is about 8 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 , which is the detection limit.
- oxygen ions are implanted into the germanium substrate 10 so that the oxygen concentration becomes a peak of 5 ⁇ 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 at a depth of about 150 nm.
- the oxygen concentration is 3 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 at maximum.
- the oxygen concentration is the detection limit.
- FIG. 10 it can be seen that the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10 is reduced by subjecting the germanium substrate 10 implanted with oxygen to a hydrogen heat treatment.
- the mobility is higher in the hydrogen heat treatment than in the nitrogen heat treatment. From this, it is considered that the oxygen in the germanium substrate 10 is removed by the hydrogen heat treatment, and the mobility is improved.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the mobility ⁇ eff with respect to the surface electron density N s in the substrate.
- the region 50 is considered to be a region whose mobility is limited mainly by the flatness of the surface of the germanium substrate 10.
- the flatness of the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is improved when the heat treatment temperature is 500 ° C. or higher in a reducing gas or inert gas atmosphere.
- the flatness of the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is similar even when the heat treatment temperature is higher than 500 ° C.
- the region 52 is considered to be a region where mobility is limited mainly by scattering due to defects related to oxygen in the germanium substrate 10.
- the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10 is low without heat treatment in a reducing gas atmosphere.
- the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10 before the heat treatment in the reducing gas atmosphere is high, and defects related to oxygen are formed.
- the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10 decreases. The oxygen concentration decreases as the heat treatment temperature increases.
- the mobility in the region 52 is high before the hydrogen heat treatment is performed in the reducing gas atmosphere.
- the mobility is low because the flatness of the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is poor before the heat treatment.
- the mobility in the region 50 is improved.
- the mobility in the region 52 before the heat treatment in the reducing gas atmosphere is low.
- defects in the germanium substrate 10 are reduced and the mobility in the region 52 is improved.
- the flatness of the surface of the germanium substrate 10 is improved by heat treatment at 500 ° C. or higher.
- the heat treatment temperature is lower than 700 ° C.
- the mobility of the region 50 is not improved as much as that of the substrate A due to the influence of defects in the germanium substrate 10.
- the temperature of the heat treatment in the reducing gas atmosphere is 700 ° C. or higher, defects related to oxygen in the germanium substrate 10 are reduced, and the mobility of the regions 50 and 52 is improved.
- the flatness of the surface of the germanium substrate 10 and defects related to oxygen in the germanium substrate 10 affect the mobility.
- the influence of flatness is considered to be the same between the substrate A and the substrate B.
- the substrate B has many defects related to oxygen. This defect is considered to be a cause of low mobility in the substrate B. Therefore, heat treatment at 700 ° C. or higher is performed in a reducing gas atmosphere. Thereby, the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10 is reduced, and the mobility is improved.
- FIG. 12A to 12E are cross-sectional views illustrating the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment.
- a germanium layer 30 having an oxygen concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more is prepared.
- the germanium layer 30 may be a single crystal germanium substrate or a germanium film formed on a substrate (for example, a silicon substrate).
- the germanium layer 30 may be high-purity germanium, but may contain impurities. For example, n-type or p-type germanium may be used. Further, the germanium layer 30 may contain silicon to such an extent that the effect of the above experiment can be obtained.
- the composition ratio of silicon may be about 10% or less of the whole.
- the main surface of the germanium layer 30 may be any surface, for example, a (100) surface, a (111) surface, or a (110) surface.
- the (100) plane, (111) plane, and (110) plane include crystal planes equivalent to these.
- the main surface may be off about several degrees from these surfaces. That is, the normal direction of the main surface may be inclined within a range of several degrees or less, preferably 1 degree or less from the ⁇ 111> direction and the ⁇ 110> direction.
- the surface of the germanium layer 30 is heat-treated at 700 ° C. or higher in a reducing gas atmosphere.
- the reducing gas is a gas that hardly reacts with the germanium layer 30 by heat treatment and reduces (or removes) oxygen in the germanium layer 30.
- hydrogen gas can be used.
- a mixed gas of hydrogen gas and inert gas can be used.
- the inert gas for example, a gas of a Group 18 element such as nitrogen gas, helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), or radon (Rn) is used. Can do.
- a mixed gas of the above gases may be used.
- the reducing gas may not contain hydrogen gas.
- the gas may be any gas that hardly contains oxygen and hardly reacts with the germanium layer 30 by the heat treatment and that removes oxygen in the germanium layer 30 by the heat treatment.
- nitrogen gas containing almost no oxygen may be used.
- the gas to be heat-treated contains almost no oxygen.
- the gas pressure of the heat treatment may be 1 atmosphere, a pressure lower than 1 atmosphere, or a pressure higher than 1 atmosphere.
- a gate insulating film 32 is formed on the surface of the germanium substrate 10.
- a germanium oxide film, a high dielectric constant insulating film, or a stacked film of a germanium oxide film and a high dielectric constant insulating film can be used.
- a high dielectric constant insulating film a rare earth metal oxide film such as hafnium oxide, zirconium oxide or yttrium oxide can be used.
- the film thickness of the gate insulating film 32 is preferably 2 nm or less, more preferably 1.5 nm or less, and further preferably 1.0 nm or less.
- a gate electrode 34 is formed on the gate insulating film 32.
- a conductive layer such as a metal or a semiconductor can be used.
- source or drain regions 38 are formed in the germanium layer 30 on both sides of the electrode 34.
- the germanium layer 30 is p-type and the source or drain region 38 is n-type.
- the germanium layer 30 may be n-type and the source or drain region 38 may be p-type.
- the performance can be improved by using the germanium layer 30 having the (111) plane as a main surface.
- the performance can be improved by using the germanium layer 30 having the (100) plane or the (110) plane as a main surface.
- the surface of the germanium layer 30 having an oxygen concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or higher is heat-treated at 700 ° C. or higher in a reducing gas atmosphere. Thereby, the mobility of the germanium layer 30 can be improved and the performance of the semiconductor device can be improved.
- the mobility is particularly lowered, and thus heat treatment is preferably performed in a reducing gas atmosphere.
- the oxygen concentration of the germanium layer 30 becomes lower than 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 . Thereby, the mobility of the germanium layer 30 can be improved.
- the oxygen concentration is preferably 8 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or less, and more preferably 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the heat treatment temperature is preferably 750 ° C. or higher, more preferably higher than 800 ° C., more preferably 800 ° C. or higher, and further preferably 850 ° C. or higher.
- the heat treatment time is preferably 1 minute or longer, more preferably 5 minutes or longer, and even more preferably 15 minutes or longer.
- the heat treatment temperature may be low. If the heat treatment temperature is high, the heat treatment time may be short. As described above, the heat treatment may be performed so that the oxygen concentration of the germanium layer 30 is reduced.
- the MOSFET has been described as an example. However, the first embodiment may be applied to a semiconductor device other than the MOSFET.
- the semiconductor substrate may be a single crystal germanium substrate or a substrate in which a germanium layer is formed on a support substrate such as a silicon substrate or a glass substrate.
- the germanium layer may be single crystal, polycrystalline, or amorphous.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the oxygen concentration with respect to the depth in the (111) substrate B.
- the black squares show the SIMS analysis results after hydrogen heat treatment of the (111) substrate B, the black triangles after 700 ° C. hydrogen heat treatment, and the black circles after 850 ° C. hydrogen heat treatment.
- the detection limit for oxygen is about 1 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the depth from the surface is at least 5 ⁇ m, and the oxygen concentration is 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or more.
- the oxygen concentration in the substrate B decreases to 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the oxygen concentration decreases at a depth of 2 ⁇ m or less.
- the oxygen concentration is about 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the oxygen concentration is about 4 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the depth is 4 ⁇ m or less, and the oxygen concentration is about 5 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 or less.
- the depth is 1.5 ⁇ m or less and the oxygen concentration is about 2 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the oxygen concentration in the germanium substrate 10 is decreased. Although the oxygen concentration in the channel region near the surface of the germanium substrate cannot be detected, it is considered to be almost the same as the oxygen concentration having a depth of about 1 ⁇ m.
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12 酸化ゲルマニウム膜
30 ゲルマニウム層
32 ゲート絶縁膜
34 ゲート電極
38 ソースまたはドレイン領域
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- 1×1016cm-3以上の酸素濃度を有するゲルマニウム層を還元性ガス雰囲気中において、700℃以上において熱処理する工程を含むことを特徴とする半導体基板の製造方法。
- 1×1016cm-3以上の酸素濃度を有するゲルマニウム層を還元性ガス雰囲気中において、前記酸素濃度が減少するように熱処理する工程を含むことを特徴とする半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記熱処理する工程は、800℃以上において熱処理する工程であることを特徴とする請求項1記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記熱処理により、前記ゲルマニウム層が有する酸素濃度は1×1016cm-3より低くなることを特徴とする請求項1から3のいずれか一項記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記ゲルマニウム層は(111)面が主面であることを特徴とする請求項1から4のいずれか一項記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記還元性ガス雰囲気は水素ガス雰囲気であることを特徴とする請求項1から5のいずれか一項記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 前記ゲルマニウム層は単結晶ゲルマニウム基板であることを特徴とする請求項1から6のいずれか一項記載の半導体基板の製造方法。
- 請求項1から7のいずれか一項記載の半導体基板の製造方法により製造された半導体基板に半導体装置を形成する工程を含むことを特徴とする半導体装置の製造方法。
- 前記半導体装置を形成する工程は、
前記熱処理された前記ゲルマニウム層の表面に、ゲート絶縁膜を形成する工程と、
前記ゲート絶縁膜上にゲート電極を形成する工程と、を含むことを特徴とする請求項8記載の半導体装置の製造方法。
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