WO1995034093A1 - Method for forming nitrogen-doped group ii-vi compound semiconductor film - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for forming a nitrogen-doped II-VI compound semiconductor film.
- MBE Molecular Beam Epitaxy: MBE
- FIG. 1 As a growth apparatus for forming a p-type II-VI compound semiconductor by irradiation of nitrogen N thus plasma-formed, for example, MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy: MBE) schematically shown in FIG. 1)
- MBE apparatus is a kind of vacuum evaporation apparatus, and has a vacuum (up to 10- '° ⁇ orr) chamber 40 provided with an ultra-high vacuum evacuation apparatus (not shown).
- Substrate holder for holding the substrate 41 on which the II-VI compound semiconductor is to be deposited
- a plurality of molecular beam sources ( ⁇ cells) 43 of the material source of the II-VI compound semiconductor are arranged toward the substrate 41.
- the chamber 40 is provided with a plasma generation source 44 for irradiating the substrate 41 with plasma-converted nitrogen.
- the plasma source 44 has, for example, an ECR (Electron Cyclodron Resonance) cell configuration as shown in the figure.
- the plasma generation source 44 with this ECR cell configuration has a microwave generation terminal 44 that supplies a microwave in a plasma generation chamber 44 that has a magnet 45 and supplies nitrogen gas.
- a nitrogen gas inlet pipe 47 is provided.
- an II-VI compound semiconductor is epitaxied on the substrate 41 by irradiating the substrate 41 with the molecular beam from the molecular beam source 43.
- nitrogen plasma is generated at the plasma source 44 by applying electron fields and microwaves by applying a magnetic field and microwaves, and this plasma is generated.
- nitrogen ⁇ ⁇ from the plasma emission port 48 of the plasma generation source 44 and irradiating the substrate 41, it is possible to epitaxy the nitrogen-doped II-VI compound semiconductor on the substrate 41 together with the above-described molecular beam irradiation. It has been made possible.
- the chamber 40 A so-called spare chamber 49 for disposing the substrate 41 with respect to the bar 40 for disposing the substrate 41 is provided.
- the present inventors have conducted intensive studies and studies and as a result, as described above, when nitrogen is turned into plasma during the film formation of a group II-VI compound semiconductor, the irradiation of electrons generated by the plasma is Rather, it has been found that it greatly affects the generation of crystal defects. Furthermore, the presence of N 2 ions and N ions that do not contribute to the conductivity of the II-VI semiconductor layer, that is, do not activate, may induce the generation of defects. It was clarified that high-speed particles with high properties could damage (damage) the crystal due to impact on the grown semiconductor film. For example, the emission spectrum at 77 K of a P-type ZnSe crystal formed by doping nitrogen by plasma excitation of nitrogen on a GaAs substrate as described above is As shown in FIG.
- the present invention is intended to effectively reduce the defect density and improve the crystallinity in the growth of a p-type ⁇ -VI compound semiconductor film, and thus, for example, a green or blue semiconductor light emitting device such as a semiconductor diode or a light emitting device.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming a nitrogen-doped II-V1 group compound semiconductor and a film forming apparatus, which can be applied to the production of a diode to improve its reliability and extend its life. .
- a method for forming a group II-VI compound semiconductor film comprising at least one kind of group II element and at least one kind of group VI element on a substrate.
- the target compound semiconductor film is formed by irradiating the substrate while deflecting or removing charged particles in the nitrogen plasma in a state to eliminate the charged particles in the plasma.
- neutral high-speed particles directed directly to the substrate are eliminated together with the removal of charged particles present in the plasma.
- the electric field application is set to l VZ cm or more and lk VZ cmJ ⁇ .
- the electric field is applied in a direction crossing the irradiation direction of the nitrogen plasma.
- the electric field is applied by a pair of electrodes in a direction crossing the irradiation direction of the nitrogen plasma.
- the compound semiconductor contains at least Zn of a group II element and Se of a group VI element.
- the charged particles are deflected or removed by applying a magnetic field.
- the substrate in forming a group II-VI compound semiconductor film containing at least Zn and Se on a substrate, the substrate is irradiated with nitrogen plasma in an excited state, The activation rate in the semiconductor film is set to 50% or more.
- the first invention when forming an H—VI compound semiconductor film containing at least Zn and Se on a substrate, nitrogen plasma in an excited state by ECR (Electron Cyclotron Resonance) is used as the base. Irradiation is performed on the plate to make the activation rate in the compound semiconductor film 50% or more.
- ECR Electro Cyclotron Resonance
- the substrate when forming a group II-VI compound semiconductor film combining at least Zn and Se on a substrate, the substrate is irradiated with nitrogen plasma in an excited state, The activation rate is set to 50% or more when the effective receptor concentration in the compound semiconductor film is equal to or lower than the saturation concentration.
- the nitrogen plasma deflects or charges charged particles in the plasma. Irradiation is performed on the substrate while removing the charged particles in the plasma by removing them.
- the compound semiconductor is ZnSe.
- the nitrogen activation rate can be increased, and a nitrogen-doped group II-VI compound semiconductor film having excellent crystallinity is formed. I was able to. This is because it does not contribute to the conductivity generated by plasma generation, that is, unnecessary nitrogen ions that are not activated, and more electrons are deposited on the substrate on which the film is to be formed or on a film-forming compound thereon.
- FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a growth apparatus used in a method of forming a nitrogen doping II-VI compound semiconductor according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an example of a semiconductor light emitting device manufactured by the method for forming nitrogen doping II-VI compounds according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing the measurement results of the relation between the electric field applied by the electric field and the electrode in the film formation method for semi-conductive nitrogen doping II-VI compound according to the present invention.
- Figure 6 is a distribution diagram of nitrogen concentration during II-VI compound semiconductor film formation.
- FIG. 7 is a table showing characteristics when an electric field is applied and when no electric field is applied in the II-VI compound semiconductor growth.
- Figure 8 shows the case where the electric field is applied and the case where the electric field is not applied.
- Figure 8 shows the measurement results of the nitrogen concentration and effective
- FIG. 9 is a table showing characteristics when an electric field is applied and when no electric field is applied in II-VI compound semiconductor film formation.
- FIG. 10 is a comparison diagram of the activation ratio between the case where an electric field is applied and the case where no electric field is applied in II-VI compound semiconductor film formation.
- FIG. 11 is a table showing characteristics when an electric field is applied and when no electric field is applied in the II-VI compound semiconductor growth.
- Figure 12 is a diagram showing the measurement results of the luminescence intensity measured by the photoluminescence method when an electric field is applied and when no electric field is applied in II-VI compound semiconductor film formation. It is.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a main part of an example of a film forming apparatus used in the method of forming a nitrogen doping II-VI compound semiconductor according to the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an essential part of an example of a film forming apparatus used in a method for forming a nitrogen doping II-VI compound semiconductor according to the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a light emission spectrum diagram in the case of the conventional method.
- FIG. 19 is a light emission spectrum diagram in the case of the comparative example method. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 shows the composition of a nitrogen-doped II-VI compound semiconductor according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a ⁇ MBE growth apparatus that performs a film method. Also in this case, the nitrogen plasma source 4 is configured as an ECR plasma cell. In FIG. 1, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 17 are given the same reference numerals.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an example of a II-VI compound semiconductor light-emitting device manufactured by the film forming method according to the present invention.
- This compound semiconductor light emitting device may be of the SCH (Separate Confinement lleterostructure) type.However, the present invention can be applied to the formation of nitrogen-doped II-VI compound semiconductors with various depictions and compositions regardless of this configuration. Needless to say.
- a substrate 4 for example, an n-type IH-V group GaAs substrate, is successively provided with a buffer layer 2 of, for example, GaAs, ZnSe or (and) ZnSSe.
- Z C 1 of the n-type impurity is doped n Mg SS first n-type due to e 1 of the cluster head layer 3, Z n SS e example Z n S 0. D 6 S e 0. 34 according to the first guide layer 4, Z n C d S e example Z n 0. e5 C d 0
- the active layer by 5 S e (emission layer) 5, Z n SS e example Z n S o. 06 S e 0.
- a second guide layer 6 with p-type impurity nitrogen N doped with N n Mg SS e, a second p-type clad layer 7 with similarly doped N n Z n S e, a cap layer 8 is grown by MBE, followed by a superlattice layer 9 formed by repeatedly laminating a ZnSe thin film layer and a ZnTe thin film layer, and an N-doped ZnTe
- the electrode contact layer 10 is grown by MBE.
- a groove is formed by etching to a depth from the electrode contact layer 10 to the cap layer 8 on both sides while leaving a part in a strip shape, and a polyimide is formed in the groove.
- the insulating layer 11 is filled.
- the insulating layer 11 is provided with an electrode window 11 W that exposes the electrode contact layer 10 of the strip portion to the outside.
- the P-side electrode 12 having a multilayer structure of, for example, Pd, Pt, and Au is ohmically contacted with the electrode contact layer 10.
- the present invention is applied to the manufacture of a semiconductor light emitting device involving such a film formation of, for example, a nitrogen-doped II-VI compound semiconductor.
- FIG. 1 that is, an ultra-high vacuum evacuation apparatus (not shown) as shown in FIG. 1, that is, as described with reference to FIG. For example, 1 0 1 '.
- a vacuum chamber 40 capable of achieving a high degree of vacuum of about Torr is provided.
- a substrate 41 on which a nitrogen-doped II-VI compound semiconductor is formed That is, when the compound semiconductor light emitting device of FIG. 2 is configured, the substrate holder 42 for holding the GaAs substrate is arranged.
- the chamber 40 is provided with a so-called preliminary chamber 49 for disposing a substrate 41 for introducing and leading out the substrate 41 to and from the chamber 40.
- a plurality of molecular beam sources (K cells) 43 of the material source of the II-VI compound semiconductor are arranged toward the substrate 41.
- the molecular beam source 43 is composed of each of the II, VI semiconductor material sources Zn, Se, Mg, ZnS, Te, and Cd molecules.
- ray source and further n-type molecular beam sources of the impurity C 1 of Z n C 1 2 is prepared.
- the film formation of the cap layer 8, the superlattice layer 9, and the electrode contact layer 10, that is, the film formation of the II-VI group semiconductor layer is equivalent to the molecular beam 43 irradiated to the substrate 41.
- the epitaxial growth of 11-VI compound semiconductors of each composition is performed by switching the generation of the sagittal beam.
- the chamber 40 is provided with a plasma source 44.
- the plasma generation source 44 has a plasma generation chamber 44 R.
- the plasma generation chamber 44 R is opened in the chamber 40, and the substrate 41 is irradiated with nitrogen which has been turned into plasma.
- a plasma emission port 48 is formed.
- the plasma source 4 has, for example, an ECR cell configuration.
- the plasma generation source 44 having this ECR cell configuration has a plasma generation chamber 44 R in which a magnet 45 is arranged, and a microphone mouth wave terminal 46 for supplying a micro wave is arranged.
- a nitrogen gas inlet pipe 47 for supplying nitrogen gas is provided.
- the plasma generation chamber 44 R, the chamber 40, and the substrate holder 42 are set to, for example, the ground potential, or, for example, the plasma chamber 44 R is insulated from the others and has a negative potential with respect to the ground potential. Apply 10 V, for example, 150 V.
- means for deflecting or removing charged particles between the plasma source 44 and the substrate 41 near the plasma emission port 4 ⁇ in the chamber 40 is provided.
- charged particle exclusion means The substrate 41 is irradiated with nitrogen plasma in an excited state generated by the plasma generated by the plasma generation source 44 with 50 disposed therein while removing charged particles in the plasma. That is, the charged particle elimination means 50 is used to move the nitrogen N radicals of the nitrogen plasma toward the substrate 41, that is, the plasma particles pass through the plasma passage between the plasma discharge port 48 and the substrate 41.
- the charged particles inside, such as N 2 + ion, N + ion, and electrons are removed by deflecting or attracting, so that the charged particles are prevented from going to the substrate 41 and the excited neutral particles having no charge are removed. Only the N radicals are irradiated onto the substrate 41 so as to be doped during the formation of the II-VI compound semiconductor.
- the charged particle eliminating means 50 can be constituted by an electric field applying means.
- the electric field applying means crosses the plasma irradiation direction on the substrate 41, that is, the plasma flux FL.
- this electric field is l VZcn!
- the reason for setting to lkVZcm is that if the voltage is less than 1 VZcm, the charged particles may not be sufficiently deflected or removed, and if the voltage exceeds 1 kVZcm, a discharge problem may occur.
- these electrodes 51 and 52 are electrically insulated from a plasma generation source 44, that is, an ECR cell via an insulator 53 such as quartz, alumina, or silicon nitride. Fixed.
- Vache (q EXm) ⁇ t (4)
- FIG. 5 shows the result of actually generating a plasma, generating an electric field between the electrodes 51 and 52, and measuring the current flowing between the electrodes 51 and 52.
- the N 2 gas flow rate is 0.1 Osccm
- the opening diameter ⁇ of the plasma discharge port is 0.5 mm. This current is due to the ion species trapped at the electrode, and the amount of current is proportional to the number of ion species trapped at the electrode.
- the electric field between the electrodes is about 20 VZ cm and about 60% of the charged particles are trapped by the electrodes.However, to remove most of the particles by trapping, the electric field of 100 VZ cm or more is required. Is necessary. However, the effect of deflecting the charged particles so as not to reach the substrate 41 can be achieved at 1 VZ cm or less, preferably less than 100 VZ cm, and more preferably about 10 VZ cm or more. And, if it exceeds lk VZcm, a problem of discharge will occur.
- Figure 6 shows the depth of SIMS (secondary ion mass spectrometry) of N atom concentration in ZnSe film when 1.5 m of N-doped ZnSe film was grown on a GaAs substrate. It shows the profile of the direction o
- the nitrogen flow rate was 0.20 sccm
- the opening diameter of the plasma discharge port 48 of the plasma generation source 44 was 2.0 mm
- the anode current IA was 15 mA.
- the electric field applying means 50 was the same as described above.
- the nitrogen concentration [N] and the effective receptor concentration [Na-] of the upper region formed by applying an electric field of 100 VZcm and the lower region formed without applying the electric field were measured by SIMS.
- Figure 8 shows the measurement results of the relationship with Nd].
- Straight line a in FIG. 8 activation rate indicates 1 0 0% black circle a, ⁇ a 5 were each measured result to plot in ivy lower region Naka respectively applying an electric field in the sample trial No.
- the p-type ZnSe was formed by epitaxy under the application of an electric field of 10 O VZcm by the charged particle elimination means 50 in FIG. 1 and the conventional method shown in FIG. Table 3 in Fig. 11 shows the measurement results of electron mobilities when the same p-type ZnSe was formed by epitaxy growth without applying an electric field by MBE film formation.
- the supply amount of the nitrogen N 2 gas into the ECR cells or plasma generating source 4 4 and 0. l O scc m, anode over de current I A of 3 5 m A, the film thickness was set to 1. 2 ⁇ M .
- the mobility of the ZnSe film formed by the method of the present invention is about twice that of the conventional one. That is, it can be seen that the crystallinity of the ZnSe film formed by the film forming method of the present invention is improved.
- the method of the present invention it is possible to form a nitrogen-doped group II-VI compound semiconductor having excellent crystallinity because at least charged particles traveling toward the substrate 41 in the film formation are formed. Since it is removed, unnecessary nitrogen ions, which are generated by plasma generation and do not contribute to the conductivity of the formed film, that is, are not activated, and a large amount of electrons are deposited on the substrate 41. On the other hand, it is considered that introduction or collision into the formed semiconductor film could be avoided, thereby preventing unnecessary foreign substances from being mixed or destroyed between atoms constituting the crystal.
- the electrodes 51 and 52 are supported at required intervals by a high withstand voltage insulator 53 such as quartz, alumina, or boron nitride.
- a high withstand voltage insulator 53 such as quartz, alumina, or boron nitride.
- the electric field applying means constituting the charged particle eliminating means 50 is such that electrodes 51 and 52 are arranged along the plasma irradiation direction to apply an electric field in a direction crossing the plasma irradiation direction, and this electric field application direction is parallel to the plasma irradiation direction. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which an electric field is applied to the substrate.
- the mesh electrode 51 M is disposed between the plasma discharge port 48 and the substrate 41 so that the surface direction thereof is It is arranged, for example, opposite to the plasma emission port 48 so as to intersect, for example, be orthogonal to the straight line connecting the substrate 41, that is, the plasma irradiation direction.
- the charged particle elimination means 50 is an electric field applying means, but is constituted by a magnetic field applying means, and deflects charged particles moving toward the substrate 1 in the plasma, that is, moving, by a magnetic field, Irradiation to the substrate 41 can also be avoided.
- the magnetic field applying means for example, as shown in a cross-sectional view of a main part of an example in FIG. 15, for example, magnets 91 and 92 each formed of a pair of opposed permanent magnets are provided in the plasma generation chamber 44 R.
- the plasma irradiation path connecting the discharge port 48 and the substrate 41 is disposed on both sides of the plasma irradiation path, and a magnetic field is applied to the plasma irradiation path in a direction crossing, for example, orthogonal to the plasma irradiation direction.
- charged particles such as nitrogen ions and electrons
- This deflection direction is determined in advance in a direction not toward the substrate 41, that is, the direction of the magnetic field and the magnetic field strength are selected, that is, the arrangement relationship and the strength of the magnets are selected.
- the magnetic field applying means of the charged particle eliminating means 50 is not limited to the above-described case using the permanent magnet, and a coil is wound around a magnetic core as shown in FIG. 16, for example.
- a pair of magnets 91 and 92 formed by electromagnets that generate a magnetic field when energized are connected to both sides of the original plasma irradiation path connecting the plasma emission port 48 of the plasma generation chamber 44R and the substrate 41.
- a magnetic field is applied in a direction crossing, for example, orthogonal to the plasma irradiation direction connecting the plasma emission port 48 and the substrate 41.
- charged particles, such as nitrogen ions and electrons, moving in the magnetic field receive a force by the magnetic field and are deflected.
- the direction of deflection is in a direction that does not head toward the substrate 41 in advance, that is, the direction of the magnetic field and the strength of the magnetic field are selected, that is, the arrangement relationship of the electromagnets and the strength of the generated magnetic field such as the amount of energization. Selection is made.
- the magnetic field is selected in the center, for example, about 1 0- 2 ⁇ 1 0- 3 T , this time, the charged particles substrate 4 I was able to avoid going to 1.
- the plasma generation chamber 48 is oriented such that the opening direction of the plasma gas outlet 48 of the plasma generation chamber 44 R is directed in the other direction from the direction facing the substrate 41.
- the cross-sectional shape of the chamber 44R is concave-shaped on the side facing the substrate 41, and plasma discharge ports 48 are formed on opposing side walls in the concave, and the opening direction (the outlet port) (The direction of the central axis) should be selected so that it is almost perpendicular to the direction.
- the charged particle removing means 50 is provided.
- the electric field applying means using the mesh electrode 51 M is used.
- the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
- the configuration of the electric field or magnetic field applying means described in 16 can be adopted.
- FIG. 13 FIG. 14, FIG. 15, and FIG. 16 portions corresponding to FIG.
- the charged particles are removed by applying an electric field or a magnetic field according to the present invention to form a p-type ZnSe crystal on the GaAs substrate by nitrogen doping.
- an electric field or a magnetic field according to the present invention When grown and observed for its emission spectrum, Y-rays were observed, but its size was smaller than that when epitaxy was performed by directly irradiating the conventional nitrogen plasma shown in Fig. 18. However, it has been confirmed that the crystallinity is improved in the case of the present invention in the case of the present invention.
- the ZnSe film is mainly epitaxially grown by nitrogen doping has been described.
- II-VI compound semiconductor layers such as ZnTe, ZnSSe, ZnMgSSe, etc., which are composed of one type, excellent crystallinity, that is, electrical characteristics and optical characteristics Excellent film formation was achieved.
- each of the P-type II-VI compound semiconductor layers in the manufacture of the semiconductor light emitting device shown in FIG. 2 by the film forming method of the present invention the activation rate of N and the crystal defects are improved.
- II-VI compound semiconductors with high yield and reliable short-wavelength light emission that can improve light emission characteristics, and thus reduce threshold current and lifespan.
- the semiconductor light emitting device according to the present invention can be obtained.
- the plasma generation source 4 is configured to be excited by ECR.However, the plasma generation source 4 may be configured to generate plasma by high frequency F excitation. Various configurations can be adopted.
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