IP Library Granted Patent US 12,477,809
Granted Patent B2
US 12,477,809 · App. 17/816,772 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Shigeto Fukatsu (Yokohama, JP); Yukio Nakabayashi (Yokohama, JP); Tatsuo Shimizu (Shinagawa, JP); Ryosuke Iijima (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
H10D64/685H01L21/049H10D62/8325H10D64/693H10D12/031H10D30/66
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Patent No.
US 12,477,809
App. No.
17/816,772
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include preparing a structure body, the structure body including a silicon carbide member and a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member. The first film includes silicon and oxygen. The method can include performing a first treatment of heat-treating the structure body in a first atmosphere including hydrogen. The method can include, after the first treatment, performing a second treatment of heat-treating the structure body in a second atmosphere including nitrogen and oxygen. An oxygen concentration in the second atmosphere is not less than 5 ppm and not more than 1000 ppm.

Claims (58)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

a C—N concentration of a bond of carbon and nitrogen at a second position in the first direction being a second peak value,

at a third position in the first direction, the C—N concentration being 1/2800 of the second peak value, and

the Si—N concentration at the third position being less than 1/20 of the first peak value.

2 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

the first peak value being 1.7×10 21 /cm 3 or more,

a C—N concentration of a bond of carbon and nitrogen at a second position in the first direction being a second peak value,

a C—N concentration at a third position in the first direction being 1/2800 of the second peak value, and

a Si—N concentration at the third position being 1.0×10 20 /cm 3 or less.

3 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

at a fourth position in the first direction, a concentration of silicon being a minimum value in the first film, and

a Si—N concentration at the fourth position being less than 1/20 of the first peak value.

4 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

the first peak value being 1.7×10 21 /cm 3 or more,

at a fourth position in the first direction, a silicon concentration being a minimum value in the first film, and

a Si—N concentration at the fourth position being 1.0×10 20 /cm 3 or less.

5 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

at a fifth position in the first direction, an oxygen concentration being a minimum value in the first film, and

a Si—N concentration at the fifth position being less than 1/20 of the first peak value.

6 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

the first peak value being 1.7×10 21 /cm 3 ,

at a fifth position in the first direction, an oxygen concentration being a minimum value in the first film, and

a Si—N concentration at the fifth position being 1.0×10 20 /cm 3 or less.

7 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

a Si—N concentration at a sixth position in the first direction being less than 1/20 of the first peak value,

the sixth position being in the first film, and

a distance between the first position and the sixth position in the first direction being 10 nm.

8 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon carbide member; and

a first film stacked with the silicon carbide member, the first film including silicon and oxygen,

a Si—N concentration of a bond of silicon and nitrogen at a first position in a first direction from the silicon carbide member to the first film being a first peak value,

the first peak value is 1.7×10 21 /cm 3 ,

a Si—N concentration at a sixth position in the first direction being 1.0×10 20 /cm 3 or less,

the sixth position being in the first film, and

a distance between the first position and the sixth position in the first direction being 10 nm.

9 . The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first conductive film, and

the first film being provided between the silicon carbide member and the first conductive film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2022
From: FUKATSU, SHIGETO; NAKABAYASHI, YUKIO; SHIMIZU, TATSUO; IIJIMA, RYOSUKE
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 060694/0903 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-142391 · Sep 1, 2021 · national
JP 2022-085001 · May 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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