• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.411-412
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• 2012

대부분의 상용 LED는 사파이어기판에 성장된 GaN를 기반으로 사용한다. GaN는 $1,000^{\circ}C$ 이상의 높은 온도에서 성장이 이루어지는데 이 경우 GaN과 사파이어 기판과의 높은 열팽창 계수로 인하여 compressive stress를 받게 된다. 이 compressive stress로 인하여 성장된 GaN wafer에 bowing이 일어나게 되고 이는 기판의 대면적화에 커다란 문제로 작용한다. 이런 문제들을 해결하기 위해 여러 방법이 고안되고 있지만 [1,2], 근본적으로 wafer bowing 문제의 해결은 이루어지고 있지 않다. 한편, 일반적으로 박막을 성장할 때 columnar structure를 가지는 박막이 coalescence되면 박막에 tensile stress가 걸린다는 사실이 알려져 있으며 [3], GaN를 저온에서 성장할 경우 columnar structure를 갖는다는 사실이 보고되었다 [4]. 본 연구에서는 이런columnar structure를 갖는 GaN을 이용하여 wafer bowing 문제가 해결된 GaN 박막 성장을 연구하였다. 본 실험에서는, c-plane 사파이어에 유기금속화학증착법(MOCVD)을 이용하여 nano-columnar structure를 갖는 저온 GaN layer을 성장하였다. 그 후 columnar structure를 유지하면서 $1,040^{\circ}C$까지 annealing한 후 고온에서 flat 한 GaN 박막을 nano-columnar structure GaN layer위에 성장 하였다. 우선 저온 GaN layer가 nano-columnar structure를 갖고, 고온에서도 nano-columnar structure가 유지되는 것을 scanning electron microscopy (SEM)과 transmission electron microcopy (TEM)을 통해 확인하였다. 또한 이런 columnar structure 위에 고온에서 성장시킨 flat한 GaN 박막이 성장된 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 성장된 GaN박막의 wafer bowing 정도를 측정한 결과, columnar structure를 갖고 있는 고온 GaN 박막이 일반적인 GaN에 비해 확연하게 wafer bowing이 감소된 것을 확인할 수 있었다. Columnar structure가 coalescence가 되면서 생기는 tensile stress가 GaN박막의 성장시 발생하는 compressive stress를 compensation하여 wafer bowing이 줄어든 것으로 보인다. 본 발표에서는 이 구조에 대한 구조 및 stress 효과에 대해서 논의할 예정이다.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.419-424
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• 2002

After the patterning and probe process of wafer have been achieved, the dicing processing is necessary to separate chips from a wafer. The dicing process cuts a semiconductor wafer to lengthwise and crosswise directions to make many chips. The existing general dicing method is the mechanical cutting using a narrow circular rotating blade impregnated diamond particles or laser cutting. Inferior goods can be made by the mechanical or laser cutting unless several parameters such as blade, wafer, cutting water and cutting conditions are properly set. Moreover, we can not apply these general dicing method to that of GaN wafer, because the GaN wafer is harder than general semiconductor wafers such as GaAs, GaAsP, AIGaAs and so forth. In order to overcome these problems, this paper describes a new wafer dicing method using fixed diamond scriber and precision servo mechanism.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.350-355
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• 2000

The fabrication of sapphire wafer in C plane has been developed by horizontal Bridgeman method and GaN based semiconductor epitaxial growth has been carried out in metal organic chemical vapour deposition. The single crystalline ingot of sapphire has been utilized for 2 inch sapphire wafers and wafer slicing and lapping machines were designed. These several steps of lapping processes provided the mirror-like surface of sapphire wafer. The measurements of the surface flatness and the roughness were carried out by the atomic force microscope. The GaN thin film growth on the developed wafer was confirmed the wafer quality and applicability to blue light emitting devices.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.222-222
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• 2000

The general dicing process cuts a semiconductor wafer to lengthwise and crosswise direction by using a rotating circular diamond blade. But inferior goods are made under the influence of several parameters in dicing such as blade, wafer, cutting water and cutting conditions. Moreover we can not applicable this dicing method to GaN wafer, because the GaN wafer is harder than the other wafer as GaAs. In older to overcome this problem, a new dicing process is necessary. This paper describes a new machine using scriber and precision servo mechanism in order to dice a semiconductor wafer.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.152-156
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• 2019

An ultraviolet (UV) image sensor is an extremely important optoelectronic device used in scientific and medical applications because it can detect images that cannot be obtained using visible or infrared image sensors. Because photodetectors and transistors are based on different materials, conventional UV imaging devices, which have a hybrid-type structure, require additional complex processes such as a backside etching of a GaN epi-wafer and a wafer-to-wafer bonding for the fabrication of the image sensors. In this study, we developed a monolithic GaN UV passive pixel sensor (PPS) by integrating a GaN-based Schottky-barrier type transistor and a GaN UV photodetector on a wafer. Both individual devices show good electrical and photoresponse characteristics, and the fabricated UV PPS was successfully operated under UV irradiation conditions with a high on/off extinction ratio of as high as $10^3$. This integration technique of a single pixel sensor will be a breakthrough for the development of GaN-based optoelectronic integrated circuits.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.27 no.8
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• pp.1309-1316
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• 2003

The general dicing process cuts a semiconductor wafer to lengthwise and crosswise direction by using a rotating circular diamond blade. But products with inferior quality are produced under the influence of several parameters in dicing process such as blade, wafer, cutting water and cutting conditions. Moreover we can not apply this dicing method to GaN wafer, because the GaN wafer is harder than the other wafer such as SiO2, GaAs, GaAsP, and AlGaAs. In order to overcome this problem, development of a new dicing process and determination of dicing parameters are necessary. This paper describes a new wafer dicing method using fixed diamond scriber and precision servo mechanism and determination of several parameters - scribing depth, scribing force, scriber inclined angle, scribing speed, and factor for scriber replacement - for a new dicing machine using scriber.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.218-225
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• 2003

The general dicing process cuts a semiconductor wafer to lengthwise and crosswise direction by using a rotating circular diamond blade. However, inferior goods may be made under the influence of several parameters in dicing process such as blade, wafer, cutting water and cutting conditions. Moreover we can not apply this dicing method to a GaN wafer, because the GaN wafer is harder than other wafers such as SiO$_2$, GaAs, GaAsP, and AlGaAs. In order to overcome this problem, development of a new dicing process and determination of dicing parameters are necessary. This paper describes determination of several parameters - scribing depth, scribing force, scriber inclined angle, scribing speed, and factor for scriber replacement - for a new dicing machine using a scriber.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.484-487
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• 1997

The dicing is a process of gaining chip from a wafer. It is done by some mechanism to lengthwise and crosswise. Here, it is focused on measuring a depth of the wafer hefore a process of the dicing. First of all, it checks a precise outer position for the wafer on table to gain the chip. Second, the xafer should he lined after Imowing how much depth, it is in out of the outer position of the wafer. Here suggests that there are a composition of mechanical system, how to measure a depth out of scriber axis, a result from testing.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.729-732
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• 2000

The general dicing process cuts a semiconductor wafer to lengthwise and crosswise direction by using a rotating circular diamond blade. But inferior goods are made under the influence of several parameters in dicing such as blade, wafer, cutting water and cutting condition. Moreover we can not applicable this dicing method to GaN wafer, because the GaN wafer is harder than the other wafer as GaAs. In order to overcome this problem, a new dicing process is necessary. This paper describes a new machine using scriber, breaker, and precision servo mechanism in order to dice an semiconductor wafer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.164-167
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• 2002

The general dicing process cuts a semiconductor wafer to lengthwise and crosswise direction by using a rotating circular diamond blade. But inferior goods are made under the influence of several parameters in dicing process such as blade, wafer, cutting water and cutting conditions. Moreover we can not applicable this dicing method to GaN wafer, because the GaN wafer is harder than the other wafer such as SiO$_2$, GaAs, CaAsP, and AlCaAs. In order to overcome this problem, development of a new dicing process and determination of dicing parameters are necessary. This paper describes determination of several parameters - scribing depth, scribing force, scriber inclined angle, scribing speed, and factor for scriber replacement - for a new dicing machine using scriber.