• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.424-428
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• 2003

The channel of a superconducting flux flow transistor has been fabricated with plasma etching method using a inductively coupled plasma etching. The ICP conditions then were ICP Power of 450 W, rf chuck power of 150 W, the pressure in chamber of 5 mTorr, and Ar : Cl$_2$=1:1. Especially, over the 5 mTorr, the superconducting thin films were not etched. The channel etched by plasma gas showed the critical temperature over 85 K. The critical current of the SFFT was altered by varying the external applied current. As the external applied current increased from 0 to 12 mA, the critical current decreased from 28 to 22 mA. Then the obtained trans-resistance value was smaller than 0.1 $\Omega$ at a bias current of 40 mA.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.68-72
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• 2009

This study investigated dry etching of acrylic in capacitively coupled $SF_6$, $SF_6/O_2$ and $SF_6/CH_4$ plasma under a low vacuum pressure. The process pressure was 100 mTorr and the total gas flow rate was fixed at 10 sccm. The process variables were the RIE chuck power and the plasma gas composition. The RIE chuck power varied in the range of $25{\sim}150\;W$. $SF_6/O_2$ plasma produced higher etch rates of acrylic than pure $SF_6$ and $O_2$ at a fixed total flow rate. 5 sccm $SF_6$/5 sccm $O_2$ provided $0.11{\mu}m$/min and $1.16{\mu}m$/min at 25W and 150W RIE of chuck power, respectively. The results were nearly 2.9 times higher compared to those at pure $SF_6$ plasma etching. Additionally, mixed plasma of $SF_6/CH_4$ reduced the etch rate of acrylic. 5 sccm $SF_6$/5 sccm $CH_4$ plasma resulted in $0.02{\mu}m$/min and $0.07{\mu}m$/min at 25W and 150W RIE of chuck power. The etch selectivity of acrylic to photoresist was higher in $SF_6/O_2$ plasma than in pure $SF_6$ or $SF_6/CH_4$ plasma. The maximum RMS roughness (7.6 nm) of an etched acrylic surface was found to be 50% $O_2$ in $SF_6/O_2$ plasma. Besides the process regime, the RMS roughness of acrylic was approximately $3{\sim}4\;nm$ at different percentages of $O_2$ with a chuck power of 100W RIE in $SF_6/O_2$ plasma etching.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.21
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• pp.363-363
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• 2008

The development of dry etching process for sapphire wafer with plasma has been key issues for the opto-electric devices. The challenges are increasing control and obtaining low plasma induced-damage because an unwanted scattering of radiation is caused by the spatial disorder of pattern and variation of surface roughness. The plasma-induced damages during plasma etching process can be classified as impurity contamination of residual etch products or bonding disruption in lattice due to charged particle bombardment. Therefor, fine pattern technology with low damaged etching process and high etch rate are urgently needed. Until now, there are a lot of reports on the etching of sapphire wafer with using $Cl_2$/Ar, $BCl_3$/Ar, HBr/Ar and so on [1]. However, the etch behavior of sapphire wafer have investigated with variation of only one parameter while other parameters are fixed. In this study, we investigated the effect of pressure and other parameters on the etch rate and the selectivity. We selected $BCl_3$ as an etch ant because $BCl_3$ plasmas are widely used in etching process of oxide materials. In plasma, the $BCl_3$ molecule can be dissociated into B radical, $B^+$ ion, Cl radical and $Cl^+$ ion. However, the $BCl_3$ molecule can be dissociated into B radical or $B^+$ ion easier than Cl radical or $Cl^+$ ion. First, we evaluated the etch behaviors of sapphire wafer in $BCl_3$/additive gases (Ar, $N_2,Cl_2$) gases. The behavior of etch rate of sapphire substrate was monitored as a function of additive gas ratio to $BCl_3$ based plasma, total flow rate, r.f. power, d.c. bias under different pressures of 5 mTorr, 10 mTorr, 20 mTorr and 30 mTorr. The etch rates of sapphire wafer, $SiO_2$ and PR were measured with using alpha step surface profiler. In order to understand the changes of radicals, volume density of Cl, B radical and BCl molecule were investigated with optical emission spectroscopy (OES). The chemical states of $Al_2O_3$ thin films were studied with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and depth profile anlysis of auger electron spectroscopy (AES). The enhancement of sapphire substrate can be explained by the reactive ion etching mechanism with the competition of the formation of volatile $AlCl_3$, $Al_2Cl_6$ or $BOCl_3$ and the sputter effect by energetic ions.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.274-281
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 반도체 플라즈마 식각 시스템의 균일도 향상을 위한 CCP와 ICP 결합 임피던스정합 장치를 제안한다. 이중주파수 전원공급 장치는 CCP와 ICP로 구성되어 있고 첫 번째 구성은 고집적화를 위해 페라이트 코어를 사용한 유도 결합 플라즈마(ICP : Inductively Coupled Plasma)방식이며, 두 번째 구성은 셀 전체의 균일도 향상을 위한 용량 결합 플라즈마(CCP : Capacitively Coupled Plasma)방식이다. 제안된 시스템은 반도체 장비 산업에서 요구되는 높은 생산성을 실현할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 시스템의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 CCP와 ICP 결합 임피던스정합 장치를 제작하였고, 이론적 분석과 27.12MHz 와 400kHz의 조건에서 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 진행하였다

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.75-79
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• 1999

차세대 저유전상수 층간 절연막중 하나로 대두되고 있는 polyimide를 플라즈마에 노출시키고 이때 나타나는 전기적 특성변화를 살펴보았다. polyimide를 알루미늄 식각시 사용되고 있는 Cl-based 플라즈마에 노출시켰을때 유전상수가 약간 증가함을 볼 수 있었고, F-based 플라즈마로 $SF_{6}$ 플라즈마에 노출시켰을 때는 유전상수 감소를 볼 수 있었다. 이는 fluorine또는 chlorine bond의 생성과 관련된 것으로 FTIR과 XPS분석을 통해 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 Cl-based 플라즈마로 알루미늄 식각 후 $SF_{6}$플라즈마에 노출시킴으로써 이 부식문제의 해결뿐만 아니라 po1yimide의 유전상수도 낮출 수 있으리라 기대된다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1078-1084
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• 2006

Impurity contamination induced by $CF_4\;and\;HBr/Cl_2/O_2$ plasma etching on Si surface was examined by using surface spectroscopes. XPS(x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) surface analysis showed that F of 0.4 at % exists in the surface layer in the form of Si-F bonding but Br and Cl are below the detection limit $(0.1{\sim}1.0%)$ of the spectroscope. Static-SIMS(secondary ion mass spectrometry) surface analysis showed that the etched Si surface was contaminated with etching gas elements such as H, F, Cl and Br, and they existed to the depth of about $20{\sim}40nm$. The etched Si surface was treated with three different methods that were HF dip, thermal oxidation followed by HF dip and oxygen-plasma oxidation followed by HF dip. They showed an effect in reducing the impurity contamination and the oxygen-plasma oxidation followed by HF dipping method appears to be a little bit more effective.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.116-119
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• 2010

The etching characteristics of zinc oxide (ZnO) were investigated, including the etch rate and the selectivity of ZnO in a $Cl_2/BCl_3$/Ar plasma. It was found that the ZnO etch rate, the RF power, and the gas pressure showed non-monotonic behaviors with an increasing Cl2 fraction in the $Cl_2/BCl_3$/Ar plasma, a gas mixture of $Cl_2$(3 sccm)/$BCl_3$(16 sccm)/Ar (4 sccm) resulted in a maximum ZnO etch rate of 53 nm/min and a maximum etch selectivity of 0.89 for ZnO/$SiO_2$. We used atomic force microscopy to determine the roughness of the surface. Based on these data, the ion-assisted chemical reaction was proposed as the main etch mechanism for the plasmas. Due to the relatively low volatility of the by-products formed during etching with $Cl_2/BCl_3$/Ar plasma, ion bombardment and physical sputtering were required to obtain the high ZnO etch rate. The chemical states of the etched surfaces were investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This data suggested that the ZnO etch mechanism was due to ion enhanced chemical etching.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제50권10호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2013

플라즈마(Plasma) 공정 시뮬레이션에서 가장 중요한 요소는 식각(Etching) 과정으로 특성 정보 프로파일(Feature Profile)에 의존하는 식각 비율(Etch Rate)을 계산하는 것이다. 식각 비율을 결정 요소는 이온 플럭스(Ion Flux), 뉴트럴 플럭스(Neutral Flux), 가스 종 온도 등 다양하지만 본 논문에서는 이온 플럭스(Ion Flux)에 한정하여 고속으로 이온 플럭스를 계산하기 위한 스캔 방법을 제안했다. 그리고 일반적으로 많이 사용되어지는 몬테카를로(Monte Carlo) 방법과 제안 방법을 가우시안 분포 및 코사인 분포를 이용하여 실험하고 서로 비교 분석하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방법이 몬테카를로 방법과 비교 했을 때 보다 효율적으로 정확한 이온 플럭스를 계산 할 수 있음을 검증하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.2074-2076
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• 2000

In this paper, RFICP equipment is designed and manufactured with the aid of high frequency discharge to produce uniform plasma with high density and large diameter. And $SF_6$ gas is used to investigate plasma characteristics. The electron density and temperature, potential dependence of $SF_6$ plasma in accordance with its operating pressure, gas flux and input power are measured by the method of Langmuir probe. The etching characteristics of the plasma is researched in accordance with operating pressure, gas flux, input power to apply to Silicon Wafer which is used in the field of semiconductor process. The proposed RFICP equipment, in this paper, has relatively excellent etching characteristics, and is thought to be element of oxidization-sheath etching facility in semiconductor manufacturing process.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.188-189
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• 2007

The etching characteristics of $Al_2O_3$ films using the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) was investigated. The etch gas was the mixture of $BCl_3$ and He. The effect of ICP source and bias powers on etch rate and etch selectivity to polycrystalline Si was investigated in the etch process of $Al_2O_3$. The etch rate of $Al_2O_3$ film was 23nm/min when the source power and bias power were 600W and 60W, respectively. The results also indicated that the etch selectivity to polycrystalline Si could not be enhanced to be higher than 1.0 by changing the ICP source power and bias power, under the experimental conditions used in the present work. Based on plasma parameters extracted from Langmuir probe data, the etching mechanism of $Al_2O_3$ film was discussed in detail.