• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.427-429
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• 2016

A multi-step deposition process for the gap-filling of submicrometer trenches using dimethyldimethoxysilane (DMDMOS), $(CH_3)_2Si(OCH_3)_2$, and $C_xH_yO_z$ by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) is presented. The multi-step process consisted of pre-treatment, deposition, and post-treatment in each deposition step. We obtained low-k films with superior gap-filling properties on the trench patterns without voids or delamination. The newly developed technique for the gap-filling of submicrometer features will have a great impact on inter metal dielectric (IMD) and shallow trench isolation (STI) processes for the next generation of microelectronic devices. Moreover, this bottom up gap-fill mode is expected to be universally for other chemical vapor deposition systems.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.236-236
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• 2011

Silicon oxynitride (SiON) was deposited for gas barrier film on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using octamethylycyclodisiloxane (Si4O4C8H24, OMCTS) precursor by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at low temperature. The ion flux and substrate temperature were measured by oscilloscope and thermometer. The chemical bonding structure and barrier property of films were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and the water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), respectively. The deposition rate of films increases with RF bias and nitrogen dilution due to increase of dissociated precursor and nitrogen ion incident to the substrate. In addition, we confirmed that the increase of nitrogen dilution and RF bias reduced WVTR of films. Because, on the basis of FT-IR analysis, the increase of the nitrogen gas flow rate and RF bias caused the increase of the C=N stretching vibration resulting in the decrease of macro and nano defects.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.35-39
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• 2023

Silicon oxide thin films have been deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition in SiH4 and N2O plasma along the variation of the gas flow ratio. Optical emission spectroscopy was employed to monitor the plasma and ellipsometry was employed to obtain refractive index of the deposited thin film. The atomic ratio of Si, O, and N in the film was obtained using XPS depth profiling. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy was used to analyze structures of the films. RI decreased with the increase in N2O/SiH4 gas flow ratio. We noticed the increase in the Si-O-Si bond angles as the N2O/SiH4 gas flow ratio increased, according to the analysis of the Si-O-Si stretching peak between 950 and 1,150 cm-1 in the wavenumber. We observed a correlation between the optical emission intensity ratio of (ISi+ISiH)/IO. The OES intensity ratio is also related with the measured refractive index and chemical composition ratio of the deposited thin film. Therefore, we report the added value of OES data analysis from the plasma related to the thin film characteristics in the PECVD process.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.248-254
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• 1998

DLC(Diamond-Like-Carbon) thin film, one of the solid state amorphous carbon films, has been deposited by the method of PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition). The structural features have been characterized using both FT-IR Spectroscopy and Raman Scattering. The film is considered to consist of microcrystalline diamond domains and graphitelike carbon domains, which are interconnected by hydrogenated $sp^3$ tetrahedral carbons. This shows a good agreement with the results by I-Vmeasurements. In I-Vstudy, the sudden increase of current has been observed and this phenomenon is understood to be due to the tunneling effect between graphitelike domains. A characteristic feature related to the $\beta$-SiC has been identified in the study of Raman Scattering for the very thin film, which suggests that a buffer layer forms at the interface of the Si substrate and the carbon film.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.303.1-303.1
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• 2016

Polymer-like amorphous carbon films were deposited on polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) substrate by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and their water vapor transmission rates (WVTR) were tested. propane was used as precursors. To make a polymer-like amorphous carbon film the deposition rate, surface roughness, light transmittance, and WVTR of the films were characterized as a function of the precursor feed ratio and plasma power. The water vapor transmission rates of bare PEN film and single layer PAC on PEN substrate were 6.95 g/m2/day and 0.3 g/m2/day, respectively. The superior property the water vapor permeability of thin layers of PAC was attributed to uniform coverage and good adhesion between PAC film and PEN substrate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.180-180
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• 2016

최근 디스플레이 시장의 주요 키워드는 flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) 이다. OLED 소자의 수명을 결정하는 가장 큰 요인 중의 하나는 공기 중의 O2와 H2O에 의한 유기물의 열화이다. 따라서 공기 중의 O2나 H2O가 유기물에 쉽게 침투하는 것을 막는 것은 소자의 수명 향상을 위하여 필수적이라 할 수 있다[1-3]. SiNx 박막은 경질로 투과성이 우수하며, 화학적 불활성인 특성으로 이러한 Barrier 역할로 연구되어 산업분야에 다양하게 응용되고 있다[4]. SiNx 박막은 일반적으로 plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) 기술을 이용하여 증착되는데 기존의 PECVD 기술을 이용한 SiNx 박막은 낮은 water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) 등의 문제점들로 인해 한계점이 들어났다. 본 연구에서는, flexible display의 thin film encapsulation (TFE) 공정에서의 적용을 알아보기 위해 $370{\times}470$ size를 증착할 수 있는 In-line 장비를 이용하였으며, 기존의 PECVD 기술의 문제점으로 지적되고 있는 낮은 WVTR을 해결하기 위하여 저온 (<$100^{\circ}C$) 선형 PECVD 기술을 이용하여 WVTR을 개선하고자 하였다. 공정가스로는 SiH4와 NH3를 사용하였으며, SiH4 Carrier 가스로 He을 추가적으로 사용하였다. 또한 공정 압력은 100mTorr를 유지하였다. 증착된 SiNx 박막의 물리적, 화학적 특성 분석을 위해 분광엘립소메타, field emission electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) 등을 이용하여 측정하였으며, 박막에 투습되는 수분의 양은 MOCON사의 AQUATRAN 2(W)로 측정하였다. OLED 소자를 구현하기 위해서는 기본적으로 봉지층에 투습되는 양을 $10-6g/m2{\cdot}day$ 이하로 막아줘야 한다고 알려져 있으나, 기존의 PECVD 기술을 이용하여 제작된 SiNx 박막의 WVTR은 $10-2{\sim}10-3g/m2{\cdot}day$ 레벨의 WVTR 결과를 보이고 있다. 본 연구에서 사용된 저온 선형 PECVD 기술을 이용하여 제작된 SiNx 박막의 WVTR은 $5.0{\times}10-5g/m2{\cdot}day$ 이하의 개선된 결과를 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한 flexible display에 적용하기 위해 SiNx 박막의 두께를 최소화한 100nm의 두께에서도 WVTR은 $5.0{\times}10-5g/m2{\cdot}day$ 이하의 결과가 유지됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.232.2-232.2
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• 2014

Since its discovery in 2004, graphene, a sp2-hybridized 2-Dimension carbon material, has drawn enormous attention. A variety of approaches have been attempted, such as epitaxial growth from silicon carbide, chemical reduction of graphene oxide and CVD. Among these approaches, the CVD process takes great attention due to its guarantee of high quality and large scale with high yield on various transition metals. After synthesis of graphene on metal substrate, the subsequent transfer process is needed to transfer graphene onto various target substrates, such as bubbling transfer, renewable epoxy transfer and wet etching transfer. However, those transfer processes are hard to control and inevitably induce defects to graphene film. Especially for wet etching transfer, the metal substrate is totally etched away, which is horrendous resources wasting, time consuming, and unsuitable for industry production. Thus, our group develops one-step process to directly grow graphene on glass substrate in plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). Copper foil is used as catalyst to enhance the growth of graphene, as well as a temperature shield to provide relatively low temperature to glass substrate. The effect of growth time is reported that longer growth time will provide lower sheet resistance and higher VSG flakes. The VSG with conductivity of $800{\Omega}/sq$ and thickness of 270 nm grown on glass substrate can be obtained under 12 min growing time. The morphology is clearly showed by SEM image and Raman spectra that VSG film is composed of base layer of amorphous carbon and vertically arranged graphene flakes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1992.05a
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• pp.42-45
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• 1992

The poly silicon thin films were prepared by solid phase crystallization at 600$^{\circ}C$ of amorphous silicon films deposited on Corning 7059 glass and (100) silicon wafer with thermally grown SiO$_2$substrate by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition with varying rf power, deposition temperature, total flow rate. Crystallization time, microstructure, absorption coefficients were investigated by RAMAN, XRD analysis and UV transmittance measurement. Crystallization time of amorphous silicon films was increased with increasing rf power, decreasing deposition temperature and decreasing total flow rate.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.1010-1013
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• 2006

Hydrogenated Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were Prepared by the radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (RF PECVD) method on silicon substrates using methane $(CH_4)$ and hydrogen $(H_2)$ gas for the application to solid lubricant of MEMS devices. We have checked the influence of varying RF power on tribological properties of DLC film. We have checked their performance as two kinds of method such as FFM (Friction Force Microscope) and BOD (Ball-on Disk) measurement. The friction coefficients and the contact number of cycles to steady state decreased as the increase of RF power with FFM and BOD measurement, respectively.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.198-200
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• 2015

The microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system was used to grow a carbon nanowall (CNW) on a silicon (Si) substrate with hydrogen (H₂) and methane (CH₄) gases. To find the growth mechanism of CNW, we increased the growth time of CNW from 5 to 30 min. The vertical and surficial conditions of the grown CNWs according to growth time were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) measurements showed that the CNWs consisted solely of carbon.