EP0938751A1 - Structure a semi-conducteur pilotable a proprietes de commutation ameliorees - Google Patents

Structure a semi-conducteur pilotable a proprietes de commutation ameliorees

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EP0938751A1
EP0938751A1 EP97910296A EP97910296A EP0938751A1 EP 0938751 A1 EP0938751 A1 EP 0938751A1 EP 97910296 A EP97910296 A EP 97910296A EP 97910296 A EP97910296 A EP 97910296A EP 0938751 A1 EP0938751 A1 EP 0938751A1
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Nando Kaminski
Horst Neubrand
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10D62/00—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/80—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials
    • H10D62/83—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge
    • H10D62/832—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge being Group IV materials comprising two or more elements, e.g. SiGe
    • H10D62/8325—Silicon carbide
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D12/00—Bipolar devices controlled by the field effect, e.g. insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
    • H10D12/211—Gated diodes
    • H10D12/212—Gated diodes having PN junction gates, e.g. field controlled diodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/80—FETs having rectifying junction gate electrodes
    • H10D30/83—FETs having PN junction gate electrodes
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    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/80—FETs having rectifying junction gate electrodes
    • H10D30/83—FETs having PN junction gate electrodes
    • H10D30/831—Vertical FETs having PN junction gate electrodes
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    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/80—FETs having rectifying junction gate electrodes
    • H10D30/87—FETs having Schottky gate electrodes, e.g. metal-semiconductor FETs [MESFET]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/80—FETs having rectifying junction gate electrodes
    • H10D30/87—FETs having Schottky gate electrodes, e.g. metal-semiconductor FETs [MESFET]
    • H10D30/871—Vertical FETs having Schottky gate electrodes 
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/80—FETs having rectifying junction gate electrodes
    • H10D30/87—FETs having Schottky gate electrodes, e.g. metal-semiconductor FETs [MESFET]
    • H10D30/873—FETs having Schottky gate electrodes, e.g. metal-semiconductor FETs [MESFET] having multiple gate electrodes

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  • the invention relates to a controllable semiconductor structure with improved switching properties.
  • JFET or MESFET contains a large number of component structures in which the transmission properties are controlled by the voltage-dependent expansion of one or more space charge zones (pn junction in the JFET, Schottky junction in the MESFET).
  • the basic structure was first proposed by W. Shockley: A Unipolar 'Field-Effec' Transistor, in Proceedings of the I.R.E., 1952.
  • W. von Münch Introduction to Semiconductor Technology, Teubner 1993, however, large parasitic capacitances (in particular input capacitance and feedback or Miller capacitance) occur, which lead to low cut-off frequencies for amplifiers and cause long switching times and thus large switching losses in switching applications. This applies e.g.
  • JFETs and MESFETs are usually produced on insulating or semi-insulating or insulated substrates (for example SOI technology or sapphire for silicon , highly compensated material for gallium arsenide, etc.).
  • the object of the invention is therefore to create a semiconductor structure with simple technological measures and with a few steps, which has a good blocking effect and enables higher cut-off frequencies and lower switching losses than conventional components.
  • FIG. 1 shows the basic structure
  • FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment (implantation)
  • FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment (epitaxy)
  • FIG. 4 shows a vertical component as a third embodiment
  • FIG. 5 shows the result of a simulation
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional drawing of the structure according to the invention, which consists of a semiconductor region 101 of a first conductivity type as the base material, which is delimited in two places by non-contacting regions 102 and 103, which are called active and passive control zones, each of which is a blockable Transition with the semiconductor area 101 and are electrically contacted by the electrodes 104 and 105.
  • the two edges of 101 which are not delimited by the two control zones 102 and 103, are electrically contacted at least in regions by the electrodes 106 and 107.
  • the structure according to the invention has no electrically conductive path between the electrodes 106 and 107, which cannot be influenced by the zones 102 and 103.
  • the structure according to the invention is characterized in that the contacts 105 and 106 are electrically connected by a layer 108, while the contacts 104 and 105 can have different potentials in contrast to conventional structures, and in that the semiconductor material 101 has a band gap greater than 1. 2 eV (at room temperature).
  • the semiconductor material comes e.g. Gallium arsenide, the various polytypes of silicon carbide, gallium nitride, diamond and aluminum nitride in question.
  • Regions 102 and 103 can independently be made of the same semiconductor material as region 101, a different semiconductor than region 101, or a metal. If the zones 102 or 103 consist of semiconductor material, they must have the conductivity type opposite to the region 101. If they are made of metal, this metal must form a Schottky junction with the base material of area 101.
  • the extent of the space charge zone around the zone 102 can be controlled and thus the cross section of the conductive channel in the base material between the electrodes 106 and 107. If the voltage between the electrodes 104 and 106 becomes so great, that the space charge zones of the opposite regions 102 and 103 touch, the conductive channel between 106 and 107 is interrupted and the connection between them becomes high-resistance. In general, in this operating state a current flow between electrodes 104 and 105, which increases sharply with increasing voltage between electrodes 104 and 106, and thus via conductive connection 108 to electrode 106, will occur and possibly. lead to the destruction of the component or overloading the control generator.
  • the invention is based on the finding that the difference between the control voltage when the conductive channel is cut off and the control voltage when this current is used can be influenced by the bandgap of the semiconductor material in region 101.
  • the exact value of this control voltage difference is essentially determined by the energy gap of the semiconductor material, but also depends on other semiconductor properties, in particular the dielectric constant. Therefore, there is no clear connection between the control voltage difference and the band gap.
  • a semiconductor material with a larger band gap also tends to lead to a greater difference between the control voltage when the conductive channel is pinched off and the control voltage when the current is applied via the control connection.
  • the connection 108 can therefore only be used in connection with a correspondingly selected semiconductor material (wide band-gap material) and would lead, for example, to a high control power requirement or even to critical working conditions in the case of silicon.
  • the distance between the active control zone 102 and the passive control zone 103 must be so small or the doping of the base region 101 so low that the relaxation space charge zones are around the control zones 102 and 103 (ie without applying a control voltage between them touch electrodes 104 and 106).
  • the structure according to the invention forms an intermediate solution between JFET or MESFET, in which no control electrode may be short-circuited with the load circuit electrodes, and the so-called “current limiter”, in which all control electrodes are short-circuited with a load circuit electrode.
  • FCTh Field Controlled Thyristor
  • SITh Static Induction Thyristor
  • the structure can be used for the production of vertical components (see third embodiment).
  • FIG. 2 shows the structure of a lateral component which was produced by ion implantation.
  • Highly doped, n- or p-type SiC (214) is used as the starting material.
  • a 10 .mu.m thick, p-type SiC epitaxial layer is applied as a passive control zone 203 with a doping concentration of 10 cm " .
  • an n-type channel zone or a base region 201 with a doping concentration of 10 cm " is applied by nitrogen - Or phosphorus ion implantation generated.
  • the highly doped, n-conducting source and drain zones 212 and 213 are produced by nitrogen or phosphorus ion implantation in order to improve the electrical contacting of the base region 201.
  • the highly doped, p-conducting zones, active control zone 202 and contacting zone 211 are finally produced by aluminum or boron ion implantation.
  • the difference in the penetration of the ion implantation of 201 and 202 is approximately 0.4 ⁇ m.
  • the implants are then healed or activated by a temperature treatment, preferably between 1000 and 2000 ° C.
  • a silicon dioxide layer 210 is applied to passivate the surface. The masked etching of this oxide layer makes the active control zone 202 and the contacting zone 211, as well as the source and drain 212 and 213 accessible and then metallized, the zones 211 and 212 preferably being short-circuited by a metallization 209.
  • FIG. 3 shows the structure of a lateral component which was produced by a second epitaxy step.
  • Highly doped, n- or p-type SiC (region 314) serves as the starting material.
  • a 10 ⁇ m thick, p-type epitaxial layer 303 with a doping concentration of 10 cm ′′ and a 1 ⁇ m thick, n-type epitaxial layer 301 as base region for the channel zone with a doping concentration of 10 17 cm “3 are applied as a passive control zone.
  • the highly doped, p-type contacting zone 31 1 is produced by aluminum or boron ion implantation and extends from the surface through the base region 301.
  • the highly doped, n-conducting zones 312 and 313 are produced by nitrogen or phosphorus ion implantation in order to improve the electrical contacting of the source and drain to the base region 301 and its channel zone.
  • the 0.6 ⁇ m deep, highly doped, p-type active control zone 302 is generated by aluminum or boron ion implantation.
  • the implants are then healed or activated by a temperature treatment, preferably between 1000 and 2000 ° C.
  • a silicon dioxide layer 310 is applied to passivate the surface. Masked etching of this oxide layer makes the control zone 302 and the contacting zones 311, 312 and 313 accessible and then metallizes them, the zones 311 and 312 being short-circuited by the electrode 309.
  • the mode of operation of this component is analogous to that of the first exemplary embodiment.
  • the current densities are plotted against the control voltage, ie the voltage between the electrodes 304 and 309.
  • the load current in this example the current which flows from 313 to 312 at a fixed output voltage of 10V (between electrodes 307 and 309), is shown as a solid line.
  • the control current that is to say the current which undesirably flows via the control zone 302 to 303, is drawn as a dashed line.
  • FIG. 4 shows the structure of a vertical component according to the invention, which was produced by a second epitaxy step.
  • Highly doped, n-type SiC serves as the starting material.
  • a 10 ⁇ m thick, n-type epitaxial layer 415 with a doping concentration of 10 cm ′′ is applied to this substrate layer 414.
  • the 0.6 ⁇ m deep, highly doped, p-type passive control or shielding zone 403 is covered by aluminum or Boron ion implantation is generated and then cured or activated by a temperature treatment, preferably between 1000 and 2000 ° C.
  • a second, micron-thick, n-type epitaxial layer 401 with a doping concentration of 10 17 cm "3 is applied as the base region.
  • the highly doped, p-type contacting zone 411 is produced by aluminum or boron ion implantation and extends from the surface through the base region 401.
  • a window area is etched away, so that zone 403 is directly accessible from the surface.
  • the highly doped, n-type region 412 is produced by nitrogen or phosphorus ion implantation in order to improve the electrical contact to the base region 401.
  • the 0.6 ⁇ m deep, highly doped, p-type active control zone 402 is finally produced by aluminum or boron ion implantation.
  • the implants are then healed or activated by a temperature treatment, preferably between 1000 and 2000 ° C.
  • a silicon dioxide layer 410 is applied to passivate the surface.
  • the masked etching of this oxide layer makes the active control zone 402 and the contacting zones 411 and 412 accessible and then metallizes them, the zones 411 and 412 being short-circuited by 409.
  • electrode 407 is made by metallizing the back.
  • the special feature of this structure is the decoupling of the control area and the drift area, which enables them to be optimized separately.
  • the mode of operation of the control area (channel zone 401, active control zone 402 and passive control or shielding zone 403) is analogous to the structure of the first exemplary embodiment.
  • the drift zone 415 which must absorb the blocking voltage between the shielding zone 403 and the substrate 414 during operation.
  • the upper control area is shielded from the drift zone even with small blocking voltages, so that no potential penetration occurs. This makes this structure particularly suitable for high reverse voltages.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une structure à semi-conducteur pilotable comportant une zone de base (101, 201, 301, 401), une zone source (106, 212, 312, 412) et une zone de drain (107, 213, 313, 413). Un canal conducteur est placé dans la zone de base entre la source et le drain. Il est prévu que le canal puisse être entouré par des zones parallèles, une zone de commande active (102, 202, 302, 402) et une zone de commande passive (103, 203, 303, 403) opposée, dont chacune forme un passage avec la zone de base (101, 201, 301, 401), qui peut être fermé. En outre, il est prévu qu'il y ait une connexion (108, 209, 309, 409) conductrice entre la zone de commande passive (103, 203, 303, 403) et la zone de source (106, 212, 312, 412) et que le matériau à semi-conducteur de la zone de base (101, 201, 301, 401) présente un intervalle d'énergie entre deux bandes supérieur à 1,2 eV.
EP97910296A 1996-10-29 1997-09-17 Structure a semi-conducteur pilotable a proprietes de commutation ameliorees Withdrawn EP0938751A1 (fr)

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