• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.698-701
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• 2005

We have investigated experimentally a nano patterning using electron beam lithography for the nickel stamper fabrication. Recently, DVD and Blu-ray disk(BD) have nano-scale patterns in order to increase the storage density. Specially, BD has 100nm-scale patterns which are generally fabricated by electron beam lithography. In this paper, we found optimum condition of electron-beam lithography for 100nm-scale patterning. We controlled various conditions of EHP(acceleration voltage), beam current, dose and aperture size in order to obtain optimum conditions. We used 100nm-thick PMMA layer on a silicon wafer as photoresist. We found that EHP was the most dominant factor in electron-beam lithography.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.1270-1275
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• 2004

Standard positive photoresist techniques were adapted to generate nano-scale patterns of gold substrate using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and femtosecond laser. SAMs formed by the adsorption of alkanethiols onto gold substrate are employed as very thin photoresists, Alkanethiolates formed by the adsorption of alkanethiols are oxidized on exposure to UV light in the presence of air to alkylsulfonates. Specifically, it is known that deep UV light of wavelength less than 200nm is necessary for oxidation to occur. In this study, ultrafast laser of wavelength 800nm and pulse width 200fs is applied for photolithography. Results show that ultrafast laser of visible range wavelength can replace deep UV laser source for photo patterning using thin organic films. Femtosecond laser coupled near-field scanning optical microscopy facilitates not only the patterning of surface chemical structure, but also the creation of three-dimensional nano-scale structures by combination with suitable etching methods.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.351-351
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• 2010

Nanoscale patterning using an atomic force microscope tip induced scratching was systematically investigated in AI thin film on 4H-SiC. To identify the effects of the scratch parameters, including the tip loading force, scratch speed, and number of scratches, we varied each parameters and evaluated the major parameter which has intimate relationship with the scale of patterns. In this work, we present the successful demonstration of nano patterning of Al thin film on a 4H-SiC substrate using an AFM scratching and evaluated the scratch parameters on Al/4H-SiC.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.135-136
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• 2012

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.330-333
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• 2005

The fabrication of mold fur nano imprint lithography (NIL) is experimentally reported using the scanning probe lithography (SPL) technique, instead of the conventional I-beam lithography technique. The nanometer scale patterning structure is fabricated by the localized generation of oxide patterning on the silicon (100) wafer surface with a thin oxide layer, The fabrication method is based on the contact mode of scanning probe microscope (SPM) in air, The precision cleaning process is also performed to reach the low roughness value of $R_{rms}=0.084 nm$, which is important to increase the reproducibility of patterning. The height and width of the oxide dot are generated to be 15.667 nm and 209.5 nm, respectively, by applying 17 V during 350 ms.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.12-16
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• 2007

Magnetic excitation and reversal by a spin polarized current via spin transfer have been a central research topic in spintronics due to its application potential. Special techniques are required to fabricate nano-scale magnetic layers in which the effect can be observed and studied. This work discusses the possibility of using electron-beam resists, the nano-scale patterning media, as ion milling mask in a subtractive fabrication method. The possibility is demonstrated by two resists, one positive tone, the ZEP 520A, and one negative tone, the ma-N2403. The advantage and the key points for success of this process will be also addressed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.32-32
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• 2009

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a wide-bandgap semiconductor that has materials properties necessary for the high-power, high-frequency, high-temperature, and radiation-hard condition applications, where silicon devices cannot perform. SiC is also the only compound semiconductor material. on which a silicon oxide layer can be thermally grown, and therefore may fabrication processes used in Si-based technology can be adapted to SiC. So far, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been extensively used to study the surface charges, dielectric constants and electrical potential distribution as well as topography in silicon-based device structures, whereas it has rarely been applied to SiC-based structures. In this work, we investigated that the local oxide growth on SiC under various conditions and demonstrated that an increased (up to ~100 nN) tip loading force (LF) on highly-doped SiC can lead a direct oxide growth (up to few tens of nm) on 4H-SiC. In addition, the surface potential and topography distributions of nano-scale patterned structures on SiC were measured at a nanometer-scale resolution using a scanning kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPM) with a non-contact mode AFM. The measured results were calibrated using a Pt-coated tip. It is assumed that the atomically resolved surface potential difference does not originate from the intrinsic work function of the materials but reflects the local electron density on the surface. It was found that the work function of the nano-scale patterned on SiC was higher than that of original SiC surface. The results confirm the concept of the work function and the barrier heights of oxide structures/SiC structures.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.162-168
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• 2006

To fabricate nanometer scale InGaAs HEMTs, we have successfully developed various novel nano-patterning techniques, including sidewall-gate process and e-beam resist flowing method. The sidewall-gate process was developed to lessen the final line length, by means of the sequential procedure of dielectric re-deposition and etch-back. The e-beam resist flowing was effective to obtain fine line length, simply by applying thermal excitation to the semiconductor so that the achievable final line could be reduced by the dimension of the laterally migrated e-beam resist profile. Applying these methods to the device fabrication, we were able to succeed in making 30nm $In_{0.7}Ga_{0.3}As$ HEMTs with excellent $f_T$ of 426GHz. Based on nanometer scale InGaAs HEMT technology, several high performance millimeter-wave integrated circuits have been successfully fabricated, including 77GHz MMIC chipsets for automotive radar application.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.322-325
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• 2005

The shrinking critical dimensions of modern technology place a heavy requirement on optimizing feature shapes at the micro- and nano scale. In addition, the use of ion beams in the nano-scale world is greatly increased by technology development. Especially, Focused ion Beam (FIB) has a great potential to fabricate the device in nano-scale. Nevertheless, FIB has several limitations, surface swelling in low ion dose regime, precipitation of incident ions, and the re-deposition effect due to the sputtered atoms. In recent years, many approaches and research results show that the re-deposition effect is the most outstanding effect to overcome or reduce in fabrication of micro and nano devices. A 2D string based simulation software AMADEUS-2D $(\underline{A}dvanced\;\underline{M}odeling\;and\;\underline{D}esign\;\underline{E}nvironment\;for\;\underline{S}putter\;Processes)$ for ion milling and FIB direct fabrication has been developed. It is capable of simulating ion beam sputtering and re-deposition. In this paper, the 2D FIB simulation is demonstrated and the characteristics of ion beam induced direct fabrication is analyzed according to various parameters. Several examples, single pixel, multi scan box region, and re-deposited sidewall formation, are given.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1047-1055
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• 2006

필드이온빔(FIB) 가공기를 써서 초고강도의 벌크다이아몬드를 가공하기 위해 이온 소오스의 종류와 가공 조건에 따른 나노급 미세 선폭의 최적조건을 알아보고 이에 근거한 2차원적인 텍스트의 가공과 3차원적인 박막요소의 가공을 시도하였다. 다이아몬드 기판과 실리콘 기판을 Ga과 $H_2O$ 소오스를 이용하는 FIB를 써서 30 kV 빔 전류를 10 pA $\sim$ 5 nA로 변화시키면서 패터닝하고 이때 각각 20 ${\mu}m$ 길이로 생성되는 선형 패턴의 선폭, 깊이, 에치속도, 에치형상, 깊이선폭비 (aspect ratio)를 확인하였다. 다이아몬드도 실리콘 기판과 마찬가지로 나노급 패턴의 형성이 가능하였다. $H_2O$ 소오스를 채용한 경우가 에치 깊이가 2배 정도 증가하였으며 동일한 가공 조건에서는 실리콘에 비해 다이아몬드의 에치 선폭이 감소는 경향이 있었다. 특히 다이아몬드는 절연성 때문에 차지가 축적되어 가공 중 이온빔이 불안정해지는 문제가 있었으나 차지 중화 모드를 이용하여 성공적으로 sub-100 nm급 선폭의 미세 가공이 가능하였다. 확인된 선폭가공 조건에 근거하여 2차원적으로 0.3carat의 보석용 다이아몬드의 거들부에 300여개의 글자를 FIB를 활용하여 선폭 240 nm정도로 명확히 기록하는 것이 가능하였다. $Ga^+$이온과 30 eV-30 pA로 조건에서 비교적 넓은 선폭과 Z축 depth 고정범위에서 많은 개인정보의 기록이 영구적으로 가능하였으며 전자현미경으로 재생이 가능하였다. 3차원적으로 두께 $1{\mu}m$의 박막요소를 FIB가공과 백금 용접으로 떼어낸 후 FIB가공으로 두께가 100 nm가 되도록 한 후 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 성분 분석을 하는 것이 성공적으로 수행될 수 있었다.