IP Library Granted Patent US 12684791
Granted Patent B2
US 12684791 · App. 18/462,876 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Semiconductor device manufacturing method

Inventor: Tatsuo Shimizu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
H10D12/031H10D30/66H10D62/8325H10P30/22
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Patent No.
US 12684791
App. No.
18/462,876
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device manufacturing method of embodiments includes: performing first ion implantation for implanting aluminum into a silicon carbide layer with a first dose amount; performing first heat treatment at a temperature equal to or more than 1600° C.; performing first etching process for etching a surface of the silicon carbide layer in an atmosphere containing plasma generated from a gas containing halogen and oxygen; performing second etching process for etching the surface in an atmosphere containing hydrogen plasma or atomic hydrogen; forming a silicon oxide film on the surface; and forming a gate electrode on the silicon oxide film.

Claims (53)

1 . A semiconductor device manufacturing method, comprising:

performing a first ion implantation implanting aluminum into a silicon carbide layer with a first dose amount;

performing a first heat treatment at a temperature equal to or more than 1600° C.;

performing a first etching process etching a surface of the silicon carbide layer in an atmosphere containing plasma generated from a gas containing halogen and oxygen;

performing a second etching process etching the surface in an atmosphere containing hydrogen plasma or atomic hydrogen;

forming a silicon oxide film on the surface; and

forming a gate electrode on the silicon oxide film.

2 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a second ion implantation implanting carbon into the silicon carbide layer with a second dose amount before the performing the first heat treatment, the second dose amount being equal to or more than ten times the first dose amount.

3 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first etching process is performed by using an etching apparatus in which a plasma generation unit and an etching processing unit are separated from each other.

4 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first etching process is isotropic etching process.

5 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the first etching process, the gas contains perfluorocarbon.

6 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first etching process is performed at a temperature equal to or more than 20° C. and equal to or less than 1300° C.

7 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second etching process is performed at a temperature equal to or more than 20° C. and equal to or less than 300° C.

8 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the first etching process, the surface is etched by 5 nm or more and 50 nm or less.

9 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the second etching process, the surface is etched by 5 nm or more and 25 nm or less.

10 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the surface has an inclination equal to or more than 0° and equal to or less than 8° with respect to an a-face or an inclination equal to or more than 0° and equal to or less than 8° with respect to an m-face.

11 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a trench in the silicon carbide layer before the performing the first etching process after the performing the first heat treatment, and

wherein the surface is a sidewall surface of the trench.

12 . A semiconductor device manufacturing method, comprising:

forming a p-type silicon carbide film on an n-type silicon carbide layer using an epitaxial growth method;

performing a first etching process etching a surface of the silicon carbide film in an atmosphere containing plasma generated from a gas containing halogen and oxygen;

performing a second etching process etching the surface in an atmosphere containing hydrogen plasma or atomic hydrogen;

forming a silicon oxide film on the surface; and

forming a gate electrode on the silicon oxide film.

13 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first etching process is performed by using an etching apparatus in which a plasma generation unit and an etching processing unit are separated from each other.

14 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first etching process is isotropic etching process.

15 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein, in the first etching process, the gas contains perfluorocarbon.

16 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first etching process is performed at a temperature equal to or more than 20° C. and equal to or less than 1300° C.

17 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein the second etching process is performed at a temperature equal to or more than 20° C. and equal to or less than 300° C.

18 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein, in the first etching process, the surface is etched by 5 nm or more and 50 nm or less.

19 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein, in the second etching process, the surface is etched by 5 nm or more and 25 nm or less.

20 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 ,

wherein the surface has an inclination equal to or more than 0° and equal to or less than 8° with respect to an a-face or an inclination equal to or more than 0° and equal to or less than 8° with respect to an m-face.

21 . The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

forming a trench in the silicon carbide layer before the performing the first etching process after the performing the first heat treatment, and

wherein the surface is a sidewall surface of the trench.