• 한국진공학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 1998

Taguchi가 제안한 강건설계 및 연구자의 주관에 의존하는 통상적인 실험방법을 병 행하여 CH4/H2 유도결합 고밀도 플라즈마를 이용한 InP 소재의 반응성이온에칭에 있어 공 정변수들이 식각특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하고 적정조건을 도출하였다. 연구 결과 ICP전력 은 표면거칠기와 측벽수직도, bias 전력은 식각속도와 수직도에, CH4분율은 수직도와 식각 속도, 석영창과 시료 사이의 거리는 표면 거칠기에 영향을 주는 변수로 작용하였고, 식각속 도에 가장 크게 영향을 주는 변수는 공정압력임을 알 수 있었다. 결과적으로 ICP Power 700W, bias Power 150W, 시편/coil 거리 14cm, 압력 7.5mTorr, 15% $CH_4$의 적정조건에서 시간당 약 3.1$\mu\textrm{m}$의 식각속도와 미려한 표면을 얻어, 기존의 반응성 이온 식각(RIE)과 비교하 여 1.5배 이상의 식각속도를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1640-1644
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• 2006

The first issue that should be overcome in copper process is its poor adhesive strength between pure copper film and glass substrate. In this study, defining the adhesive strength of pure copper film on various substrates and clarifying the key deposition parameters are presented for the investigation of copper process. First, using different kinds of surface plasma treatments were studied and the results showed that the adhesive strength was not improved even though the roughness of glass substrate surface was increased. Second, adding an adhesive layer between glass substrate and pure copper film was used to enhance the adhesion. Based on the data in the present paper, adopting copper alloy film as an adhesive layer can have capability preventing peeling problem in copper process. Besides, Cu/Cu alloy structure could be etched with the same etchant with better taper angle than the one with single layer of Cu. Unlike Cu/Mo structure, there is no residual problem for Cu/Cu alloy structure during etching process. Finally, this structure was examined in electrical test without significant difference in comparison with the conventional metal process.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2018

광결합 효율(Fiber coupling efficiency)을 개선하기 위해서는 Laser diode에서 넓은 각도로 방출된 빛을 광섬유의 중심(Core) 부분으로 모아주는 집광렌즈(Collimating lens)가 필수적이다. 현재 사용되는 집광렌즈는 형틀(Mold)을 이용한 글래스 몰드(Glass mold) 공법이 널리 사용되고 있다. 이 방식은 생산단가가 저렴하지만, 정교한 성형이 어렵고 구면수차와 같은 품질문제가 있다. 본 연구는 기존의 글래스 몰드 공법을 반도체 공정으로 대체함으로써 표면 가공의 정밀도를 높이고, 렌즈의 재질 또한 반도체 공정에 적합한 실리콘으로 변경하였다. 반도체공정은 PR을 이용한 포토리소그래피(Photolithography) 공정과 플라즈마를 이용한 건식 식각(Dry etching) 공정으로 구성된다. 광결합 효율은 실리콘 렌즈의 광학적 특성을 평가하기 위해 초정밀 정렬 시스템을 사용하여 측정되었다. 그 결과, 렌즈 직경 $220{\mu}m$ 일 때의 최대 광결합 효율은 50%로 측정되었고, 렌즈 직경 $210-240{\mu}m$ 범위에서는 최고 광결합 효율 대비 5% 이하의 광결합 특성저하를 보여줌을 확인하였다.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.250-251
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• 2009

For the fabrication of a multilevel resist (MLR) based on a very thin amorphous carbon (a-C) layer an $Si_{3}N_{4}$ hard-mask layer, the selective etching of the $Si_{3}N_{4}$ layer using physical-vapor-deposited (PVD) a-C mask was investigated in a dual-frequency superimposed capacitively coupled plasma etcher by varying the following process parameters in $CH_{2}F_{2}/H_{2}/Ar$ plasmas : HF/LF powr ratio ($P_{HF}/P_{LF}$), and $CH_{2}F_{2}$ and $H_2$ flow rates. It was found that infinitely high etch selectivities of the $Si_{3}N_{4}$ layers to the PVD a-C on both the blanket and patterned wafers could be obtained for certain gas flow conditions. The $H_2$ and $CH_{2}F_{2}$ flow ratio was found to play a critical role in determining the process window for infinite $Si_{3}N_{4}$/PVDa-C etch selectivity, due to the change in the degree of polymerization. Etching of ArF PR/BARC/$SiO_x$/PVDa-C/$Si_{3}N_{4}$ MLR structure supported the possibility of using a very thin PVD a-C layer as an etch-mask layer for the $Si_{3}N_{4}$ layer.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.91-96
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• 1997

평면형 유도 결합 플라즈마의 전기적 특성을 측정하였고 Langmuir probe를 이용하 여 전자의 밀도와 온도를 측정하였다. 코일과 플라즈마를 포함한 총 부하의 저항 성분은 1 에서 4$\Omega$까지 변하였고 인덕턱스는 $1.5\mu$H와 2$\mu$H사이의 값을 가졌다. $10^{11}/\textrm{cm}^3$ 이상의 고밀 도 플라즈마를 발생시켰으며 전자의 온도는 공정 조건에 따라 3에서 5eV까지 변하였다. 산 화막 식각시 선택도를 개선하기 위한 방법으로 바이어스 전압을 변조하는 방법을 모색하였 다. C4F8플라즈마에서 바이어스 변조 방법을 사용하였을 때 선택도는 크게 향상 되었으나 산화막 식각율이 400$\AA$/min 이하였다. 선택도 향상을 위해 수소를 첨가한 실험에서 $C_4F_8$ 플 라즈마에 60% $H_2$를 첨가하였을 때 선택도 50이상, 산화막 식각율 2000$\AA$/min 이상의 결과 를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.690-696
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• 2010

Abatement of perfluorocompounds (PFCs) used in semiconductor and display industries has received an attention due to the increasingly stricter regulation on their emission. In order to meet this circumstance, we have developed a radio frequency (RF) driven plasma reactor with multiple annular shaped electrodes, characterized by an easy installment between a processing chamber and a vacuum pump. Abatement experiment has been performed with respect to $CF_4$, a representative PFCs widely used in the plasma etching process, by varying the power, $CF_4$ and $O_2$ flow rates, $CF_4$ concentration, and pressure. The influence of these variables on the $CF_4$ abatement was analyzed and discussed in terms of the destruction & removal efficiency (DRE), measured with a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. The results revealed that DRE was enhanced with the increase in the discharge power and pressure, but dropped with the $CF_4$ flow rate and concentration. The addition of small quantity of $O_2$ lead to the improvement of DRE, which, however, leveled off and then decreased with $O_2$ flow rate.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제28A권11호
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• pp.902-909
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• 1991

A reproducible selective dry etch process of GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures for High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) Device fabrication is developed. Using RIE mode with $CCl_{2}F_{2}$ as the basic process gas, the observed etch selectivity of GaAs layer with respect to GaAs/$Al_{0.3}Ga_{0.7}$As is about 610:1. Severe polymer deposition problem, parialy generated from the use of $CCl_{2}F_{2}$ gas only, has been significantly reduced by adding a small amount of He gas or by $O_{2}$ plasma ashing after etch process. In order to obtain an optimized etch process for HEMT device fabrication, we com pared the properties of the wet etched Schottky contact with those of the dry etched one, and set dry etch condition to approach the characteristics of Schottky diode on wet etched surface. By applying the optimized etch process, the fabricated HEMT devices have the maximum transconductance $g_{mext}$ of 224 mS/mm, and have relatively uniform distribution across the 2inch wafer in the value of 200$\pm$20mS/mm.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.148-148
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• 2011

Recently, there have been many research activities to develop the large-area plasma source, which is able to generate the high-density plasma with relatively good uniformity, for the plasma processing in the thin-film solar cell and display panel industries. The large-area CCP sources have been applied to the PECVD process as well as the etching. Especially, the PECVD processes for the depositions of various films such as a-Si:H, ${\mu}c$-Si:H, Si3N4, and SiO2 take a significant portion of processes. In order to achieve higher deposition rate (DR), good uniformity in large-area reactor, and good film quality (low defect density, high film strength, etc.), the application of VHF (>40 MHz) CCP is indispensible. However, the electromagnetic wave effect in the VHF CCP becomes an issue to resolve for the achievement of good uniformity of plasma and film. Here, we propose a new electrode as part of a method to resolve the standing wave effect in the large-area VHF CCP. The electrode is split up a series of strip-type electrodes and the strip-type electrodes and the ground ones are arranged by turns. The standing wave effect in the longitudinal direction of the strip-type electrode is reduced by using the multi-feeding method of VHF power and the uniformity in the transverse direction of the electrodes is achieved by controlling the gas flow and the gap length between the powered electrodes and the substrate. Also, we provide the process results for the growths of the a-Si:H and the ${\mu}c$-Si:H films. The high DR (2.4 nm/s for a-Si:H film and 1.5 nm/s for the ${\mu}c$-Si:H film), the controllable crystallinity (~70%) for the ${\mu}c$-Si:H film, and the relatively good uniformity (1% for a-Si:H film and 7% for the ${\mu}c$-Si:H film) can be obtained at the high frequency of 40 MHz in the large-area discharge (280 mm${\times}$540 mm). Finally, we will discuss the issues in expanding the multi-electrode to the 8G class large-area plasma processing (2.2 m${\times}$2.4 m) and in improving the process efficiency.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.327-330
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• 2006

Si nanodot 배열을 형성하기 위하여 $NbO_{x}$ nanopillar를 건식식각 공정의 식각마스크로써 이용하기 위한 가능성이 조사되었다. $NbO_{x}$ nanopillar는 Al과 Nb의 양극산화 공정을 이용하여 준비되었다. $NbO_{x}$ nanopillar의 식각속도와 식각프로파일은 고밀도 플라즈마를 이용한 반응성 이온 식각법에 의해서 식각가스의 농도와 coil rf power, 그리고 dc bias voltage를 각각 변화시키면서 조사 되었다. $Cl_{2}$ 가스의 농도가 증가할수록 $NbO_{x}$ nanopillar의 식각속도는 감소하였고 coil rf power와 dc bias voltage의 증가는 식각속도의 상승을 초래했다. 선택된 식각조건에서 식각시간을 변화하여 $NbO_{x}$ nanopillar의 식각특성 및 식각메커니즘이 조사되었다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.216-219
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• 2009

A surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter structure was fabricated employing $4{\mu}m$ thick nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) and $2.2{\mu}m$ thick ZnO films on Si wafer. The NCD film was deposited in an $Ar/CH_4$ gas mixture by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method. The ZnO film was formed over the NCD film in an RF magnetron sputter using ZnO target and $Ar/O_2$ gas. On the top of the two layers, copper film was deposited by the RF sputter and inter digital transducer (IDT) electrode pattern (line/space : $1.5/1.5{\mu}m$) was defined by the photolithography including a lift-off etching process. The fabricated SAW filter exhibited the center frequency of 1.66 GHz and the phase velocity of 9,960 m/s, which demonstrated that a giga Hertz SAW filter can be realized by utilizing the nanocrystalline diamond thin film.