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A Study on Control System of Multi Layer Sputtering Equipment

다층 박막 스퍼터링 장비의 제어시스템에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Sun-Jong (Dept. of Mechanical Facility Control Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education) ;
  • Yoo, Heung-Ryol (Dept. of Mechanical Facility Control Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education) ;
  • Son, Yung-Deug (Dept. of Mechanical Facility Control Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education)
  • Received : 2018.06.11
  • Accepted : 2018.06.28
  • Published : 2018.06.30

Abstract

Multi-Layer Sputtering is aim to develop desired thickness thin film multi-layer with different materials. The multi-layer thin film deposition process occupies a relatively large portion in the process time, because the main reason is that it takes much time to move the substrate to be deposited and to make the chamber into a high vacuum state compared to the process time. Most of semiconductor and display industries sputter a single substance in one chamber and move boards through multi-continuous robots to another chamber to sputter other materials. This will inevitably require multiple chambers, vacuum pumps, and multi-contamination robots within the process facility. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a control system for multi-layer thin film sputtering devices that deposit different materials within a single vacuum chamber and is applied in TFT process. The manufacture and experiment of the control system proved its validity.

다층 박막 스퍼터링(Multi-Layer Sputtering)은 상이한 물질을 원하는 두께의 박막을 다층(Multi-Layer) 으로 형성함을 목적으로 한다. 다층 박막 증착 공정은 공정 시간이 비교적 많은 비중을 차지하는데, 그 주요 원인은 공정 시간에 비해 증착하고자하는 기판의 이동 시간과 챔버를 고진공 상태로 만드는 시간이 많이 소요되기 때문이다. 반도체나 디스플레이 산업은 하나의 챔버에서 단일 물질을 스퍼터링하고 기판이 다관절 로봇을 통해 다른 챔버로 이동하여 다른 물질을 스퍼터링하는 공정이 대부분인데, 이는 필연적으로 공정 설비 내에 여러 개의 챔버와 진공펌프, 다관절 로봇이 필요하다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 단일 진공 챔버 내에서 서로 상이한 물질을 증착하는 다층박막 스퍼터링 장치에 대한 제어시스템을 제안하고 TFT 공정에서 적용한다. 제어시스템의 제작과 실험을 통해 유효성을 입증한다.

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