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Study on RF Plasma Modeling Between Unequal-Sized Electrodes Using One-dimensional Fluid Method

비대칭 전극계에서의 1차원적 RF 플라즈마 모델링에 관한 연구

  • 소순열 (훗가이도대학교 정보과학연구과 전자정보전공) ;
  • 임장섭 (목포해양대학교 해양전자통신공학부)
  • Published : 2004.09.01
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Abstract

In computational study on RF(Radio Frequency) plasmas, a 1D fluid models with an advantage of a short computational time are often adopted. However, in order to obtain realistic calculation results under a typical chamber geometry with unequal-sized electrodes, modeling of the plasma space is an issue to be investigated. In this paper, it is focused on that how much a 1D model can approximate a 2D model. 1D fluid models with unequal-sized electrodes, which have spherical and frustum geometry systems, were developed and their results were compared with those of 2D model with Gaseous Electronic Conference cell structure. Behavior of $N_2$ RF plasmas has been simulated using 1D and 2D fluid models and a technique to take account of unequal-sized electrodes in a 1D fluid models has been examined. Features of the plasma density and the electric potential were discussed as characteristic quantities representing the asymmetry of the chamber geometry.

본 연구에서 사용된 방전 기체는 오염물의 제거 및 박막 표면 정제 등의 연구 분야에 응용되고 있는 질소 가스를 사용하였으며, 1차원 동심구 모델의 개발로 인하여, 접지 면적을 넓게 함에 따라 경방향으로의 플라즈마 분포가 중심축의 분포와 동일하다는 1차원적 가정이 적절하지 못하다는 Barnes 모델을 보완할 수 있었다. 일정한 인가 전압하에서는 입체각($\omega$)의 증가에 따라 질소 플라즈마를 구성하는 각 입자의 수밀도 분포, 전계 및 포텐셜이 감소함을 볼 수 있었다. 그러나 면적비가 증가하면서 구동 전극에서의 각 입자들의 움직임은 상대적으로 높은 전계로부터 더욱 활발하게 형성됨에 따라 직렬 연결된 블로킹 콘덴서에서 발생하는 자기 바이어스 전압은 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

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