Manufacturing method for semiconductor device including first and second thermal treatments
In a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device according to an embodiment, a first heat treatment to anneal or oxidize an SiC layer in an atmosphere where a gas including carbon (C) exists is applied. Further, the semiconductor device according to the embodiment includes: an SiC substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a first conductivity type SiC layer disposed on the first surface side of the SiC substrate, and including a low level density region having Z 1/2 level density of 1×10 11 cm −3 or less measured by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS); a second conductivity type SiC region disposed on a surface of the SiC layer; a first electrode disposed on the SiC region; and a second electrode disposed on the second surface side of the SiC substrate.
1. A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, comprising:
ion-implanting a p-type impurity, n-type impurity, or carbon (C) to an SiC layer; then
applying a first annealing of the SiC layer; and then
applying a second annealing or oxidizing of the SiC layer in an atmosphere where a gas of propane exists, a temperature in the first annealing being higher than a temperature in the second annealing or oxidizing, the second annealing or oxidizing being heat treatment without growth of an SiC film, and the temperature in the second annealing or oxidizing is 1400° C. or more and 1600° C. or less.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature in the first annealing is 1600° C. or more and 1800° C. or less.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a dose amount in the ion-implanting is 1×10 15 cm −2 or more.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising forming the SiC layer on an SiC substrate by an epitaxial growth method before the second annealing or oxidizing.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an ion of the n-type impurity or the p-type impurity is selectively implanted into the SiC layer at the ion-implanting.
6. A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, comprising:
ion-implanting a p-type impurity, n-type impurity, or carbon (C) to an SiC layer; then
applying a first annealing of the SiC layer; and then
applying a second annealing or oxidizing of the SiC layer in an atmosphere where a gas of hydrocarbon exists, a temperature in the first annealing being higher than a temperature in the second annealing or oxidizing, the second annealing or oxidizing being heat treatment without growth of an SiC film, and the temperature in the second annealing or oxidizing is 1400° C. or more and 1600° C. or less,
wherein the SiC film after applying the second annealing or oxidizing includes Z 1/2 level density of 1×10 11 cm −3 or less measured by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS).