Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a method for preparing a semiconductor device with high heat dissipation performance, which comprises the following steps:
s1 preparation of a substrate: selecting and cleaning a Si substrate, uniformly spin-coating a spin-coating solution of diamond nano-grains on the surface of the Si substrate, drying, and depositing a polycrystalline diamond film;
s2: preparing a mask: depositing a mask layer on the polycrystalline diamond film, and forming periodically patterned holes on the mask layer through photoetching and etching processes until the diamond is exposed;
s3: etching the polycrystalline diamond film until the Si substrate is partially exposed by dry etching; forming a conical or truncated cone-shaped diamond structure by controlling the etching angle;
s4: cleaning the etched Si substrate and diamond structure by using a chemical reagent;
s5: depositing an AlN nucleating layer and a GaN buffer layer on the Si substrate by an MOCVD transverse epitaxial growth technology, wherein the GaN buffer layer grows transversely on the diamond structures and fills the diamond structures until all the diamond structures are covered and a plane is formed;
s6: growing an AlN insert layer and an AlGaN barrier layer on the GaN buffer layer in sequence; and manufacturing a source electrode and a drain electrode on the AlGaN barrier layer, and manufacturing a gate electrode on the AlGaN barrier layer between the source electrode and the gate electrode to obtain the GaN semiconductor device.
Preferably, the polycrystalline diamond film is deposited by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition, and the thickness of the polycrystalline diamond film is 1-2 microns.
Preferably, the period of the holes is 2-4 microns, and the pore diameter is 1-3 microns.
Preferably, the etching angle in S3 is controlled by the upper and lower electrode power of the ICP process.
Preferably, the AlN nucleation layer is 1-5 nm.
Preferably, the GaN buffer layer is 2-5 microns.
Preferably, in S6, performing active region mesa isolation on the GaN buffer layer to divide the GaN buffer layer into 3 regions, and after preparing source and drain regions on both sides, fabricating passivation layers on the source, the drain, and the GaN buffer layer; and removing the passivation layer on the source electrode and the drain electrode after preparing the grid electrode at the middle position.
Preferably, the mask layer is one of silicon dioxide, silicon nitride or titanium oxide.
Preferably, the chemical agent is sulfuric acid hydrogen peroxide.
A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, wherein a plurality of conical diamonds are arranged on the substrate, an AlN nucleating layer is arranged between the diamonds, a GaN buffer layer is arranged on the AlN nucleating layer, the GaN buffer layer is filled between diamond structures and forms a plane at the top of the diamond structures, an AlN inserting layer and an AlGaN barrier layer are arranged at the upper part of each diamond structure, and a grid electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode are arranged on the AlGaN barrier layer.
The semiconductor device and the preparation method thereof with high heat dissipation have the following beneficial effects: in addition, the used spin-coating diamond nanocrystalline coating and the conical diamond growing process simplify the diamond growing process, the diamond is uniformly distributed, and no cavity exists after the gallium nitride grows, so that the heat dissipation capacity of the semiconductor device is greatly improved.
Detailed Description
The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.
Example 1
The invention provides a preparation method of a semiconductor device with high heat dissipation performance, which comprises the following steps: the diamond structure comprises a substrate 1, wherein a plurality of conical diamond structures 5 are arranged on the substrate 1 in an arrayed mode, an AlN nucleating layer 6 is arranged between the diamond structures 5, a GaN buffer layer 7 is arranged on the AlN nucleating layer 6, the GaN buffer layer 7 is filled between the diamond structures 5, a plane is formed at the top of each diamond structure 5, an AlN insert layer 8 and an AlGaN barrier layer 9 are arranged on the upper portion of each diamond structure 5, and a grid 11, a source electrode 10 and a drain electrode 12 are arranged on the AlGaN barrier layer 9.
The preparation process comprises the following steps: as shown in figure 1 of the drawings, in which,
s1 preparation of substrate 1: selecting and cleaning a Si or sapphire and silicon carbide substrate 1, selecting and using Si in the embodiment, uniformly spin-coating a spin-coating solution of diamond nano-grains on the surface of the Si substrate 1, drying, and depositing a polycrystalline diamond film 2; the nanocrystals will provide nucleation for subsequent polycrystalline diamond growth. Depositing a high-quality polycrystalline diamond film 2 with the thickness of 1-2 microns by Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD); compared with the diamond generated in a deep groove mode in the prior art, the diamond coating can be generated in a mode of spin-coating the diamond nano crystal grains, and because the plasma gas concentration and the growth gas distribution in the groove are extremely difficult to ensure, the growth in the deep groove is difficult, and a stable diamond film layer cannot be obtained.
S2: preparing a mask: depositing a mask layer 3 on the polycrystalline diamond film 2, wherein the mask layer can be made of SiO2Or silicon nitride or titanium oxide, the mask layer in this embodiment is preferably SiO2By photolithography and etching processes, dry etching or wet etching can be used here on SiO2Forming periodically patterned holes 4 in the layer until the diamond 2 is exposed; the holes 4 have a period of 3 microns and a pore diameter of 2 microns. SiO 22The layer serves as a mask for subsequent etching of the polycrystalline diamond film 2.
S3: etching the polycrystalline diamond film 2, and etching the polycrystalline diamond film 2 by dry etching, preferably by ICP (inductively coupled plasma) dry etching, until the Si substrate 1 is partially exposed; forming a conical diamond structure 5 by controlling the etching angle, etching the diamond into the conical structure by ICP dry etching and controlling the voltage of the upper electrode and the lower electrode, the etching time and other process parameters, and simultaneously etching the SiO on the upper part of the diamond2The layer is also etched away; the conical structure of etching can guarantee that when follow-up growth GaN, GaN lateral growth reaches the toper top, can not form the cavity at the diamond top, and current deep groove diamond structure 5 lacks high gradient during GaN lateral growth, leads to the lateral growth to merge back top position and has more cavities, can cause the heat-sinking capability greatly reduced in the in-service use.
S4: cleaning the etched Si substrate 1 and the diamond structure 5 by using a chemical reagent, wherein the chemical reagent can be acid solution such as hydrogen sulfate peroxide, and the like, and the surface is cleaned by using the hydrogen sulfate peroxide to clean the surface because the surface has more particles (particles) after dry etching;
s5: the AlN nucleation layer 6 and the GaN buffer layer 7 are deposited on the Si substrate 1 by MOCVD epitaxial growth techniques. The AlN nucleating layer 6 is 3nm, the GaN buffer layer 7 grows around the diamond structures 5 in a transverse mode, and the diamond structures 5 are filled until all the diamond structures 5 are covered and a plane is formed; because the nucleation energy of GaN and/or AlN on the surface of polycrystalline diamond is much larger than that on monocrystalline silicon, selective growth of GaN can be controlled under proper growth conditions, i.e. GaN starts to nucleate and grow only on monocrystalline silicon substrate 1, and after the thickness of GaN is larger than that of diamond film, GaN grows laterally while continuing to grow thick. The GaN of the adjacent opening areas grows transversely until being combined to form a continuous GaN buffer layer. The GaN buffer layer 7 is 3 micrometers, and due to the fact that the combined GaN buffer layer is provided with the diamond gradient at the lower portion, no cavity exists after combination, crystal quality is high, defect density is low, and heat conductivity is greatly improved.
S6: an AlN insert layer 8 and an AlGaN barrier layer 9 are sequentially grown on the GaN buffer layer 7; and manufacturing a source electrode and a drain electrode on the AlGaN barrier layer 9, and manufacturing a gate electrode on the AlGaN barrier layer 9 between the source electrode 10 and the gate electrode 11 to obtain the GaN semiconductor device, wherein the specific mode is as follows: performing active region mesa isolation on the AlGaN barrier layer 9, dividing the AlGaN barrier layer into 3 regions, preparing source 10 and drain 12 regions on two sides, and then manufacturing passivation layers on the source 10, the drain 12 and the GaN buffer layer to prevent the GaN buffer layer from being affected when a grid 11 is prepared; after the gate electrode 11 is formed at the middle position, the passivation layer on the source electrode and the drain electrode is removed.
Example 2
In this example, similarly to example 1, the difference is that the diamond structure 5 is in the form of a truncated cone with a very small top, specifically:
the invention provides a preparation method of a semiconductor device with high heat dissipation performance, which comprises the following steps: the diamond substrate comprises a substrate 1, wherein a plurality of truncated cone-shaped diamonds are arranged on the substrate 1 in an arrayed manner, an AlN nucleating layer 6 is arranged between the diamonds, a GaN buffer layer 7 is arranged on the AlN nucleating layer 6, the GaN buffer layer 7 is filled between the diamonds and forms a plane on the tops of the diamonds, an AlN insert layer 8 and an AlGaN barrier layer 9 are arranged on the upper portion of the diamond, and a grid 11, a source electrode 10 and a drain electrode 12 are arranged on the AlGaN barrier layer 9.
The preparation process comprises the following steps: as shown in figure 3 of the drawings,
s1 preparation of substrate 1: selecting and cleaning a Si substrate 1, uniformly spin-coating a spin-coating solution of diamond nano-crystalline grains on the surface of the Si substrate 1, drying, and depositing a polycrystalline diamond film 2; the nanocrystals will provide nucleation for subsequent polycrystalline diamond growth. Depositing a high-quality polycrystalline diamond film 2 with a thickness of 1 micron by Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD);
s2: preparing a mask: depositing a mask layer 3 on the polycrystalline diamond film 2, wherein the mask layer is still SiO2,Forming a periodically patterned hole 4 on the mask layer 3 by photoetching and etching processes, wherein dry etching or wet etching can be used; the holes 4 have a period of 2 microns and a pore diameter of 1 micron. SiO 22The layer serves as a mask for subsequent etching of the polycrystalline diamond film 2.
S3: etching the polycrystalline diamond film 2, and etching the polycrystalline diamond film 2 by ICP dry etching until part of the polycrystalline diamond film 2 is exposed out of the Si substrate 1; forming a truncated cone-shaped diamond structure 5 by controlling the etching angle, etching the diamond into a truncated cone shape by ICP dry etching and controlling the voltage of two electrodes, wherein partial SiO is still arranged on the top of the truncated cone-shaped diamond2Masking film, reducing the requirement for dry etching process, and etching the residual SiO by wet method2Removing; the structure of sculpture round platform shape can guarantee horizontal growth when follow-up growth GaN, and round platform top diameter is 0.3 micron, compares vertical diamond structure 5, and complete fore-and-aft growth, top position have more hole, can cause the heat-sinking capability greatly reduced in the in-service use.
S4: cleaning the etched Si substrate 1 and the diamond structure 5 by using sulfuric acid hydrogen peroxide, wherein the surface is cleaned by using sulfuric acid hydrogen peroxide because the surface is etched by a dry method and has more particles;
s5: the AlN nucleation layer 6 and the GaN buffer layer 7 are deposited on the Si substrate 1 by MOCVD lateral epitaxial growth techniques. The AlN nucleating layer 6 is 4nm, the GaN buffer layer 7 grows transversely on the diamond structures 5 and fills the diamond structures 5 until all the diamond structures 5 are covered and a plane is formed; because the nucleation energy of GaN and/or AlN on the surface of polycrystalline diamond is much larger than that on monocrystalline silicon, selective growth of GaN can be controlled under proper growth conditions, i.e. GaN starts to nucleate and grow only on monocrystalline silicon substrate 1, and after the thickness of GaN is larger than that of diamond film, GaN grows laterally while continuing to grow thick. The GaN of the adjacent opening areas grows transversely until being combined to form a continuous GaN buffer layer. The GaN buffer layer 7 is 3 micrometers, and due to the fact that the combined GaN buffer layer is provided with the diamond at the lower portion in a gradient mode, no cavity exists after combination, crystal quality is high, defect density is low, and thermal conductivity is greatly improved without defects.
S6: an AlN insert layer 8 and an AlGaN barrier layer 9 are sequentially grown on the GaN buffer layer 7; a source 10 and a drain 12 are formed on the AlGaN barrier layer 9, and a gate electrode is formed on the AlGaN barrier layer 9 between the source 10 and the gate 11, so as to obtain the GaN semiconductor device, specifically: performing active region mesa isolation on the AlGaN barrier layer 9, dividing the AlGaN barrier layer into 3 regions, preparing source 10 and drain 12 regions on two sides, and then manufacturing passivation layers on the source 10, the drain 12 and the GaN buffer layer to prevent the GaN buffer layer from being affected when a grid 11 is prepared; after the gate electrode 11 is formed at the middle position, the passivation layer on the source electrode and the drain electrode is removed.