KR20140088929A - Semiconductor substrate - Google Patents
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Abstract
The semiconductor substrate includes a seed layer disposed on a growth substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the seed layer, and a conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer includes a plurality of regions, and the plurality of regions include a first region in contact with the seed layer, a second region adjacent to the first region, and regions other than the first and second regions. The seed layer and the plurality of regions include Al. The Al content difference between the seed layer and the first region is 30% to 60%.
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An embodiment relates to a semiconductor substrate.
Various electronic devices using compound semiconductor materials have been developed.
As the electronic device, a solar cell, a photodetector, or a light emitting device can be used.
Such an electronic device may have various defects due to a lattice constant, a thermal expansion coefficient or a strain difference between a growth substrate and a compound semiconductor layer formed thereon.
Differences in lattice constant and thermal expansion coefficient between the growth substrate and the compound semiconductor layer cause stress. That is, the balance between the compressive strain at the time of growth of compound semiconductors and the tensile strain at the time of cooling to room temperature after the growth becomes inadequate, resulting in cracks in the compound semiconductor layer, The substrate breaks.
As described above, since the cracks are generated in the compound semiconductor layer, there is a limit in that the thickness of the conductive type semiconductor layer that has a substantial function as a solar cell, a photodetector, or a light emitting element is increased.
The embodiment provides a semiconductor substrate that can control stress to prevent crack defects in the conductive type semiconductor layer.
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor substrate includes a growth substrate; A seed layer disposed on the growth substrate; A buffer layer disposed on the seed layer; And a conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer. Wherein the buffer layer includes a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions including a first region in contact with the seed layer, a second region adjacent to the first region, and regions remaining except for the first and second regions, The seed layer and the plurality of regions include Al. The difference in Al content between the seed layer and the first region is 30% to 60%.
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor substrate includes a growth substrate; A seed layer disposed on the growth substrate; A buffer layer disposed on the seed layer; And a conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer includes a plurality of regions, and the plurality of regions include a first region in contact with the seed layer, a second region adjacent to the first region, and regions other than the first and second regions. The seed layer is Al x1 Ga (1-x1) include N, and wherein the first region comprises Al x2 Ga (1-x2) N, and the second area Al x3 Ga (1-x3) N . The difference between x2 and x1 is 0.3 to 0.6.
The semiconductor substrate according to the embodiment has a buffer layer including a plurality of step regions having different Al contents, and the Al content of the step region of the lowermost region of the buffer layer in contact with the seed layer is at least 30% smaller than the Al content of the seed layer So that the shrinkable stress can be maximized and a thick, crack-free conductive semiconductor layer can be grown.
1 is a cross-sectional view showing a semiconductor substrate according to an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a view showing Al content in each step region of the buffer layer of Fig. 1; Fig.
3 is a graph showing a stress state according to the difference in Al content between the seed layer and the first step region.
4 is a graph showing a stress state according to a difference in Al content between the second step region and the third step region.
5 is a view showing a stress state according to the number of step regions.
6A to 6C are diagrams showing the surface state of the semiconductor substrate according to the number of step regions.
7 is a view showing a stress state according to the thickness of the step region.
8A and 8B are diagrams showing the surface state of the semiconductor substrate according to the thickness of the step region.
9 is a diagram showing the thickness of the conductive semiconductor of the semiconductor substrate according to the embodiment.
In describing an embodiment according to the invention, in the case of being described as being formed "above" or "below" each element, the upper (upper) or lower (lower) Directly contacted or formed such that one or more other components are disposed between the two components. Also, in the case of "upper (upper) or lower (lower)", it may include not only an upward direction but also a downward direction based on one component.
1 is a cross-sectional view showing a semiconductor substrate according to an embodiment.
1, a semiconductor substrate according to an embodiment includes a
The semiconductor substrate according to the embodiment can serve as a base substrate for manufacturing an electronic device, that is, a solar cell, a photodetector or a light emitting device, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
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A stress due to a dislocation or a lattice constant and a thermal expansion coefficient due to a lattice constant may be generated between the
In order to alleviate such defects, for example, a
The difference in lattice constant between the
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After the
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The lattice constant of the
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For example, another conductive semiconductor layer may be grown on the
For example, the active layer may be grown on the
The
According to the semiconductor substrate according to the embodiment, the shrinkable stress can be increased as much as possible, and a crack-free and thick
For this, the
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the
The lowest region of the
The first to
Therefore, the first step region 5 includes Al x Ga (1-x2) N, the second step region 7 includes Al x Ga (1-x3) N, The
X2 of the first step region 5 may be smaller than x1 of the
If x1 is 1, that is, the
The experimental data are shown in Table 1.
In Comparative Example 1, the Al content difference between the seed layer and the first step region was 0.1, and in Example 1, the Al content difference (x2-x1) between the
Referring to Table 1 and FIG. 3, in Comparative Example 1, the shrinkable stress is 78.3. In contrast, in Example 1, the shrinking stress was 92.8, and in Example 3, the shrinking stress was 97.5.
From this, it is confirmed that the difference in Al content between the
The x3 of the second step region 7 may be smaller than the x2 of the first step region 5 by 0.2 to 0.4, but is not limited thereto.
The experimental data are shown in Table 2.
In Comparative Example 2, the Al content difference (x3-x2) between the first step region and the second step region was 0.075, and in Example 3, the Al content between the first step region 5 and the second step region 7 The difference (x3-x2) is 0.275.
Referring to Table 2 and FIG. 4, in Comparative Example 2, the shrinking stress is -64, whereas in Example 3, the shrinking stress is -81.8.
It can be seen from this that the difference in Al content (x3-x2) between the first step region 5 and the second step region 7 can increase the shrinkage stress at 0.2 to 0.4.
The Al contents of the third to
For example, the Al contents of the third to
For example, the Al contents of the third to
The semiconductor substrate according to the embodiment has a
The number of the
5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 show the case where the number of the step areas is 3, the number of the step areas is 5, , 17) is seven.
As shown in FIG. 5, the shrinking stress of 4 is larger than that of Comparative Example 3, and the shrinking stress of Example 4 is larger than that of Comparative Example 4.
6A shows the state of the semiconductor substrate in Comparative Example 3 in FIG. 5, that is, the state of the conductive type semiconductor layer, and FIG. 6B shows the surface state of the conductive type semiconductor layer in Comparative Example 4 in FIG. 5 , And FIG. 6C shows the state of the conductive type semiconductor layer in the fourth embodiment of FIG.
As shown in Fig. 6A, when the number of step regions was three (Comparative Example 3), cracks were severe.
As shown in Fig. 6B, when the number of step regions is 5 (Comparative Example 4), cracks are reduced.
As shown in Fig. 6C, when the number of the
Therefore, as the number of the
From this, it was confirmed that when the number of steps of the
Thicknesses of the
Thicknesses of the
In Fig. 7, the thickness of each step region in Comparative Example 5 is 91 nm, and the thickness of each step region in Comparative Example 6 is 149.5 nm. Embodiment 5 is a case where the thickness of each
FIG. 8A shows the state of the conductive type semiconductor layer in Comparative Example 5 in FIG. 7, and FIG. 8B shows the state of the conductive type semiconductor layer in Embodiment 5.
When the thickness of each step region was smaller than that of Example 5 (Comparative Example 5), a large amount of cracks were generated in the conductivity type semiconductor layer as shown in FIG. 8A.
As shown in Fig. 8B, in the conductive
Although not shown, when the thickness of each step region is larger than that of the fifth embodiment (comparative example 6), the growth substrate of the semiconductor substrate according to the embodiment is broken. This is because in Comparative Example 6 of Fig. 7, since the shrinkable stress becomes too large, the shrinkable stress is gradually getting more tensile stress in order to become an equilibrium state (stress = 0) It can be seen that the growth substrate can not withstand the stress and breaks down before the state becomes.
Therefore, the thickness of each
9, the Al content of each
1: growth substrate
3: Seed layer
5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17: step area
20: buffer layer
30: a nitride semiconductor layer
40: Stress control layer
50: conductive type semiconductor layer
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A seed layer disposed on the growth substrate;
A buffer layer disposed on the seed layer; And
And a conductive type semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer,
Wherein the buffer layer comprises a plurality of regions,
Wherein the plurality of regions include a first region in contact with the seed layer, a second region adjacent to the first region, and regions remaining except for the first and second regions,
Wherein the seed layer and the plurality of regions comprise Al,
And the Al content difference between the seed layer and the first region is 30% to 60%.
Wherein an Al content of the seed layer is 70% to 100%.
And the Al content of the seed layer is 100%, the Al content of the first region is 40% to 70%.
Wherein an Al content of the first region is smaller than an Al content of the seed layer.
And the Al content difference between the second region and the first region is 20% to 40%.
Wherein an Al content of the second region is smaller than an Al content of the first region.
Wherein the Al content difference between the second region and the first region is smaller than the Al content difference between the first region and the seed layer.
And the Al contents in each of the remaining regions are equal to each other.
And the Al contents in each of the remaining regions are different from each other.
Wherein an Al content in each of the remaining regions is linearly variable.
Wherein the Al content in each of the remaining regions is non-linearly variable.
Wherein the seed layer and the plurality of regions each comprise Al x Ga (1-x) N.
Wherein each of the plurality of regions has a thickness of 100 nm to 150 nm.
Wherein the number of the plurality of regions is 5 to 10.
And the thickness of the conductive type semiconductor layer is 2.84 占 퐉.
A nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer; And
And a stress control layer disposed between the nitride semiconductor layer and the conductive semiconductor layer.
Wherein the stress control layer comprises AlN.
Wherein the stress control layer has a multilayer structure of AlGaN / AlN / AlGaN.
Wherein the stress control layer has a multi-layer structure in which a period including AlGaN / AlN / AlGaN is repeated.
Wherein the stress control layer has a multilayer structure in which AlGaN and AlN are alternately arranged.
A seed layer disposed on the growth substrate;
A buffer layer disposed on the seed layer; And
And a conductive type semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer,
Wherein the buffer layer comprises a plurality of regions,
Wherein the plurality of regions include a first region in contact with the seed layer, a second region adjacent to the first region, and regions remaining except for the first and second regions,
Wherein the seed layer comprises Al x Ga (1-x 1) N,
Wherein the first region comprises Al x Ga (1-x2) N,
The second region comprises Al x 3 Ga (1-x 3) N,
and a difference between x2 and x1 is 0.3 to 0.6.
and a difference between x3 and x2 is 0.2 to 0.4.
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