• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.62-62
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• 2003

고밀도 유도결합 플라즈마(high density inductively coupled plasma) 식각은 GaAs 이종접합 양극성 트랜지스터(HBTs)와 고속전자 이동도 트랜지스터(HEMTs)와 같은 GaAs 기반 반도체의 정교한 패턴을 형성하는데 더욱 많이 이용되고 있다 본 연구는 고밀도 플라즈마 소스(source)인 평판형(planar) 고밀도 유도결합 플라즈마 식각장치를 이용하여 $BCl_3$ 와 $BCl_3/Ar$ 가스에 따른 GaAs 식각결과를 비교 분석하였다. 공정변수는 ICP 소스 파워를 0-500W, RIE 척(chuck) 파워를 0-150W, 공정압력을 0-15 mTorr 이었다. 그리고 가스 유량은 20sccm(standard cubic centimeter per minute)으로 고정시킨 상태에서 Ar 첨가 비율에 따른 GaAs의 식각결과를 관찰하였다. 공정 결과는 식각률(etch rate), GaAs 대 PR의 선택도(selectivity), 표면 거칠기(roughness)와 식각후 표면에 남아 있는 잔류 가스등을 분석하였다. 20 $BCl_3$ 플라즈마를 이용한 GaAs 식각률 보다 Ar이 첨가된 (20-x) $BC1_3/x Ar$ 플라즈마의 식각률이 더 우수하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 식각률 증가는 Ar 가스의 첨가로 인한 GaAs 반도체와 Ar 플라즈마의 충돌로 나타난 결과로 예측된다. $BCl_3$ 와 $BC1_3/Ar$ 플라즈마에 노출된 GaAs 반도체 모두 표면이 평탄하였고 수직 측벽도 또한 우수하였다. 그리고 표면에 잔류하는 성분은 Ga와 As 이외에 $Cl_2$ 계열의 불순물이 거의 발견되지 않아 매우 깨끗함을 확인하였다. 이번 발표에서는 $BCl_3$ 와 $BCl_3/Ar$ 플라즈마를 이용한 GaAs의 건식식각 비교에 대해 상세하게 보고 할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.23 no.10
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• pp.752-758
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• 2010

The etching characteristics of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films in an $O_2/BCl_3/Ar$ plasma were investigated. The etch rate of ITO thin films increased with increasing $O_2$ content from 0 to 2 sccm in $BCl_3$/Ar plasma, whereas that of ITO decreased with increasing $O_2$ content from 2 sccm to 6 sccm in $BCl_3$/Ar plasma. The maximum etch rate of 65.9 nm/m in for the ITO thin films was obtained at 2 sccm $O_2$ addition. The etch conditions were the RF power of 500 W, the bias power of 200 W, the process pressure of 15 mTorr, and the substrate temperature of $40^{\circ}C$. The analysis of x-ray photo electron spectroscopy (XPS) was carried out to investigate the chemical reactions between the surfaces of ITO thin films and etch species.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.175-175
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• 2010

The etching characteristics with etch rate of ITO thin films in an $O_2/BCl_3$/Ar plasma were investigated. The etch rate of ITO thin films increased with increasing $O_2$ content from 0 to 10 % in $BCl_3$/Ar plasma, whereas that of ITO decreased with increasing $O_2$ content from 10 % to 30 % in $BCl_3$/Ar plasma. The maximum etch rate of 65.9 nm/min for the ITO thin films was obtained at 10 % $O_2$ addition. The etch conditions were the RF power of 500 W, bias power of 200 W, and process pressure of 2 Pa. The analysis of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was carried out to investigate the chemical reactions between the surfaces of ITO thin films and etch species.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.416-422
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• 1999

The characteristics of inductively coupled Cl$_2$/BCl$_3$ plasmas during the GaN etching were studied using plasma mass spectrometry by measuring the relative amounts of reactive ions, neutrals, and etch products. GaN etch rates increased with the increase of pressure and showed a maximum near 25mTorr for the pure $Cl_2$ and near 30mTorr for $Cl_2$$BCl_3$. The addition of$ BCl_3$ to $Cl_2$ also was increased GaN etch rates until 50%BCl$_3$ was mixed to $Cl_2$. The GaN etching with pure $Cl Cl_2$ appears to be related to the combination of Cl$_2^{+}$ ion bombardment and the chemical reaction of Cl radicals. In the case of the GaN etching with Cl$_2$/BCl$_3$, in addition to the combined effect of$_2^{ +}$ ions and Cl radicals, $_BCl2^{+ }$ ions appear to be responsible for some of GaN etching even though they do not have significant effect on the GaN etching compared to $Cl_2^{+}$ and Cl. $Ga^{+ }$ , $GaCl^{+}$ , $GaCl_2^{+}$ , and $N_2^{+}$ were observed as the positive ions of etch products, and the intensities of these etch products showed the same trends as those of GaN etch rate. Among the etch products, Ga and $N_2$ appear to be the main etch products.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.34D no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 1997

The surface properties after plasma etching of TiW alloy using the chemistries of BCl$_{3}$ and SF$_{6}$ gases with varying mixing ratio have been investigated using XPS(X-ray photoelectron spectrocopy). The elements existed on the etched sampled have been extracted with BCL$_{3}$/SF$_{6}$ ratio and their chemical binding states have also been analysed. It was confirmed that the thickness of native oxide formed on the TiW films is thinner than 10nm by using Ar sputtering. At the same time, the roughness of etched surface has been esamnied using AFM (atomic force microscopy). on the basis of the basis of this results, the relations between the caanges of oxygen contents detected by XPS and the rouhness of etched surface have been discussed. And the etch rate and etched profile of Tiw films have been examined and the changes of the etch rate and etched prfile have been discussed with XPS results. From XPS results, the role of passivation layer consisted of Ti-S compound with XPS results. From XPS results, the role of passivation layer consisted of Ti-S compound has been proposed. Ti-S compound seems to make a role of passivation layer that surpresses Ti-O formation.ion.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.221-221
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• 2010

본 실험에서는 축전결합형 고주파 플라즈마와 $BCl_3$와 He의 혼합가스를 이용하여 화합물 반도체인 GaAs와 AlGaAs의 건식식각에 대해 연구하였다. 공정변수로는 첫째, BCl3와 He의 혼합가스 비율을 0%에서 100%까지 변화시켰다. 둘째, 고주파 파워를 50 W에서 200W 까지 변화를 주었고, 셋째, 공정압력을 120 mTorr~300 mTorr 까지 변화시켰다. 식각 실험을 마친 시료는 표면 단차 측정기와, 주사전자현미경을 이용하여 식각률과 선택비, 표면거칠기, 표면형상에 대하여 분석을 진행하였다. 또한, 광학발광분석계 (OES)를 이용하여 건식식각 실험 중 혼합가스에 의해 발생하는 플라즈마의 발광특성에 대한 실시간 분석을 하였다. 결과에 따르면, 1) 혼합가스에서 He의 비율이 20%일 때 GaAs와 AlGaAs 시료의 식각율이 $0.7\;{\mu}m/min$ 와 $0.6\;{\mu}m/min$ 로 가장 높게 나타났다. 2) 감광제에 대한 시료의 선택비 또한 동일 조건에서 GaAs의 경우 1 : 12, AlGaAs의 경우 1:8로 가장 높게 나타났다. 3)고주파 파워의 변화에 따른 식각률의 경우 100 W에서 GaAs 의 경우 $0.6\;{\mu}m/min$, AlGaAs의 경우 $0.5\;{\mu}m/min$ 이었고, 고주파 파워가 증가할수록 식각률은 감소하였다. 4) 감광제에 대한 시료의 식각 선택비의 경우 50 W에서 GaAs 시료가 1:14, AlGaAs 시료가 1:10으로 가장 높은 선택비를 보였고 고주파 전원이 증가할수록 선형적으로 감소하였다. 5) 표면거칠기는 50~100 W 구간에서는 1.0~1.5 nm 으로 큰 증가폭이 없다가 150 W 이상에서는 3.0~5.0 nm 으로 증가하였다. 반응기의 압력이 120 mTorr에서 300 mTorr로 변화할 때 식각률과 선택비는 비교적 선형적으로 감소하였으며, 표면거칠기 또한 증가하였다. 결론적으로 $BCl_3/He$ 고주파 플라즈마에서 약 20%의 He을 포함하고 있을 때 가장 우수한 건식 식각 결과를 얻었다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.167-172
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• 2012

The key regulators of apoptosis are the interacting protein of the Bcl-2 family. Bcl-2, an important member of this family, blocks cytochrome C release by sequestering pro-apoptotic BH3-only proteins such as Bid, Bad, Bax and Bim. The pro-survival family members (Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, Bcl-W) are critical for cell survival, since loss of any of them causes cell death in certain cell type. However, its role during early porcine embryonic development is not sufficient. In this study, we traced the effects of Bcl-2 inhibitor, ABT-737, on early porcine embryonic development. We also investigated several indicators of developmental potential, including gene expression (apoptosis-related genes) and apoptosis, which are affected by ABT-737. Porcine embryos were cultured in the PZM-3 medium with or without ABT-737 for 6 days. In result, significant differences in developmental potential were detected between the embryos that were cultured with or without ABT-737 ($14.7{\pm}3.0$ vs $30.3{\pm}4.8%$, p<0.05). TUNEL assay showed that the number of containing fragmented DNA at the blastocyst stage increased in the ABT-737 treated group compared with control (4.7 vs 3.7, p<0.05). The mRNA expression of the pro-apoptotic gene Bax increased in ABT-737 treated group (p<0.05), whereas expressions of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members (Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, Bcl-W) decreased (p<0.05). Also, expressions of the ER stress indicator genes (GRP78, XBP-1 and sXBP-1) increased in ABT-737 treated group (p<0.05). In conclusion, Bcl-2 is closely associated with of apoptosis- and ER stress-related genes expressions and developmental potential in pig embryos.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.18-24
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• 2000

(Ba,Sr)$TiO_3$ thin films have attracted great interest as new dielectric materials of capacitors for ultra-large-scale integrated dynamic random access memories (ULSI-DRAMs) such as 1 Gbit or 4 Gbit. In this study, inductively coupled $BCl_3/Cl_2/Ar$ plasmas was used to etch (Ba,Sr)$TiO_3$ thin films. RF power/dc bias voltage=600 W/-250 V and chamber pressure was 10 mTorr. The $Cl_2/(Cl_2+Ar)$ was fixed at 0.2 the (Ba,Sr)$TiO_3$ thin films were etched adding $BCl_3$. The highest (Ba,Sr)$TiO_3$ etch rate is $480{\AA}/min$ at 10 % $BCl_3$ to $Cl_2/Ar$. The change of Cl, B radical density measured by optical emission spectroscopy(OES) as a function of $BCl_3$ percentage in $Cl_2/Ar$. The highest Cl radical density was shown at the addition of 10% $BCl_3$ to $Cl_2/Ar$. To study on the surface reaction of (Ba, Sr)$TiO_3$ thin films was investigated by XPS analysis. Ion bombardment etching is necessary to break Ba-O bond and to remove $BaCl_2$. There is a little chemical reaction between Sr and Cl, but Sr is removed by physical sputtering. There is a chemical reaction between Ti and Cl, and $TiCl_4$ is removed with ease. The cross-sectional of (Ba,Sr)$TiO_3$ thin film was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the etch slope is about 65~70$^{\circ}$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.288-291
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• 1996

The surface properties after plasma etching of TiW solutions using the chemistries of BCl$_3$ and SF$\_$6/ gases with varying mixing ratio have been investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The elements of C, Cl, F, O and S are observed on the etched TiW films. After plasma etching with SF$\_$6/ gas, Ti-S bond are detected on the samples and Ti-S bond makes a role of passivation layer that surpresses Ti-O formation. After plasma etching wish BCl$_3$ gas, Ti are easily removed but W are hardly etched. As a results, W/Ti are increased on the etched sample.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1319-1320
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• 2007

본 연구는 ZnO 박막을 유도 결합 플라즈마를 이용하여, $BCl_3$/Ar 가스 혼합비, RF 전력, 직류 바이어스 전압과 공정 압력을 변경하면서 실험하였다. ZnO 박막의 최고 식각속도는 80%의 $BCl_{3}/(BCl_{3}+Ar)$에서 700 W의 RF 전력, -150 V의 직류 바이어스 전압, 15 mTorr의 공정 압력, $28^{\circ}C$의 기판 온도로 고정시켰을 때 50 nm/min 이었다. 이 조건에서 ZnO 박막과 $SiO_2$의 선택비는 0.75 이었다.