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Patent US7838392 - Methods for forming III-V semiconductor device structures - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication....http://www.google.com/patents/US7838392?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7838392 - Methods for forming III-V semiconductor device structuresAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7838392 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/943,188Publication dateNov 23, 2010Priority dateJun 7, 2002Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS6995430, US7259388, US7297612, US7414259, US7420201, US7588994, US8026534, US8586452, US9064930, US20040005740, US20050189563, US20050199954, US20050205934, US20050212061, US20050218453, US20080128751, US20110073908, US20110318893, US20140051230, US20150243788Publication number11943188, 943188, US 7838392 B2, US 7838392B2, US-B2-7838392, US7838392 B2, US7838392B2InventorsThomas A. Langdo, Matthew T. Currie, Richard Hammond, Anthony J. Lochtefeld, Eugene A. FitzgeraldOriginal AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (375), Non-Patent Citations (233), Referenced by (7), Classifications (53), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethods for forming III-V semiconductor device structures
US 7838392 B2Abstract
The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
1. A method for forming a structure, the method comprising:
forming a first semiconductor structure by forming a compositionally graded layer over a substrate;
forming a second semiconductor structure by bonding the first semiconductor structure to a handle structure; and
removing the substrate from the second semiconductor structure,
wherein the compositionally graded layer comprises at least one III-V compound, and the handle structure comprises a handle layer, the handle layer consisting essentially of a dielectric material.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising planarizing the first semiconductor structure prior to bonding.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the first semiconductor structure further comprises forming a compositionally uniform relaxed layer above the compositionally graded layer.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the compositionally uniform relaxed layer comprises at least one III-V compound.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising cleaning at least one of the first semiconductor structure and the handle structure by a wet chemical process prior to bonding.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising plasma activating at least one of the first semiconductor structure and the handle structure by a wet chemical process prior to bonding.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising fabricating a semiconductor device over the second semiconductor structure.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the semiconductor device comprises at least one transistor.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein a bond strength of the second semiconductor structure is greater than approximately 1000 mJ/m2.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein a bonding void density of the second semiconductor structure is less than approximately 0.3 voids/cm2.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the compositionally graded layer comprises at least one of GaAs, InGaAs, or AlGaAs.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the dielectric material comprises SiO2.
13. A method for forming a structure, the method comprising:
wherein the compositionally graded layer comprises at least one III-V compound, and the handle structure comprises a bulk relaxed substrate consisting essentially of silicon.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the compositionally graded layer comprises at least one of GaAs, InGaAs, or AlGaAs. Description
This application is a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 11/127,508, filed May 12, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,297,612, which is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 10/456,103, filed Jun. 6, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,995,430, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60/386,968 filed Jun. 7, 2002, U.S. Provisional Application 60/404,058 filed Aug. 15, 2002, and U.S. Provisional Application 60/416,000 filed Oct. 4, 2002; the entire disclosures of these two nonprovisional utility patent applications and these three provisional applications are hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to devices and structures comprising strained semiconductor layers and insulator layers.
Strained silicon-on-insulator structures for semiconductor devices combine the benefits of two advanced approaches to performance enhancement: silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology and strained silicon (Si) technology. The strained silicon-on-insulator configuration offers various advantages associated with the insulating substrate, such as reduced parasitic capacitances and improved isolation. Strained Si provides improved carrier mobilities. Devices such as strained Si metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) combine enhanced carrier mobilities with the advantages of insulating substrates.
Strained-silicon-on-insulator substrates are typically fabricated as follows. First, a relaxed silicon-germanium (SiGe) layer is formed on an insulator by one of several techniques such as separation by implantation of oxygen (SIMOX), wafer bonding and etch back; wafer bonding and hydrogen exfoliation layer transfer; or recrystallization of amorphous material. Then, a strained Si layer is epitaxially grown to form a strained-silicon-on-insulator structure, with strained Si disposed over SiGe. The relaxed-SiGe-on-insulator layer serves as the template for inducing strain in the Si layer. This induced strain is typically greater than 10−3.
This structure has limitations. It is not conducive to the production of fully-depleted strained-semiconductor-on-insulator devices in which the layer over the insulating material must be thin enough [<300 angstroms (Å)] to allow for full depletion of the layer during device operation. Fully depleted transistors may be the favored version of SOI for MOSFET technologies beyond the 90 nm technology node. The relaxed SiGe layer adds to the total thickness of this layer and thus makes it difficult to achieve the thicknesses required for fully depleted silicon-on-insulator device fabrication. The relaxed SiGe layer is not required if a strained Si layer can be produced directly on the insulating material. Thus, there is a need for a method to produce strained silicon—or other semiconductor—layers directly on insulating substrates.
The present invention includes a strained-semiconductor-on-insulator (SSOI) substrate structure and methods for fabricating the substrate structure. MOSFETs fabricated on this substrate will have the benefits of SOI MOSFETs as well as the benefits of strained Si mobility enhancement. By eliminating the SiGe relaxed layer traditionally found beneath the strained Si layer, the use of SSOI technology is simplified. For example, issues such as the diffusion of Ge into the strained Si layer during high temperature processes are avoided.
This approach enables the fabrication of well-controlled, epitaxially-defined, thin strained semiconductor layers directly on an insulator layer. Tensile strain levels of ˜10−3 or greater are possible in these structures, and are not diminished after thermal anneal cycles. In some embodiments, the strain-inducing relaxed layer is not present in the final structure, eliminating some of the key problems inherent to current strained Si-on-insulator solutions. This fabrication process is suitable for the production of enhanced-mobility substrates applicable to partially or fully depleted SSOI technology.
In an aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon; and a first strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer, the semiconductor layer including approximately 100% germanium.
One or more of the following features may be included. The strained semiconductor layer may be compressively strained. The strained semiconductor layer may include a thin layer and the thin layer is disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. The thin layer may include silicon.
In another aspect, the invention features a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer, and a transistor. The transistor includes a source region and a drain region disposed in a portion of the strained semiconductor layer, and a gate disposed above the strained semiconductor layer and between the source and drain regions, the gate including a material selected from the group consisting of a doped semiconductor, a metal, and a metallic compound.
One or more of the following features may be included. The doped semiconductor may include polycrystalline silicon and/or polycrystalline silicon-germanium. The metal may include titanium, tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, nickel, and/or iridium. The metal compound may include titanium nitride, titanium silicon nitride, tungsten nitride, tantalum nitride, tantalum silicide, nickel silicide, and/or iridium oxide. A contact layer may be disposed over at least a portion of the strained semiconductor layer, with a bottommost boundary of the contact layer being disposed above a bottommost boundary of the strained semiconductor layer. The contact layer may share an interface with the semiconductor layer.
In another aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, the dielectric layer having a melting point greater than about 1700� C., and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer.
The following features may be included. The dielectric layer may include aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, and/or silicon nitride.
In another aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon; and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. The strained semiconductor layer includes approximately 100% silicon and has a misfit dislocation density of less than about 105 cm/cm2 In another aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. The strained semiconductor layer includes approximately 100% silicon and has a threading dislocation density selected from the range of about 10 dislocations/cm2 to about 107 dislocations/cm2.
In another aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer includes approximately 100% silicon and has a surface roughness selected from the range of approximately 0.01 nm to approximately 1 nm.
In another aspect, the invention features a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. The strained semiconductor layer includes approximately 100% silicon and has a thickness uniformity across the substrate of better than approximately �10%.
In another aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. The strained semiconductor layer includes approximately 100% silicon and has a thickness of less than approximately 200 Π.
In another aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer includes approximately 100% silicon and has a surface germanium concentration of less than approximately 1�1012 atoms/cm2.
In another aspect, the invention features a structure including a substrate having a dielectric layer disposed thereon, and a strained semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the dielectric layer. An interface between the strained semiconductor layer and the dielectric layer has a density of bonding voids of less than 0.3 voids/cm2.
In another aspect, the invention features a method for forming a structure, the method including providing a first substrate comprising a porous layer defining a cleave plane and having a first strained semiconductor layer formed thereon. The first strained semiconductor layer is bonded to an insulator layer disposed on a second substrate, and removing the first substrate from the first strained semiconductor layer by cleaving at the cleave plane, the strained semiconductor layer remaining bonded to the insulator layer.
In another aspect, the invention features a method for forming a structure, the method including forming a first relaxed layer over a first substrate, the first relaxed layer including a porous layer defining a cleave plane. A strained semiconductor layer is formed over the first relaxed layer. The first strained semiconductor layer is bonded to an insulator layer disposed on a second substrate. The first substrate is removed from the strained semiconductor layer by cleaving at the cleave plane, the strained semiconductor layer remaining bonded to the insulator layer
One or more of the following features may be included. The porous layer may be disposed at a top portion of the first relaxed layer. A second relaxed layer may be formed over the first relaxed layer, with the strained semiconductor layer being formed over the second relaxed layer. The first relaxed layer may be planarized, e.g., by chemical-mechanical polishing, prior to forming the second relaxed layer. At least a portion of the porous layer may remain disposed on the first strained semiconductor layer after cleaving. The portion of the porous layer may be removed from the strained semiconductor layer after cleaving. The portion of the porous layer may be removed by cleaning with a wet chemical solution that may include, e.g., hydrogen peroxide and/or hydrofluoric acid. Removing the portion of the porous layer may include oxidation.
FIGS. 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, and 3-6 are schematic cross-sectional views of substrates illustrating a method for fabricating an SSOI substrate;
FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating an alternative method for fabricating the SSOI substrate illustrated in FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a transistor formed on the SSOI substrate illustrated in FIG. 6;
FIGS. 9-10 are schematic cross-sectional views of substrate(s) illustrating a method for fabricating an alternative SSOI substrate;
FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a substrate having several layers formed thereon;
FIGS. 12-13 are schematic cross-sectional views of substrates illustrating a method for fabricating an alternative strained semiconductor substrate;
FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the SSOI substrate illustrated in FIG. 6 after additional processing; and
FIGS. 15A-16D are schematic cross-sectional views of substrates illustrating alternative methods for fabricating an SSOI substrate.
Like-referenced features represent common features in corresponding drawings.
An SSOI structure may be formed by wafer bonding followed by cleaving. FIGS. 1A-2B illustrate formation of a suitable strained layer on a wafer for bonding, as further described below.
Referring to FIG. 1A, an epitaxial wafer 8 has a plurality of layers 10 disposed over a substrate 12. Substrate 12 may be formed of a semiconductor, such as Si, Ge, or SiGe. The plurality of layers 10 includes a graded buffer layer 14, which may be formed of Si1-yGey, with a maximum Ge content of, e.g., 10-80% (i.e., y=0.1-0.8) and a thickness T1 of, for example, 1-8 micrometers (μm).
A relaxed layer 16 is disposed over graded buffer layer 14. Relaxed layer 16 may be formed of uniform Si1-xGex having a Ge content of, for example, 10-80% (i.e., x=0.1-0.8), and a thickness T2 Of, for example, 0.2-2 μm. In some embodiments, Si1-xGex may include Si0.70Ge0.30 and T2 may be approximately 1.5 μm. Relaxed layer 16 may be fully relaxed, as determined by triple axis X-ray diffraction, and may have a threading dislocation density of <1�10 6 dislocations/cm2, as determined by etch pit density (EPD) analysis. Because threading dislocations are linear defects disposed within a volume of crystalline material, threading dislocation density may be measured as either the number of dislocations intersecting a unit area within a unit volume or the line length of dislocation per unit volume. Threading dislocation density therefore, may, be expressed in either units of dislocations/cm2 or cm/cm3. Relaxed layer 16 may have a surface particle density of, e.g., less than about 0.3 particles/cm2. Further, relaxed layer 16 produced in accordance with the present invention may have a localized light-scattering defect level of less than about 0.3 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size (diameter) greater than 0.13 microns, a defect level of about 0.2 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.16 microns, a defect level of about 0.1 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.2 microns, and a defect level of about 0.03 defects/cm2 for defects having a size greater than 1 micron. Process optimization may enable reduction of the localized light-scattering defect levels to about 0.09 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.09 microns and to 0.05 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.12 microns.
Substrate 12, graded layer 14, and relaxed layer 16 may be formed from various materials systems, including various combinations of group II, group III, group IV, group V, and group VI elements. For example, each of substrate 12, graded layer 14, and relaxed layer 16 may include a III-V compound. Substrate 12 may include gallium arsenide (GaAs), graded layer 14 and relaxed layer 16 may include indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) or aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs). These examples are merely illustrative, and many other material systems are suitable.
A strained semiconductor layer 18 is disposed over relaxed layer 16. Strained layer 18 may include a semiconductor such as at least one of a group II, a group III, a group IV, a group V, and a group VI element. Strained semiconductor layer 18 may include, for example, Si, Ge, SiGe, GaAs, indium phosphide (InP), and/or zinc selenide (ZnSe). In some embodiments, strained semiconductor layer 18 may include approximately 100% Ge, and may be compressively strained. Strained semiconductor layer 18 comprising 100% Ge may be formed over, e.g., relaxed layer 16 containing uniform Si1-xGex having a Ge content of, for example, 50-80% (i.e., x=0.5-0.8), preferably 70% (x=0.7). Strained layer 18 has a thickness T3 of, for example, 50-1000 Å. In an embodiment, T3 may be approximately 200-500 Å.
Strained layer 18 may be formed by epitaxy, such as by atmospheric-pressure CVD (APCVD), low- (or reduced-) pressure CVD (LPCVD), ultra-high-vacuum CVD (UHVCVD), by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), or by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Strained layer 18 containing Si may be formed by CVD with precursors such as silane, disilane, or trisilane. Strained layer 18 containing Ge may be formed by CVD with precursors such as germane or digermane. The epitaxial growth system may be a single-wafer or multiple-wafer batch reactor. The growth system may also utilize a low-energy plasma to enhance layer growth kinetics. Strained layer 18 may be formed at a relatively low temperature, e.g., less than 700� C., to facilitate the definition of an abrupt interface 17 between strained layer 18 and relaxed layer 16. This abrupt interface 17 may enhance the subsequent separation of strained layer 18 from relaxed layer 16, as discussed below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Abrupt interface 17 is characterized by the transition of Si or Ge content (in this example) proceeding in at least 1 decade (order of magnitude in atomic concentration) per nanometer of depth into the sample. In an embodiment, this abruptness may be better than 2 decades per nanometer.
In an embodiment in which strained layer 18 contains substantially 100% Si, strained layer 18 may be formed in a dedicated chamber of a deposition tool that is not exposed to Ge source gases, thereby avoiding cross-contamination and improving the quality of the interface between strained layer 18 and relaxed layer 16. Furthermore, strained layer 18 may be formed from an isotopically pure silicon precursor(s). Isotopically pure Si has better thermal conductivity than conventional Si. Higher thermal conductivity may help dissipate heat from devices subsequently formed on strained layer 18, thereby maintaining the enhanced carrier mobilities provided by strained layer 18.
After formation, strained layer 18 has an initial misfit dislocation density, of, for example, 0-105 cm/cm2. In an embodiment, strained layer 18 has an initial misfit dislocation density of approximately 0 cm/cm2. Because misfit dislocations are linear defects generally lying within a plane between two crystals within an area, they may be measured in terms of total line length per unit area. Misfit dislocation density, therefore, may be expressed in units of dislocations/cm or cm/cm2. In one embodiment, strained layer 18 is tensilely strained, e.g., Si formed over SiGe. In another embodiment, strained layer 18 is compressively strained, e.g., Ge formed over SiGe.
Strained layer 18 may have a surface particle density of, e.g., less than about 0.3 particles/cm2. As used herein, “surface particle density” includes not only surface particles but also light-scattering defects, and crystal-originated pits (COPs), and other defects incorporated into strained layer 18. Further, strained layer 18 produced in accordance with the present invention may have a localized light-scattering defect level of less than about 0.3 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size (diameter) greater than 0.13 microns, a defect level of about 0.2 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.16 microns, a defect level of about 0.1 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.2 microns, and a defect level of about 0.03 defects/cm2 for defects having a size greater than 1 micron. Process optimization may enable reduction of the localized light-scattering defect levels to about 0.09 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.09 microns and to 0.05 defects/cm2 for particle defects having a size greater than 0.12 microns. These surface particles may be incorporated in strained layer 18 during the formation of strained layer 18, or they may result from the propagation of surface defects from an underlying layer, such as relaxed layer 16.
In alternative embodiments, graded layer 14 may be absent from the structure. Relaxed layer 16 may be formed in various ways, and the invention is not limited to embodiments having graded layer 14. In other embodiments, strained layer 18 may be formed directly on substrate 12. In this case, the strain in layer 18 may be induced by lattice mismatch between layer 18 and substrate 12, induced mechanically, e.g., by the deposition of overlayers, such as Si3N4, or induced by thermal mismatch between layer 18 and a subsequently grown layer, such as a SiGe layer. In some embodiments, a uniform semiconductor layer (not shown), having a thickness of approximately 0.5 μm and comprising the same semiconductor material as substrate 12, is disposed between graded buffer layer 14 and substrate 12. This uniform semiconductor layer may be grown to improve the material quality of layers subsequently grown on substrate 12, such as graded buffer layer 14, by providing a clean, contaminant-free surface for epitaxial growth. In certain embodiments, relaxed layer 16 may be planarized prior to growth of strained layer 18 to eliminate the crosshatched surface roughness induced by graded buffer layer 14. (See, e.g., M. T. Currie, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., 72 (14) p. 1718 (1998), incorporated herein by reference.) The planarization may be performed by a method such as chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), and may improve the quality of a subsequent bonding process (see below) because it minimizes the wafer surface roughness and increases wafer flatness, thus providing a greater surface area for bonding.
Referring to FIG. 1B, after planarization of relaxed layer 16, a relaxed semiconductor regrowth layer 19 including a semiconductor such as SiGe may be grown on relaxed layer 16, thus improving the quality of subsequent strained layer 18 growth by ensuring a clean surface for the growth of strained layer 18. Growing on this clean surface may be preferable to growing strained material, e.g., silicon, on a surface that is possibly contaminated by oxygen and carbon from the planarization process. The conditions for epitaxy of the relaxed semiconductor regrowth layer 19 on the planarized relaxed layer 16 should be chosen such that surface roughness of the resulting structure, including layers formed over regrowth layer 19, is minimized to ensure a surface suitable for subsequent high quality bonding. High quality bonding may be defined as the existence of a bond between two wafers that is substantially free of bubbles or voids at the interface. Measures that may help ensure a smooth surface for strained layer 18 growth, thereby facilitating bonding, include substantially matching a lattice of the semiconductor regrowth layer 19 to that of the underlying relaxed layer 16, by keeping the regrowth thickness below approximately 1 μm, and/or by keeping the growth temperature below approximately 850� C. for at least a portion of the semiconductor layer 19 growth. It may also be advantageous for relaxed layer 16 to be substantially free of particles or areas with high threading dislocation densities (i.e., threading dislocation pile-ups) which could induce non-planarity in the regrowth and decrease the quality of the subsequent bond.
Referring to FIG. 2A, in an embodiment, hydrogen ions are implanted into relaxed layer 16 to define a cleave plane 20. This implantation is similar to the SMARTCUT process that has been demonstrated in silicon by, e.g., SOITEC, based in Grenoble, France. Implantation parameters may include implantation of hydrogen (H2 +) to a dose of 2.5-5�1016 ions/cm2 at an energy of, e.g., 50-100 keV. For example, H2 + may be implanted at an energy of 75 keV and a dose of 4�1016 ions/cm2 through strained layer 18 into relaxed layer 16. In alternative embodiments, it may be favorable to implant at energies less than 50 keV to decrease the depth of cleave plane 20 and decrease the amount of material subsequently removed during the cleaving process (see discussion below with reference to FIG. 4). In an alternative embodiment, other implanted species may be used, such as H+ or He+, with the dose and energy being adjusted accordingly. The implantation may also be performed prior to the formation of strained layer 18. Then, the subsequent growth of strained layer 18 is preferably performed at a temperature low enough to prevent premature cleaving along cleave plane 20, i.e., prior to the wafer bonding process. This cleaving temperature is a complex function of the implanted species, implanted dose, and implanted material. Typically, premature cleaving may be avoided by maintaining a growth temperature below approximately 500� C.
In some embodiments, such as when strained layer 18 comprises nearly 100% Ge, a thin layer 21 of another material, such as Si, may be formed over strained layer 18 prior to bonding (see discussion with respect to FIG. 3). This thin layer 21 may be formed to enhance subsequent bonding of strained layer 18 to an insulator, such as an oxide. Thin layer 21 may have a thickness T21 of, for example, 0.5-5 nm.
In some embodiments, strained layer 18 may be planarized by, e.g., CMP, to improve the quality of the subsequent bond. Strained layer 18 may have a low surface roughness, e.g., less than 0.5 nm root mean square (RMS). Referring to FIG. 2B, in some embodiments, a dielectric layer 22 may be formed over strained layer 18 prior to ion implantation into relaxed layer 16 to improve the quality of the subsequent bond. Dielectric layer 22 may be, e.g., silicon dioxide (SiO2) deposited by, for example, LPCVD or by high density plasma (HDP). An LPCVD deposited SiO2 layer may be subjected to a densification step at elevated temperature. Suitable conditions for this densification step may be, for example, a 10 minute anneal at 800� C. in a nitrogen ambient. Alternatively, dielectric layer 22 may include low-temperature oxide (LTO), which may be subsequently densified at elevated temperature in nitrogen or oxygen ambients. Suitable conditions for this densification step can be a 10 minute anneal at 800� C. in an oxygen ambient. Dielectric layer 22 may be planarized by, e.g., CMP to improve the quality of the subsequent bond. In an alternative embodiment, it may be advantageous for dielectric layer 22 to be formed from thermally grown SiO2 in order to provide a high quality semiconductor/dielectric interface in the final structure. In an embodiment, strained layer 18 comprises approximately 100% Ge and dielectric layer 22 comprises, for example, germanium dioxide (GeO2); germanium oxynitride (GeON); a high-k insulator having a higher dielectric constant than that of SiO2 such as hafnium oxide (HfO2) or hafnium silicate (HfSiON, HfSiO4); or a multilayer structure including GeO2 and SiO2. Ge has an oxidation behavior different from that of Si, and the deposition methods may be altered accordingly.
Referring to FIG. 3, epitaxial wafer 8 is bonded to a handle wafer 50. Either handle wafer 50, epitaxial wafer 8, or both have a top dielectric layer (see, e.g., dielectric layer 22 in FIG. 2B) to facilitate the bonding process and to serve as an insulator layer in the final substrate structure. Handle wafer 50 may have a dielectric layer 52 disposed over a semiconductor substrate 54. Dielectric layer 52 may include, for example, SiO2. In an embodiment, dielectric layer 52 includes a material having a melting point (Tm) higher than a Tm of pure SiO2, i.e., higher than 1700� C. Examples of such materials are silicon nitride (Si3N4), aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, etc. Using dielectric layer 52 with a high Tm helps prevents possible relaxation of the transferred strained semiconductor layer 18 that may occur during subsequent processing, due to softening of the underlying dielectric layer 52 at temperatures typically used during device fabrication (approximately 1000-1200� C.). In other embodiments, handle wafer 50 may include a combination of a bulk semiconductor material and a dielectric layer, such as a silicon on insulator substrate. Semiconductor substrate 54 includes a semiconductor material such as, for example, Si, Ge, or SiGe.
Handle wafer 50 and epitaxial wafer 8 are cleaned by a wet chemical cleaning procedure to facilitate bonding, such as by a hydrophilic surface preparation process to assist the bonding of a semiconductor material, e.g., strained layer 18, to a dielectric material, e.g., dielectric layer 52. For example, a suitable prebonding surface preparation cleaning procedure could include a modified megasonic RCA SC1 clean containing ammonium hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide, and water (NH4OH:H2O2:H2O) at a ratio of 1:4:20 at 60� C. for 10 minutes, followed by a deionized (DI) water rinse and spin dry. The wafer bonding energy should be strong enough to sustain the subsequent layer transfer (see FIG. 4). In some embodiments, top surfaces 60, 62 of handle wafer 50 and epitaxial wafer 8, including a top surface 63 of strained semiconductor layer 18, may be subjected to a plasma activation, either before, after, or instead of a wet clean, to increase the bond strength. The plasma environment may include at least one of the following species: oxygen, ammonia, argon, nitrogen, diborane, and phosphine. After an appropriate cleaning step, handle wafer 50 and epitaxial wafer 8 are bonded together by bringing top surfaces 60, 62 in contact with each other at room temperature. The bond strength may be greater than 1000 mJ/m2, achieved at a low temperature, such as less than 600� C.
Referring to FIG. 4 as well as to FIG. 3, a split is induced at cleave plane 20 by annealing handle wafer 50 and epitaxial wafer 8 after they are bonded together. This split may be induced by an anneal at 300-700� C., e.g., 550� C., inducing hydrogen exfoliation layer transfer (i.e., along cleave plane 20) and resulting in the formation of two separate wafers 70, 72. One of these wafers (70) has a first portion 80 of relaxed layer 16 (see FIG. 1A) disposed over strained layer 18. Strained layer 18 is in contact with dielectric layer 52 on semiconductor substrate 54. The other of these wafers (72) includes substrate 12, graded layer 14, and a remaining portion 82 of relaxed layer 16. In some embodiments, wafer splitting may be induced by mechanical force in addition to or instead of annealing. If necessary, wafer 70 with strained layer 18 may be annealed further at 600-900� C., e.g., at a temperature greater than 800� C., to strengthen the bond between the strained layer 18 and dielectric layer 52. In some embodiments, this anneal is limited to an upper temperature of about 900� C. to avoid the destruction of a strained Si/relaxed SiGe heterojunction by diffusion. Wafer 72 may be planarized, and used as starting substrate 8 for growth of another strained layer 18. In this manner, wafer 72 may be “recycled” and the process illustrated in FIGS. 1A-5 may be repeated. An alternative “recyling” method may include providing relaxed layer 16 that is several microns thick and repeating the process illustrated in FIGS. 1A-5, starting with the formation of strained layer 18. Because the formation of this thick relaxed layer 16 may lead to bowing of substrate 12, a layer including, e.g., oxide or nitride, may be formed on the backside of substrate 12 to counteract the bowing. Alternatively substrate 12 may be pre-bowed when cut and polished, in anticipation of the bow being removed by the formation of thick relaxed layer 16.
Referring to FIG. 4 as well as to FIG. 5, relaxed layer portion 80 is removed from strained layer 18. In an embodiment, removal of relaxed layer portion 80, containing, e.g., SiGe, includes oxidizing the relaxed layer portion 80 by wet (steam) oxidation. For example, at temperatures below approximately 800� C., such as temperatures between 600-750� C., wet oxidation will oxidize SiGe much more rapidly then Si, such that the oxidation front will effectively stop when it reaches the strained layer 18, in embodiments in which strained layer 18 includes Si. The difference between wet oxidation rates of SiGe and Si may be even greater at lower temperatures, such as approximately 400� C.-600� C. Good oxidation selectivity is provided by this difference in oxidation rates, i.e., SiGe may be efficiently removed at low temperatures with oxidation stopping when strained layer 18 is reached. This wet oxidation results in the transformation of SiGe to a thermal insulator 90, e.g., SixGeyOz. The thermal insulator 90 resulting from this oxidation is removed in a selective wet or dry etch, e.g., wet hydrofluoric acid. In some embodiments, it may be more economical to oxidize and strip several times, instead of just once.
In certain embodiments, wet oxidation may not completely remove the relaxed layer portion 80. Here, a localized rejection of Ge may occur during oxidation, resulting in the presence of a residual Ge-rich SiGe region at the oxidation front, on the order of, for example, several nanometers in lateral extent. A surface clean may be performed to remove this residual Ge. For example, the residual Ge may be removed by a dry oxidation at, e.g., 600� C., after the wet oxidation and strip described above. Another wet clean may be performed in conjunction with—or instead of—the dry oxidation. Examples of possible wet etches for removing residual Ge include a Piranha etch, i.e., a wet etch that is a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide (H2SO4:H2O2) at a ratio of, for example, 3:1. An HF dip may be performed after the Piranha etch. Alternatively, an RCA SC1 clean may be used to remove the residual Ge. The process of Piranha or RCA SC1 etching and HF removal of resulting oxide may be repeated more than once. In an embodiment, relaxed layer portion including, e.g., SiGe, is removed by etching and annealing under a hydrochloric acid (HCl) ambient.
In the case of a strained Si layer, the surface Ge concentration of the final strained Si surface is preferably less than about 1�102 atoms/cm2 when measured by a technique such as total reflection x-ray fluorescence (TXRF) or the combination of vapor phase decomposition (VPD) with a spectroscopy technique such as graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy (GFAAS) or inductively-coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS). In some embodiments, after cleaving, a planarization step or a wet oxidation step may be performed to remove a portion of the damaged relaxed layer portion 80 as well as to increase the smoothness of its surface. A smoother surface may improve the uniformity of subsequent complete removal of a remainder of relaxed layer portion 80 by, e.g., wet chemical etching. After removal of relaxed layer portion 80, strained layer 18 may be planarized. Planarization of strained layer 18 may be performed by, e.g., CMP; an anneal at a temperature greater than, for example, 800� C., in a hydrogen (H2) or hydrochloric acid (HCl) containing ambient; or cluster ion beam smoothing.
Referring to FIG. 6, a SSOI substrate 100 has strained layer 18 disposed over an insulator, such as dielectric layer 52 formed on semiconductor substrate 54. Strained layer 18 has a thickness T4 selected from a range of, for example, 50-1000 Å, with a thickness uniformity of better than approximately �5% and a surface roughness of less than approximately 20 Å. Dielectric layer 52 has a thickness T52 selected from a range of, for example, 500-3000 Å. In an embodiment, strained layer 18 includes approximately 100% Si or 100% Ge having one or more of the following material characteristics: misfit dislocation density of, e.g., 0-105 cm/cm2; a threading dislocation density of about 101-107 dislocations/cm2; a surface roughness of approximately 0.01-1 nm RMS; and a thickness uniformity across SSOI substrate 100 of better than approximately �10% of a mean desired thickness; and a thickness T4 of less than approximately 200 Å. In an embodiment, SSOI substrate 100 has a thickness uniformity of better than approximately �5% of a mean desired thickness.
In an embodiment, dielectric layer 52 has a Tm greater than that of SiO2. During subsequent processing, e.g., MOSFET formation, SSOI substrate 100 may be subjected to high temperatures, i.e., up to 1100� C. High temperatures may result in the relaxation of strained layer 18 at an interface between strained layer 18 and dielectric layer 52. The use of dielectric layer with a Tm greater than 1700� C. may help keep strained layer 18 from relaxing at the interface between strained layer 18 and dielectric layer 52 when SSOI substrate is subjected to high temperatures.
In an embodiment, the misfit dislocation density of strained layer 18 may be lower than its initial dislocation density. The initial dislocation density may be lowered by, for example, performing an etch of a top surface 92 of strained layer 18. This etch may be a wet etch, such as a standard microelectronics clean step such as an RCA SC1, i.e., hydrogen peroxide, ammonium hydroxide, and water (H2O2+NH4OH+H2O), which at, e.g., 80� C. may remove silicon.
The presence of surface particles on strained layer 18, as described above with reference to FIG. 1A, may result in the formation of bonding voids at an interface 102 between strained layer 18 and dielectric layer 52. These bonding voids may have a density equivalent to the density of surface particles formed on strained layer 18, e.g., less than about 0.3 voids/cm2.
In some embodiments, strained semiconductor layer 18 includes Si and is substantially free of Ge; further, any other layer disposed in contact with strained semiconductor layer 18 prior to device processing, e.g., dielectric layer 52, is also substantially free of Ge.
Referring to FIG. 7, in an alternative embodiment, relaxed layer portion 80 may be removed by a selective wet etch that stops at the strained layer 18 to obtain SSOI substrate 100 (see FIG. 6). In embodiments in which relaxed layer portion 80 contains SiGe, a suitable selective SiGe wet etch may be a solution containing nitric acid (HNO3) and dilute HF at a ratio of 3:1 or a solution containing H2O2, HF, and acetic acid (CH3COOH) at a ratio of 2:1:3. Alternatively, relaxed layer portion 80 may be removed by a dry etch that stops at strained layer 18. In some embodiments, relaxed layer portion 80 may be removed completely or in part by a chemical-mechanical polishing step or by mechanical grinding.
Strained semiconductor-on-insulator substrate 100 may be further processed by CMOS SOI MOSFET fabrication methods. For example, referring to FIG. 8A, a transistor 200 may be formed on SSOI substrate 100. Forming transistor 200 includes forming a gate dielectric layer 210 above strained layer 18 by, for example, growing an SiO2 layer by thermal oxidation. Alternatively, gate dielectric layer 210 may include a high-k material with a dielectric constant higher than that of SiO2, such as HfO2, HfSiON, or HfSiO4. In some embodiments, gate dielectric layer 210 may be a stacked structure, e.g., a thin SiO2 layer capped with a high-k material. A gate 212 is formed over gate dielectric layer 210. Gate 212 may be formed of a conductive material, such as doped semiconductor, e.g., polycrystalline Si or polycrystalline SiGe; a metal, e.g., titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), tantalum (Ta), nickel (Ni), or iridium (Ir); or metal compounds, e.g., titanium nitride (TiN), titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN), tungsten nitride (WN), tantalum nitride (TaN), tantalum silicide (TaSi), nickel silicide (NiSi), or iridium oxide (IrO2), that provide an appropriate workfunction. A source region 214 and a drain region 216 are formed in a portion 218 of strained semiconductor layer 18, proximate gate dielectric layer 210. Source and drain regions 214, 216 may be formed by, e.g., ion implantation of either n-type or p-type dopants.
In some embodiments, strained semiconductor layer 18 may be compressively strained when, for example, layer 18 includes strained Ge. Compressively strained layers may be prone to undulation when subjected to large temperature changes. The risk of such undulation may be reduced by reducing the thermal budget of a process for fabricating devices, such as transistor 200. The thermal budget may reduced by, for example, using atomic layer deposition (ALD) to deposit gate dielectric layer 210. Furthermore, a maximum temperature for forming gate 212 may be limited to, e.g., 600� C. by, for example, the use of materials comprising metal or metal compounds, rather than polysilicon or other gate materials that may require higher formation and/or dopant activation temperatures.
Referring to FIG. 8B, a transistor 250 formed on SSOI substrate 100 may have an elevated source region and an elevated drain region proximate a first and a second sidewall spacer 252, 254. These elevated regions may be formed as follows. A semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c is formed selectively on exposed silicon surfaces, i.e., on top surface 258 of a gate 259 containing silicon, a top surface 260 of a source 262 defined in strained layer 18, and top surface 264 of a drain 266 defined in strained layer 18. In an embodiment, semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c is an epitaxial layer, such as epitaxial silicon, epitaxial germanium, or epitaxial silicon-germanium. No semiconductor layer is formed on non-silicon features, such as sidewall spacers 252, 254 and dielectric isolation regions 268, 270. Semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c has a thickness T256 of, for example, approximately 100-500 Å.
Semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c has a low resistivity of, e.g., 0.001 ohm-cm, that facilitates the formation of low-resistance contacts. To achieve this low resistivity, semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c is, for example, epitaxial silicon doped with, for example, arsenic to a concentration of 1�1020 atoms/cm3. Semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c may be doped in situ, during deposition. In alternative embodiments, semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c may be doped after deposition by ion implantation or by gas-, plasma- or solid-source diffusion. In some embodiments, the doping of semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c and the formation of source 262 and drain 266 are performed simultaneously. Portions of semiconductor layer 256 a, 256 c disposed over source 262 and drain 266 may have top surfaces substantially free of facets. In an embodiment, portions of source 262, drain 266, and/or gate 259 may be etched away to define recess prior to deposition of semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c, and semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c may then be deposited in the recesses thus formed.
Referring to FIG. 8C, a metal layer 272 is formed over transistor 250. Metal layer 272 is formed by, for example, sputter deposition. Metal layer 272 has a thickness T272 of, e.g., 50-200 Å and includes a metal such as cobalt, titanium, tungsten, nickel, or platinum. The metal is selected to react with semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c to form a low-resistance metal-semiconductor alloy when exposed to heat, as described below. The metal is also selected such that the metal-semiconductor alloy remains stable at temperatures typically required to complete transistor 250 fabrication, e.g., 400-700� C.
Referring also to FIG. 8D, subsequent to deposition of metal layer 272, a first rapid thermal anneal is performed, e.g., at 550� C. for 60 seconds. This heating step initiates a reaction between metal layer 272 and semiconductor layers 256 a-256 c, forming a high resistivity phase of a metal-semiconductor alloy, e.g., cobalt silicide (CoSi). Portions of metal layer 272 are removed by a wet etch, such as sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. In an alternative embodiment, the wet etch may be ammonium hydroxide, peroxide, and water. This wet etch removes portions of metal layer 272 disposed over dielectric material, such as over first and second sidewall spacers 252, 254 and isolation regions 268, 270. Portions 274 of metal layer 272 disposed over semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c that have reacted to form the metal-semiconductor alloy remain in place after the anneal and wet etch.
Referring to FIG. 8E, SSOI substrate 100, including transistor 250, is subjected to a second heat treatment. For example, in an embodiment in which metal layer 272 includes cobalt, SSOI substrate 100 undergoes a rapid thermal anneal at 800� C. for 60 seconds in a nitrogen ambient. This heating step initiates a reaction in the metal-semiconductor alloy layer which substantially lowers its resistivity, to form a substantially homogeneous contact layer 276 a-276 c. Contact layer 276 a-276 c includes a metal-semiconductor alloy, e.g., a metal silicide such as a low resistivity phase of cobalt silicide (CoSi2). Contact layer 276 a-276 c has a thickness T276 of, for example, 400 Å. Contact layer 276 a-276 c has a low sheet resistance, e.g., less than about 10Ω/□, and enables a good quality contact to be made to source 262 and drain 266, as well as to gate 259.
In some embodiments, during formation, contact layer 276 a-276 c may consume substantially all of semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c. A bottommost boundary 278 a of contact layer 276 a, therefore, shares an interface 280 a with strained layer 18 in source 262, and a bottommost boundary 278 c of contact layer 276 c, therefore, shares an interface 280 c with strained layer 18 in drain 266. A bottommost boundary 278 b of contact layer 276 b shares an interface 280 b with gate 259.
In other embodiments, contact layer portions 276 a, 276 c, disposed over source 262 and drain 266, may extend into strained layer 18. Interfaces 280 a, 280 c between contact layer 276 a, 276 c and strained layer 18 are then disposed within source 262 and drain 266, respectively, above bottommost boundaries 282 a, 282 c of strained layer 18. Interfaces 280 a, 280 c have a low contact resistivity, e.g., less than approximately 5�107Ω-cm2. In certain other embodiments, during formation, contact layer 276 a-276 c may not consume all of semiconductor layer 256 a-256 c (see FIG. 8D). A bottommost boundary 278 a of contact layer 276 a, therefore, shares an interface with semiconductor layer 256 a over source 262, and a bottommost boundary 278 c of contact layer 276 c, therefore, shares an interface with semiconductor layer 256 c over drain 266.
Because strained layer 18 includes a strained material, carrier mobilities in strained layer 18 are enhanced, facilitating lower sheet resistances. This strain also results in a reduced energy bandgap, thereby lowering the contact resistivity between the metal-semiconductor alloy and the strained layer.
In alternative embodiments, an SSOI structure may include, instead of a single strained layer, a plurality of semiconductor layers disposed on an insulator layer. For example, referring to FIG. 9, epitaxial wafer 300 includes strained layer 18, relaxed layer 16, graded layer 14, and substrate 12. In addition, a semiconductor layer 310 is disposed over strained layer 18. Strained layer 18 may be tensilely strained and semiconductor layer 310 may be compressively strained. In an alternative embodiment, strained layer 18 may be compressively strained and semiconductor layer 310 may be tensilely strained. Strain may be induced by lattice mismatch with respect to an adjacent layer, as described above, or mechanically. For example, strain may be induced by the deposition of overlayers, such as Si3N4. In another embodiment, semiconductor layer 310 is relaxed. Semiconductor layer 310 includes a semiconductor material, such as at least one of a group II, a group III, a group IV, a group V, and a group VI element. Epitaxial wafer 300 is processed in a manner analogous to the processing of epitaxial wafer 8, as described with reference to FIGS. 1-7.
Referring also to FIG. 10, processing of epitaxial wafer 300 results in the formation of SSOI substrate 350, having strained layer 18 disposed over semiconductor layer 310. Semiconductor layer 310 is bonded to dielectric layer 52, disposed over substrate 54. As noted above with reference to FIG. 9, strained layer 18 may be tensilely strained and semiconductor layer 310 may be compressively strained. Alternatively, strained layer 18 may be compressively strained and semiconductor layer 310 may be tensilely strained. In some embodiments, semiconductor layer 310 may be relaxed.
Referring to FIG. 11, in some embodiments, a thin strained layer 84 may be grown between strained layer 18 and relaxed layer 16 to act as an etch stop during etching, such as wet etching. In an embodiment in which strained layer 18 includes Si and relaxed layer 16 includes Si1-yGey, thin strained layer 84 may include Si1-xGex, with a higher Ge content (x) than the Ge content (y) of relaxed layer 16, and hence be compressively strained. For example, if the composition of the relaxed layer 16 is 20% Ge (Si0.80Ge0.20), thin strained layer 84 may contain 40% Ge (Si0.60Ge0.40) to provide a more robust etch stop. In other embodiments, a second strained layer, such as thin strained layer 84 with higher Ge content than relaxed layer 16, may act as a preferential cleave plane in the hydrogen exfoliation/cleaving procedure described above.
In an alternative embodiment, thin strained layer 84 may contain Si1-xGex with lower Ge content than relaxed layer 16. In this embodiment, thin strained layer 84 may act as a diffusion barrier during the wet oxidation process. For example, if the composition of relaxed layer 16 is 20% Ge (Si0.80Ge0.20), thin strained layer 84 may contain 10% Ge (Si0.90Ge0.10) to provide a barrier to Ge diffusion from the higher Ge content relaxed layer 16 during the oxidation process. In another embodiment, thin strained layer 84 may be replaced with a thin graded Si1-zGez layer in which the Ge composition (z) of the graded layer is decreased from relaxed layer 16 to the strained layer 18.
Referring again to FIG. 7, in some embodiments, a small amount, e.g., approximately 20-100 Å, of strained layer 18 may be removed at an interface 105 between strained layer 18 and relaxed layer portion 80. This may be achieved by overetching after relaxed layer portion 80 is removed. Alternatively, this removal of strained layer 18 may be performed by a standard microelectronics clean step such as an RCA SC1, i.e., hydrogen peroxide, ammonium hydroxide, and water (H2O2+NH4OH+H2O), which at, e.g., 80� C. may remove silicon. This silicon removal may remove any misfit dislocations that formed at the original strained layer 18/relaxed layer 80 interface 105 if strained layer 18 was grown above the critical thickness. The critical thickness may be defined as the thickness of strained layer 18 beyond which it becomes energetically favorable for the strain in the layer to partially relax via the introduction of misfit dislocations at interface 105 between strained layer 18 and relaxed layer 16. Thus, the method illustrated in FIGS. 1-7 provides a technique for obtaining strained layers above a critical thickness without misfit dislocations that may compromise the performance of deeply scaled MOSFET devices.
Referring to FIG. 12, in some embodiments, handle wafer 50 may have a structure other than a dielectric layer 52 disposed over a semiconductor substrate 54. For example, a bulk relaxed substrate 400 may comprise a bulk material 410 such as a semiconductor material, e.g., bulk silicon. Alternatively, bulk material 410 may be a bulk dielectric material, such as Al2O3 (e.g., alumina or sapphire) or SiO2 (e.g., quartz). Epitaxial wafer 8 may then be bonded to handle wafer 400 (as described above with reference to FIGS. 1-6), with strained layer 18 being bonded to the bulk material 410 comprising handle wafer 400. In embodiments in which bulk material 410 is a semiconductor, to facilitate this semiconductor-semiconductor bond, a hydrophobic clean may be performed, such as an HF dip after an RCA SC1 clean.
Referring to FIG. 13, after bonding and further processing (as described above), a strained-semiconductor-on-semiconductor (SSOS) substrate 420 is formed, having strained layer 18 disposed in contact with relaxed substrate 400. The strain of strained layer 18 is not induced by underlying relaxed substrate 400, and is independent of any lattice mismatch between strained layer 18 and relaxed substrate 400. In an embodiment, strained layer 18 and relaxed substrate 400 include the same semiconductor material, e.g., silicon. Relaxed substrate 400 may have a lattice constant equal to a lattice constant of strained layer 18 in the absence of strain. Strained layer 18 may have a strain greater than approximately 1�10−3. Strained layer 18 may have been formed by epitaxy, and may have a thickness T5 of between approximately 20 Å-1000 Å, with a thickness uniformity of better than approximately �10%. In an embodiment, strained layer 18 may have a thickness uniformity of better than approximately �5%. Surface 92 of strained layer 18 may have a surface roughness of less than 20 Å.
Referring to FIG. 14, in an embodiment, after fabrication of the SSOI structure 100 including semiconductor substrate 54 and dielectric layer 52, it may be favorable to selectively relax the strain in at least a portion of strained layer 18. This could be accomplished by introducing a plurality of ions by, e.g., ion implantation after a photolithography step in which at least a portion of the structure is masked by, for example, a photoresist feature 500. Ion implantation parameters may be, for example, an implant of Si ions at a dose of 1�1015-1�1017 ions/cm2, at an energy of 5-75 keV. After ion implantation, a relaxed portion 502 of strained layer 18 is relaxed, while a strained portion 504 of strained layer 18 remains strained.
Referring to FIGS. 15A-15E, SSOI structure 100 (see FIG. 6) may be formed by the use of a porous semiconductor substrate. Referring to FIG. 15A, substrate 12 may be formed of a semiconductor, such as Si, Ge, or SiGe. A plurality of pores 1514, i.e., microvoids, are formed to define a porous layer 1516 in a portion of substrate 12. Pores 1514 may have a median diameter of 5-10 nm and a pitch of 10-50 nm. Porous layer 1516 may have a porosity of 10-50% and may extend a depth of d15 into substrate 12 of approximately 1-5 μm.
Referring to FIG. 15B, pores 1514 may be formed by, for example, submerging substrate 12 into a vessel 1517 containing an electrolyte 1518, such as hydrofluoric acid (HF), possibly mixed with ethanol, with a cathode 1520 and an anode 1522 disposed in the electrolyte 1518. A back surface chucking holder 1519 a with a vacuum pad 1519 b may hold substrate 12 while it is submerged in vessel 1517. A current may be generated between cathode 1520 and anode 1522, through substrate 12, resulting in the electrochemical etching of substrate 12, thereby forming pores 1514 at a top surface 1524 of substrate 12. In an embodiment, prior to the formation of pores 1514, substrate 12 may be planarized, e.g., by CMP.
Referring to FIG. 15C, after the formation of pores 1514, a plurality of layers 10 may be formed over porous top surface 1524 of substrate 12, as described with reference to FIG. 1A. Layers 10 may include, for example, graded buffer layer 14, relaxed layer 16, and strained layer 18. Pores 1514 define cleave plane 20 in porous layer 1516 of substrate 12.
Referring to FIG. 15D, substrate 12 with layers 10 is bonded to handle wafer 50, including semiconductor substrate 54 and dielectric layer 52, as described with reference to FIG. 3. Prior to bonding, a dielectric layer may be formed on a top surface of layers 10 to facilitate the bonding process and to serve as an insulator layer in the final substrate structure.
Referring to FIG. 15E as well as to FIG. 15D, a split is induced at cleave plane 20 by, for example, cleaving porous layer 1516 by a water or an air jet. The split results in the formation of two separate wafers 1570, 1572. One of these wafers (1572) has graded layer 14 and relaxed layer 16 (see FIG. 15C) disposed over strained layer 18, with a first portion 1580 of substrate 12 disposed over graded layer 14. First portion 1580 of substrate 12 may be just trace amounts of material surrounding pores 1514. Strained layer 18 is in contact with dielectric layer 52 on semiconductor substrate 54. The other of these wafers (1570) includes a second portion 1582 of substrate 12, including the bulk of substrate 12 with perhaps trace amounts of material surrounding pores 1514.
Referring to FIG. 6 as well as to FIG. 15E, first portion 1580 of substrate 12 is removed from graded layer 14 by a wet chemical cleaning process utilizing, for example a mixture of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and HF. Graded layer 14 and relaxed layer 16 are removed in any one of the methods described for the removal of relaxed layer portion 80 with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Removal of graded and relaxed layers 14, 16 results in the formation of SSOI substrate 100.
Referring to FIG. 16A, SSOI substrate 100 (see FIG. 6) may also be formed by the use of porous intermediate layers. For example, plurality of layers 10 may be formed over substrate 12, layers 10 including graded layer 14, relaxed layer 16, and strained layer 18 (see FIG. 1A). Prior to the formation of strained layer 18, a plurality of pores 1614 may be formed in a top portion of relaxed layer 16, thereby defining a porous layer 1616 in a top portion 1617 of relaxed layer 16. Pores 1614 may be formed by the methods described above with reference to the formation of pores 1514 in FIG. 15B. Porous layer 1616 may have a thickness T16 of, e.g., 1-5 μm. Strained layer 18 may then be formed directly over porous layer 1616. Pores 1614 define cleave plane 20 in porous layer 1616.
Referring to FIG. 16B, in an alternative embodiment, after the formation of porous layer 1616 in a portion of relaxed layer 16, a second relaxed layer 1620 may be formed over relaxed layer 16 including porous layer 1616. Second relaxed layer 1620 may include the same material from which relaxed layer 16 is formed, e.g., uniform Si1-xGex having a Ge content of, for example, 10-80% (i.e., x=0.1-0.8) and having a thickness T17 of, e.g., 5-100 nm. In some embodiments, Si1-xGex may include Si0.70Ge0.30 and T17 may be approximately 50 nm. Second relaxed layer 1620 may be fully relaxed, as determined by triple axis X-ray diffraction, and may have a threading dislocation density of <1�106/cm2, as determined by etch pit density (EPD) analysis. Strained layer 18 may be formed over second relaxed layer 1620. Pores 1614 define cleave plane 20 in porous layer 1616.
Referring to FIG. 16C, substrate 12 with layers 10 is bonded to handle wafer 50, including semiconductor substrate 54 and dielectric layer 52, as described with reference to FIG. 3.
Referring to FIG. 16D as well as to FIG. 16C, a split is induced at cleave plane 20 by, for example, cleaving porous layer 1616 by a water or an air jet. The split results in the formation of two separate wafers 1670, 1672. One of these wafers (1670) has top portion 1617 of relaxed layer 16 (see FIG. 16A) disposed over strained layer 18. Strained layer 18 is in contact with dielectric layer 52 on semiconductor substrate 54. The other of these wafers (1672) includes the substrate 12, graded layer 14, and a bottom portion 1674 of relaxed layer 16.
Referring to FIG. 6 as well as to FIG. 16D, top portion 1617 of relaxed layer 16 is removed in any one of the methods described for the removal of relaxed layer portion 80 with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Removal of top portion 1617 of relaxed layer 16 results in the formation of SSOI substrate 100.
The bonding of strained silicon layer 18 to dielectric layer 52 has been experimentally demonstrated. For example, strained layer 18 having a thickness of 54 nanometers (nm) along with ˜350 nm of Si0.70Ge0.30 have been transferred by hydrogen exfoliation to Si handle wafer 50 having dielectric layer 52 formed from thermal SiO2 with a thickness of approximately 100 nm. The implant conditions were a dose of 4�1016 ions/cm3 of H2 + at 75 keV. The anneal procedure was 1 hour at 550� C. to split the SiGe layer, followed by a 1 hour, 800� C. strengthening anneal. The integrity of strained Si layer 18 and good bonding to dielectric layer 52 after layer transfer and anneal were confirmed with cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM). An SSOI structure 100 was characterized by XTEM and analyzed via Raman spectroscopy to determine the strain level of the transferred strained Si layer 18. An XTEM image of the transferred intermediate SiGe/strained Si/SiO2 structure showed transfer of the 54 nm strained Si layer 18 and ˜350 nm of the Si0.70Ge0.30 relaxed layer 16. Strained Si layer 18 had a good integrity and bonded well to SiO2 54 layer after the annealing process.
XTEM micrographs confirmed the complete removal of relaxed SiGe layer 16 after oxidation and HF etching. The final structure includes strained Si layer 18 having a thickness of 49 nm on dielectric layer 52 including SiO2 and having a thickness of 100 nm.
Raman spectroscopy data enabled a comparison of the bonded and cleaved structure before and after SiGe layer 16 removal. Based on peak positions the compostion of the relaxed SiGe layer and strain in the Si layer may be calculated. See, for example, J. C. Tsang, et al., J. Appl. Phys. 75 (12) p. 8098 (1994), incorporated herein by reference. The fabricated SSOI structure 100 had a clear strained Si peak visible at ˜511/cm. Thus, the SSOI structure 100 maintained greater than 1% tensile strain in the absence of the relaxed SiGe layer 16. In addition, the absence of Ge—Ge, Si—Ge, and Si—Si relaxed SiGe Raman peaks in the SSOI structure confirmed the complete removal of SiGe layer 16.
In addition, the thermal stability of the strained Si layer was evaluated after a 3 minute 1000� C. rapid thermal anneal (RTA) to simulate an aggregate thermal budget of a CMOS process. A Raman spectroscopy comparision was made of SSOI structure 100 as processed and after the RTA step. A scan of the as-bonded and cleaved sample prior to SiGe layer removal was used for comparision. Throughout the SSOI structure 100 fabrication processs and subsequent anneal, the strained Si peak was visible and the peak position did not shift. Thus, the strain in SSOI structure 100 was stable and was not diminished by thermal processing. Furthermore, bubbles or flaking of the strained Si surface 18 were not observed by Nomarski optical microscopy after the RTA, indicating good mechanical stability of SSOI structure 100.
The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The foregoing embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects illustrative rather than limiting on the invention described herein. Scope of the invention is thus indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein.
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