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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising: a substrate having a hexagonal crystal structure; A buffer layer grown on the main surface of the substrate with the a-plane ({11-20} plane) as a main surface in a horizontal growth mode; A first semiconductor layer grown on the main surface of the buffer layer with a-plane ({11-20} plane) as a main surface in a vertical growth mode; And a second semiconductor layer grown on the main surface of the first semiconductor layer with the a-plane ({11-20} plane) as the main surface in a horizontal growth mode. to provide.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, which are made of Group III-V compounds produced in high quality in a horizontal growth mode in an inert gas atmosphere.
In general, the semiconductor light emitting device may be a light emitting diode (LED). LEDs are devices used to send and receive signals by converting electrical signals into infrared, visible or light using the properties of compound semiconductors.
The use range of LED is used in home appliances, remote controllers, electronic signs, indicators, and various automation devices, and the types are largely divided into Infrared Emitting Diode (IRD) and Visible Light Emitting Diode (VLED).
As the usage area of LEDs becomes wider, the required luminance, such as electric lamps used for living and electric lamps for rescue signals, becomes higher and higher, and in recent years, development of high-power light emitting diodes is actively underway.
In particular, much research and investment have been made on semiconductor optical devices using Group III and Group V compounds such as GaN (gallium nitride), AlN (aluminum nitride), InN (indium nitride), and the like. This is because the nitride semiconductor light emitting device has a bandgap of a very wide area ranging from 1.9 eV to 6.2 eV, and thus has three advantages of realizing three primary colors of light.
As such, nitride-based single crystal substrates such as gallium nitride (GaN), which are used as main substrates in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, are mostly nitride films of c-plane ({0001} plane), mainly sapphire c-plane ({0001}). Cotton) It is obtained by growing on a single crystal substrate by the method of Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD), Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) or HVPE. As described above, in the c-plane ({0001} plane) nitride-based single crystal film thus formed, the gallium layer and the nitrogen layer are repeatedly stacked in the c-crystal axial direction, thereby exhibiting polarity.
For example, for GaN / AlGaN heterostructures, the electronic band structure within the heterostructure is tilted by a strong electric field formed by spontaneous polarization or piezoelectric polarization. Reduce the carrier recombination rate, resulting in lower quantum efficiency.
In detail, there is a polarization discontinuity in the c-crystal growth direction, creating a sheet charge fixed to the surface and interface, resulting in an internal electric field in the quantum well. The separation of the electron and hole wave functions to shift the light emission toward the red wavelength, and when the electric field is applied, the emission wavelength is shifted toward the short wavelength, making it difficult to develop a device for long wavelength.
In contrast, since a-plane ({11-20}) nitride-based crystals have non-polar characteristics, the problem of c-plane ({0001}) nitride-based single crystals as described above, namely, polarization It is possible to overcome the problem that the quantum efficiency is reduced by the internal electric field by.
The a-plane ({11-20}) nitride-based crystals do not have a polarization field and thus do not cause band bending, and have a stark effect from a structure in which an AlGaN / GaN quantum well is grown on a non-polar crystal plane. Since no effect) is observed, the non-polar nitride-based heterostructure on the a-plane ({11-20} plane) has the potential to be usefully used for high-efficiency ultraviolet light-emitting elements and high-power microwave transistors.
In addition, the a-plane ({11-20} plane) nitride film may have a higher concentration of p-doping than the c-plane ({0001} plane) nitride single crystal film. This is because the activation energy is lower than the c-plane (the {0001} plane) on the a-plane ({11-20} plane). In addition, the more doped Al is included in GaN, the doping efficiency is generally reduced sharply, the doping is relatively higher in the a-plane ({11-20} plane) than the c-plane ({0001} plane).
Although the a-plane ({11-20} plane) nitride-based single crystal film has many advantages over the c-plane ({0001} plane), it has not been manufactured and commercialized as a substrate because it has good crystallinity. This is because it is difficult to obtain a smooth film surface.
As such, the reason why the growth on the a-plane ({11-20} plane) is difficult is that gallium and nitrogen coexist so that the growth rates of gallium and nitrogen are different.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention in view of the conventional requirements as described above is to improve the rough surface and low quality crystallinity due to the difference in growth rate of gallium and nitrogen in the manufacture of a semiconductor device having a nonpolarized or semipolarized buffer layer. A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided.
A semiconductor device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a substrate having a hexagonal crystal structure; A buffer layer grown on the main surface of the substrate with the a-plane ({11-20} plane) as a main surface in a horizontal growth mode; A first semiconductor layer grown on the main surface of the buffer layer with a-plane ({11-20} plane) as a main surface in a vertical growth mode; And a second semiconductor layer grown on the main surface of the first semiconductor layer with the a-plane ({11-20} plane) as the main surface in a horizontal growth mode.
The buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer are formed using an inert gas having low thermal conductivity as an atmosphere gas.
The inert gas is characterized in that any one selected from argon and nitrogen.
The buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer may be formed in a mixed atmosphere of an inert gas having low thermal conductivity and a gas having high thermal conductivity.
The inert gas having low thermal conductivity is any one selected from argon and nitrogen, and the high thermal conductivity gas is any one selected from hydrogen and helium.
The substrate has a r-plane ({1-102} plane) or an m-plane ({1-100} plane) of a hexagonal crystal structure as a main surface.
The buffer layer, the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is formed from a III-V group compound.
The ratio of the Group V element (V / III) to the Group III element of the Group III-V compound forming the buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer is characterized in that 10 to 400.
The ratio of the Group V element (V / III) to the Group III element of the Group III-V compound forming the first semiconductor layer is characterized in that 800 to 1500.
The buffer layer, the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is characterized by growing at a growth temperature of 900 to 1200 ℃.
The buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer is grown at a pressure of 50 to 200 mbar, the first semiconductor layer is characterized in that the growth at a pressure of 400 to 700 mbar.
The buffer layer is grown to a thickness of 5 to 300nm, the first semiconductor layer is characterized by growing to a thickness of 1 to 2μm, the second semiconductor layer is characterized by growing to a thickness of 1 to 10μm.
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the process of providing a substrate having a hexagonal crystal structure, and a-plane (in the horizontal growth mode on the main surface of the substrate) Growing the buffer layer with the {11-20} plane as the main plane, and growing the first semiconductor layer with the a-plane (the {11-20} plane) as the main plane in the vertical growth mode on the main plane of the buffer layer. And growing a second semiconductor layer on the main surface of the first semiconductor layer with the a-plane ({11-20} plane) as the main surface in a horizontal growth mode.
The buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer are formed using an inert gas having low thermal conductivity as an atmosphere gas.
The inert gas is characterized in that any one selected from argon and nitrogen.
The buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer are formed in a mixed atmosphere of an inert gas having low thermal conductivity and a gas having high thermal conductivity.
The inert gas having low thermal conductivity is any one selected from argon and nitrogen, and the gas having high thermal conductivity is any one selected from hydrogen and helium.
The substrate has a r-plane ({1-102} plane) or an m-plane ({1-100} plane) of a hexagonal crystal structure as a main surface.
The buffer layer, the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is formed from a III-V group compound.
The ratio of the Group V element (V / III) to the Group III element of the Group III-V compound forming the buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer is characterized in that 10 to 400.
The ratio of the Group V element (V /) III to the Group III element of the Group III-V compound forming the first semiconductor layer is characterized in that 800 to 1500.
The buffer layer, the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is characterized by growing at a growth temperature of 900 to 1200 ℃.
The buffer layer and the second semiconductor layer is grown at a pressure of 50 to 200 mbar, the first semiconductor layer is characterized in that the growth at a pressure of 400 to 700 mbar.
The buffer layer is grown to a thickness of 5 to 300nm, the first semiconductor layer is characterized by growing to a thickness of 1 to 2μm, the second semiconductor layer is characterized by growing to a thickness of 1 to 10μm.
According to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, the gallium nitride semiconductor is grown in an inert gas atmosphere having low thermal conductivity in the horizontal growth mode. The rough surface and low quality crystallinity due to the difference in the growth rate of gallium and nitrogen, according to the embodiment of the present invention can slow the growth of gallium as much as possible to reduce the difference in growth rate with nitrogen. Accordingly, a high quality a-plane ({11-20} plane) semiconductor layer can be obtained by improving the rough surface and low crystallinity.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. At this time, it should be noted that the same components in the accompanying drawings are represented by the same reference numerals as possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may blur the gist of the present invention will be omitted.
Hereinafter, the semiconductor device and the method of manufacturing the same will be described with respect to the light emitting device and the method for manufacturing the same. In particular, in the horizontal growth mode of the buffer layer serving as a buffer of the upper and lower layers on the substrate, such as argon or nitrogen Provided is a method of growing a high quality Al x Ga (1-x) N (0≤x≤1) layer in an inert gas atmosphere having low thermal conductivity to improve its crystal and surface properties. In the embodiment of the present invention, a description will be given mainly of the nitride semiconductor, in particular, GaN, but is not limited to this, all nitride semiconductors such as Al x Ga (1-x) N (0≤x≤1) can be applied.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the "horizontal growth mode" means growing faster by growing sideways than growing upward. Correspondingly, " vertical growth mode " means to grow faster by growing faster than laterally growing.
1 and 2 are side cross-sectional views schematically showing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept may include a
Also, referring to FIG. 2, the semiconductor device may include an n-
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Next, a semiconductor device manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of fabricating a semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 to 8 are side cross-sectional views illustrating a method of fabricating a semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
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As shown, when the c-axis direction of the hexagonal system was measured based on the reference (0 o ), the x-ray half width was 1445 arcsec in the existing c-plane ({0001} plane) growth conditions. Under the conditions of 349 arcsec, the crystallinity was found to be very good.
As described above, according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, by growing a gallium nitride semiconductor using an inert gas having low thermal conductivity as an atmosphere gas in a horizontal growth mode, the growth rate with respect to nitrogen may be reduced by delaying the growth of gallium as much as possible. As a result, it is possible to improve the rough surface due to the difference in the growth rate of gallium and nitrogen and the crystallinity of low quality, and to obtain a semiconductor layer made of GaN of high quality as a whole.
On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely presented specific examples to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and help the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.
1 and 2 are side cross-sectional views schematically showing the components of a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of fabricating a semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 8 are side cross-sectional views illustrating a method of fabricating a semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
9 and 10 are views for explaining the effect of the semiconductor device manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a graph for explaining the effect of the semiconductor device manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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