• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.128-128
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• 2011

TTFT-LCD에 투명전극으로 사용되고 있는 IGZO 박막의 특성을 조사하기 위하여 RF magnetron sputtering을 이용하여 Ar Gas 유량 변화에 따른 IGZO 박막을 유리 기판 위에 제작하고 투명전극의 구조적, 광학적, 전기적 특성을 조사하였다. 소결된 타겟으로는 In:Ga:ZnO를 각각 1 : 1 : 2 mol%의 조성비로 혼합하여 이용하였으며, 30mm${\times}$30 mm의 Corning1737 유리기판에 Sputtering 방식으로 증착 하였다. 장비 조건으로는 Rf power를 25 W로 고정 시켰으며, 실험변수로는 초기합력은 $2.0{\times}10^{-6}$ Torr 이하로 하였으며, 증착압력은 $9.0{\times}10^{-3}$ Torr로 하였다. Ar Gas를 30, 50, 70, 90 sccm으로 변화를 주어 실험을 진행하였다. 증착온도는 실온으로 고정하였다. 분석 결과로는 Ar Gas가 30 sccm일 때 AFM분석결과 0.3 nm 이하의 Roughness를 가졌으며, XRD분석결과 34$^{\circ}$ 부근에서 (002) c-축 방향성 구조임을 확인할수 있었다. UV-Visible-NIR 측정결과 가시광선 영역에서 80% 이상의 투과도를 만족 시켰으며, Hall 측정결과 Carrier concentration $2.7{\times}10^{19}\;cm^{-3}$, Mobility 8.4 $cm^2/v_{-s}$이며, Resistivity $8.86{\times}10^{-3}$, 투명전극으로 사용 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.367-367
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• 2012

TTFT에 투명반도체로 사용되고 있는 IGZO 박막의 특성을 조사하였다. IGZO박막은 비정질임에도 불구하고 높은 이동도를 가지는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 실험에서는 RF magnetron sputtering법을 이용하여 Ar Gas 유량 변화에 따른 IGZO 박막을 유리 기판 위에 제작 하였고 투명반도체의 구조적, 광학적, 전기적 특성을 조사하였다. 소결된 타겟 으로는 In:Ga:ZnO를 각각 1:1:2mol%의 조성비로 혼합하여 이용하였으며, $30{\times}30mm$의 XG Glass 유리기판에 Sputtering 방식으로 증착하였다. 공정 조건으로는 초기합력은 $2.0{\times}10^{-6}Torr$이하로 하였으며, 증착 압력은 $2.0{\times}10^{-2}Torr$로 하였다. Rf power를 75 W로 고정시켰다. 실험 변수로는 Ar Gas를 25, 50, 75, 100 sccm으로 변화를 주어 실험을 진행하였으며, 증착온도는 실온으로 고정하였다. 분석 결과로는 Ar Gas가 75 sccm일 때 XRD분석결과 $34^{\circ}$ 부근에서 (002) c-축 방향성 구조임을 확인할 수 있었으며, AFM분석결과 0.3 nm이하의 Roughness를 가졌다. UV-Visible-NIR 측정결과 가시광선 영역에서 85%이상의 투과도를 만족 시켰으며, Hall 측정결과 Carrier concentration $8.3{\times}101^{19}cm-^{-3}$, Mobility $12.3cm^2/v-s$이며, Resistivity $0.6{\times}10^{-2}{\Omega}-cm$, 투명반도체로 사용 가능함을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.247-248
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• 2008

The etching characteristics of Titanium Nitride (TiN) and etch selectivity of TiN to $SiO_2$ and $HfO_2$ in $CH_4$/Ar plasma were investigated. It was found that TiN etch rate shows a non-monotonic behavior with increasing both Ar fraction in $CH_4$ plasma, RF power, and gas pressure. The maximum TiN etch rate of nm/min was obtained for $CH_4$ (80%)/Ar(20%) gas mixture. The plasmas were characterized using optical emission spectroscopy (OES) analysis measurements. From these data, the suggestions on the TiN etch characteristics were made.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.29-32
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• 2000

Cerium oxide thin film has been proposed as a buffer layer between the ferroelectric film and the Si substrate in Metal-Ferroelectric-Insulator-Silicon (MFIS ) structures for ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) applications. In this study, CeO$_2$ thin films were etched with Cl$_2$/Ar gas combination in an inductively coupled plasma (ICP). The highest etch rate of CeO$_2$ film is 230 $\AA$/min at Cl$_2$/(Cl$_2$+Ar) gas mixing ratio of 0.2. This result confirms that CeO$_2$ thin film is dominantly etched by Ar ions bombardment and is assisted by chemical reaction of Cl radicals. The selectivity of CeO$_2$ to YMnO$_3$ was 1.83. As a XPS analysis, the surface of etched CeO$_2$ thin films was existed in Ce-Cl bond by chemical reaction between Ce and Cl. The results of XPS analysis were confirmed by SIMS analysis. The existence of Ce-Cl bonding was proven at 176.15 (a.m.u.).

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.213-216
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• 2001

Etching behaviors of ferroelectric YMn $O_3$ thin films were studied by an inductively coupled plasma (ICP). Etch characteristic on ferroelectric YMn $O_3$ thin film have been investigated in terms of etch rate, selectivity and etch profile. The maximum etch rate of YMn $O_3$ thin film is 300 $\AA$/min at Ar/C $l_2$ of 2/8, RF power of 800W, dc bias voltage of 200V, chamber pressure of 15mTorr and substrate temperature of 3$0^{\circ}C$. Addition of C $F_4$ gas decrease the etch rate of YMn $O_3$ thin film. From the results of XPS analysis, Y $F_{X}$ compunds were found on the surface of YMn $O_3$ thin film which is etched in Ar/C1/C $F_4$ plasma. The etch profile of YMn $O_3$ film is improved by addition of C $F_4$ gas into the Ar/C $l_2$ plasma. These results suggest that fluoride yttrium acts as a sidewall passivants which reduce the sticking coefficient of chlorine on YMn $O_3$.>.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.67-73
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• 1998

In this paper, the electron swarm parameters in the 0.5% and 0.2% SF\ulcorner+Ar mixtures are measured by time of flight method over the E/N(Td) range from 30 to 300(Td). The measurements have been carried out by the double shutter drift tube with variable drift distance from the cathod. A two-term approximation of the boltzmann equation analysis and Monte Carlo simulation have been also used to study electron transport coefficients. We have calculated W, $ND_L,\;ND_T,\;\alpha,\;\eta,\;\alpha-\eta$, and the limiting breakdown electric field to gas mixtures ratio in pure $SF_6$+Ar mixtures. The electron energy distribution function has been analysed in $SF_6$+Ar mixtures at E/N : 200(Td) for a case of the equilibrium region in the mean electron energy. The measured results and the calculated results have been compared each other.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.531-536
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• 2005

Inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching of CoTb and CoZrNb magnetic materials with the photoresist mask was performed using $Cl_2/Ar$ and $C_2F_6/Ar$ gas mixtures and characterized in terms of etch rate and etch profile. As the concentrations of $Cl_2$ and $C_2F_6$ gases increased, the etch rates of magnetic films decreased and the etch slopes became slanted. The $Cl_2/Ar$ gas was more effective in obtaining fast etch rate and steep sidewall slope than the $C_2F_6/Ar$ gas. As the coil rf power and dc bias increased, fast etch rate and steep etch slope were obtained but the redeposition on the sidewall was observed. This is due to the increase of ion and radical densities in plasma with increasing the coil rf power and the increase of incident ion energy to the substrate with increasing the dc bias voltage. By applying high density reactive ion etching to magnetic tunnel junction stack containing various magnetic films and metal oxide, steep etch slope and clean etch profile without redeposition were obtained.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.480-486
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• 1995

The change in discharge current of a glow discharge has been shown the potential sensitive detector for gas chromatography. To investigate the effect of carrier gas on the electrical characteristics of the discharge and the peak response, the discharge pressure, gas flow rate, and discharge gap have been studied. The discharge gas included the Ar, He, and N$_{2}$. The gas flow rate has been found one of the important parameters to affect both the electrical characteristics and the peak response.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.959-964
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• 2001

We investigated the etching characteristics of YMnO$_3$ thin films in high-density plasma etching system. In this study, YMnO$_3$ thin films were etched with CF$_4$/Ar gas chemistries in inductively coupled plasma(ICP). Etch rates of YMnO$_3$ increased up to 20% CF$_4$ in CF$_4$/(CF$_4$+Ar), but decreased with furthermore increasing CF$_4$ in CF$_4$/(CF$_4$+Ar). In optical emission spectroscopy (OES) analysis, F radical and Ar* ions in plasma at various gas chemistries decreased with increasing CF$_4$ content. Chemical states of YMnO$_3$ films exposed in plasma were investigated with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). There is a chemical reaction between metal (Y, Mn) and F and metal-fluorides were removed effectively by Ar ion sputtering. YF$_{x}$, MnF$_{x}$ such as YF, YF$_2$, YF$_3$ and MnF$_3$ were detected using SIMS analysis. The etch slope is about 65$^{\circ}$ and cleasn surface. surface of the etched YMnO$_3$ thin films was investigated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The etch profile was also investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).EM).

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.103-105
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• 2001

ZnO thin films on glass substrate were deposited by RF sputter with various $Ar/O_2$ gas ratio. Crystallinities, surface morphologies, and electrical properties of the films were investigated by XRD(x-ray diffractometer), and SEM (scanning electron microscopy) analyses. The facing targets sputtering system can deposit thin film at plasma free condition and change the deposition condition in wide range. We suggested that a very suitable $Ar/O_2$ gas of ratio should be 50/50 for preparation of high quality ZnO films with good C-axis orientation.