WO2005093844A1 - 半導体装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a technique for increasing a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device, and more particularly to a technique for improving a breakdown voltage and improving a breakdown voltage.
- Reference numeral 101 in FIG. 38 is an example of a MOSFET-type semiconductor device.
- the resistance value is large on an N-type substrate 111 having a small resistance value! ⁇ N-type resistive layer 112 is formed by epitaxial growth.
- a plurality of P-shaped guard regions 146b having a square ring shape in plan view are formed concentrically.
- a plurality of P-shaped and elongated base diffusion regions 117 are formed, and at the center in the width direction of the inner surface of each base diffusion region 117, An elongated ohmic diffusion region 120 having a P-type and having a surface concentration higher than that of the base diffusion region 117 is provided.
- An N-type and elongated source diffusion region 121 is arranged in parallel with the ohmic diffusion region 120.
- a portion of the inner surface of the base diffusion region 117 between the outer periphery of the source diffusion region 121 and the outer periphery of the base diffusion region 117 is a channel region 122, on which a gate insulating film 134 and a gate
- the electrode films 136 are arranged in this order.
- An interlayer insulating film 137 is disposed on the gate electrode film 136, and a source electrode film 138 in contact with the source diffusion region 121 and the ohmic diffusion region 120 is disposed on the interlayer insulating film 137. .
- the source electrode film 138 is separated from the gate electrode film 136 by an interlayer insulating film 137. Therefore, the source electrode film 138 is electrically insulated from the gate electrode film 136, is electrically connected to the source diffusion region 121, and is electrically connected to the base diffusion region 117 via the ohmic diffusion region 120. It is connected.
- a protective film 139 is formed on the surface of the source electrode film 138.
- a drain electrode film 130 is formed on the back surface of the substrate 111.
- a voltage equal to or higher than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate electrode film 136 with the source electrode film 138 grounded and a positive voltage applied to the drain electrode film 130, the channel region 122 is inverted to an N-type, and Source diffusion region 121 and resistance layer 112 are connected. This state is a conduction state, and a current flows from the drain electrode film 130 to the source electrode film 138.
- a P-type base buried region 146a is arranged in contact with base diffusion region 117.
- the PN junction between the P-type region composed of the base diffusion region 117 and the base buried region 146a and the N-type region composed of the resistance layer 112 is reverse-biased, and From the PN junctions in both the region 117 and the base buried region 146a, the depletion layer spreads greatly in both the P-type region and the N-type region.
- the base buried region 146a is a slender V region along the direction in which the slender base diffusion region 117 extends, and one base buried region 146a is arranged at a central position in the width direction of each base diffusion region 117.
- the base diffusion regions 117 are arranged in parallel with each other, and the base buried regions 146a are also in parallel with each other.
- the resistance layer 112 at a portion sandwiched between the base buried regions 146a is a depletion layer. It is filled.
- a region inside the center position in the width direction of the innermost guard region 146b and included in the RESURF region located between the bottom surface of the base buried region 146a and the bottom surface of the base diffusion region 117. Is set so that the amount of N-type impurities and the amount of P-type impurities are equal!
- a voltage is applied that just fills the N-type region in the RESURF region with a depletion layer.
- the P-type region in the RESURF region is also filled with the depletion layer.
- the depletion layer in the RESURF region is flat, a voltage higher than that voltage is applied, and the depletion layer is depleted toward the substrate 111 beyond the bottom surface of the base buried region 146a.
- the warming force also has the advantage that the depletion layer is widened and the breakdown voltage is increased.
- the amount of impurities and the diffusion structure forming such a depletion layer are called RESURF conditions.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-101022
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-86800
- avalanche breakdown occurs when a high reverse bias voltage is applied.
- the semiconductor device 101 may be broken. Therefore, it is desired to develop a semiconductor device having a high withstand voltage and a high breakdown strength!
- Avalanche breakdown may occur in the active region inside the innermost guard region 146b, or may occur in the breakdown voltage region outside the active region.
- guard region 146b Since the guard region 146b is placed at the floating potential, when avalanche breakdown occurs in the breakdown voltage region, the current flowing in the avalanche breakdown is concentrated around the base diffusion region 117 close to the innermost guard region 146b. Then, the semiconductor device 101 is destroyed.
- the inventors of the present invention set the distance Wm between the base buried region located adjacent to the bottom surface of the same base diffusion region and the distance Wm located at the bottom surface of a different base diffusion region.
- the distance Wm between the adjacent base embedding areas and the distance W between the guard embedding areas It has been found that, when the relationship between the two is appropriately set, a semiconductor device with high breakdown strength can be obtained while satisfying the resurfing conditions of the region where the base region is arranged.
- the present invention has been created based on the above-mentioned findings, and the invention according to claim 1 has a first conductive type resistive layer and a second conductive type formed inside the resistive layer and arranged concentrically. A plurality of guard buried regions of a second conductivity type disposed near the inner surface of the resistance layer and inside the innermost guard buried region.
- a source diffusion region of a first conductivity type which is formed near a surface inside each of the base diffusion regions in a region inside the edge of each of the base diffusion regions and is shallower than each of the base diffusion regions;
- a channel region near an edge of the diffusion region and between an edge of each of the base diffusion regions and an edge of each of the source diffusion regions;
- a gate insulating film located at least on each of the channel regions;
- a gate electrode film located at the A plurality of base buried regions of a second conductivity type, each of which is arranged on the bottom surface of the base diffusion region and connected to each of the base diffusion regions; The distance Wm between the base embedding areas and the different base
- each base buried region and the bottom surface of each guard buried region are located at substantially the same depth, and the bottom surface of each base diffusion region is located at substantially the same depth.
- the semiconductor device has the following relationship.
- the invention according to claim 2 provides a resistance layer of the first conductivity type, a plurality of guard buried regions of the second conductivity type formed inside the resistance layer and arranged concentrically, and the inside of the resistance layer.
- a source diffusion region of the first conductivity type formed near the surface inside the diffusion region and shallower than each of the base diffusion regions; and near an edge of each of the base diffusion regions, A channel region between the edges of each source diffusion region, a gate insulating film located at least on each channel region, a gate electrode film located on the gate insulating film, and a bottom surface of each base diffusion region.
- each base buried region and the bottom surface of each guard buried region are located at substantially the same depth, and the bottom surface of each base diffusion region is located at substantially the same depth.
- the semiconductor device has the following relationship.
- the invention according to claim 3 provides a resistance layer of the first conductivity type, a plurality of guard-embedded regions of the second conductivity type formed inside the resistance layer and arranged concentrically, and the inside of the resistance layer.
- a plurality of base diffusion regions of the second conductivity type disposed near the innermost periphery of the guard buried region and a region inside the edge of each base diffusion region.
- a first conductivity type source diffusion region formed near the surface inside each base diffusion region and shallower than the base diffusion region; and an edge of the base diffusion region near an edge of the base diffusion region. And a channel region between the edges of each of the source diffusion regions.
- each base buried region and the bottom surface of each guard ring region are located at substantially the same depth, and the bottom surface of each base diffusion region is located at substantially the same depth. And a region inside the center position in the width direction of the innermost guard buried region, and a region between the base buried region and the bottom surface of the guard buried region and the bottom surface of the base diffusion region.
- the semiconductor device has the following relationship.
- the invention according to claim 4 is the semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein each of the guard buried regions includes a ring-shaped groove formed in the resistance layer, A semiconductor device having a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type filled in a ring-shaped groove.
- the invention according to claim 5 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each of the base buried regions includes a groove formed in the resistance layer and a groove formed in the groove. This is a semiconductor device having a filled second conductivity type semiconductor material.
- the invention according to claim 6 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an upper portion of each of the guard embedding regions is wider than a width of the guard embedding region.
- a guard diffusion region of the second conductivity type is arranged, and a guard ring region is formed by each of the guard buried regions and the guard diffusion region connected thereto.
- the width of the upper portion of the guard ring region is larger than that of the lower portion. This is a semiconductor device that has been widened.
- each of the base diffusion regions and the base buried region are formed to be elongated, the respective base diffusion regions are arranged in parallel with each other, and the base buried region is formed along the longitudinal direction of each of the base diffusion regions.
- Semiconductor devices arranged in parallel with each other.
- each of the guard embedding regions is formed in a rectangular or square quadrangular ring shape, and each of the guard embedding regions is formed. Adjacent sides of the embedding region are arranged in parallel with each other, and each of the base embedding regions is a semiconductor device arranged in parallel with two parallel sides of the four sides of each of the guard embedding regions. .
- the semiconductor device has the following relationship.
- the invention according to claim 10 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the base buried region is formed to be elongated, and both ends of the base buried region in the longitudinal direction. And the distance W between the innermost guard embedding area and the guard embedding area a
- the invention according to claim 11 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the base buried region is formed to be elongated, and both ends of the base buried region in the longitudinal direction. Is a semiconductor device connected to the innermost buried region.
- a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the semiconductor device according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, wherein each of the base buried regions has the same width.
- a thirteenth aspect of the present invention is the semiconductor device according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects, wherein each of the guard buried regions has the same width.
- the invention according to claim 14 is a semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 13. Wherein the widths of the base buried regions are equal to each other and the widths of the guard buried regions are equal to each other. is there.
- the invention according to claim 15 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the source electrode film electrically connected to the source diffusion region and the base diffusion region is formed.
- the semiconductor device has:
- the invention according to claim 16 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein a surface of the resistive layer on a side opposite to a surface on which the base region is formed includes: A semiconductor device having a drain layer of the same conductivity type as the resistance layer and a higher concentration than the resistance layer.
- the invention according to claim 17 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein a surface of the resistance layer opposite to a surface on which the base region is formed includes: This is a semiconductor device in which a collector layer of a conductivity type opposite to that of the resistance layer is arranged.
- the invention according to claim 18 is the semiconductor device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein a surface of the resistance layer opposite to a surface on which the base region is formed includes: A semiconductor device in which a Schottky electrode film forming a Schottky junction with the resistance layer is arranged.
- the semiconductor device according to any one of the first to fifteenth aspects, wherein a surface of the resistance layer on the side where the base diffusion region is formed is electrically connected to the resistance layer.
- the semiconductor device has a drain electrode film insulated from the source electrode film.
- the present invention is configured as described above, and the source diffusion region can be arranged along the edge of the base diffusion region at a predetermined distance from the edge of the base diffusion region.
- the source electrode film connected to the source diffusion region can be electrically connected to the base diffusion region near the center in the width direction of the base diffusion region.
- avalanche breakdown does not occur in the breakdown voltage region, so that a high avalanche current can be obtained without concentration of the avalanche current in the base diffusion region adjacent to the innermost guard region.
- the avalanche current does not pass through the high resistance portion of the base diffusion region below the bottom surface of the source diffusion region, so that a higher resistance to breakdown can be obtained. .
- the base buried region is arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the base diffusion region.
- a semiconductor element having a high withstand voltage and a high breakdown strength can be obtained.
- FIG. 2 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention
- FIG. 3 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (3)
- FIG. 4 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (4)
- FIG. 5 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (5)
- FIG. 6 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (6)
- FIG. 7 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing steps of the semiconductor device of the present invention (7)
- FIG. 8 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing steps of the semiconductor device of the present invention (8)
- FIG. 9 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing steps of the semiconductor device of the present invention (9)
- FIG. 10 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (10)
- FIG. 11 (a), (b): views for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (11)
- FIG. 12 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (12)
- FIG. 13 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing steps of the semiconductor device of the present invention (13)
- FIG. 14 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing steps of the semiconductor device of the present invention (14)
- FIG. 15 (a), (b): views for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (15)
- FIG. 16 (a) and (b): views for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (16)
- FIG. 17 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (17)
- FIG. 18 (a), (b): diagrams for explaining the manufacturing steps of the semiconductor device of the present invention (18)
- FIG. 19 (a), (b): views for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (19)
- FIG. 20 (a), (b): views for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention (20) ⁇ 21] (a), (b): FIGS. 21 (a), 22 (a), (b) for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention.
- FIGS. 21 (a), 22 (a), 22 (b) for explaining the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device of the present invention.
- FIG.30 B-B section view of Fig.8 (a), (b)
- FIG.31 C-C section view of Fig.17 (a), (b)
- FIG. 37 A drawing for explaining an example in which the innermost guard buried region is connected to the ground potential ⁇ 38] A cross-sectional view for explaining a conventional semiconductor device
- Source electrode film 40a Semiconductor material
- one of the P-type and the N-type will be described as the first conductivity type, and the other will be described as the second conductivity type. If the first conductivity type is N-type, the second conductivity type is P-type. Conversely, if the first conductivity type is P-type, the second conductivity type is N-type.
- the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer are made of single crystal silicon, but may be made of another semiconductor material.
- Reference numeral 1 in FIGS. 27 and 28 indicates a semiconductor device according to a first example of the present invention.
- a growth layer 12 of the first conductivity type is formed on the surface of the semiconductor support layer 11 of the first conductivity type in the wafer state by epitaxial growth.
- a plurality of the semiconductor devices of the present invention are formed in one wafer.
- the internal structure of one semiconductor device will be illustrated and described.
- a conductive layer 14 of the first conductivity type having a higher concentration than the growth layer 12 is formed on the inner surface of the growth layer 12 and at the center of the semiconductor device 1.
- the resistive layer 15 which is the drain of the MOS transistor is constituted by the conductive layer 12 and the conductive layer 14.
- the present invention includes a semiconductor device having no conductive layer 14, in which case the resistive layer 15 is constituted by the growth layer 12.
- the semiconductor device 1 of the present invention has a plurality of guard buried regions 44b of the second conductivity type.
- Each guard embedding region 44b has a ring shape and is arranged concentrically.
- a plurality of base diffusion regions 17a of the second conductivity type are formed at predetermined intervals inside the innermost guard buried region 44b and near the surface inside the resistance layer 15.
- the depth of all the base diffusion regions 17a is the same, and is smaller than the depth of the conductive layer 14 here.
- the present invention includes a semiconductor device in which the depth of the conductive layer 14 is smaller than the base diffusion region 17a.
- a first conductivity type source diffusion region 21 and a second conductivity type ohmic diffusion region 20 having a higher surface concentration than the base diffusion region 17a are arranged. I have.
- the planar shape of the base diffusion region 17a, the planar shape of the source diffusion region 21, and the planar shape of the ohmic diffusion region 20 are each formed in an elongated shape such as a rectangle, and inside one base diffusion region 17a.
- One or two source diffusion regions 21 have their long sides arranged along the longitudinal direction of the base diffusion region 17a.
- the ohmic diffusion region 20 is located at the center in the width direction of each base diffusion region 17a, and its long side is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the base diffusion region 17a.
- the width and length of the source diffusion region 21 and the ohmic diffusion region 20 are smaller than the width and length of the base diffusion region 17a, and the source diffusion region 21 and the ohmic diffusion region 20 are formed of the base diffusion region. It is made shallower than 17a, and the source diffusion region 21 and the ohmic diffusion region 20 are arranged so as not to protrude from the base diffusion region 17a.
- the source diffusion region 21 and the base diffusion region 17a are of opposite conductivity types, a pn junction is formed between the source diffusion region 21 and the base diffusion region 17a, and the ohmic diffusion region 20 and the base diffusion region 17a are formed. Are of the same conductivity type, the ohmic diffusion region 20 and the base diffusion region 17a are electrically connected to each other.
- the source diffusion region 21 is separated from the long side of the base diffusion region 17a by a certain distance, and inside the base diffusion region 17a, the long side of the base diffusion region 17a and the long side of the source diffusion region 21 are provided. The portion between these is a channel region 22 where an inversion layer as described later is formed. Since the base diffusion region 17a and the source diffusion region 21 are elongated, the channel region 22 is also elongated.
- a gate insulating film 34 is disposed on the channel region 22.
- the gate insulating film 34 slightly protrudes on both sides in the width direction of the channel region 22. Therefore, the ends of the gate insulating film 34 in the width direction are located on the source diffusion region 21 and the resistance layer 15.
- a gate electrode film 36 is disposed on the surface of the gate insulating film 34, and an interlayer insulating film 37 is disposed on the gate electrode film 36.
- the source electrode film 38 is disposed on the interlayer insulating film 37. Source diffusion area 21 table The surface and at least a part of the surface of the ohmic diffusion region 20 are exposed, and the source electrode film 38 is also disposed on the exposed portion and is electrically connected to the source diffusion region 21 and the ohmic diffusion region 20. .
- the base diffusion region 17a is connected to the source electrode film 38 via the ohmic diffusion region 20. Therefore, the source diffusion region 21 and the base diffusion region 17a are short-circuited by the source electrode film 38. Since the interlayer insulating film 37 is located between the source electrode film 38 and the gate electrode film 36, the source electrode film 38 and the gate electrode film 36 are insulated by the interlayer insulating film 37.
- a drain electrode film 30 is disposed on the surface of the semiconductor support layer 11 opposite to the surface on which the resistance layer 15 is disposed.
- the drain electrode film 30 and the semiconductor support layer 11 are in ohmic contact unlike the Schottky junction type IGBT described later, and the drain electrode film 30 and the semiconductor support layer 11 are electrically connected.
- the source electrode film 38 is grounded and a positive voltage is applied to the drain electrode film 30.
- a positive voltage equal to or higher than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate electrode film 36, an inversion layer of a conductivity type opposite to the channel region 22 is formed on the inner surface of the channel region 22, and the source diffusion region 21 and the resistance Layer 15 is connected at its inversion layer and becomes conductive.
- the semiconductor support layer 11 When the semiconductor device 1 is a MOS transistor, the semiconductor support layer 11 functions as a drain layer. In a conductive state, the semiconductor support layer 11 extends from the drain electrode film 30 to the source electrode film 38, and the inversion layer, the resistance layer 15, and the drain layer ( A current flows through the semiconductor support layer 11).
- the inversion layer disappears and enters the cutoff state. No current flows in the cutoff state.
- an elongated groove 43a is formed in the resistance layer 15 (in this embodiment, the groove 43a is formed after forming the conductive region 14).
- the groove 43a may be formed before the formation of the conductive region 14), and as shown in FIG. 9 (a), the groove 43a is filled with a semiconductor material 40a of the second conductivity type.
- the base buried region 44a is formed below the groove 43a and the base diffusion region 17a of the semiconductor material 4 Oa. As described later, the upper part of the base buried region 44a is connected to the base diffusion region 17a.
- a PN junction is formed between a region of the second conductivity type composed of the base diffusion region 17a and the base buried region 44a and a region of the first conductivity type composed of the resistor layer 15.
- a depletion layer spreads in the base diffusion region 17a and the resistance layer 15 and in the base buried region 44a.
- the depth D of the groove 43a from the surface of the resistance layer 15 is a depth that does not reach the semiconductor support layer 11, and the base diffusion region 1
- the base diffusion region 17a has its longitudinal direction arranged along the longitudinal direction of the groove 43a. Further, the base diffusion region 17a is formed to have a width straddling the plurality of grooves 43a, and as a result, two or more base buried regions 44a are arranged at the bottom of each base diffusion region 17a. The number of base buried regions 44a located on the bottom surface of each base diffusion region 17a is the same.
- Each base diffusion region 17a is parallel to each other, and a plurality of base buried regions 44a located at the bottom of one base diffusion region 17a are connected to the long side of base diffusion region 17a to which the tops thereof are connected. Is parallel to Therefore, each base buried region 44a is parallel to each other. The width of each base buried region 44a is equal.
- base buried region 44a is located inside base diffusion region 17a rather than channel region 22. Therefore, base buried region 44a is located directly below channel region 22. I don't have it! /
- the distance between the base embedding area 44a, the distance between the base embedding area 44a and the guard embedding area 44b, and the distance between the guard embedding area 44b are determined by two opposing base embedding areas 44a.
- the same base is defined as the width of the resistive layer 15 sandwiched therebetween, or the width of the resistive layer 15 sandwiched between the opposed base buried region 44a and the guard buried region 44b or the opposed guard buried region 44b.
- the distance Wm is fixed for the scattering region 17a.
- FIG. 27 shows a case where two base buried regions 44a are located on the bottom surface of one base diffusion region 17a, and the distance Wm is equal to the distance between two base buried regions 17a located on the same base diffusion region 17a bottom surface.
- the distance W m between the base buried regions 44a below the bottom surface of the same base diffusion region 17a and the base buried regions 44 located on the bottom surfaces of different base diffusion regions 17a and facing each other are different.
- the distance between a is not necessarily equal to Wm.
- the innermost guard embedding area 44b faces the base embedding area 44a.
- Each of the guard embedding regions 44b has a square ring shape, and the sides of the adjacent guard embedding regions 44b are parallel to each other and are arranged at an equal distance W.
- the innermost guard embedding area 44b has one side facing in parallel with the long side of the base embedding area 44a.
- the distance between the long side of the base embedding area 44a and the innermost guard embedding area 44b facing the long side is W, and each base embedding area 44a b
- guard buried region 44b are formed to have the same width Wt.
- the distance of 2 1, that is, the height D-D of the base buried area 44a is H (this code H is the base diffusion area).
- the length of the base buried region 44a is L
- the number of base buried regions 44a located on the bottom surface of one base diffusion region 17a is n
- the conductive region is formed in the base buried region.
- 4 N is the average concentration of impurities of the first conductivity type in the resistance layer 15 between the top of 4a (the bottom surface of the base diffusion region 17a) and the bottom surface
- N is the impurity concentration of the second conductivity type in the base buried region 44a.
- the symbol S in FIG. 27 is an area indicating one cell range, and a pair of adjacent two base expansions.
- the diffusion region 17a the range from the center position in the width direction of one base diffusion region 17a to the center position in the width direction of the other base diffusion region 17a is shown, and the base diffusion region in one cell range S is shown.
- the impurity amount q of the first conductivity type and the impurity amount q of the second conductivity type included in the range H that is deeper than the depth of 17a and shallower than the bottom surface of the base buried region 44a are
- the inside of the base buried region 44a also Filled with depletion layer (However, before the resistance layer 15 and the base buried region 44a are filled with the depletion layer, the critical value at which the electric field at the PN junction between the base buried region 44a and the resistance layer 15 causes avalanche breakdown ).
- the inner side of the innermost guard buried region 44b is located inside the center in the width direction and is shallower than the bottom of the base diffusion region 17a and shallower than the bottom of the base buried region 44a or the guard buried region 44b.
- FIG. 36 shows the following equation (a),
- the vertical axis represents the current la flowing in the active region, which is the region inside the innermost guard buried region 44b, and the current Ig flowing in the breakdown voltage region outside the active region.
- the abscissa represents the impurity amount Q, and the ratio Q / Q.
- the current Ig flowing in the breakdown voltage region becomes larger than the current la flowing in the active region, and the value of IgZla becomes greater than 1.
- the current la flowing in the active region becomes larger than the current Ig flowing in the breakdown voltage region, so that the value of IgZla becomes smaller than 1.
- Width unit is m
- Impurity amount Q unit is X 1012cm-1 2
- the IgZla becomes smaller than 1, and avalanche breakdown occurs in the active region.
- three or more base embedding regions 44a may be disposed below the bottom surface of each base diffusion region 17a.
- each is placed on the bottom surface of each base diffusion region 17a; ⁇
- the number of base buried regions 44a can be increased. However, if the width Wt is increased, it becomes difficult to grow the semiconductor material 40a on the inner surface of the groove 43a. Therefore, it is better to increase the number of base buried regions 44a.
- Avalanche breakdown occurs when the value of Q / Q is 0.9 or less.
- Table 5 shows the results corresponding to Table 4
- Table 7 shows the results corresponding to Table 6.
- Avalanche breakdown occurs when the value of Q / Q is 0.92 or more.
- Avalanche breakdown occurs when the value of Q / Q is 1.10 or less.
- the base buried region 44a is formed to be elongated, and the distance W (between both ends in the longitudinal direction of the base buried region 44a and the innermost guard buried region 44b is obtained.
- b is the width of the growth layer 12 sandwiched between b. ) Is substantially equal to the distance W between the inner edge of the innermost guard embedding area 44b and the edge of the longer side of the base embedding area 44a facing in parallel with the guard embedding area 44b. It is half the size.
- the innermost guard buried region 44b extends from both ends of the base buried region 44a. Assuming that the depletion layer does not spread out and the long side force of the base buried region 44a extends toward the innermost guard buried region 44b, the long side of the base buried region 44a A depletion layer spreads from the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral guard buried region 44b by half the distance W, and depletion b
- the layers will come into contact.
- a depletion layer is extended from the guard buried region 44b by half the distance W between both ends of the base buried region 44a and the innermost guard buried region 44b.
- the distance between both ends of the embedding region 44a and the inner periphery of the innermost guard embedding region 44b is substantially half the distance Wb, the distance between the ends of the base embedding region 44a and The space between the innermost guard buried regions 44b is also filled with the depletion layer.
- FIGS. 1 (a) to 26 (a) are cross-sectional views taken along a step of forming an active region.
- FIGS. 1 (b) to 26 (b) show a portion near the outer periphery of the active region and an active region.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a breakdown voltage region surrounding the region.
- Reference numeral 10 in FIGS. L (a) and (b) indicates a processing substrate for manufacturing the semiconductor device of the present invention.
- the processing substrate 10 has a semiconductor support layer 11 made of a first conductivity type semiconductor single crystal, and a semiconductor crystal of the same conductivity type as the semiconductor support layer 11 formed on the surface of the semiconductor support layer 11 by epitaxy. It has a growth layer 12.
- an initial oxide film 28 having a semiconductor single crystal oxidation property is formed on the surface of the growth layer 12.
- a resist film is formed on the surface of the processing substrate 10 and patterned, and as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, a rectangular opening 49 is formed at a position on the active region of the resist film.
- Reference numeral 41 in FIG. 2B indicates a patterned resist film, and an initial oxidation film 28 is exposed at the bottom of the opening 49.
- the initial oxidation film 28 located on the bottom surface of the opening 49 is removed by etching, the initial oxidation film 28 has a resist film 41 as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b).
- An opening 31 having the same shape as the opening 49 is formed.
- the surface of the growth layer 12 is exposed.
- the resist film 41 has been removed.
- a relaxation layer made of a semiconductor oxide constituting the growth layer 12 is provided at the bottom of the opening 31. 32 are formed.
- the thickness of the relaxing layer 32 is formed thin.
- the impurity is shielded by the initial oxide film 28 and transmitted through the relaxation layer 32, and as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b).
- the first conductivity type high concentration impurity layer 13 is formed on the inner surface of the growth layer 12 at the bottom surface of the opening 31. The depth of the high-concentration impurity layer 13 is shallow.
- the impurities of the first conductivity type contained in the high-concentration impurity layer 13 diffuse in the depth direction and the lateral direction, and as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b). Then, a first conductive type conductive layer 14 is formed in the active region.
- the conductive layer 14 and the growth layer 12 form a first conductive type resistance layer 15.
- a thermal oxide film of a semiconductor is formed on the surface of the processing substrate 10 by thermal oxidation during diffusion.
- Reference numerals 33 in FIGS. 6A and 6B denote the thermal oxidation film, the relaxation layer 32, and the initial oxidation film 28.
- An integrated mask oxidation film is shown.
- the concentration of the surface of the conductive layer 14 is higher than the concentration of the growth layer 12 by about one digit. Since the conductive layer 14 is formed by diffusion, its concentration becomes smaller as the surface becomes deeper and deeper. Since the conductive layer 14 and the growth layer 12 are of the same conductivity type and do not form a PN junction, in the present invention, the depth of the conductive layer 14 is defined at a position reduced to twice the concentration of the growth layer 12.
- FIG. 29 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b). Due to the lateral diffusion of the impurities of the first conductivity type, the planar shape of the conductive layer 14 is a quadrangle with four rounded corners larger than the high-concentration impurity layer 13.
- a resist film is formed on the mask oxide film 33 and patterned to form a plurality of parallel elongated openings 42a in the active region as shown in FIG. 7 (a). Also, as shown in FIG. 2B, a plurality of ring-shaped openings 42b are formed in the breakdown voltage region.
- Reference numeral 41 denotes a resist film in which openings 42a and 42b are formed.
- the elongated opening 42a is an elongated rectangle, and the ring-shaped opening 42b is a square ring (rectangular or square ring) having different sizes.
- the ring-shaped openings 42b are arranged concentrically, and the elongated openings 42a are surrounded by the respective ring-shaped openings 42b.
- Opposite sides of the adjacent ring-shaped openings 42b are parallel to each other, and four sides of the elongated openings 42a are made parallel or perpendicular to the sides of the ring-shaped openings 42b.
- the surface of the mask oxide film 33 is exposed at the bottom of each of the openings 42a and 42b, and the mask oxide film 33 at the bottom positions of the openings 42a and 42b is removed by etching.
- the resist film 41 is removed, and then the resistive layer 15 is etched by etching using the mask oxide film 33 as a mask, as shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b).
- An active groove 43a is formed at the bottom of the elongated opening 42a, and a pressure-resistant groove 43b is formed at the bottom of the ring-shaped opening 42b.
- FIG. 30 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b).
- the planar shape of the active groove 43a is an elongated rectangle like the elongated opening 42a, and the pressure-resistant groove 43b is the same square ring as the ring-shaped opening 42b.
- each of the grooves 43a and 43b is deeper than the conductive layer 14 and the semiconductor support layer 11 1 It is formed to a depth that does not reach. Therefore, the growth layer 12 is exposed at the bottom of each of the grooves 43a and 43b.
- the bottom surface of each groove 43a, 43b is parallel to the surface of the growth layer 12, and the side surface of each groove 43a, 43b is perpendicular to the bottom surface.
- the planar shape of the active groove 43a is an elongated rectangle, and the planar shape of the pressure-resistant groove 43b is a rectangular or square quadrangular ring.
- a semiconductor single crystal or semiconductor polycrystal of the second conductivity type is grown on the bottom and side surfaces inside the trenches 43a and 43b by CVD, and as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), The inside of each of the trenches 43a and 43b is filled with a second conductive type semiconductor material 40a made of a grown semiconductor single crystal or semiconductor polycrystal, and black.
- the mask oxide film 33 adhered to the growth layer 12 remains, and the surface of the resistive layer 15 in the breakdown voltage region (the growth layer 12), the surfaces of the conductive layer 14 in the active region and the surfaces of the semiconductor materials 40a and 40b in the active region and the breakdown voltage region are exposed.
- a thin gate insulating film 34 is formed by a thermal oxidation process, and then a conductive poly-Si is formed on the surface of the gate insulating film 34 by a CVD method or the like.
- a silicon thin film is deposited to form a conductive thin film 35 made of polysilicon.
- a patterned resist film 46 is disposed at a predetermined position on the conductive thin film 35, and the conductive thin film 35 is patterned by etching.
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- a gate electrode film 36 is formed.
- the gate electrode film 36 and the mask oxide film 33 serve as a mask, and the impurities transmitted through the exposed gate insulating film 34
- the second conductive type high-concentration surface is formed on the inner surface of the conductive layer 14 and the inner surfaces of the semiconductor materials 40a and 40b inside the active groove 43a and the withstand voltage groove 43b. Impurity region 16 is formed.
- a conductive base diffusion region 17a and a guard diffusion region 17b are formed respectively.
- a high-concentration impurity region 16 having the same width as the semiconductor material 40b is formed above the semiconductor material 40b filled in the breakdown voltage groove 43b, but the width of the guard diffusion region 17b is reduced by lateral diffusion. It is wider than the width of the guard buried area 44b.
- the base diffusion region 17a and the guard diffusion region 17b have the same depth and are shallower than the depth of the conductive layer 14.
- the base buried region 44a of the second conductivity type is formed on the bottom surface of the base diffusion region 17a by the remaining portion (lower portion) of the active groove 43a and the semiconductor material 40a filled therein.
- a second conductive type guard buried region 44b is formed on the bottom surface of the guard diffusion region 17b by the remaining portion (lower portion) of the breakdown voltage groove 43b and the second conductive type semiconductor material 40b filled therein. Is done.
- the guard buried region 44b is formed of a portion of the semiconductor material 40b inside the breakdown voltage groove 43b below the guard diffusion region 17b, and includes the guard diffusion region 17b and the guard buried region 44b below the guard diffusion region 17b. Thus, a guard ring region is formed.
- the semiconductor device 1 of the present invention also includes a case where the guard diffusion region 17b is not provided, in which case the guard ring region is constituted by the guard buried region 44b.
- the guard ring region does not have the guard diffusion region 17b,
- the portion has the same height as the surface of the growth layer 12. Furthermore, when the upper portion of the breakdown voltage groove 43b is formed by a groove formed in an insulating film such as the mask oxide film 33, and the semiconductor material 44b is also filled in the groove of the insulating film, the guard filling is performed.
- the embedded region 44a is higher than the surface of the growth layer 12.
- the base embedding regions 44a are elongated and are parallel to each other.
- the base buried region 44a is formed of a portion below the depth of the base diffusion region 17a, and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. Further, since the upper portion of the base buried region 44a is connected to the base diffusion region 17a, it has the same potential as the base diffusion region 17a.
- FIG. 31 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIGS. 17 (a) and (b).
- Each base diffusion region 17a is a rectangle whose four corners are rounded and whose long sides extend along the direction in which the base buried region 44a extends.
- the base diffusion regions 17a are separated from each other, and the edge of the base diffusion region 17a enters below the bottom surface of the gate electrode film 36 due to the lateral diffusion of the impurity of the second conductivity type. 36 is located so as to straddle the adjacent base diffusion region 17a.
- the guard diffusion region 17b has a square ring shape, and the guard diffusion regions 17b concentrically adjacent to each other are separated from each other by a certain distance.
- a patterned resist film 45 is disposed on the surface of the processing substrate 10, and the gate insulating film 34 at the center in the width direction of the base diffusion region 17a is formed. Irradiation of impurities of the second conductivity type in the exposed state causes impurities of the second conductivity type that have passed through the gate insulating film 34 to cause a shallow surface on the inner surface of the base diffusion region 17a, resulting in high-concentration impurities of the second conductivity type.
- the second conductive type high-concentration impurity layer 18 has a rectangular shape having a long side along the longitudinal direction of the base diffusion region 17a, and a long side of the high-concentration impurity layer 18 and a long side of the base diffusion region 17a. Are parallel.
- the long side of the high-concentration impurity layer 18 is separated from the edge of the gate electrode film 36 by a certain distance, and the resist film 45 is removed, as shown in FIGS. 19 (a) and 19 (b). Then, another patterned resist film 46 was formed, and the surface of the gate insulating film 34 at a position between the long side of the high-concentration impurity layer 18 and the edge of the gate electrode film 36 was exposed to cover another portion. 1st conductivity type impurities in the state , The impurity penetrates through the exposed portion of the gate insulating film 34, and the first conductive film is formed on the inner surface of the base diffusion region 17a located between the high-concentration impurity region 18 of the second conductivity type and the gate electrode film 36. A high-concentration impurity region 19 is formed.
- the impurities contained in the high-concentration impurity regions 18 of the second conductivity type and the high-concentration impurity regions 19 of the first conductivity type are respectively diffused, and as shown in FIG.
- an ohmic diffusion region 20 of the second conductivity type and a source diffusion region 21 of the first conductivity type are formed, respectively.
- the surface concentration of the ohmic diffusion region 20 is higher than the surface concentration of the base diffusion region 17a, so that the source diffusion region 21 and the ohmic diffusion region 20 form an ohmic contact with the metal film.
- FIG. 32 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIGS. 20 (a) and (b).
- the planar shapes of the ohmic diffusion region 20 and the source diffusion region 21 are smaller than the base diffusion region 17a, and their depth is smaller than the depth of the base diffusion region 17a.
- the omic diffusion region 20 and the source diffusion region 21 are located inside the base diffusion region 17a, and are not in contact with the conductive layer 14 and the growth layer 12.
- At least one or more ohmic diffusion regions 20 and source diffusion regions 21 are formed in each base diffusion region 17a.
- the end of the source diffusion region 21 enters below the bottom of the gate electrode film 36 by lateral diffusion, but does not contact the end of the base diffusion region 17a, and
- the channel region 22 is formed by a portion of the base diffusion region 17a, which is in contact with the gate insulating film 34 between the edge of the source diffusion region 21 and the edge of the base diffusion region 17a.
- an interlayer insulating film 37 such as a silicon oxide film is formed on the surface of the processing substrate 10 by a CVD method or the like.
- a patterned resist film 47 is disposed on the gate electrode film 36 in the active region and on the surface of the breakdown voltage region, and the exposed interlayer insulating film 37 and the gate located thereunder are formed.
- the insulating film 34 is etched to expose at least a part of the surface of the ohmic diffusion region 20 and the source diffusion region 21 as shown in FIGS. 23 (a) and 23 (b).
- a notched resist film (not shown) is arranged on the metal thin film 29, and the metal thin film 29 is patterned by etching, thereby forming the source electrode film 38 as shown in FIG.
- the source electrode film 38 When the source electrode film 38 is formed, the source electrode film 38 is formed of a metal film, is insulated from the source electrode film 38, and is connected to the gate pad connected to the gate electrode film 36 and the source electrode. A source pad that also forms part of the membrane 38 is formed.
- the source electrode film 38 is in ohmic contact with the source diffusion region 21 and the ohmic diffusion region 20, the source diffusion region 21 is directly electrically connected to the source electrode film 38, and the base diffusion region 17a is in ohmic contact. It is electrically connected to source electrode film 38 through diffusion region 20.
- Base buried region 44a is in contact with base diffusion region 17a, and thus base buried region 44a is also electrically connected to source electrode film 38.
- the source electrode film 38 is an interlayer insulating film
- the gate electrode film 36 is electrically insulated from the gate electrode film 36 by the conductive layer 14 and the growth layer.
- a protection layer 39 made of a silicon oxide film or the like is formed on the surface of the processing substrate 10, and the protection layer 39 is patterned by etching. The patterning exposes the gate and source pads.
- a metal film is formed on the exposed surface on the back surface side of the semiconductor support layer 11, and the metal film forms the drain electrode film 30.
- a dicing step a plurality of semiconductor devices 1 are obtained from one wafer.
- the drain electrode film 30 is in ohmic contact with the semiconductor support layer 11, and the growth layer 12 and the conductive layer 14 are electrically connected to the drain electrode film 30 via the semiconductor support layer 11.
- the GG sectional views of FIGS. 27 and 28 are the same as the FF sectional views of FIGS. 20 (a) and (b), and are shown in FIG.
- the above is the power when the semiconductor device 1 of the present invention is a MOS transistor.
- the present invention also includes other types of semiconductor devices.
- Reference numeral 2 in FIG. 33 denotes a PN junction type IGBT according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This second
- the semiconductor device 2 of the second example has a collector layer 51 of the second conductivity type in place of the support layer 11 of the first conductivity type, and a growth layer of the first conductivity type is formed on the collector layer 51.
- Layer 12 is arranged.
- a collector electrode 55 that is in ohmic contact with the collector layer 51 is formed.
- Other configurations are the same as those of the semiconductor device 1 of the first example.
- a PN junction is formed between the collector layer 51 and the growth layer 12, and when the semiconductor device 2 conducts, the PN junction is forward-biased and the power of the collector layer 51 increases. Since the minority carriers are injected into the layer 12, the conduction resistance is reduced.
- Reference numeral 3 in FIG. 34 is a semiconductor device according to a third example of the present invention of a Schottky IGBT.
- the semiconductor device 3 After a corresponding portion of the semiconductor support layer 11 of the semiconductor device 1 of the first example is removed by a polishing process or the like, the surface of the growth layer 12 exposed by polishing is removed.
- a metal film such as chromium which forms a Schottky junction with the growth layer 12 is formed, and the Schottky electrode film 56 is formed by the metal film.
- the polarity of the Schottky junction is a polarity that is forward-biased when the semiconductor device 3 is turned on. Carriers are injected, and the conduction resistance decreases.
- Reference numeral 4 in FIG. 35 denotes a semiconductor device according to a fourth example of the present invention, in which a growth layer 12 of the first conductivity type is formed on a support substrate 52 of the second conductivity type by epitaxy.
- the semiconductor device 4 has an isolation diffusion region 53 that is formed by diffusion from the surface of the resistance layer 15 and has a bottom surface that reaches the semiconductor support layer 11.
- Separation diffusion region 53 has a ring shape and surrounds the active region where base diffusion region 17a is arranged.
- the conductive layer 14 is formed inside a region surrounded by the separation diffusion region 53, and a first conductivity type drain formed simultaneously with the source diffusion region 21 is formed near the inner surface of the conductive layer 14. Diffusion region 54 is provided. A drain electrode film 59 is formed on the surface of the drain diffusion region 54 at the same time as the source electrode film 38 and is electrically insulated from the source electrode film 38, and the transistor 6 is formed by them.
- a semiconductor element 57 such as a small signal transistor or a diode is formed outside the ring-shaped separation / diffusion region 53, and a plurality of semiconductor elements 57 constitute an electronic circuit such as a control circuit. Being done.
- an earth electrode film 58 connected to the ground potential is formed on the surface of the support substrate 52.
- the gate electrode film 36 is connected to a semiconductor element 57 outside the isolation diffusion region 53, and the transistor 6 is controlled by a control circuit formed by the semiconductor element 57.
- the ground electrode film 58 When the ground electrode film 58 is placed at the ground potential, and a voltage is applied between the drain electrode film 59 and the source electrode film 38 and a voltage higher than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate electrode film 36, the channel region An inversion layer is formed at 22 to conduct.
- the isolation / diffusion region 53 and the resistance layer 15 are reverse-biased, and the transistor 6 and the other semiconductor element 57 are electrically isolated.
- a silicon single crystal can be used as a semiconductor single crystal, and a single crystal of another semiconductor such as GaAs can be used.
- each base diffusion region 17a may be connected by a second conductivity type diffusion region to form a comb shape.
- the ring-shaped guard buried region 44b surrounding the base diffusion region 17a is not connected to the source electrode film 38 or the gate electrode film 36 but is placed at the floating potential.
- the innermost guard buried region can be electrically connected to the source electrode film 38.
- Reference numeral 44c in FIG. 37 indicates the innermost guard embedding area, and the innermost guard embedding area is indicated.
- the base diffusion region 17a adjacent to the region 44c is extended in the outer peripheral direction, and is in contact with the innermost guard embedding region 44c.
- the innermost guard buried region 44c is also set to the ground potential.
- the other guard buried region 44b concentrically surrounding the innermost guard buried region 44c remains at the floating potential.
- the impurity amount Q of the second conductivity type is 2XWtXN.
- each buried region 44a, 44b is assumed to be all equal.
- the distance W between the guard buried regions 44b is below the same base diffusion region 17a.
- the resurf condition holds when the sum of the distances Wm between the regions 44a is equal to 1Z2.
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