Semiconductor doping method and an intermediate semiconductor device
AssigneeBeneq Oy
InventorsKatja Väyrynen, Emma Salmi, Erik Östreng
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Abstract
The method for doping a semiconductor includes the following steps in the following order: separation layer deposition step, in which a separation layer is deposited on the surface of a substrate, a mixture material source layer deposition step, in which a mixture material source layer including a mixture material is deposited on the separation layer, the mixture material of the mixture material source layer including a dopant substance, and annealing the substrate, the separation layer, and the mixture material source layer in an annealing step to arrange diffusion of dopant substance from the mixture material source layer to the substrate and to the separation layer.
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A method for doping a semiconductor, the method comprising an initial step where a semiconductor substrate comprising a surface is placed into a deposition tool, wherein the method comprises, in the following order, the steps of:
- a) depositing a separation layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate in a separation layer deposition step,
- b) depositing a mixture material source layer in a mixture material source layer deposition step, in which the mixture material source layer comprising a mixture material is deposited on the separation layer, the mixture material of the mixture material source layer comprising a dopant substance, and
- c) annealing the semiconductor substrate, the separation layer, and the mixture material source layer in an annealing step, in which the substrate, the separation layer, and the mixture material source layer are heated to an elevated temperature to arrange diffusion of a dopant substance from the mixture material source layer to the substrate and to the separation layer,
- wherein the separation layer deposition step comprises atomic layer deposition,
- wherein the atomic layer deposition of the separation layer deposition step deposits the separation layer having a thickness of 0.5 nm-15 nm,
- wherein the mixture material source layer deposition step comprises atomic layer deposition, and
- wherein the atomic layer deposition of the mixture material source layer deposition deposits the mixture material source layer having a thickness of 0.1 nm-5 nm.
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