Fabrication method of ge photodetector with lateral p-i-n structure

A p-i-n, photodetector technology, applied in circuits, electrical components, semiconductor devices, etc., can solve problems such as reducing the optical signal responsivity of the device, and achieve the ease of photolithography requirements, small junction area, and simple structure and preparation method. Effect

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-01-06
XIAMEN UNIV
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However, the Ge intrinsic region is also the absorption region of the vertically incident light signal, and the light absorption and the photogenerated carrier transition proceed in the same direction. The thinning of the intrinsic region will inevitably lead to insufficient light absorption at the same time, thus reducing the optical signal response of the device. Spend
The contradiction between high speed and high responsivity is an inherent defect of vertical incidence vertical p-i-n structure Ge photodetectors

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[0023] The invention combines the ion direction-finding implantation and the NiGe self-alignment process, and realizes the preparation of the lateral p-i-n structure Ge photodetector with submicron line size by means of conventional photolithography conditions.

[0024] In step 1), a silicon-on-insulator SOI substrate is used as the substrate for Ge epitaxial growth. The growth can be obtained by using a two-step growth method under ultra-high vacuum conditions, that is, first a low-temperature Ge buffer layer of tens of nanometers is formed on a clean Si substrate at a low temperature (the low temperature temperature is about 350°C), and then a high-temperature Ge buffer layer is grown on the buffer layer. For the Ge layer (the high temperature is about 650°C), the gas source uses germane, and the total thickness of the Ge layer is about 1 μm. Epitaxial germanium layer covered with SiO by chemical vapor deposition 2 layer with a thickness of more than 200 nm.

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The invention discloses a method for preparing a Ge photoelectric detector with a transverse p-i-n structure, and relates to the germanium photoelectric detector. The method comprises the steps of (1) carrying out epitaxial growth of a monocrystalline germanium layer on a substrate, growing a SiO2 covering layer on the monocrystalline germanium layer, (2) using a micro-electronics photolithography to etch an active area platform surface of a long and thin strip shape on the epitaxial monocrystalline germanium layer, (3) using the SiO2 covering layer on the monocrystalline germanium layer for masking, forming a doped p area and a doped n area on the two sides of the platform surface respectively through sidewise large-declination ion implantation, (4) carrying out thermal annealing after deposition of a metal Ni layer, forming NiGe contact electrodes and NiSi contact electrodes on the two sides of the platform surface and the bottom of the etched area through a self-alignment technology used in the forming process of NiGe and NiSi, and (5) leading out the device electrodes, and protecting a passivating layer. Therefore, the Ge photoelectric detector with the transverse p-i-n structure is obtained. The technology is simple, operability is high, and high application value is achieved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a germanium photodetector, in particular to a preparation method of a lateral p-i-n structure Ge photodetector. Background technique [0002] Studies have shown that more than half of the power consumption in integrated circuit chips is concentrated in the interconnection of the chip, and the interconnection is also limited by the bandwidth of signal transmission. In the long run, it is an inevitable requirement for the further integration of chips to introduce optical interconnections instead of electrical interconnections inside the chip, and to use photons as carriers to achieve high-speed and low-power signal transmission. In silicon-based optical interconnection, the photodetector that converts optical signal into electrical signal is an important device to realize on-chip optical interconnection. The method of making a photodetector is to directly epitaxial germanium (Ge) material on silicon as an active region to prepar...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L31/105H01L31/18
CPCH01L31/105H01L31/1808Y02P70/50
Inventor 黄巍魏江镔陈松岩李成
Owner XIAMEN UNIV
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