Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a method for measuring the etching selectivity of a silicon carbide dielectric layer, which aims to solve the problem of accurate measurement of the etching selectivity of the dielectric layer on silicon carbide relative to a mask layer.
The etching selection ratio measuring method of the silicon carbide dielectric layer comprises the following steps:
Step S1, measuring a dielectric film thickness H1 of a dielectric layer on silicon carbide by using a spectrum ellipsometer, and calculating to obtain an evaluation function MSE1 of the dielectric film thickness by a formula;
S2, manufacturing a mask layer, and measuring the thickness Ht of the mask layer by using a step instrument;
step S3, measuring the thickness Hy of the mask layer by using a spectrum ellipsometer based on the thickness Ht of the mask layer measured in the step S2, and calculating to obtain an evaluation function MSEy of the thickness of the mask layer by a formula;
Step S4, etching the silicon carbide upper dielectric layer containing the mask, measuring the depth Het of the etched step by using a step instrument, measuring the thickness Hey of the etched mask layer by using an ellipsometer, and calculating according to a formula to obtain an evaluation function MSEey of the thickness of the etched mask layer;
And S5, calculating the etching selection ratio according to a formula.
Further, the step S1 includes the steps of:
S101, selecting a silicon carbide substrate, and growing a dielectric layer on the silicon carbide substrate;
s102, measuring the dielectric film thickness H1 of a dielectric layer by using a spectrum ellipsometer, and obtaining amplitude attenuation phi and phase change delta;
S103, calculating an evaluation function MSE1 of the dielectric film thickness through a formula according to the obtained amplitude attenuation phi and the phase change delta.
Further, the evaluation function MSE formula is:
;
N=cos(2φ);
C=cos(2φ)cos(Δ);
S=sin(2φ)sin(Δ);
Wherein n is the number of measurement wavelengths, m is the number of fitting parameters, E is the data of measurement points, G is the data of corresponding fitting points, delta and phi are the data detected by a spectrum ellipsometer, delta is the phase change and phi is the amplitude attenuation.
Further, the measurement angle range of the spectrum ellipsometer is 0-90 degrees, and the wavelength range is 190-1040 nm.
Further, the value of the evaluation function MSE1 of the dielectric film thickness H1 in the step S1 is smaller than 20.
Further, the measuring length of the step instrument is 0-20000 mu m, the probe pressure is 0-15 mg, and the measuring time is 0-60 s.
Further, the mask layer thickness Hy measured by the spectroscopic ellipsometer in the step S3 and the mask thickness Ht measured by the step analyzer satisfy the formula |ht-hy|/Ht less than or equal to 2%, and the value of the evaluation function MSEy of the mask layer thickness Hy is less than 20.
Further, the position measured by the step meter in the step S4 is the same as the position measured by the step meter in the step S3, and the measurement length, the probe pressure and the measurement time used by the step meter in the step S4 are also the same as the measurement length, the probe pressure and the measurement time in the step S3.
Further, the value of the evaluation function MSEey of the post-etching mask layer thickness Hey measured in the step S4 is smaller than 20.
Further, the etching selection ratio formula is (Het-Hey)/(Hy-Hey).
The method enables the thickness measurement of the mask layer on the silicon carbide in the etching process to be more accurate, so that the selection of the dielectric layer on the silicon carbide relative to the mask layer is more reliable than the debugging result of the etching process.
Detailed Description
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The etching selection ratio measuring method of the silicon carbide dielectric layer comprises the following steps:
Step S1, selecting a silicon carbide substrate, growing a dielectric layer on the silicon carbide substrate, measuring the dielectric film thickness H1 of the dielectric layer by a single point of a spectrum ellipsometer, and calculating to obtain an evaluation function MSE1 of the dielectric film thickness through a formula;
Preferably, the silicon carbide substrate in the step S1 includes a silicon carbide substrate slice and a silicon carbide epitaxial slice, and the silicon carbide substrate is a slice with a size of 2 inches, 4 inches, 5 inches, 6 inches, 8 inches, 10 inches or an irregular slice which accords with the rule of the GB/T30866-2014 silicon carbide single crystal wafer diameter test method;
Preferably, the dielectric layer on the silicon carbide substrate in the step S1 is a film formed by growing different layers on the silicon carbide substrate by various physical or chemical processes such as PVD, CVD, high temperature oxidation, etc., wherein the grown film layer includes a single layer film or a multi-layer film on the silicon carbide substrate, such as silicon carbide on silicon carbide, silicon oxide on silicon carbide, silicon nitride on silicon carbide, polysilicon on silicon carbide, gallium nitride on silicon carbide, polysilicon on silicon oxide on silicon carbide, silicon nitride on gallium nitride on silicon carbide, silicon oxide on gallium nitride on silicon carbide, and polysilicon on silicon nitride on silicon carbide. The film strength must be ensured to be transparent or semi-transparent.
The measurement angle range of the spectrum ellipsometer is 0-90 degrees, and the wavelength range is 190-1040 nm.
The evaluation function MSE formula is:
N=cos(2φ)
C=cos(2φ)cos(Δ)
S=sin(2φ)sin(Δ)
Wherein n is the number of measurement wavelengths, m is the number of fitting parameters, E is the data of measurement points, G is the data of corresponding fitting points, delta and phi are the data detected by a spectrum ellipsometer, delta is the phase change and phi is the amplitude attenuation.
3N represents the data accumulation, here 3 sets 1 to n, m being the number of fitted parameters. The parameters of N, C, S are typically repeatable and accurate at 0.001, so the root number needs to be multiplied by 1000.
In particular, the value of the evaluation function MSE1 of the dielectric film thickness H1 must be less than 20.
And S2, manufacturing a mask layer, and measuring the thickness Ht of the mask layer by using a step instrument.
The mask layer in the step S2 is prepared by adopting various physical or chemical processes such as photoetching, PVD, CVD, high-temperature oxidation and the like on a dielectric layer on a silicon carbide substrate, wherein the prepared mask layer comprises a silicon oxide layer, a nitride layer, a photoresist layer and a metal layer, and the mask layer needs to ensure light transmission or semi-transmission;
The step S2 is that the step which can be measured by the step instrument probe is arranged on the mask layer on the dielectric layer on the silicon carbide substrate, the step comprises pits or protrusions, the radius of the step instrument probe is 0.2 mu m, 0.7 mu m and 2 mu m to 5 mu m, and the width of the pits or protrusions of the mask layer is required to be larger than the diameter of the probe.
Preferably, the measuring length of the step instrument is 0-20000 mu m, the probe pressure is 0-15 mg, and the measuring time is 0-60 s.
The step S2 is a step measuring method, which comprises the specific processes of selecting different measuring lengths, probe pressures and measuring times, and putting down pins at the places with steps on the mask layer to obtain the step depth Ht, wherein the step depth is the thickness of the mask layer measured by the step.
And step S3, based on the mask layer thickness Ht measured by the step S2, measuring the mask layer thickness Hy by using a single point of the spectrum ellipsometer, and simultaneously obtaining an evaluation function MSEy of the mask layer thickness.
Particularly, the mask layer thickness Hy measured by a spectrum ellipsometer and the mask thickness Ht measured by a step analyzer are required to satisfy the formula of |Ht-Hy|/Ht less than or equal to 2%, and the value of an evaluation function MSEy of the mask layer thickness H ellipsometry is required to be smaller than 20.
And S4, etching the silicon carbide upper dielectric layer containing the mask, measuring the depth Het of the etched step by using a step instrument, measuring the thickness Hey of the etched mask layer by using an ellipsometer single point for a single time, and calculating to obtain an evaluation function MSEey of the film thickness of the etched mask layer according to an evaluation function MSE formula.
In particular, the value of the evaluation function MSEey of the mask layer thickness Hey after etching should be less than 20, and the measurement position is the same mask step measurement position in step S3, and the measurement length, probe pressure and measurement time used are the same as those in step S3.
And S5, calculating the etching selection ratio according to a formula.
The etching selection ratio formula is (Het-Hey)/(Hy-Hey).
Specifically, in the step S1, a 4-inch silicon carbide substrate slice is selected, a dielectric layer SiO2 with a certain thickness is grown on the substrate slice by an LPCVD process, when the measuring angle is 70 degrees and the wavelength range is 190-1040 nm, the thickness of the SiO2 on the silicon carbide is 2880nm, an evaluation function MSE1 of the dielectric film thickness is calculated to be 7.8 according to a formula, the value of the evaluation function MSE1 is smaller than 20, and the next step is carried out.
And S2, manufacturing a mask layer and a photoetching pattern on a silicon oxide dielectric layer on silicon carbide by adopting a photoetching process, measuring the thickness of the mask layer by using a step instrument, namely measuring the step depth of a place without photoresist shielding, selecting 400 mu m for measuring length, selecting 3mg for probe pressure and selecting 6S for measuring time, and measuring the thickness Ht of the photoresist mask layer to 1178nm.
The step S3 is to obtain an evaluation function 4.5 according to the data measured by the ellipsometer and a calculation formula, wherein the evaluation function is 4.5 is less than or equal to 20, and finally the requirements are met according to the formula |Ht-Hy|/Ht=1.0% -2%, wherein the thickness Ht of the photoresist mask measured by the step S2 is based on the thickness Ht of the photoresist mask measured by the step S2 and the thickness of the photoresist mask measured by the ellipsometer is 1166nm;
Step S4, etching SiO2 by adopting an etching process, measuring the depth of a step without shielding by a photoresist mask layer by using a step instrument, selecting 400 mu m in measurement length, 3mg in probe pressure, 6S in measurement time, measuring the depth of the step to be 2806nm, measuring the thickness of the photoresist mask after etching to be 186nm by using an ellipsometer, and evaluating the thickness of the photoresist mask to be 6.8-20;
Step S5 is that based on the thickness 1166nm of the photoresist before etching measured by the ellipsometer in step S3, the thickness 186nm of the photoresist after etching measured by the ellipsometer in step S4 and the step depth 2806nm of the photoresist mask without photoresist after etching measured by the step instrument, the etching selectivity of the silicon oxide to the photoresist is calculated to be 2.67.
It will be understood that the application has been described in terms of several embodiments, and that various changes and equivalents may be made to these features and embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the application without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the application not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed, but that the application will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.