Ion implantation method, ion implanter, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12469677-B2
Application number	US-202217974188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2022
Priority date	Oct 28, 2021
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

An ion implantation method includes generating a first scan beam, based on a first scan signal, measuring a beam current of the first scan beam by using a beam measurement device at a plurality of measurement positions, calculating a beam current matrix, based on a time waveform of the beam current measured by the beam measurement device and a time waveform of the scan command values determined in the first scan signal, calculating a first beam current density distribution of the first scan beam in a predetermined direction by performing time integration on the measured beam current, correcting a value of each component of the beam current matrix, based on the first beam current density distribution, and generating a second scan signal for realizing a target beam current density distribution in the predetermined direction, based on the corrected beam current matrix.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An ion implantation method comprising:
generating a first scan beam by performing a reciprocating scan using a spot-like ion beam in a predetermined direction, based on a first scan signal; measuring a beam current of the first scan beam by using a beam measurement device at a plurality of measurement positions different in the predetermined direction; calculating a beam current matrix in which beam current values with respect to a plurality of positions different in the predetermined direction and a plurality of scan command values are set as components, based on a time waveform of the beam current measured by the beam measurement device and a time waveform of the scan command values determined in the first scan signal; calculating a first beam current density distribution of the first scan beam in the predetermined direction by performing time integration on the measured beam current; correcting a value of each component of the beam current matrix, based on the first beam current density distribution; and generating a second scan signal for realizing a target beam current density distribution in the predetermined direction, based on the corrected beam current matrix, wherein the second scan signal is generated by performing an optimization calculation so that an evaluation function in which a first evaluation value and a second evaluation value are combined is minimized, wherein the first evaluation value evaluates a difference between a beam current density distribution calculated based on the corrected beam current matrix and a candidate second scan signal, and the target beam current density distribution, and wherein the second evaluation value evaluates variations in time change rates of scan command values in the candidate second scan signal.

2 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
correcting the time waveform of the beam current, based on a parameter relating to beam current measurement of the beam measurement device, wherein the beam current matrix is calculated, based on the corrected time waveform of the beam current.

3 . The ion implantation method according to claim 2 ,
wherein the time waveform of the beam current is corrected, based on a measurement width of the beam measurement device in the predetermined direction.

4 . The ion implantation method according to claim 2 ,
wherein the time waveform of the beam current is corrected, based on a time constant of a beam current measurement circuit of the beam measurement device.

5 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the beam current is measured at the plurality of measurement positions by moving the beam measurement device in the predetermined direction.

6 . The ion implantation method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
causing the beam measurement device to perform reciprocating movement in the predetermined direction, wherein the plurality of measurement positions include a plurality of first measurement positions and a plurality of second measurement positions, and the beam current is measured at the plurality of first measurement positions when the beam measurement device moves in a forward traveling direction of the reciprocating movement, and is measured at the plurality of second measurement positions when the beam measurement device move in a backward traveling direction of the reciprocating movement.

7 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the beam measurement device includes a plurality of faraday cups disposed at positions different in the predetermined direction.

8 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein calculating the beam current matrix includes calculating components of beam current values with respect to a plurality of supplementary positions different from the plurality of measurement positions, based on components of the beam current values with respect to the plurality of measurement positions.

9 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein calculating the beam current matrix includes converting the time waveform of the beam current into a waveform of the beam current with respect to the scan command values, based on the time waveform of the scan command values determined in the first scan signal.

10 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the first scan signal, time change rates of the scan command values are nonuniform.

11 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second scan signal is generated, further based on a third evaluation value for evaluating a beam current amount used to irradiate a part of a scan range of the ion beam in the predetermined direction.

12 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a second scan beam by performing the reciprocating scan using the ion beam in the predetermined direction, based on the second scan signal; and irradiating a workpiece with the second scan beam.

13 . The ion implantation method according to claim 12 ,
wherein generating the second scan signal includes generating a plurality of regional scan signals for realizing corresponding regional target beam current density distributions, based on the corrected beam current matrix, generating the second scan beam includes sequentially generating a plurality of the regional scan beams corresponding to the plurality of regional scan signals, and irradiating the workpiece with the second scan beam includes irradiating each of a plurality of regions divided in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction on the workpiece with any one of the plurality of regional scan beams.

14 . The ion implantation method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
calculating a second beam current density distribution by measuring the second scan beam; and comparing the calculated second beam current density distribution with the target beam current density distribution.

15 . The ion implantation method according to claim 14 ,
wherein the calculated second beam current density distribution is measured by using another beam measurement device separated from the beam measurement device used in measuring the first scan beam.

16 . The ion implantation method according to claim 14 ,
wherein the second scan signal is generated again, based on the calculated second beam current density distribution, the target beam current density distribution, and the corrected beam current matrix.

17 . The ion implantation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
estimating a beam shape of the ion beam, based on the corrected beam current matrix; and adjusting the beam shape of the ion beam, based on the estimated beam shape.

18 . An ion implanter comprising:
a beam scan unit that generates a first scan beam by performing a reciprocating scan using a spot-like ion beam in a predetermined direction, based on a first scan signal; a beam measurement device configured to measure a beam current of the first scan beam at a plurality of measurement positions different in the predetermined direction; and a control device that generates a scan signal for determining a time waveform of a plurality of scan command values with respect to scan positions in the predetermined direction, based on a measurement obtained by the beam measurement device, wherein the control device is configured to acquire a time waveform of the beam current of the first scan beam measured at the plurality of m

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishibashi Kazuhisa
• Yumiyama Toshio

Classifications

• H10P30/20

  into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping · CPC title

• H01J37/304 Primary

  Controlling tubes by information coming from the objects {or from the beam}, e.g. correction signals · CPC title

• H01J2237/24535

  Beam current · CPC title

• H01J2237/30483

  Scanning · CPC title

• H01J37/3171 Primary

  for ion implantation · CPC title