• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.352-356
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• 2011

Transparent conducting oxide films like ITO/Au/ITO and AZO/Au/AZO were fabricated with a sputter at a low-temperature of less then $70^{\circ}C$ and their crystallization and opto-electrical properties were studied. X-ray diffractiometry showed that single-ITO layer was amorphous, whereas, ITO of ITO/Au/ITO multi-layer was crystal. The ITO crystallization and its orientation depended on Au crystallization. Surface roughness of the ITO-multi-layers were in the range of 29-88% of that of ITO-single layer. ITO on amorphous gold layer had more rough surface than ITO on crystal gold. The gold layer between ITO improved electrical conductivity. Carrier density, mobility, resistivity and sheet resistance of ITO-single layer were $2.3{\times}10^{19}/cm^3$, $85{\times}cm^2$/Vs, $31{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$, and $310{\times}{\Omega}/cm^2$, respectively. Those of ITO/Au/ITO-multi-layers depended on Au-interlayer-thickness, which were in the range of $3.6{\times}10^{19}{\sim}4.2{\times}10^{21}/cm^3$, $43{\sim}85cm^2$/Vs, $0.17{\times}10^{-4}{\sim}25{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$, and $1.7{\sim}20{\times}{\Omega}/cm^2$, respectively. The sheet resistances of the single-layer ITO and the multi-layer ITO were 310 and $2.7{\sim}21{\Omega}/cm^2$, respectively. That of AZO/Au/AZO was $8.6{\Omega}/cm^2$, which was better than the single-layer ITO.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.195-199
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• 2011

ITO thin films and gold (Au), copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni) intermediate ITO multilayer (ITO/Au/ITO, ITO/Cu/ITO, ITO/Ni/ITO) films were deposited on glass substrates with a reactive radio frequency and direct current magnetron sputtering system and then the effect of intermediate metal layer and annealing temperature on the methanol gas sensitivity of ITO films were investigated. Although both ITO and ITO/metal/ITO (IMI) film sensors have the same total thickness of 100 nm, IMI sensors have a sandwich structure of ITO 50 nm/metal 10 nm/ITO 40 nm. The change in the gas sensitivity of the film sensors caused by methanol gas ranging from 100 to 1000 ppm was measured at room temperature. The IAI film sensors showed the higher sensitivity than the other sensors. Finally, it is concluded that the ITO 50/Au 10/ITO 40 nm film sensors hasthe potential to be used as improved methanol gas sensor.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.1133-1137
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• 2011

Ordered array of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) over ITO glass was investigated in terms of ITO pretreatment, particle size, and diamines with different chain length. Owing to the indium-tin-oxide (ITO) layer coated on the glass, the substrate surface has a limited number of hydroxyl groups which can produce functionalized amine groups for Au binding, which resulted in the loosely-packed array of Au NPs on the ITO surface. Diamine ligand as a molecular linker was introduced to enhance the lateral binding of adjacent Au NPs immobilized on the amine-functionalized ITO glass, consequently leading to the densely-packed array of Au NPs over the ITO substrate. The molecular bridging effect was strengthened with the increase of chain length of diamines: C-12 > C-8. The packing density of small Au NPs (< 40 nm) was significantly increased with the increase of C-8 diamine, but large Au NPs (> 60 nm) did not produce densely-packed array on the ITO glass even for the dosage of C-12 diamine.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.108-110
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• 2009

Transparent Sn-doped $In_2O_3$ (ITO) single-layer and ITO/Au/ITO multilayer films were deposited on glass substrates by reactive magnetron sputtering to compare the properties of the films. They were then annealed in a vacuum of $1{\times}10^{-2}\;Pa$ at temperatures ranging from 150 to $450^{\circ}C$ for 20 min to determine the effect of the annealing temperature on the properties of the films. As-deposited 100 nm thick ITO films exhibit a sheet resistance of $130{\Omega}/{\square}$ and optical transmittance of 77% at a wavelength length of 550 nm. By inserting a 5 nm-thick Au layer in ITO/metal/ITO (IMI) films, the sheet resistance was decreased to as low as $20{\Omega}/{\square}$ and the optical transmittance was decreased to as little as 73% at 550 nm. Post-deposition annealing of ITO/Au/ITO films led to considerably lower electrical resistivity and higher optical transparency. In the Xray diffraction pattern, as-deposited ITO films did not show any diffraction peak, whereas as-deposited ITO/ Au/ITO films have Au (222) and $In_2O_3$ (110) crystal planes. When the annealing temperature reached the 150 - $450^{\circ}C$ range, the both diffraction peak intensities increased significantly. A sheet resistance of $8{\Omega}/{\square}$ and an optical transmittance of 82% were obtained from the ITO/Au/ITO films annealed at $450^{\circ}C$.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.77-80
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• 2010

Indium tin oxide (ITO) films with a 5 nm thick Au interlayer were prepared on glass substrates. The effects of the Au interlayer on the gas sensitivity for detecting methanol vapors were investigated at room temperature. The conductivity of the film sensor increased upon exposure to methanol vapor and the sensitivity also increased proportionally with the methanol vapor concentration. In terms of the sensitivity measurements, the ITO film sensor with an Au interlayer shows a higher sensitivity than that of the conventional ITO film sensor. This approach is promising in gaining improvement in the performance of ITO gas sensors used for the detection of methanol vapor at room temperature.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.19.2-19.2
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• 2009

ITO는 n형 반도체 특성을 가지며 이와 동시에 높은 가시광투과율과 낮은 전기전도도를 가짐으로써 다양한 투명전극소재와 가스 검출센서로 많이 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 RF magnetron sputtering 법을 이용하여 상온에서 glass 기판 위에 두께 100nm로 ITO 그리고 하층 ITO 박막 (두께 50 nm) 위에 층간 금속 (두께 5 nm)을 증착하고 다시 상부 ITO 박막 (두께 45 nm)을 증착하여 3층의 적층형 박막센서를 제작하였다. 층간 금속으로는 Au와 Cu를 각각 사용하였다. 박막 증착 후엔 진공분위기에서 $150^{\circ}C$, $300^{\circ}C$로 열처리 과정을 거쳐 열처리 전후의 물성 및 감지특성을 비교해보았다. 분석방법으로는 XRD, SEM, AFM, Hall effect 장치 등을 이용하였다. 분석 결과 $300^{\circ}C$에서 진공 열처리한 ITO/Au/ITO(IAI) 박막센서가 높은 결정화도 와 전기적 특성이 나타났으며, 0 에서 1000ppm 까지의 메탄가스의 민감도 측정에서도 열처리된 IAI 박막센서가 기존의 ITO 박막센서보다도 약 70% 정도 향상된 민감도를 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.87-91
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• 2011

Single layer Sn doped $In_2O_3$ (ITO) films and ITO 50 nm / Au 10 nm / ITO 40 nm (IAI) multilayer films were prepared with electron beam assisted magnetron sputtering on glass substrates. The effects of the Au interlayer, post-deposition atmosphere annealing and intense electron irradiation on the methanol gas sensitivity were investigated at room temperature. As deposited ITO films did not show any diffraction peaks in the XRD pattern, while the IAI films showed the diffraction peak for $In_2O_3$ (400). In this study, the gas sensitivity of ITO and IAI films increased proportionally with the methanol vapor concentration and an intense electron beam irradiated IAI film shows the higher sensitivity than the others film. From the XRD pattern, it is supposed that increased crystallization promotes the gas sensitivity. This approach is promising in gaining improvement in the performance of IAI gas sensors used for the detection of methanol vapor at room temperature.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.1361-1363
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• 2005

In this paper, we report on the performance stability of solution processible OTFT devices with Au/Ti and ITO source-drain (S/D) electrodes. It appears that the contact resistance of the S/D electrode strongly affects the stability of OTFT devices. Interestingly, the devices with the Au/Ti electrode showed lower mobility than those with the ITO (S/D) devices. The field effect mobilities of the devices with the Au/Ti and ITO electrodes were 0.06, and $0.44cm^2/Vs$, respectively. However, the mobility of the device with the Au/Ti electrode was increased up to $0.26cm^2/Vs$ after 2 weeks, while the mobility of the device with ITO electrode was slightly decreased down to $0.41cm^2/Vs$. The experimental data show us that ITO could be used as the S/D electrode for low-cost OTFT devices.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.610-614
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• 2008

In this work, the electrical and optical properties of the two different p-type GaN electrode schemes, ZnNi/ITO and ZnNi/Au, were compared each other, and applied to the top-emitting GaN/InGaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The ZnNi/ITO electrode showed much higher transmittance (90%) and slightly lower contact resistance $(1.27{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm^2)$ than those (77%, $(2.26{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm^2)$) of the ZnNi/Au at a wavelength of 460 nm. In addition, GaN LEDs having ZnNi/ITO showed accordingly higher light output power and luminous intensity than those having ZnNI/Au did at the current levels up to 1 A.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.64.1-64.1
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• 2011

LCD 디스플레이 등에 사용되는 글래스 패널 위에 bare si die를 직접 실장하는 COG 플립칩 패키지의 경우 Au 범프와 ITO 패드 간의 전기적 접속 및 접합부 신뢰성 확보를 위해 접속소재로서 ACF (anisotropic conductive film)가 사용되고 있다. 그러나 ACF는 고가이고 접속피치 미세화에 따라 브릿지 형상에 의한 쇼트 등의 문제가 발행할 수 있어 NCP (non-conductive paste)의 상용화가 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 NCP를 적용한 COG 패키지에 있어서 온도, 압력 등의 열압착 본딩 조건과 NCP 물성이 Au-ITO 접합부의 전기적 및 기계적 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. NCP는 에폭시 레진과 경화제, 촉매제를 사용하여 다양하게 포뮬레이션을 하였고 DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter), TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis), DEA (Dielectric Analysis) 등의 열분석장비를 이용하여 NCP의 물성과 경화 거동을 확인하였다. 테스트 베드는 면적 $5.2{\times}7.2\;mm^2$, 두께 650 ${\mu}m$, 접속피치 200 ${\mu}m$의 Au범프가 형성된 플립칩 실리콘 다이와 접속패드가 ITO로 finish된 글래스 기판을 사용하였다. 글래스 기판과 실리콘 칩은 본딩 전 PVA Tepla사의 Microwave 플라즈마 장비로 Ar, $O_2$ 플라즈마 처리를 하였으며, Panasonic FCB-3 플립칩 본더를 사용하여 본딩하였다. 본딩 후 접합면의 보이드를 평가하고 die 전단강도로 접합강도를 측정하였다.