• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.699-707
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• 1995

The material that is both conductive in electricity and transparent to the visible ray is called transparent conducting thin film. It has many fields of application such as Solar Cell, Liquid Crystal display, Vidicon on T.V, transparent electrical heater, selective optical filter, and a optical electric device , etc. In the recent papers on several TCO( transparent conducting oxide ) material, the study is mainly focusing on ITO(indium tin oxide) because ITO shows good results on both optical and electrical properties. Nowaday, in the development of LCD(Liquid Crystal display), the low temperature process to reduce the production cost and to deposit ITO on polymer substrate (or low melting substrate) has been demanded. In this study, we prepared indium tin oxide(ITO) by a cylindrical DC magnetron sputtering with Indium-tin (9:1) alloy target instead of indium-tin oxide target. The resistivity of the film deposited in oxygen partial pressure of 5% and substrate temperature of 140.deg. C. is 1.6*10$\^$-4/.ohm..cm with 85% optical transmission in viaible ray.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.07c
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• pp.1290-1292
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• 1995

A cylindrical-post magnetron sputtering system was designed for pipe inner coating. The discharge condition was depended on the gas pressure, magnetic field and pipe diameter. At given discharge current, discharge voltage increased a little with pipe diameter. The electron temperature and floating potential increased with magnetic field. The impact ion energy on the pipe increased with bias voltage. The TiN thin-film of $2{\mu}m$ thickness was formed by cylindrical-post magnetron sputtering system under the conditions of the pressure of 5mTorr, the applied voltage of 700V, the discharge current of 500mA, the magnetic field of 300G, and the bias voltage of -100V.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1995.11a
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• pp.302-305
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• 1995

ITO(indium tin oxide) that is both conductive in electricity and transparent to the visible ray is called transparent conducting thin film. Nowaday, according to the development of flat panel display such as LCD(Liquid Crystal display, EL(electolumine- scence display), PDP(plasma display panel), ECD(electrocromic display), the higher quality in the low temperature process has been asked to reduce the production cost and to have a good uniformity on a large substrate. In this study, we prepared indium tin oxide(ITO) by a cylindrical DC magnetron sputtering with Indium-tin (9:1) alloy target instead of indium-tin oxide target. To reduce the defact in ITO, the effect on ITO by varing the magnetic field intensity and the applied voltage ares studied. the resistivity of the film deposited in oxygen partial pressure of 5% and substrate temperature of 140$^{\circ}C$. is 1.6${\times}$10$\^$-1/$\Omega$$.$cm with 85% optical transmission in viaible ray.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.259-259
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• 2013

4세대방사광 가속기의 언듈레이터 사이에 설치되는 사극자석 진공용기는 내경 12 mm, 길이 300 mm인 매우 얇고 긴 형태로 제작되어야 하며, 비자성체이면서 전기 전도도와 내부 표면 거칠기 또한 우수하여야 한다. 스테인리스강 316 L EP 튜브는 비자성체로써 기계가공성 및 내부 표면 거칠기가 우수하다. 또한 내부에 DC Magnetron Sputtering을 통하여 알루미늄 층을 형성함으로써 높은 전기 전도도를 확보할 수 있다. 여기서는 스테인리스강 316 L EP 튜브를 이용하여 손쉽게 사극 자석 진공용기를 제작한 후, Cylindrical Magnetron Sputtering System을 구성하여 내부에 균일한 알루미늄 층을 증착하는 공정에 대해 설명하려고 한다. 또한 치밀한 알루미늄 산화막을 형성하는 공정에 대하여 현재까지 수행한 결과를 정리하여 보고하며 앞으로의 개발 과정도 다루고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.296-300
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• 2003

Extended cylindrical magnetron sputtering system with rotating 600-mm long and 90-mm diameter graphite cathode and pulsed power supply voltage generator were developed and fabricated. Time-dependent Langmuir probe characteristics as well as carbon films thickness were measured. It was shown that ratio of ions flux to carbon atoms flux for pulsed magnetron discharge mode was equal to $\Phi_{i}$ $\Phi$sub C/ = 0.2. It did not depend on the discharge current in the range of $I_{d}$ / = 10∼60 A since both the plasma density and the film deposition rate were found approximately proportional to the discharge current. In spite of this fact carbon film structure was found to be strongly dependent on the discharge current. Grain size increased from 100 nm at $I_{d}$ = 10∼20 A to 500 nm at $I_{d}$ = 40∼60 A. To deposit fine-grained hard nanocrystalline or amorphous carbon coating current regime with $I_{d}$ = 20 A was chosen. Pulsed negative bias voltage ($\tau$= 40 ${\mu}\textrm{s}$, $U_{b}$ = 0∼10 ㎸) synchronized with magnetron discharge pulses was applied to a substrate and voltage of $U_{b}$ = 3.4 ㎸ was shown to be optimum for a hard carbon film deposition. Lower voltages were not sufficient for amorphization of a growing graphite film, while higher voltages led to excessive ion bombardment and effects of recrystalization and graphitization.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.135-135
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• 2015

Tubes are of extreme importance in industries as for fluid channels or wave guides. Furthermore, some weapon systems such as cannons use the tubes as gun barrels. To increase the service life of such tubes, a protective coating must be applied to the tubes' inner surface. However, the coating methods applicable to the inner surface of the tubes are very limited due to the geometrical restriction. A small-diameter cylindrical magnetron sputtering gun can be used to deposit coating layers on the inner surface of the large-bore tubes. However, for small-bore tubes with the inner diameter of one inch (~25 mm), the magnetron sputtering method can hardly be accommodated due to the space limitation for permanent magnet assembly. In this study, a new approach to coat the inner surface of small-bore tubes with the inside diameter of one inch was developed. Instead of using permanent magnets for magnetron operation, an external electro-magnet assembly was adopted around the tube to confine the plasma and to sustain the discharge. The electro-magnet was operated in pulse mode to provide the strong axial magnetic field for the magnetron operation, which was synchronized with the negative high-voltage pulse applied to the water-cooled coaxial sputtering target installed inside the tube. By moving the electro-magnet assembly along the tube's axial direction, the inner surface of the tube could be uniformly coated. The inner-surface coating system in this study used the tube itself as the vacuum chamber. The SS-304 tube's inner diameter was 22 mm and the length was ~1 m. A water-cooled Cu tube (sputtering target) of the outer diameter of 12 mm was installed inside of the SS tube (substrate) at the axial position. The 50 mm-long electro-magnet assembly was fed by a current pulse of 250 A at the frequency and pulse width of 100 Hz and 100 usec, respectively. The calculated axial magnetic field strength at the center was ~0.6 Tesla. The central Cu tube was synchronously driven by a HiPIMS power supply at the same frequency of 100 Hz as the electro-magnet and the applied pulse voltage was -1200 V with a pulse width of 500 usec. At 150 mTorr of Ar pressure, the Cu deposition rate of ~10 nm/min could be obtained. In this talk, a new method to sputter coat the inner surface of small-bore tubes would be presented and discussed, which might have broad industrial and military application areas.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.683-688
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• 2007

In this study, N doped $TiO_2$ (TiO-N) thin film was prepared by DC magnetron sputtering method to show the photocatalytic activity in a visible range. Various gases (Ar, $O_2\;and\;N_2$) were used and Ti target was impressed by 1.2 kW -5.8 kW power range. The hysteresis of TiO-N thin film as a function of discharge voltage wasn't observed in 1.2 and 2.9kW of applied power. Cross sections and surfaces of thin films by FE-SEM were tiny and dense particle sizes of both films with normal cylindrical structures. XRD pattern of $TiO_2$ and TiO-N thin films was appeared by only anatase peak. Red shift in UV-Vis adsorption spectra was investigated TiO-N thin film. Photoactivity was evaluated by removal rate measurement of suncion yellow among reactive dyes. The photodegradation rate of $TiO_2$ thin film on visible radiation was shown little efficiency but TiO-N was about 18%.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1994.07b
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• pp.1619-1621
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• 1994

Both Facing Target Sputtering(FTS) and Cylindrical Post-Magnetron Sputtering(CPMS) systems have been degigned in order to form high density plasma and to obtain high deposition rate. However, these two systems have some different applications, and discharge characteristics of these two systems are not well known. In this paper, the discharge characteristics and plasma parameters of both FTS and CPMS systems are studied experimentally. It is found that these two system show some different discharge characteristics under magnetic fields. The plasma density and electron temperature of these two systems are in the range of $10^{10}{\sim}10^{11}[cm^{-3}]$ and $3.5{\sim}5.5[eV]$, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.311-311
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• 2010

본 논문은 직류전원에 펄스주파수를 인가함으로써 AZO 박막이 미치는 영향에 대해 알아보기 위해 기존과는 다른 형태인 원통형의 회전(Cylindrical rotatable)하는 방식을 가진 DC magnetron sputter를 이용하였다. 인가되는 전력과 압력, 온도 그리고 거리는 각각 고정하였고 펄스 주파수 가변을 통해 박막의 전기적, 광학적, 구조적 그리고 SEM등의 다양한 특성에 대해 확인하였다. 박막의 광학적 특성인 투과도를 알아보기 위해 UV-Vis를 이용하여 측정하였고 가변 범위에 관계없이 550 nm의 파장 길이에서 약 90%의 투과도를 보였다. 그리고 펄스주파수가 증가할수록 XRD의 Intensity는 오히려 감소되는 경향을 보였고, 홀 측정을 통해 비저항의 증가와 전자농도 증가, 감소된 홀 이동도를 통해 증가된 펄스 주파수가 박막의 구조적, 전기적 특성이 얼마나 많은 영향을 끼치는지 또한 알 수 있었다. 그리고 펄스주파수는 면저항과 홀 이동도의 감소 요인이며 이것은 XRD의 결과로 확인하였다. 펄스주파수가 향후 박막 태양전지 및 TFT와 NVM 등의 소자를 적용하는데 있어 중요한 요소 중의 하나로 판단할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.41.2-41.2
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• 2011

Display 산업의 확대로 인해 광학적 특성 및 전기적 특성이 우수한 TCO (Transparent conductive oxide) 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 기존에는 ITO가 대부분의 분야에서 이용되었지만 In의 경제적인 단점으로 인해 새로운 대체물로써 ZnO가 떠오르고 있다. ZnO는 전형적인 n-type 반도체이며, wide band gap 물질로써 Al, Ga, B과 같은 3 족 원소를 doping 함으로써 광학적 및 전기적 특성을 향상시킬 수 있다. 최근에는 ZnO의 이온반경과 비슷한 Ga을 도핑한 Ga-doped ZnO 박막에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이는 ZnO에 Ga을 도핑함으로써 격자결함을 최소화 시키고 carrier concentration 및 hall mobility를 향상시켜 전기전도도의 향상을 이루기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 $Ga_2O_3$이 3wt% doping 된 ZnO rotating cylindrical target 을 DC magnetron sputtering 을 이용하여 2 kW의 파워와 70 kHz의 주파수를 고정하고, 증착 온도를 변화시켜 유리 기판 위에 Ga-doped ZnO 박막을 증착 하였다. 증착 시 온도가 Ga-doped ZnO 박막에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위해 박막 표면의 조성을 분석하였고, 결정성 및 전기적 특성의 변화를 통해 박막의 특성을 비교 평가하였다. Ga-doped ZnO 박막의 표면과 두께는 SEM (Scanning electron microscope) 분석을 통해 관찰하였고, XRD (X-ray diffractometer) 를 이용하여 결정학적 특성을 확인하였다. 또한 Van der Pauw 방법을 이용한 hall 측정을 통해 resistivity, carrier concentration, hall mobility를 분석하였고, UV-Vis를 이용하여 박막의 투과율을 분석하였으며, 이를 토대로 투명 전도막으로써 Ga-doped ZnO 박막의 응용 가능성을 평가하였다.