• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.20-24
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• 2012

Multilayer passivation film on OLED with organic/inorganic hybrid structure as to diminish the thermal stress and expansion was researched to protect device from the direct damage of $O_2$ and $H_2O$ and improve life time characteristics. Red OLED doped with 1 vol.% Rubrene in $Alq_3$ was used as a basic device. The films consist of ITO(150 nm)/ELM200_HIL(50 nm)/ELM002_HTL(30 nm)/$Alq_3$: 1 vol.% Rubrene(30 nm)/$Alq_3$(30 nm) and LiF(0.7 nm)/Al(100 nm) which were formed in that order. Using LiF/$SiN_x$ as a buffer layer was determined because it significantly improved life time characteristics without suffering damage in the process of forming passivation film. Multilayer passivation film on buffer layer didn't produce much change in current efficiency, while the half life time at 1,000 $cd/m^2$ of OLED/LiF/$SiN_x$/E1/$SiN_x$ was 710 hours which showed about 1.5 times longer than OLED/LiF/$SiN_x$/E1 with 498 hours. futhermore, OLED/LiF/$SiN_x$/E1/$SiN_x$/E1/$SiN_x$ with 1301 hours showed about twice than OLED/LiF/$SiN_x$/E1/$SiN_x$ which demonstrated that superior characteristics of life time was obtained in multilayer passivation film. Through the above result, it was suggested using LiF/$SiN_x$ as a buffer layer could reduce the damage from the difference of thermal expansion coefficient in OLED with protective films, and epoxy layer in multilayer passivation film could function like a buffer between $SiN_x$ inorganic layers with relatively large thermal stress.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.102-106
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• 1997

Micro gas sensors including thin film catal) tic type require stress-free memhrancs for etch stop of Si anisotropic etching and sublayer of sensing elements hecause stress is one of the main factors affecting breakdown of thin membranes. This paper reports the effects of deposition conditions on stress and refractive index of $SiN_{x}/SiO_{x}/(NON)$ films deposited by low pressure c11ernic;rl vapor deposition(L, t'CVI)) 2nd reactve sputtering. In the case of I.PCVI1, the stresses of $SiN_{x}$ and NON films arc $7.6{\times}10^{8}dyne/cm^2$ and $3.3{\times}10^{8}dyne/cm^2$, respectibely, and the refractive indices are 3.05 and 152, respectively. In the cxse oi the sputtered SiN, , compressi\e stress decreased in magnitude and then turned to tensility as increasing proc, ess pressure by lmtorr to 30mtorr and cicreasmg applied power density by $2.74W/cm^2$ to $1.10W/cm^2$. The hest value of film stress obt;~ined under condition of lOmtorr and $1.37W/cm^2$ in this' experiment was $1.2{\times}10^{9}dyne/cm^2$ cnnipressive. The refr~ict~ve index decreased from 2 05 to 1 89 as decreasing applied power density by lnitorr to 3Orntorr and increasing process pressure hy $2.74W/cm^2$ to $1.10W/cm^2$. Stresses of films deposited by both LPCVL) and sputtering decreased as incre;lsing temperature and showed plastic behavior as decreasing temperature.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 2006

A novel method was proposed to grow an epitaxial $CoSi_2$ on (100)Si substrate. A $CoN_x$ interlayer was deposited by reactive sputtering of Co in an Ar+$N_2$ flow. From the Ti/Co/$CoN_x$/Si structure, a uniform and thin $CoSi_2$ layer was epitaxially grown on (100)Si by annealing above $700^{\circ}C$. Two amorphous layers were found at the $CoN_x$/Si interface, where the top layer has a silicon nitride (Si-N) bonding state with some Co content and the bottom layer has a Co-Si intermixing state. The SiNx amorphous layer seems to play a critical role of suppressing the diffusion of Co into Si substrate for the direct formation of epitaxial $CoSi_2$.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.140-140
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• 1996

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.22 no.12
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• pp.1028-1032
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• 2009

In this study, the influences of silicon-based gas barrier films fabricated by using a facing target sputtering(FTS) system on the gas permeability for flexible displays have been investigated. Under these optimum conditions on the $SiO_x$ film with oxygen concentration($O_2/Ar+O_2$) of 3.3% and the $SiO_xN_y$ film with nitrogen concentration($N_2/Ar+O_2+N_2$) of 30% deposited by the FTS system, it was found that the films were grown about 4 times higher deposition rate than that of the conventional sputtering system and showed high transmittance about 85% in the visible light range. Particularly, the polyethylene naphthalate(PEN) substrates with the $SiO_x$ and/or $SiO_xN_y$ films showed the enhanced properties of decreased water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) over $10^{-1}\;g/m^2{\cdot}day$ compared with the PEN substrate without any gas barrier films, which was due to high packing density in the Si-based films with high plasma density by FTS process and/or the denser chemical structure of Si-N bond in the $SiO_xN_y$ film.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08a
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• pp.659-662
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• 2007

The characteristics of a $SiN_x$ passivation layer grown by a specially designed catalyzer enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CECVD) system and electrical and optical properties of OLEDs passivated with the $SiN_x$ layer are described. Despite the low substrate temperature, the single $SiN_x$ passivation layer, grown on the PC substrate, exhibited a low water vapor transmission rate of $2{\sim}6{\times}10^{-2}\;g/m^2/day$ and a high transmittance of 87 %. In addition, current-voltage-luminescence results of an OLED passivated with a 150 nm-thick $SiN_x$ film compared to nonpassivated sample were identical indicating that the performance of an OLED is not critically affected by radiation from tungsten catalyzer during the $SiN_x$ deposition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.243.2-243.2
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• 2013

본 실험에서 $SiO_2$, $SiN_x$ 게이트 절연막에 따른 ITZO 산화물 반도체 트랜지스터를 제작하여, 온도변화에 따라 전달 특성 변화를 측정하여 열에 대한 소자의 안정성을 비교, 분석하였다. 온도가 증가함에 따라 carrier가 증가하는 온도 의존성을 보이며, 이로 인해 Ioff가 증가하였다. multiple-trapping 모델을 적용하여, 이동도 증가와 문턱 전압이 감소를 확인하였다. 또한 M-N rule을 적용하여 $SiO_2$, $SiN_x$ 게이트 절연막을 가진 ITZO 산화물 박막 트랜지스터의 활성화 에너지를 추출하고, sub-threshold 지역에서 활성화 에너지의 변화량이 $SiO_2$, SiNX 각각 0.37 eV/V, 0.24 eV/V로 차이를 통해 $SiN_x$ 게이트 절연체를 가진 ITZO 산화물 반도체 트랜지스터의 이동도와 문턱 전압의 변화가 더 컸음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.133-134
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• 2008

이 논문에서는 $SiN_x$의 band gap 차이를 이용하여 MIS 구조의 메모리 소자를 제작하고 이를 분석하였다. $SiN_x$ 박막은 증착 가스비에 따라 다양한 band gap을 가지게 된다. 본 실험에서는 n-type 단결정 실리콘 기판위에 $SiH_4/NH_3$ 가스를 혼합하여 $SiN_x$ 박막을 증착하고, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer 장비를 이용하여 band gap을 구하였다. 큰 band gap을 갖는$SiN_x$ 박막을 블로킹 층에, 작은 band gap을 작는 $SiN_x$ 박막을 전하 저장 층에 사용하였다. 제작된 NNO 구조일 소자는 7.6 V의 hysteresis roof 폭과 1000초 후에 88.6 %의 retention 값을 갖는 우수한 메모리 특성을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.135-136
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• 2008

이 실험에서는 비휘발성 메모리에서의 블로킹 층으로 $SiN_x$ 박막을 사용하였다. ELA (poly-Si) 기판위에 $SiO_xN_y$ 박막을 성장하기 전에 BHF를 이용해 자연 산화막을 제거하였다. 터널 층을 위해 2.7nm두께의 $SiO_xN_y$를 ICP-CVD 장비를 이용해 유리기판위에 증착하였다. 다음으로 $SiH_4/H_2$기체를 이용， ICP-CVD장비를 이용해 전하 저장을 위한 a-Si 박막을 증착하고, 마지막으로 a-Si층 위에 $SiN_x$ 층을 형성하였다. $SiN_x$ 박막을 형성하는데 최적의 조건을 찾기 위해 가스의 구성 비율 및 증착시간을 변화시키고 온도와 RF power도 바꿔주었다. 굴절률이 1.79 고 두께가 30 nm 인 $SiN_x$는 블로킹 층으로 사용하기 위한 것이다. 제작된 NSO-NVM 소자의 전기적 메모리 특성은 on current가 약 $10^{-5}$ A 이고 off current가 약 $5\times10^{-13}$ A로 전류 점멸비$(I_{ON}/I_{OFF})$는 약 $1\times10^7$ 이고 Swing 값은 0.53V/decade 이다. 1ms 동안의 programming/erasing 결과 약 3.5 V의 넓은 메모리 윈도우 크기를 가진다는 것을 확인할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.101-101
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• 2007

We fabricated floating gate non-volatile memory devices with Si nanocrystals embedded in $SiN_x$ layer to achieve higher trap density. The average size of Si nanocrystals embedded in $SiN_x$ layer was ranging from 3 nm to 5 nm. The MOS capacitor and MOSFET devices with Si nanocrystals embedded in $SiN_x$ layer were analyzed the charging effects as a function of Si nanocrystals size.