WO2016170706A1 - 半導体装置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 device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, and more particularly to a semiconductor device using a wide bandgap semiconductor and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device.
- Non-Patent Document 3 There is a report that such a forward voltage shift occurs in a similar manner in a MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) using silicon carbide (for example, see Non-Patent Document 3 below).
- the MOSFET structure has a parasitic pn diode (body diode) between the source and the drain, and when a forward current flows through the body diode, reliability degradation similar to that of the pn diode is caused. This problem is alleviated when a Schottky barrier diode chip having a low forward voltage is connected in parallel as a free wheel diode to the MOSFET chip.
- Patent Document 1 when a diode is externally attached, the number of parts of the device increases.
- the MOSFET body diode is responsible for all or part of the function as a freewheeling diode, the above-described reliability degradation can reach the MOSFET chip.
- a stress test is performed in which a forward current is passed through a pn diode structure for a long time and a change in forward voltage before and after this is measured. is there. Higher reliability can be ensured by excluding (screening) elements with large deterioration from the product in the stress test.
- the amount of fluctuation in the forward voltage that is noticed for determining the presence or absence of deterioration is proportional to the area of the stacking fault.
- the expansion rate of this area is approximately proportional to the integrated amount of minority carriers injected through the pn diode. This integrated amount depends on the magnitude of the current and the time during which the current is applied.
- the diode or the test apparatus may be damaged due to excessive heat generation of the diode element.
- the current is reduced, a long time is required for the test, and as a result, there are practical problems such as an increase in chip cost.
- a diode that conducts electricity only by majority carriers that is, a unipolar diode
- a freewheeling diode in place of a pn diode that can lead to reliability deterioration as described above.
- a SBD Schottky Barrier Diode
- a unipolar diode having an operating voltage lower than the operating voltage of the body diode is built in the unit cell as the active region of the unipolar transistor, so that a forward current is supplied to the body diode in the active region in actual use. It can be prevented from flowing. Thereby, characteristic deterioration of the active region can be suppressed.
- the operating voltage of the SBD is lower than the operating voltage of the parasitic diode, most of the stress current used for the stress test mainly passes through the built-in SBD, not the parasitic diode that needs to be tested. .
- the current passing through the built-in SBD also causes Joule heat that causes the element to generate heat. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the stress current to such an extent that thermal damage of the chip or the evaluation facility due to the heat generation of the element can be prevented. As a result, the test time becomes long.
- a transistor having a built-in unipolar diode has a problem that a stress test for screening requires a long time.
- a stress test for screening requires a long time.
- the transistor characteristics greatly vary due to the stress test.
- the generation of triangular stacking faults that cause these problems is well known for SiC, but can also occur in other wide bandgap semiconductors.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is a semiconductor device incorporating a transistor and a unipolar diode, which can perform a stress test in a short time, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device in which transistor characteristics are unlikely to vary due to a stress test.
- the semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a drift layer having a first conductivity type, a plurality of first well regions having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and a first conductivity.
- the drift layer is provided on the semiconductor substrate and is made of a wide band gap semiconductor.
- the first well region is provided on the drift layer.
- the source region is provided on each of the first well regions and is separated from the drift layer by the first well region.
- the gate insulating film is provided on the first well region.
- the gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film.
- the first electrode is in contact with the source region and has a diode characteristic that allows unipolar current flow to the drift layer between the first well regions.
- the second well region is provided on the drift layer.
- the second electrode is in contact with the second well region and is separated from the gate electrode and the first electrode.
- the third electrode is electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate.
- the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention includes the following steps.
- a plurality of first well regions having a conductivity type and a source region having a first conductivity type provided on each of the first well regions and separated from the drift layer by the first well region, and on the first well region A gate insulating film provided on the gate insulating film, a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating film, a first electrode having a diode characteristic in contact with the source region and capable of conducting unipolar current to the drift layer between the first well regions; At least one second well region provided on the drift layer and having the second conductivity type; and a second electrode in contact with the second well region and separated from the gate electrode and the first electrode; A third electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate, is formed.
- the second electrode in contact with the second well region located outside the active region is provided apart from the first electrode in contact with the first well region located in the active region.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically showing a configuration of a semiconductor device in a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic partial sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. It is a top view which shows the modification of FIG. It is a top view which shows roughly the structure of the semiconductor device of a comparative example.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic partial sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic partial sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 3. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows schematically the structure of the semiconductor device in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows schematically the structure of the semiconductor device in Embodiment 3 of this invention.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic partial sectional view taken along line XII-XII in FIG. 11. It is the 1st modification of FIG. It is the 2nd modification of FIG. It is the 3rd modification of FIG.
- a region where unit cells are periodically arranged is referred to as an active region, and the other region is referred to as a termination region.
- MOSFET 101 semiconductor device
- SBD built-in SBD
- the MOSFET 101 includes an n-type (first conductivity type) substrate 10 (semiconductor substrate), a semiconductor layer on the substrate 10, a gate insulating film 50, a field insulating film 52, an interlayer insulating film 55, and a source electrode 80.
- the semiconductor layer includes a drift layer 20 having an n-type, a plurality of well regions 30 (first well region) having a p-type (second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type), and a well region 31 having a p-type.
- first well region having a p-type (second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type
- a well region 31 having a p-type.
- the substrate 10 is made of silicon carbide having a 4H polytype, for example.
- the impurity concentration of the substrate 10 is preferably higher than the impurity concentration of the drift layer 20.
- the surface orientation of one surface (upper surface in FIG. 2) of the substrate 10 is, for example, a surface inclined by about 4 ° from the (0001) surface.
- the drain electrode 85 is provided on the other surface (the lower surface in FIG. 2) of the substrate 10 via an ohmic electrode 79.
- the ohmic electrode 79 is in contact with the lower surface of the substrate 10. Thereby, the drain electrode 85 is electrically connected to the substrate 10 in an ohmic manner.
- the drift layer 20 is provided on the substrate 10.
- Drift layer 20 is made of a wide band gap semiconductor.
- drift layer 20 is made of silicon carbide having a hexagonal crystal structure.
- the entire semiconductor layer on substrate 10 is made of silicon carbide as a wide band gap semiconductor. That is, the semiconductor layer is a silicon carbide layer.
- the plurality of well regions 30 are arranged in the active region R1 and provided on the drift layer 20 so as to be separated from each other. Thereby, the separation region 21 or 22 made of the drift layer 20 is provided between the well regions 30 adjacent to each other on the semiconductor layer.
- the separation regions 21 and 22 are alternately arranged, for example.
- the plurality of well regions 30 only need to be provided separated from each other in a sectional view in one plane as shown in FIG. May be connected to each other.
- the source region 40 is provided on each of the well regions 30 on the surface of the semiconductor layer.
- the depth of the source region 40 is larger than the depth of the well region 30, and the source region 40 is separated from the drift layer 20 by the well region 30.
- nitrogen (N) is used as a conductive impurity (donor impurity) for imparting n-type to the source region 40.
- the plurality of well regions 30 are arranged in each of unit cells periodically provided in the MOSFET 101. Therefore, the plurality of well regions 30 are also periodically arranged.
- Each of the well regions 30 has a high concentration region 35 between the source region 40 and the separation region 22 on the surface of the semiconductor layer.
- the high concentration region 35 has a higher impurity concentration than the impurity concentration of other regions of the well region 30. Therefore, the high concentration region 35 has a lower electrical resistance than other portions in the well region 30.
- the well region 31 is disposed in the termination region R2 around the active region R1, and is provided on the drift layer 20 so as to be separated from the plurality of well regions 30.
- the width of the separation region between the well regions 30 and 31 is approximately the same as the width of the separation region 21.
- the area of the well region 31 is larger than the area of each well region 30.
- the well region 31 projects outward from the source electrode 80 (on the right side in FIG. 2) in the planar layout.
- Each of the well regions 31 has a high concentration region 36 located on the surface of the semiconductor layer.
- the high concentration region 36 has a higher impurity concentration than the impurity concentration of other regions of the well region 31. Therefore, the high concentration region 36 has a lower electrical resistance than other portions in the well region 31.
- the well region 31 preferably has a similar concentration profile due to the same type of conductive impurities as the well region 30. In this case, the well regions 30 and 31 can be formed simultaneously.
- the high concentration region 36 preferably has the same concentration profile due to the same type of conductive impurities as the high concentration region 35. In this case, the high concentration regions 35 and 36 can be formed simultaneously.
- aluminum (Al) is used as a conductive impurity (acceptor impurity) for imparting p-type to the well regions 30 and 31.
- the JTE region 37 is arranged on the outer peripheral side (the right side in FIG. 2) of the well region 31 and is connected to the well region 31. JTE region 37 has an impurity concentration lower than that of well region 31.
- the gate insulating film 50 is provided on the well region 30 and straddles the well region 30 between the source region 40 and the separation region 21.
- the gate insulating film 50 is preferably made of silicon oxide, for example, a thermal oxide film.
- the gate electrode 82 has a gate electrode part 60 and a wiring layer 82 w in contact with the gate electrode part 60.
- the gate electrode portion 60 is provided on the gate insulating film 50 and straddles the well region 30 between the source region 40 and the separation region 21 via the gate insulating film 50. With this configuration, a portion of the well region 30 that faces the gate electrode part 60 via the gate insulating film 50 between the separation region 21 and the source region 40 functions as a channel region.
- the channel region is a region where an inversion layer is formed when the MOSFET 101 is turned on by controlling the potential of the gate electrode unit 60.
- the resistivity of the material of the wiring layer 82w is preferably lower than the resistivity of the material of the gate electrode portion 60.
- the gate electrode 82 is electrically insulated from the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81. In other words, the gate electrode 82 is not short-circuited with the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81.
- the field insulating film 52 is provided on the semiconductor layer in the termination region R2. Therefore, the field insulating film 52 is provided on the well region 31 separately from the well region 30.
- the thickness of the field insulating film 52 is larger than the thickness of the gate insulating film 50.
- the field insulating film 52 is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the gate insulating film 50.
- Gate electrode portion 60 has a portion extending onto field insulating film 52. In the configuration shown in FIG. 2, the field insulating film 52 has an inner peripheral end in contact with the outer peripheral end of the gate insulating film 50.
- the interlayer insulating film 55 covers the gate electrode portion 60 provided on the gate insulating film 50 and the field insulating film 52. Interlayer insulating film 55 is preferably made of silicon oxide.
- the interlayer insulating film 55 is provided with a contact hole 95 exposing the gate electrode portion 60 in the termination region R2.
- a wiring layer 82 w of the gate electrode 82 is connected to the gate electrode portion 60 in the contact hole 95.
- the contact hole 95 and the wiring layer 82w of the gate electrode 82 are included in the well region 31 in the planar layout. This is because the well region 31 grounded to the source potential shields the high voltage applied to the drain electrode 85, so that an insulating film (see FIG. This is to prevent a high voltage from being applied to the field insulating film 52) in the second configuration.
- Contact holes 90, 91, and 92 are provided in the insulating layer having the gate insulating film 50 and the interlayer insulating film 55.
- the contact hole 90 partially exposes the surface of the active region R1 of the semiconductor layer. Specifically, a part of the source region 40, the high concentration region 35, and the separation region 22 are exposed. .
- Each of contact holes 91 and 92 partially exposes the surface of termination region R2 of the semiconductor layer. In the present embodiment, high-concentration region 36 of well region 31 is partially exposed.
- Contact hole 91 is arranged closer to active region R ⁇ b> 1 than contact hole 92.
- the field insulating film 52 is away from the contact hole 91 and away from the contact hole 92 in the present embodiment. Specifically, the field insulating film 52 is located farther from the active region R1 than the position of the contact hole 91, and is located farther from the active region R1 than the position of the contact hole 92.
- the source electrode 80 is provided on a structure having the gate insulating film 50, the gate electrode portion 60, and the interlayer insulating film 55.
- Source electrode 80 includes active region R1 in a planar layout.
- the source electrode 80 includes a Schottky electrode 75, an ohmic contact portion 70, an ohmic contact portion 71 (first ohmic contact portion), and a wiring layer 80w.
- Schottky electrode 75, ohmic contact portion 70, and ohmic contact portion 71 are short-circuited to each other by wiring layer 80w.
- the Schottky electrode 75 is disposed at the bottom of the contact hole 90 and is in contact with the drift layer 20 in the separation region 22.
- the source electrode 80 is Schottky connected to the drift layer 20 in the separation region 22.
- the SBD is built in the active region R1 of the MOSFET 101. Therefore, the source electrode 80 has a diode characteristic that allows unipolar conduction to the drift layer 20 between the well regions 30.
- the diffusion potential of this SBD is lower than the diffusion potential of the pn junction formed by the drift layer 20 and the well region 30.
- the Schottky electrode 75 preferably includes the surface of the separation region 22, but may not include it.
- no SBD is built in the termination region R2 of the MOSFET 101.
- the ohmic contact portion 70 is disposed at the bottom of the contact hole 90 and is in contact with the source region 40. Thereby, the source electrode 80 is ohmically connected to the source region 40. The ohmic contact portion 70 is also in contact with the high concentration region 35 of the well region 30 in the contact hole 90. Thus, the source electrode 80 is ohmically connected to the high concentration region 35 of the well region 30. Since the ohmic contact portion 70 is in contact with the high concentration region 35, transfer of electrons or holes between the ohmic contact portion 70 and the well region 30 becomes easier.
- the ohmic contact portion 71 is disposed at the bottom of the contact hole 91 and is in ohmic contact with the high concentration region 36 of the well region 31. Thereby, the source electrode 80 is ohmically connected to the high concentration region 36 of the well region 31. Since the ohmic contact portion 71 is in contact with the high concentration region 36, it is easier to transfer electrons or holes between the ohmic contact portion 71 and the well region 31.
- the test electrode 81 is separated from the gate electrode 82 and the source electrode 80.
- the test electrode 81 has an ohmic contact portion 72 (second ohmic contact portion) and a wiring layer 81w.
- the ohmic contact portion 72 is disposed at the bottom of the contact hole 92 and is in contact with the high concentration region 36 of the well region 31.
- the ohmic contact portion 72 is in ohmic contact with the high concentration region 36 of the well region 31.
- the test electrode 81 is in contact with the well region 31 and is ohmically connected to the well region 31.
- the contact hole 91 is formed so as to surround the active region R1 as completely as possible, and the test electrode 81 is formed so as to surround the active region R1 as completely as possible.
- the high concentration region 36 extends not only directly under the ohmic contact portions 71 and 72 but also over a wide range in the well region 31. This serves to lower the resistance of the well region 31 in the chip plane direction, that is, the sheet resistance.
- the high-concentration region 36 serves to prevent the gate insulating film 50 or the field insulating film 52 immediately above the well region 31 from being destroyed due to the fluctuation of the potential inside the well region 31 during the switching operation of the MOSFET 101. .
- the reverse bias applied to the pn junction between the well region 31 and the drift layer 20 rapidly increases due to the potential of the drain electrode 85 rapidly increasing.
- test electrode 81 has a portion located between source electrode 80 and gate electrode 82.
- the test electrode 81 has an electrode pad 81P (FIG. 1) exposed on the surface of the MOSFET 101.
- the electrode pad 81P is a region that is large enough to allow contact with the probe needle, and preferably has a size of 30 ⁇ m square or more.
- the test electrode 81 has an electrode pad 81P and a portion extending linearly with a width smaller than the width of the electrode pad.
- the chip size can be suppressed while maintaining the size of the active region R1 directly connected to the device performance such as the on-resistance of the MOSFET 101.
- the shape of the electrode pad is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1, and if the test electrode 81 has a region of 30 ⁇ m square or more in plan view, this region functions as an electrode pad.
- a stress test is performed in which a high-density stress current is applied to the parasitic pn diode formed between the well region 31 and the drift layer 20 by applying a potential higher than the drain electrode 85 to the test electrode 81.
- the electrode pad 81P has a probe mark 81M generated by applying a probe needle to apply this potential.
- the electrode pad 81P is unnecessary.
- the electrode pad 81P may be removed after the energization test. In this case, the MOSFET 101 does not have the electrode pad 81P.
- the gate electrode 82 may be composed of only a region functioning as an electrode pad as shown in FIG. 1 in the field of view when the MOSFET 101 is viewed from above.
- You may have the wiring area
- the drift layer 20 is formed on one surface of the substrate 10.
- silicon carbide doped with a donor impurity at an impurity concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 15 cm ⁇ 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method is 5 ⁇ m to 50 ⁇ m. It is epitaxially grown on the substrate 10 with a thickness of about.
- an implantation mask is formed on the surface of the drift layer 20 using a photoresist or the like.
- Al ions are selectively implanted as acceptor impurities.
- the depth of Al ion implantation is set to about 0.5 ⁇ m to 3 ⁇ m which does not exceed the thickness of the drift layer 20.
- the impurity concentration of Al to be ion-implanted is higher than the donor concentration of the drift layer 20 in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the implantation mask is removed.
- the regions into which Al is ion-implanted by this step become the well regions 30 and 31. Therefore, the well regions 30 and 31 can be formed together.
- Al ions are selectively implanted as acceptor impurities.
- the depth of Al ion implantation is set to about 0.5 ⁇ m to 3 ⁇ m which does not exceed the thickness of the drift layer 20.
- the impurity concentration of Al to be ion-implanted is higher than the first impurity concentration of the drift layer 20 in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 and higher than the Al concentration of the well region 30. Is also low.
- the implantation mask is removed. A region into which Al is ion-implanted by this step becomes the JTE region 37.
- N which is a donor impurity
- the ion implantation depth of N is made shallower than the thickness of the well region 30.
- the impurity concentration of the ion-implanted N exceeds the acceptor concentration of the well region 30 in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 21 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the n-type region is the source region 40.
- implantation mask is formed on the surface of the drift layer 20 with a photoresist or the like.
- Al which is an acceptor impurity, is ion-implanted using this implantation mask.
- the implantation mask is removed.
- the regions into which Al is implanted by this step become the high concentration regions 35 and 36.
- the ion implantation of the acceptor impurity is preferably performed while heating the substrate 10 or the drift layer 20 to 150 ° C. or higher for the purpose of reducing the resistance of the high concentration regions 35 and 36.
- annealing is performed at 1300 to 1900 ° C. for 30 seconds to 1 hour in an inert gas atmosphere such as argon (Ar) gas by a heat treatment apparatus.
- an inert gas atmosphere such as argon (Ar) gas
- a field insulating film 52 made of a silicon dioxide film having a thickness of about 0.5 to 2 ⁇ m is formed in a region other than the position substantially corresponding to the active region R1.
- the field insulating film 52 at a position substantially corresponding to the active region R1 is removed by using a photolithography technique and an etching technique.
- a gate insulating film 50 having a desired thickness made of silicon oxide is formed.
- a polycrystalline silicon film having conductivity is formed on the gate insulating film 50 by low pressure CVD, and the gate electrode portion 60 is formed by patterning this film.
- an interlayer insulating film 55 is formed by a low pressure CVD method.
- openings are formed in the interlayer insulating film 55 and the gate insulating film 50 to expose portions of the semiconductor layer where the ohmic contacts 70 to 72 are to be formed.
- a metal film mainly composed of nickel (Ni) is formed by sputtering or the like. Subsequently, the film is heat-treated at a temperature of 600 ° C. to 1100 ° C. Thereby, silicide is formed between the silicon carbide layer and the metal film in the opening. Subsequently, the remaining portion of the metal film that is not silicided is removed. This removal can be performed, for example, by wet etching using any one of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, or a mixed solution of these with hydrogen peroxide. As a result, the ohmic contacts 70 to 72 are formed.
- a metal film containing Ni as a main component is formed on the lower surface of the substrate 10.
- an ohmic electrode 79 is formed on the back side of the substrate 10.
- the gate insulating film 50 and the interlayer insulating film 55 on the separation region 22 and the interlayer insulating film 55 at the position where the contact hole 95 is provided are removed by a patterning technique using a photoresist or the like.
- a removal method wet etching that does not damage the silicon carbide surface that becomes the SBD interface is preferable.
- a Schottky electrode 75 is deposited by sputtering or the like.
- the deposited material is preferably Ti, Mo or Ni.
- a wiring metal layer such as Al is formed on the surface of the substrate 10 processed so far by sputtering or vapor deposition, and this is processed into a predetermined shape by photolithography.
- a wiring layer 80w that contacts the ohmic contact portions 70 and 71 and the Schottky electrode 75, a wiring layer 81w that contacts the ohmic contact portion 72, and a wiring layer 82w that contacts the gate electrode portion 60 are formed.
- a drain electrode 85 that is a metal film is formed on the surface of the ohmic electrode 79 formed on the lower surface of the substrate 10.
- the substrate 10 As described above, the substrate 10, the above-described semiconductor layer on the substrate 10, the gate insulating film 50, the field insulating film 52, the interlayer insulating film 55, the source electrode 80, the test electrode 81, the gate electrode 82, A semi-finished product of the MOSFET 101 having the drain electrode 85 is formed.
- a stress test is performed on the semi-finished MOSFET 101. Specifically, by increasing the potential of the test electrode 81 with respect to the drain electrode 85, a forward bias is applied to the pn junction formed by the well region 31 and the drift layer 20. In order to apply this potential, the probe needle is brought into contact with the electrode pad 81P (FIG. 1) of the test electrode 81. At this time, in order to reduce the contact resistance between the probe needle and the electrode pad 81P, the probe needle needs to be recessed into the electrode pad 81P. As a result, a probe mark 81M is formed on the electrode pad 81P.
- the voltage applied between the test electrode 81 and the drain electrode 85 is set lower than the voltage between the source electrode 80 and the drain electrode 85.
- the potential of the source electrode 80 is made lower than the potential of the test electrode 81.
- the potential of the source electrode 80 is set to a potential that does not exceed the diffusion potential of the parasitic pn diode with respect to the potential of the drain electrode 85.
- the potential of the source electrode 80 may be a floating potential without applying a potential from the outside. Even in that case, the potential of the source electrode 80 is between the potential of the test electrode 81 and the potential of the drain electrode 85, and thus is lower than the potential of the test electrode 81.
- the parasitic pn formed between the well region 31 and the drift layer 20 as compared with the parasitic pn diode formed between the well region 30 and the drift layer 20.
- a stress current preferentially flows through the diode.
- the potential of the gate electrode 82 is preferably equal to that of the test electrode 81 or lower than that of the test electrode 81 in order to reliably turn off the channel.
- the energization characteristic may be a resistance value or a withstand voltage characteristic. For example, a current is passed between the test electrode 81 and the drain electrode 85, and elements having a large voltage drop are eliminated. Further, the same measurement may be performed before the stress test, and the necessity of exclusion may be determined from the characteristic fluctuation amount before and after the stress test.
- the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81 are short-circuited after applying an energization stress to the parasitic pn diode as described above.
- the MOSFET 101 is preferably provided with a wiring portion 89 that electrically short-circuits the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81.
- the wiring part 89 may be provided above the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81, for example, is formed as a bonding wire by wire bonding.
- MOSFET 101 is obtained.
- MOSFET 101 of the present embodiment has undergone the screening described above, such characteristic deterioration is unlikely to occur.
- the comparative MOSFET 199 does not have the test electrode 81 described above. For this reason, the potential application in the stress test must be performed using the source electrode 80.
- the source electrode 80 is also in contact with the active region R1 in which the SBD having a lower operating voltage than the pn diode is built. For this reason, most of the stress current flows into the active region R1 that does not require a stress test.
- the current flowing through the SBD built in the active region R1 also generates Joule heat corresponding to the voltage drop in the device, thereby causing the element to generate heat. In order to prevent thermal damage to the chip or evaluation equipment due to this heat generation, it is necessary to suppress the amount of current to be applied. As a result, the stress current density to the pn diode formed by the well region 31 and the drift layer 20 in the termination region R2 is reduced. Therefore, the time required for the stress test becomes long.
- the test electrode 81 in contact with the well region 31 located in the termination region R2 is provided.
- the stress current flowing in the active region R1 can be suppressed.
- the amount of heat generated in the active region R1 during the stress test is further reduced. Therefore, since a larger current can be used for the stress test, the stress test can be performed in a shorter time.
- the generation of stacking faults in the active region R1 during the stress test is suppressed. This makes it difficult for the transistor characteristics to vary due to the stress test. As described above, the stress test time can be shortened, and fluctuations in transistor characteristics due to the stress test can be suppressed.
- a stress current can be easily applied from the outside by the electrode pad 81P.
- a probe needle for applying a stress current can be easily applied. Since the electrode pad 81P has the probe mark 81M, it can be easily recognized that the stress current has already been applied. Devices with probe marks on multiple electrode pads can apply different stresses to each electrode pad, and there is no need for an additional step of removing the pad after that. Stress can be applied.
- the potential of the well region 31 can be more reliably brought close to the potential of the source electrode 80. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a high voltage from being applied to the gate insulating film 50 and the field insulating film 52 on the well region 31.
- the potential of the well region 31 is set to the potential of the source electrode 80 to some extent. Can be approached.
- Each of the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81 can be ohmically connected to the well region 31 by the ohmic contact portions 71 and 72.
- field insulating film 52 extends to a position closer to active region R1 as compared to MOSFET 101 (FIG. 2).
- the boundary between the field insulating film 52 and the gate insulating film 50 is located at a location closer to the active region R1 than the contact holes 91 and 92.
- the contact holes 91 and 92 penetrate not only the interlayer insulating film 55 but also the field insulating film 52. Therefore, the ohmic contacts 71 and 72 are disposed in contact holes 91 and 92 provided in the field insulating film 52, respectively.
- the field insulating film 52 thicker than the gate insulating film 50 is provided around the ohmic contacts 71 and 72 connected to the well region 31 where the potential increases as described above. Thereby, the breakdown of the insulating film around the ohmic contacts 71 and 72 is suppressed.
- the end of the field insulating film 52 on the active region R1 side is preferably closer to the active region R1 than the end of the high concentration region 36 on the active region R1 side. This is because when the gate insulating film 50 is formed even on the high concentration region 36, the high concentration region 36 has a high impurity concentration, so that the insulating characteristic of the formed gate insulating film 50 is high concentration region. It is because it becomes low on 36. Note that the end of the field insulating film 52 on the active region R 1 side is preferably in the plan view of the well region 31.
- the manufacturing method of the MOSFET 102 is almost the same as that of the MOSFET 101.
- etching of the field insulating film 52 at the positions of the contact holes 91 and 92 may be required. This etching can be performed simultaneously with the etching process of the field insulating film 52 described in the first embodiment.
- both the ohmic contacts 71 and 72 are disposed in contact holes provided in the field insulating film 52.
- a configuration in which only one of the ohmic contact portions 71 and 72 is disposed in a contact hole provided in the field insulating film 52 may be used. In this case, the above-described effect can be obtained around one ohmic contact portion.
- MOSFET 103 semiconductor device of the present embodiment is not provided with contact hole 91 unlike MOSFET 102 (FIG. 7). Therefore, the source electrode 80 and the well region 31 are separated by the insulating film. In this embodiment, in order to prevent the potential of the well region 31 from floating when the MOSFET 103 is actually used, it is necessary to short-circuit the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81 by the wiring portion 89 after applying the stress current. It is.
- the current applied by the test electrode 81 in the stress test can be prevented from leaking to the active region R1 via the current path passing through the contact hole 91. Thereby, the time for the stress test can be further shortened. 7, the current path passes through the well region 31, the ohmic contact portion 71, the wiring layer 80 w, the Schottky electrode 75, and the separation region 22 in order from the test electrode 81 to the drain electrode 85. It is everything.
- well region 31 includes a plurality of well regions 31 a and 31 b separated from each other by separation region 23 formed of drift layer 20.
- An ohmic contact portion 71 is connected to the well region 31a, and an ohmic contact portion 72 is connected to the well region 31b. That is, out of the plurality of well regions 31, the ohmic contact portion 71 is in ohmic connection and the ohmic contact portion 72 is in ohmic connection.
- the width of the separation region 23 is preferably equal to or less than the width of the separation region 21 or 22 so as not to reduce the breakdown voltage.
- the present embodiment it is possible to avoid the connection between the test electrode 81 having the ohmic contact portion 72 and the source electrode 80 having the ohmic contact portion 71 by one well region. Thereby, an effect close to that of the third embodiment can be obtained. That is, the stress current flowing from the test electrode 81 to the well region 30 via the source electrode 80 is suppressed, and the stress test time can be shortened.
- the stress current applied from the test electrode 81 hardly flows in the region closer to the active region R1 than the separation region 23.
- the starting point of the defect existing in such a region is not easily reflected in the result of the stress test.
- the separation region 23 is preferably closer to the contact hole 91 than to the contact hole 92.
- MOSFET 105 semiconductor device of the present embodiment
- a region where high concentration region 36 is not formed exists between contact holes 91 and 92.
- the separation region 24 is provided in the high concentration region 36 between the contact holes 91 and 92.
- the separation region 24 is a region other than the high concentration region 36 in the well region 31. Therefore, in the well region 31, the separation region 24 has a higher sheet resistance than the region where the high concentration region 36 is formed.
- the MOSFET 105 has the following configuration.
- One well region 31 has a surface S1 (first surface) ohmic-connected to the ohmic contact portion 71 and a surface S2 (second surface) ohmic-connected to the ohmic contact portion 72.
- the well region 31 has a surface S3 (third surface) that separates the surface S1 and the surface S2.
- the sheet resistance of the surface S3 is higher than the sheet resistance of each of the surfaces S1 and S2.
- a portion along the surface S3 having a high sheet resistance is provided between the electrical path between the test electrode 81 having the ohmic contact portion 72 and the source electrode 80 having the ohmic contact portion 71. Therefore, leakage of stress current from the test electrode 81 to the well region 30 via the source electrode 80 can be suppressed. Therefore, the time for the stress test can be shortened.
- the test electrode 81 is connected without necessarily adding the wiring portion 89 for short-circuiting the source electrode 80 and the test electrode 81. It can be avoided that the potential of the second well formed is greatly deviated from the potential of the source electrode 80.
- the stress current applied from the test electrode 81 is less likely to flow in a region closer to the active region R1 than the separation region 24.
- the starting point of the defect existing in such a region is not easily reflected in the result of the stress test.
- the separation region 24 is preferably closer to the contact hole 91 than to the contact hole 92.
- MOSFET 106 semiconductor device
- MOSFET 101 MOSFET 101
- gate electrode 82 is located between source electrode 80 and test electrode 81 in a plan view.
- the test electrode 81 has a portion located farther from the active region R ⁇ b> 1 than the gate electrode 82.
- the manufacturing method of the MOSFET 106 is almost the same as the manufacturing method of the MOSFET 101. As a difference, the mask layout when the gate electrode 82 and the test electrode 81 are formed and the mask layout when the contact holes 92 and 95 are formed may be changed.
- MOSFETs 106a to 106c semiconductor devices as modified examples will be described with reference to FIGS.
- contact hole 91 is omitted as in the third embodiment, and the same effect as in the third embodiment can be obtained.
- MOSFET 106b the separation region 23 is provided as in the fourth embodiment, and the same effect as in the fourth embodiment is obtained.
- MOSFET 106c a separation region 24 is provided as in the fifth embodiment, and the same effect as in the fifth embodiment can be obtained.
- connection with an electrically low resistance is referred to as an “ohmic connection”, and a structure for realizing the connection is referred to as an “ohmic contact portion” or an “ohmic electrode”.
- Connection with low resistance means, for example, a connection having a contact resistance of 100 ⁇ cm 2 or less, and it is not necessary to satisfy a narrowly defined ohmic characteristic having perfect linearity as a current / voltage characteristic.
- the first conductivity type is n-type and the second conductivity type is p-type.
- the first conductivity type is p-type and the second conductivity type is n-type. It may be a type. In this case, the above-described content of the potential level is also opposite.
- the Schottky electrode 75 and the source electrode 80 may be made of the same material. In this case, the Schottky electrode 75 and the source electrode 80 can be formed collectively.
- the MOSFET has been described as the semiconductor device.
- a material other than an oxide may be used as the material of the gate insulating film.
- the semiconductor device may be a MISFET (Metal Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) other than the MOSFET.
- the semiconductor device is not limited to the MISFET, and may be a unipolar transistor having a built-in unipolar diode.
- the unipolar transistor may be, for example, a JFET (Junction Field Effect Transistor).
- the SBD is incorporated in the unipolar transistor, but the source electrode has a diode characteristic that allows unipolar conduction to the drift layer 20 between the well regions 30 even if no SBD element is incorporated. 80 should just have.
- an FET having a channel characteristic that allows energization only in the direction from the source to the drain while an off potential is applied to the gate may be used.
- silicon carbide is used as the wide band gap semiconductor that is the material of the drift layer 20, but other wide band gap semiconductors may be used.
- a wide-gap semiconductor having a recombination energy larger than that of silicon, not limited to silicon carbide, may generate crystal defects when a forward current flows through the parasitic pn diode.
- a wide band gap semiconductor is defined as a semiconductor having a band gap of about twice the band gap of silicon (1.12 eV), for example.
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Description
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図1および図2を参照して、はじめに本実施の形態のMOSFET101(半導体装置)の構成について説明する。MOSFET101は、詳しくは後述するが、SBDが内蔵されたものである。
続いてMOSFET101(図2)の製造方法について、以下に説明する。
ソース電極80の電位がドレイン電極85の電位を上回った際、MOSFET101は還流動作を行う。活性領域R1においては、内蔵SBDに電流が流れるため、ウェル領域30とドリフト層20とによって形成されるpnダイオードには順方向電流が流れない。一方、終端領域R2においては、SBDが内蔵されていないため、ウェル領域31とドリフト層20とによって形成されるpnダイオードに順方向電流が流れる。
比較例のMOSFET199(図4~図6)は、上述した試験電極81を有しない。このため、ストレス試験における電位の印加はソース電極80を用いて行わなければならない。ここで、ソース電極80は、pnダイオードよりも動作電圧の低いSBDが内蔵された活性領域R1にも接触している。このためストレス電流のうち大部分が、ストレス試験を必要としない活性領域R1に流れてしまう。活性領域R1に内蔵されたSBDを通電した電流も、デバイス内の電圧降下に応じたジュール熱を発生することで、素子の発熱を引き起こす。この発熱によるチップまた評価設備の熱損傷を防ぐために、通電する電流量を抑える必要がある。その結果、終端領域R2においてウェル領域31とドリフト層20とによって形成されるpnダイオードへのストレス電流密度が低くなる。よってストレス試験に要する時間が長くなってしまう。
本実施の形態によれば、活性領域R1に位置するウェル領域30に接するソース電極80とは別に、終端領域R2に位置するウェル領域31に接する試験電極81が設けられる。ウェル領域31およびドリフト層20によるpn接合に順方向バイアスを印加するストレス試験を試験電極81を用いて行うことにより、活性領域R1に流れるストレス電流を抑制することができる。これにより、第1に、ストレス試験中の活性領域R1における発熱量がより小さくなる。よって、より大きな電流をストレス試験に用いることが可能となるので、ストレス試験をより短時間で行うことができる。第2に、ストレス試験中の活性領域R1における積層欠陥の生成が抑制される。これにより、ストレス試験に起因したトランジスタ特性の変動が生じにくくなる。以上から、ストレス試験の時間を短くすることができ、またストレス試験に起因したトランジスタ特性の変動を抑えることができる。
図7を参照して、本実施の形態のMOSFET102(半導体装置)においては、MOSFET101(図2)の場合に比して、フィールド絶縁膜52が、より活性領域R1に近い位置まで延びている。言い換えれば、フィールド絶縁膜52とゲート絶縁膜50との境界が、コンタクトホール91および92よりも活性領域R1に近い箇所に位置している。その結果、コンタクトホール91および92は、層間絶縁膜55だけではなくフィールド絶縁膜52も貫いている。よってオーミックコンタクト部71および72のそれぞれは、フィールド絶縁膜52に設けられたコンタクトホール91および92内に配置されている。
図8を参照して、本実施の形態のMOSFET103(半導体装置)には、MOSFET102(図7)と異なり、コンタクトホール91が設けられていない。よってソース電極80とウェル領域31とが絶縁膜によって隔てられている。本実施の形態においてMOSFET103の実使用時にウェル領域31の電位がフローティングになることを避けるためには、ストレス電流の印加後、ソース電極80と試験電極81とを配線部89によって短絡することが必要である。
図9を参照して、本実施の形態のMOSFET104(半導体装置)においては、ウェル領域31は、ドリフト層20からなる離間領域23によって互いに分離された複数のウェル領域31aおよび31bを含む。ウェル領域31aにはオーミックコンタクト部71が接続しており、ウェル領域31bにはオーミックコンタクト部72が接続している。すなわち、複数のウェル領域31のうちオーミックコンタクト部71がオーミック接続しているものと、オーミックコンタクト部72がオーミック接続しているものとは異なっている。離間領域23の幅は、耐圧を低下させないために、離間領域21または22の幅以下であることが好ましい。
図10を参照して、本実施の形態のMOSFET105(半導体装置)においては、コンタクトホール91および92の間に、高濃度領域36が形成されていない領域が存在する。言い換えれば、コンタクトホール91および92の間において高濃度領域36に離間領域24が設けられている。離間領域24は、ウェル領域31のうち高濃度領域36以外の領域からなる。よって、ウェル領域31において、離間領域24は、高濃度領域36が形成された領域に比して、より高いシート抵抗を有する。
図11および図12を参照して、MOSFET106(半導体装置)においては、MOSFET101(図1)の場合と異なり、平面視においてゲート電極82はソース電極80および試験電極81の間に位置している。この構成により、試験電極81は、ゲート電極82よりも活性領域R1から遠くに位置する部分を有する。
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- 第1導電型を有する半導体基板(10)と、
前記半導体基板上に設けられ、ワイドバンドギャップ半導体から作られ、前記第1導電型を有するドリフト層(20)と、
前記ドリフト層上に設けられ、前記第1導電型と異なる第2導電型を有する複数の第1ウェル領域(30)と、
前記第1ウェル領域の各々の上に設けられ、前記第1ウェル領域によって前記ドリフト層から分離され、前記第1導電型を有するソース領域(40)と、
前記第1ウェル領域上に設けられたゲート絶縁膜(50)と、
前記ゲート絶縁膜上に設けられたゲート電極(82)と、
前記ソース領域に接し、前記第1ウェル領域の間において前記ドリフト層へユニポーラ通電が可能なダイオード特性を有する第1電極(80)と、
前記ドリフト層上に設けられ、前記第2導電型を有する少なくとも1つの第2ウェル領域(31)と、
前記第2ウェル領域に接し、前記ゲート電極および前記第1電極から分離された第2電極(81)と、
前記半導体基板に電気的に接続された第3電極(85)と、
を備える、半導体装置(101~106、106a~106c)。 - 前記第2電極は電極パッド(81P)を有する、請求項1に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記電極パッドはプローブ痕(81M)を有する、請求項2に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記第1電極および前記第2電極の上方において前記第1電極および前記第2電極を電気的に短絡する配線部(89)をさらに備える、請求項1から3のいずれか1項に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記第1電極は前記第2ウェル領域とオーミック接続する第1オーミックコンタクト部(71)を有し、
前記第2電極は前記第2ウェル領域とオーミック接続する第2オーミックコンタクト部(72)を有する、
請求項1から4のいずれか1項に記載の半導体装置。 - 前記第1ウェル領域から分離されて前記第2ウェル領域上に設けられ、前記ゲート絶縁膜よりも厚いフィールド絶縁膜(52)をさらに備え、
前記第1オーミックコンタクト部および第2オーミックコンタクト部の少なくともいずれかは、前記フィールド絶縁膜に設けられたコンタクトホール内に配置されている、請求項5に記載の半導体装置。 - 前記少なくとも1つの第2ウェル領域は複数の第2ウェル領域を含み、前記複数の第2ウェル領域のうち前記第1オーミックコンタクト部がオーミック接続しているものと、前記複数の第2ウェル領域のうち前記第2オーミックコンタクト部がオーミック接続しているものとは異なっている、請求項5または6に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記少なくとも1つの第2ウェル領域は、前記第1オーミックコンタクト部にオーミック接続された第1の面と前記第2オーミックコンタクト部にオーミック接続された第2の面とを有する一のウェル領域を含み、前記一のウェル領域は前記第1の面および前記第2の面の間を隔てる第3の面を有し、前記一のウェル領域において前記第3の面のシート抵抗は前記第1の面および前記第2の面の各々のシート抵抗よりも高い、請求項5または6に記載の半導体装置。
- 平面視において、前記第2電極は前記第1電極および前記ゲート電極の間に位置する、請求項1から8のいずれか1項に記載の半導体装置。
- 平面視において、前記ゲート電極は前記第1電極および前記第2電極の間に位置する、請求項1から8のいずれか1項に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記ワイドバンドギャップ半導体は炭化珪素である、請求項1から10のいずれか1項に記載の半導体装置。
- 前記第1電極は、前記第1ウェル領域の間において前記ドリフト層に接するショットキー電極(75)を含む、請求項1から11のいずれか1項に記載の半導体装置。
- 第1導電型を有する半導体基板(10)と、前記半導体基板上に設けられ、ワイドバンドギャップ半導体から作られ、前記第1導電型を有するドリフト層(20)と、前記ドリフト層上に設けられ、前記第1導電型と異なる第2導電型を有する複数の第1ウェル領域(30)と、前記第1ウェル領域の各々の上に設けられ、前記第1ウェル領域によって前記ドリフト層から分離され、前記第1導電型を有するソース領域(40)と、前記第1ウェル領域上に設けられたゲート絶縁膜(50)と、前記ゲート絶縁膜上に設けられたゲート電極(82)と、前記ソース領域に接し、前記第1ウェル領域の間において前記ドリフト層へユニポーラ通電が可能なダイオード特性を有する第1電極(80)と、前記ドリフト層上に設けられ、前記第2導電型を有する少なくとも1つの第2ウェル領域(31)と、前記第2ウェル領域に接し、前記ゲート電極および前記第1電極から分離された第2電極(81)と、前記半導体基板に電気的に接続された第3電極(85)と、を形成する工程と、
前記第2電極および前記第3電極の間に前記第1電極および前記第3電極の間の電圧よりも低い電圧を加えることによって、前記第2ウェル領域および前記ドリフト層によるpn接合に順方向バイアスを与える工程と、
を備える、半導体装置(101~106、106a~106c)の製造方法。 - 前記順方向バイアスを与える工程の後に、前記第1電極および前記第2電極の間を短絡する工程をさらに備える、請求項13に記載の半導体装置の製造方法。
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