IP Library Granted Patent US 9,502,534
Granted Patent B2
US 9,502,534 · App. 14/902,294 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Preparation method for power diode

Inventors: Shengrong Zhong (Wuxi New District, CN); Genyi Wang (Wuxi New District, CN); Xiaoshe Deng (Wuxi New District, CN); Dongfei Zhou (Wuxi New District, CN)
Assignee: CSMC Technologies Fab1 Co., Ltd.
H01L29/66666H01L21/0273H01L21/02576H01L21/266H01L21/26513H01L21/28035H01L21/31144H01L21/324H01L21/32139H01L21/768H01L29/0619H01L29/167H01L29/66712H01L21/31116H01L21/32137
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Patent No.
US 9,502,534
App. No.
14/902,294
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A preparation method for a power diode, comprising: providing a substrate ( 10 ), the substrate ( 10 ) having a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, an N-type layer ( 20 ) growing on the front surface of the substrate ( 10 ), and the N-type layer ( 20 ) having a first surface deviating from the substrate ( 10 ); forming a terminal protection ring ( 31, 32, 33 ); forming an oxide layer ( 50 ), and performing knot pushing on the terminal protection ring ( 31, 32, 33 ); conducting photoetching using a photoetching plate of an active region and etching the oxidation layer ( 50 ) of the active region, and forming a gate oxide layer ( 60 ) on the first surface of the N-type layer ( 20 ) of the active region; depositing on the gate oxide layer ( 60 ) to form a polysilicon layer ( 70 ); conducting photoetching using a polysilicon photoetching plate, taking a photoresist ( 40 ) as a mask layer to inject P-type ions into the N-type layer ( 20 ), and forming a P-type body region ( 82 ) beneath the polysilicon layer ( 70 ) through ion scattering; forming an N-type heavily doped region; forming a P+region; conducting thermal annealing, activating injected impurities and removing the photoresist ( 40 ); and conducting metallization processing on the first surface and the back surface of the substrate ( 10 ).

Claims (22)

1. A method of manufacturing a power diode, comprising the following steps:

providing a substrate comprising a front side and a back side opposite to the front side;

and growing an N-type layer on the front side of the substrate, wherein the N-type layer comprises a first surface away from the substrate;

forming a terminal guard ring on the first surface of the N-type layer;

forming an oxide layer on the first surface of the N-type layer, and performing a driving-in to the terminal guard ring;

performing photoetching by using an active region photomask and etching the oxide layer on an active region area, and forming a gate oxide layer on the first surface of the N-type layer on the active region area;

depositing a polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer;

performing photoetching by using a polysilicon photomask, implanting P-type ions into the N-type layer by using a photoresist as a masking layer, and forming a P-type body region below the polysilicon layer via ion scattering;

etching the polysilicon layer by using the photoresist as the masking layer, implanting N-type ions into the P-type body region below the etched area, and forming an N-type heavily doped region;

performing gate oxide layer etching and then silicon etching by using the photoresist as the masking layer, implanting P-type ions below the etched area via ion implantation, and forming a P+ region;

performing thermal annealing, activating the implanted impurities and removing the photoresist; and

performing metallization processing on the first surface and the back side of the substrate.

2. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein the forming the terminal guard ring on the first surface of the N-type layer comprises:

forming a thin pad oxide layer on the first surface of the N-type layer, performing photoetching by using the terminal guard ring photomask, implanting P-type ions into the N-type layer by using the photoresist as the masking layer, and forming a P-type terminal guard ring below the thin pad oxide layer.

3. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein in the performing gate oxide layer etching and then silicon etching by using the photoresist as the masking layer, implanting P-type ions below the etched area via ion implantation, and forming the P+ region, a thickness of the etched and removed silicon is 0.15 μm to 0.3 μm.

4. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein in the performing photoetching by using the polysilicon photomask, implanting P-type ions into the N-type layer by using the photoresist as the masking layer, and forming the P-type body region below the polysilicon layer via ion scattering, the P-type ions are boron ions; in the etching the polysilicon layer by using the photoresist as the masking layer, implanting N-type ions into the P-type body region below the etched area, and forming the N-type heavily doped region, the N-type ions are As ions; and in the step of performing gate oxide layer etching and then silicon etching by using the photoresist as the masking layer, implanting P-type ions below the etched area via ion implantation, and forming the P+ region, the P-type ions comprise boron ions and BF 2 ions.

5. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 4 , wherein in the performing photoetching by using the polysilicon photomask, implanting P-type ions into the N-type layer by using the photoresist as the masking layer, and forming the P-type body region below the polysilicon layer via ion scattering, an implantation energy of the boron ions is 30 KeV to 50 KeV, and a sum of implantation dose of the boron ions is 1×10 13 cm −2 to 5×10 13 cm −2 ; in the step of etching the polysilicon layer by using the photoresist as the masking layer, implanting N-type ions into the P-type body region below the etched area, and forming the N-type heavily doped region, an implantation energy of the As ions is 30 KeV to 50 KeV, and a sum of implantation dose of the As ions is 1×10 15 cm −2 to 1×10 16 cm −2 ; and in the step of performing gate oxide layer etching and then silicon etching by using the photoresist as the masking layer, implanting P-type ions below the etched area via ion implantation, and forming the P+ region, an implantation energy of the boron ions is 80 KeV to 100 KeV, and a sum of implantation dose of the boron ions is 1×10 13 cm −2 to 5×10 13 cm −2 , while an implantation energy of the BF 2 ions is 20 KeV to 40 KeV, and a sum of implantation dose of the BF 2 ions is 6×10 14 cm −2 to 1×10 15 cm −2 .

6. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein in the performing photoetching by using the polysilicon photomask, implanting P-type ions into the N-type layer by using the photoresist as the masking layer, and forming the P-type body region below the polysilicon layer via ion scattering, the P-type ions are implanted in plural steps.

7. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein the driving-in is performed in an oxygen-free environment at a temperature of less than or equal to 1100° C., and a driving-in time is 60 minutes to 200 minutes.

8. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the polysilicon layer is 800 angstrom to 6000 angstrom.

9. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the N-type layer is 3 μm to 20 μm, and a resistivity of the N-type layer is 0.5Ω·cm to 10Ω·cm.

10. The method of manufacturing the power diode of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is an N-type silicon wafer with an orientation of 100.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 30, 2019
From: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB1 CO., LTD.
To: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049039/0645 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2015
From: ZHONG, SHENGRONG; WANG, GENYI; DENG, XIAOSHE; ZHOU, DONGFEI
To: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB1 CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037389/0977 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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