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US 11,728,163 · App. 17/257,071 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Method for manufacturing metal oxynitride film

Inventors: Kazuki Tanemura (Kanagawa, JP); Shota Sambonsuge (Chiba, JP); Naoki Okuno (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L21/02266C23C14/08C23C14/34H01L21/02172H01L21/02293
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Patent No.
US 11,728,163
App. No.
17/257,071
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for depositing a metal oxynitride film by epitaxial growth at a low temperature is provided. It is a method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film, in which the metal oxynitride film is epitaxially grown on a single crystal substrate by a sputtering method using an oxide target with a gas containing a nitrogen gas introduced. The oxide target contains zinc, the substrate during the deposition of the metal oxynitride film is higher than or equal to 80° C. and lower than or equal to 400° C., and the flow rate of the nitrogen gas is greater than or equal to 50% and lower than or equal to 100% of the total flow rate of the gas.

Claims (46)

1. A method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film,

wherein the metal oxynitride film is epitaxially grown in contact with a single crystal substrate by a sputtering method using an oxide target with a gas containing a nitrogen gas introduced,

wherein the oxide target comprises zinc,

wherein the single crystal substrate during deposition of the metal oxynitride film has a temperature that is higher than or equal to 80° C. and lower than or equal to 400° C., and

wherein a flow rate of the nitrogen gas is greater than or equal to 50% and lower than or equal to 100% of a total flow rate of the gas.

2. The method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film, according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide target comprises at least one of the group of indium and gallium.

3. The method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film, according to claim 1 ,

wherein the single crystal substrate is an yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) substrate, and

wherein a plane orientation of the single crystal substrate is (111).

4. The method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film, according to claim 1 ,

wherein the single crystal substrate is an A-plane sapphire substrate, and

wherein a plane orientation of the single crystal substrate is (110).

5. The method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film, according to claim 1 ,

wherein a crystal structure of the metal oxynitride film is a wurtzite structure.

6. The method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film, according to claim 5 ,

wherein when pole measurement is performed on the metal oxynitride film, a diffraction peak indicating six-fold symmetry is observed in a φ scan on a (101) plane of a crystal of the metal oxynitride film in the pole measurement.

7. The method for manufacturing a metal oxynitride film, according to claim 6 ,

wherein a first spot and a second spot are observed in a wide-angle reciprocal space map of the metal oxynitride film,

wherein a peak of the first spot is positioned at an angle 2θ of greater than or equal to 30° and less than or equal to 35° and an angle of around 0°,

wherein a half-width of the first spot is less than 2°,

wherein a peak of the second spot is positioned at an angle 2θ of greater than or equal to 33° and less than or equal to 37° and an angle of greater than or equal to 61° and less than or equal to 65°, and

wherein a half-width of the second spot is less than 2°.

8. A method for manufacturing an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film,

wherein an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film is deposited in contact with a single crystal substrate by a sputtering method using an oxide target with a gas containing a nitrogen gas introduced,

wherein the oxide target comprises zinc,

wherein the single crystal substrate during deposition of the in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film has a temperature that is higher than or equal to 80° C. and lower than or equal to 400° C., and

wherein a flow rate of the nitrogen gas is greater than or equal to 50% and lower than or equal to 100% of a total flow rate of the gas.

9. The method for manufacturing an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film, according to claim 8 ,

wherein the oxide target comprises at least one of the group of indium and gallium.

10. The method for manufacturing an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film, according to claim 8 ,

wherein the single crystal substrate is an yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) substrate, and

wherein a plane orientation of the single crystal substrate is (111).

11. The method for manufacturing an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film, according to claim 8 ,

wherein the single crystal substrate is an A-plane sapphire substrate, and

wherein a plane orientation of the single crystal substrate is (110).

12. The method for manufacturing an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film, according to claim 8 ,

wherein a crystal structure of the in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film is a wurtzite structure.

13. The method for manufacturing an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film, according to claim 12 ,

wherein when pole measurement is performed on the in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film, a diffraction peak indicating six-fold symmetry is observed in a φ scan on a (101) plane of a crystal of the in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film in the pole measurement.

14. The method for manufacturing an in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film, according to claim 13 ,

wherein a first spot and a second spot are observed in a wide-angle reciprocal space map of the in-plane oriented metal oxynitride film,

wherein a peak of the first spot is positioned at an angle 2θ of greater than or equal to 30° and less than or equal to 35° and an angle of around 0°,

wherein a half-width of the first spot is less than 2°,

wherein a peak of the second spot is positioned at an angle 2θ of greater than or equal to 33° and less than or equal to 37° and an angle ψ of greater than or equal to 61° and less than or equal to 65°, and

wherein a half-width of the second spot is less than 2°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2020
From: TANEMURA, KAZUKI; SAMBONSUGE, SHOTA; OKUNO, NAOKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054776/0311 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-128964 · Jul 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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