Fabrication and packaging of the vacuum magnetic field sensor

자장 세기 측정용 진공 센서의 제작 및 패키징

This work reports the tunneling effects of the lateral field emitters. Tunneling effect is applicable to the VMFS(vacuum magnetic field sensors). VMFS uses the fact that the trajectory of the emitted electrons are curved by the magnetic field due to Lorentz force. Polysilicon was used as field emitters and anode materials. Thickness of the emitter and the anode were $2\;{\mu}m$, respectively. PSG(phospho-silicate-glass) was used as a sacrificial layer and it was etched by HF at a releasing step. Cantilevers were doped with $POCl_3(10^{20}cm^{-3})$. $2{\mu}m$-thick cantilevers were fabricated onto PSG($2{\mu}m$-thick). Sublimation drying method was used at releasing step to avoid stiction. Then, device was vacuum sealed. Device was fixed to a sodalime-glass #1 with silver paste and it was wire bonded. Glass #1 has a predefined hole and a sputtered silicon-film at backside. The front-side of the device was sealed with sodalime-glass #2 using the glass frit. After getter insertion via the hole, backside of the glass #1 was bonded electrostatically with the sodalime-glass #3 at $10^{-6}\;torr$. After sealing, getter was activated. Sealing was successful to operate the tunneling device. The packaged VMFS showed very small reduced emission current compared with the chamber test prior to sealing. The emission currents were changed when the magnetic field was induced. The sensitivity of the device was about 3%/T at about 1 Tesla magnetic field.

본 연구에서는 수평형 전계 방출 소자를 제작하고 그 특성을 측정하였다. 이를 진공자장 센서에 이용하기 위하여 Lorentz 원리를 응용하여 센서를 설계하고 제작하였다. $POCl_3(10^{20}cm^{-3})$ 도핑된 다결정 실리콘을 전계 방출 소자의 음극 및 양극 재료로 이용하였으며 그 두께는 각각 $2\;{\mu}m$였다. PSG(두께 $2\;{\mu}m$)를 희생층으로 사용하여 최종 단계에서 불산을 이용하여 제거하고 승화건조법을 이용하여 소자의 기판 점착 현상을 방지하였다. 제작된 소자를 유리기판 #1 위에 silver paste로 고정시키고 Cr 전극 패드와 와이어본딩 한 뒤 진공내에서 양극접합공정을 이용하여 소자를 $1.0{\times}10^{-6}\;Torr$에서 진공 실장하였다. 실장 후 게터를 활성화하여 내부진공도를 향상시켰다. 이렇게 패키징된 소자는 두달여 기간 동안 특별한 특성저하 없이 잘 동작되었으며 그 이상의 기간에 대해서는 확인하지 못하였다. 패키징된 자장 센서는 패키징하기 전 진공챔버 내에서 보인 특성치와 별다른 차이 없이 잘 동작되었으며 단지 약간의 전류 감소 현상만이 관찰되었다. 측정된 센서의 감도는 약 3%/T로서 작은 값이었으나 그 가능성을 확인할 수는 있었다.