Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a power semiconductor device is provided. The method comprises the following steps: providing a wafer (41) of a first conductivity type, the wafer (41) having a first main side (42) and a second main side (43) opposite to the first main side (42), and the wafer (41) including an active cell area (44), which extends from the first main side (42) to the second main side (43), in a central part of the wafer (41) and a termination area (45) surrounding the active cell area (44) in an orthogonal projection onto a plane parallel to the first main side (42); forming a metallization layer (46; 86) on the first main side (42) to electrically contact the wafer (41) in the active cell area (44), wherein the surface of the metallization layer (46; 86), which faces away from the wafer (41), defines a first plane (B) parallel to the first main side (42); forming an isolation layer (417) on the first main side (42) in the termination area (45), wherein the surface of the isolation layer (417) facing away from the wafer (41) defines a second plane (A) parallel to the first main side (42); after the step of forming the metallization layer (46; 86) and after the step of forming the isolation layer (417), mounting the wafer (41) with its first main side to a flat surface of a chuck (421); and thereafter thinning the wafer (41) from its second main side (43) by grinding while pressing the second main side of the wafer (41) onto a grinding wheel (422) by applying a pressure between the chuck (421) and the grinding wheel (422), wherein the first plane (B) is further away from the wafer (41) than a third plane, which is parallel to the second plane (A) and arranged at a distance of 1 μιη from the second plane (A) in a direction towards the wafer (41).
Abstract:
It is the object of the invention to provide a semiconductor device manufacturing method including a step of bonding a first wafer (101) to a second wafer (115), wherein local damage of the first wafer (101) or the second wafer (115), and in particular splitting- off of parts of one wafer from the other wafer, during process steps subsequent to the bonding step can be avoided in an efficient and cost-efficient manner. This object is solved by a semiconductor device manufacturing method including, subsequent to a bonding step between a first wafer (101) and a second wafer (115), a step of forming a sealing layer (200) onto the surface of the wafer stack formed in the bonding step, wherein the sealing layer (200) seals up a gap between the first wafer (101) and the second wafer (115) to prevent penetration of gas or fluid into the gap during subsequent process steps.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a vertical power semiconductor device is provided, wherein a first impurity is provided at the first main side (103) of a semiconductor wafer (101). A first oxide layer (112) is formed on the first main side (103) of the wafer (101), wherein the first oxide layer (112) is partially doped with a second impurity in such way that any first portion of the first oxide layer (112) which is doped with the second impurity is spaced away from the semiconductor wafer by a second portion of the first oxide layer (112) which is not doped with the second impurity and which is disposed between the first portion of the first oxide layer (112) and the first main side (103) of the semiconductor wafer (101). Thereafter a carrier wafer (115) is bonded to the first oxide layer (112). During front-end-of-line processing on the second main side (102) of the semiconductor wafer (101), the second impurity is diffused from the first oxide layer (112) into the semiconductor wafer (101) from its first main side (103) by heat generated during the front-end-of-line processing.