• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.197-197
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• 2014

Plasma를 이용하는 반도체 공정에서 high density, plasma uniformity 및 electron temperature와 같은 plasma 특성을 조절하는 것은 차세대 공정 장비 개발에 있어서 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 이를 위해 2개의 다른 주파수를 사용하는 spiral type의 안테나에 pulse를 적용시켜 각각 인가되는 power를 조절함으로써 plasma의 특성을 조절하고자 하였다. 또한 pulse plasma를 적용하여 다양한 duty ratio 조건에서 plasma 특성을 확인하였으며 식각 공정을 통하여 etch selectivity를 향상시키려 하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.53 no.1
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• pp.20-23
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• 2004

In this paper, the emission properties of electrodeless fluorescent lamp were discussed using the inductively coupled plasma. To transmit the electromagnetic energy into the chamber, a RF power of 13.56 [MHz] was applied to the antenna and considering the Ar gas pressure and the RF electric power change, the emission spectrum, Ar I line, luminance were investigated. At this time, the input parameter for ICP RF plasma, Ar gas pressure and RF power were applied in the range of 10∼60 [mTorr], 10∼300 [W], respectively. From emission intensity and lumnance intensity results, the mode transition from E-mode to H-mode was observed. This implies that this method can be used to find an optimal RF power for efficient light illumination in an electrodeless fluorescent lamp.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.1011-1015
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• 2002

In this study, Au thin films were etched with a Cl$_2$/Ar gas combination in an inductively coupled plasma. The highest etch rate of the Au thin film was 3500 A/min at a Cl$_2$/(Cl$_2$+Ar) gas mixing ratio of 0.2. The surface reaction of the etched Au thin films was investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. There is Au-Cl bonding by chemical reaction between Cl and Au. During the etching of Au thin films in Cl$_2$/Ar plasma, Au-Cl bond is formed, and these products can be removed by the physical bombardment of Ar ions[l].

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.41-45
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• 2005

In this paper, parameters of electron temperature and density for the mercury-free lighting-source were measured to diagnosis and analyze in Xe based inductively coupled plasma(ICP). In results at several dependences of 20~100 mTorr Xenon pressure, 50~200W RF power and horizontal distribution were especially mentioned. When Xe pressure was 20mTorr and RF power was 200W, the electron temperature and density were respectively 3.58eV and $3.56{\times}10^{12}cm^{-3}$. The key parameters of Xe based ICP depended on Xe pressure more than RF power that could be verified. A high electron temperature and low electron density with a suitable Xe pressure are indispensible parameters for Xe based ICP lighting-source.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.4 no.3 s.12
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• pp.35-38
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• 2005

Due to high permeability of the ferrite cores, the characteristics of the inductively coupled plasma(ICP) are expected to be greatly improved. We investigated the effect of the ferrite cores on conventional inductively coupled plasma. It was observed that the current and voltage in the ICP antenna are slightly decreased and the power transfer efficiency is increased. However, due to eddy current and hysteresis loss, plasma density in the ICP with the ferrite cores is not increased. It seems that the ICP with the ferrite cores at low frequency ($\∼$100 kHz) will be greatly improved since the losses at the low frequency can be negligible.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.6 no.2 s.19
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• pp.29-33
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• 2007

Low frequency (400 kHz) Ferrite ICP has been proposed for large area processing. Because the coupling coefficient is close to 1, the transformer matching can be adapted to Ferrite ICP. The transformer matching system is simple. In this paper the new matching system by controlling the turns of transformer using relays is proposed for impedance matching. We developed a simple matching system and characterized it when the turns were changed. It was observed that the 2-channel relay is available for transformer matching.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.14 no.1 s.55
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• pp.13-23
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• 1999

평면형 광소자 제조공정 중 실리카 식각공정 기술은 일반적으로 잘 알려진 반도체 식각공정 기술과 달리 $8\mum$이상을 식각할 수 있는 높은 식각률과 그에 따른 마스크 물질의 높은 선택비를 필요로 하며, 특히 광 손실을 줄이기 위하여 표면 및 측면의 조도를 줄일 수 있는 공정기술을 필요로 한다. 본 고에서는 $8\mum$이상의 실리카 채널 도파로 형성시 요구되는 식각특성 중 식각률과 식각선택비 및 플라즈마 소스에 대하여 알아보고, 유도결합프라즈마(inductively coupled plasma)를 사용한 실리카막의 식각특성과 최근 진행되고 있는 희토류 첨가 실리카막 식각공정에 대하여 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.158-164
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 탄소나노튜브를 직류 바이어스가 인가된 유도결합형 플라즈마 열선 화학기상증착 장치를 이용하여 58$0^{\circ}C$ 이하의 저온에서 유리기판의 변형 없이 수직 배향 시켰다. 탄소나노튜브의 성장을 위해 강화유리기판 위에 전도층으로 Cr을 증착하였고, 그 위에 촉매 층으로 Ni을 순차적으로 RF magnetron cputtering 장치를 이용하여 증착 시켰다. 성장 시 탄소나노튜브의 저온에서의 좋은 특성을 위해 높은 온도에서의 열분해를 목적으로 텅스텐 필라멘트를 이용하였으며, 수직 배향 시키기 위해서 직류 바이어스를 이용하였다. 성장된 탄소나노튜브는 수직적으로 잘 배향 되었으며, 저온에서 좋은 특성을 보였다. 탄소나노튜브의 특성화에는 SEM, TEM을 관찰하였으며, Raman spectroscopy를 이용하여 흑연화도를 측정하였고, 전계방츨 특성은 전류 전압 특성곡선과 Fowler-Nordheim plots를 이용하였다.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.83-89
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• 2011

In this study, we investigated the effects of shutter control by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering using Inductively-Coupled Plasma(ICP) for obtaining ZnO thin films with high purity. The surface morphologies and structure of deposited ZnO thin films were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and X-ray Diffractometer (XRD). Also, optical and chemical properties of ZnO thin films were analyzed by Spectroscopic Ellipsometer (SE) and X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). As a result, it observed that ZnO thin films grown at reactive sputtering using shutter control and ICP were higher density, lower surface roughness, better crystallinity than other conventional sputtering deposition methods. For obtaining better quality deposition ZnO thin films, we will investigate the effects of substrate temperature and RF power on shutter control by a reactive magnetron sputtering using inductively-coupled plasma.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.612-615
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• 2000

The etch rate of $SiO_2$ in Enhanced - Inductive Coupled Plasma (E-ICP) and CW-ICP systems are investigated. As addition of $O_2$ to $CF_4$ gas increases oxide etch rate, E-ICP etching shows the highest etch rate (about 6000A) at an optimized condition with 30% $O_2$ in $CF_4$ 70Hz at the modulation frequency of 70Hz. E-ICP also shows better etch profile than CW-ICP.