摘要:
In a process and apparatus for manufacturing a MOS device, a first clearance speed (X) of an annealing gas and optionally also of an oxidising gas, defined as the ratio of the flow rate to the area of clearance between a semiconductor wafer (4) and the interior surface of a tube (2) of a furnace (1) is controlled, e.g. to be at least 30 cm/min, while the semiconductor wafer is annealed and, optionally, oxidised. A second clearance speed (Y) of annealing gas is also controlled, e.g. to be at least 100 cm/min, while the semiconductor wafer is taken out of the tube. Further, the relation between X and Y is controlled, e.g. so that Y s -2.5 X + 275. The process and the apparatus reduce and control the fixed-charge density in the oxide film of a MOS device, with high repeatability.
摘要:
The Schottky barrier gate (8) contact is produced by wet-chemical removal of native oxide in a sealed inert gas ambient and blow-drying the wet-etched surface with the inert gas prior to deposition of gate electrode metal on GaAs (4) by electron beam evaporation in an inert gas ambient. Use of Pt, the gate contact metal results in a Schottky barrier height of 0.98 eV for Pt on n-type GaAs (0.78 eV). To lower the sheet resistivity of the gate contact, Pt is preferably used as a multi-layer contact in combination with metals having lower sheet resistivity, e.g. Pt Au belayer.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device whereby a capacitor (2) is provided on a surface (10) of a semiconductor body (3) with a semiconductor element (1) in that a lower electrode (11), an oxidic ferroelectric dielectric (12) and an upper electrode (13) are provided in that order, the upper electrode not covering an edge of the dielectric, after which an insulating layer (14) with superimposed metal conductor tracks is provided. According to the invention, the edge of the dielectric (12) not covered by the upper electrode (13) is coated with a coating layer (14, 20, or 30) practically imperviable to hydrogen, after which the device is heated in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere. Heating in a hydrogen atmosphere neutralizes dangling bonds which arise during deposition of the conductor tracks on the insulating layer, while the coating layer protects the dielectric from attacks by hydrogen. The semiconductor device then has a shorter access time.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device whereby a capacitor (2) is provided on a surface (10) of a semiconductor body (3) with a semiconductor element (1) in that a lower electrode (11), an oxidic ferroelectric dielectric (12) and an upper electrode (13) are provided in that order, the upper electrode not covering an edge of the dielectric, after which an insulating layer (14) with superimposed metal conductor tracks is provided. According to the invention, the edge of the dielectric (12) not covered by the upper electrode (13) is coated with a coating layer (14, 20, or 30) practically imperviable to hydrogen, after which the device is heated in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere. Heating in a hydrogen atmosphere neutralizes dangling bonds which arise during deposition of the conductor tracks on the insulating layer, while the coating layer protects the dielectric from attacks by hydrogen. The semiconductor device then has a shorter access time.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a MOS-type field effect transistor. The method comprises: cleansing a surface of a substrate (10); forming, next to the cleansing step, a gate oxide film on the cleansed surface of the substrate; dry-etching, during the cleansing step, the surface of the substrate in an ambient in which hydrogen fluoride and a substance containing at least a chloride atom coexist in gaseous state; and removing, during the cleansing step, an oxide film (14) and metal impurities (16) on the surface of the substrate. Preferably, the dry-etching is performed under heat and decompression.
摘要:
Ionization of air is accomplished by use of a laser beam focussed to a small focal volume (20) of intense electric field adjacent an object to be discharged, e.g. a semiconductor chip or wafer (26). The electric field is sufficiently intense to ionize air. In the manufacture of a semiconductor circuit chip (26), during those steps which are conducted in an air environment, opportunity exists to remove from a surface (28) of a chip, or wafer, charge acquired during the manufacturing process. The ionized air is passed along the chip surface. Ions (24) in the air discharge local regions of the chip surface which have become charged by steps of a manufacturing process. By way of further embodiment of the invention, the ionization may be produced by injection of molecules of water into the air, which molecules are subsequently ionized by a laser beam and directed toward the chip via a light shield with the aid of a magnetic field.
摘要:
In order to eliminate unwanted crystal defects generated by an ion implantation, a semiconductor substrate (110) or an epitaxial layer (101), which is selectively subjected to an impurity ion implantation (107), is heat-treated in an inert gas atmosphere at 850 to 1050°C to recrystallize the implanted region (108). Thereafter, the semiconductor substrate (110) is heat-treated at 900 to 1250°C in an atmosphere containing oxygen. For eliminating abnormal growth of grain boundaries in a polycrystalline semiconductor layer (105, 105′) deposited on an insulating film (103, 104), the semiconductor layer (105, 105′) is heat-treated at 900 to 1100°C in an atmosphere containing oxygen. By applying at least one of these processes to usual fabrication methods, semiconductor devices with high reliability such as power MOSFETs will be provided.
摘要:
The insulating and stability characteristics of silicon dioxide gate oxide insulator for field effect transistors are enhanced by subjecting the silicon dioxide to an annealing in an ambient that contains a gaseous oxygen-containing species in an amount sufficient to provide a partial pressure from the oxygen-containing material of about 1.33 × 10⁻⁹ bar to about 1.33 × 10⁻² bar during annealing temperatures of about 500°C to about 1200°C. Such is carried out for a time sufficient to enhance the insulating and stability characteristics of the silicon dioxide insulator.