Patent ID: 10374050

Abstract:
A titanium layer and a nickel layer are sequentially formed on a back surface of a SiC wafer. Next, by high-temperature heat treatment, the SiC wafer is heated and the titanium layer and the nickel layer are sintered forming a nickel silicide layer that includes titanium carbide. By this high-temperature heat treatment, an ohmic contact of the SiC wafer and the nickel silicide layer is formed. Thereafter, on the nickel silicide layer, a back surface electrode multilayered structure is formed by sequentially stacking a titanium layer, a nickel layer, and a gold layer. Here, in forming the nickel layer that configures a back surface electrode multilayered structure, the nickel layer is formed under a condition that satisfies 0.0<y<−0.0013x+2.0, where the thickness of the nickel layer is x [nm] and the deposition rate of the nickel layer is y [nm/second]. Thus, peeling of the back surface electrode can be suppressed.