• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.421-426
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• 2009

We report on the capacitively coupled O2 plasma etching of PMMA and polycarbonate (PC) with a diffusion pump. Plasma process variables were process pressure and CCP power at 5 sccm $O_2$ gas flow rate. Characterization was done in order to analyze etch rate, etch selectivity, surface roughness, and morphology using stylus surface profilometry and scanning electron microscopy. Self bias decreased with increase of process pressure in the range of 25$\sim$180 mTorr. We found an important result for optimum pressure for the highest etch rate of PMMA and PC, which was 60 mTorr. PMMA and PC had etch rates of 0.46 and 0.28 ${\mu}m$/min under pressure conditions, respectively. More specifically, etch rates of the materials increased when the pressure changed from 25 mTorr to 60 mTorr. However, they reduced when the pressure increased further after 60 mTorr. RMS roughnesses of the etched surfaces were in the range of 2.2$\sim$2.9 nm. Etch selectivity of PMMA to a photoresist was $\sim$1.5:1 and that of PC was $\sim$0.9:1. Etch rate constant was about 0.04 ${\mu}m$/minW and 0.02 ${\mu}m$/minW for PMMA and PC, respectively, with the CCP power change at 5 sccm $O_2$ and 40 mTorr process pressure. PC had more erosion on the etched sidewall than PMMA did. The OES data showed that the intensity of the oxygen atomic peak (777.196 nm) proportionally increased with the CCP power.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.371-376
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• 1996

유리기판(BK7)에 5-cm cold-hollow cathode형 이온건(ion gun)을 이용한 sputtering 방법으로 금 박막을 1600$\AA$ 두께 (RBS확인한 두께 : 1590 $\AA$)로 증착하였다. 증착후 15$\mu$A/$\textrm{cm}^2$의 이온전류밀도를 갖는 1 keV $Ar^+$ beam을 이용하여 $1\times 10^{16}\;Ar^+\textrm{cm}^{-2}$에서 $2\times 10^{17}\;Ar^+\textrm{cm}^{-2}$의 이온선량을 조사하였다. 박막제작시와 $Ar^+$이온조사시의 진공도는 $1\times 10^{-6}-1\times 10^{-5}$Torr이었으며, 기판온도는 상온으로 하였다. 금 박막은 $Ar^+$이온의 조사에 관계없이 모두 (111)방향만 관찰되었으며, $Ar^+$이온이 조사된 시료의 x-ray peak의 세기는 이온선량이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy(RBS) 측정결과 $Ar^+$ 이온선량이 증가함에 따라 sputtering yield는 감소하였다. $2\times 10^{17}\;Ar^+\textrm{cm}^{-2}$의 이온선량이 조사된 시료는 두께가 711$\AA$으로 이온의 조사에 의해 Au 박막이 879$\AA$ sputter된 것을 확인하였으며, 이 때 sputtering yield는 2.57이었다. Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) 측정 결과 이온선량이 증가함에 따라 Au 박막의 Rms표면 거칠기는 16$\AA$에서 118$\AA$으로 증가하였다. 또한 Scratch test를 이용한 박막의 접착력 측정결과 이온선량이 증가함에 따라 유리기판위에 Au박막의 접착력은 1.1N에서 10N으로 9배 이상 증가하였다. 이상의 결과로부터 낮은 에너지의 이온선을 조사하여 유리기판고 금 박막사이에 좋은 접착력을 갖는 박막을 제작할 수 있었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.578-584
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• 2017

PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) 플라스틱 기판 위에 IZTO (In-Zn-Sn-O) 박막을 증착하기 전에, $SiO_2$ 버퍼층을 전자빔 증착 방법으로 100 nm 의 두께로 증착하였다. IZTO 박막은 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링법으로 RF 파워는 30~60 W 로, 공정 압력은 1~7 mTorr 로 변화시켜가며 $SiO_2$/PET 에 증착하여 IZTO 박막의 구조적, 전기적, 광학적 특성을 분석하였다. RF 파워 50 W 와 공정 압력 3 mTorr 에서 증착한 IZTO 박막이 $4.53{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}$ 의 제일 큰 재료평가지수와 이때 $4.42{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}-cm$ 의 비저항과 $27.63{\Omega}/sq.$ 의 면저항으로 가장 우수한 전기적 특성을 보였고, 가시광 영역 (400~800 nm) 에서의 평균 투과도도 81.24 % 로 가장 큰 값을 나타내었다. AFM 으로 IZTO 박막의 표면 형상을 관찰한 결과, 모든 IZTO 박막이 핀홀이나 크랙 같은 결함이 없는 표면을 가지며, RF 파워 50 W 와 공정 압력 3 mTorr에서 증착한 박막이 1.147 nm 의 가장 작은 표면 거칠기를 나타내었다. 이로부터 $SiO_2$/PET 구조위에 증착한 IZTO 박막이 차세대 플렉시블 디스플레이 소자에 응용될 수 있는 매우 유망한 재료임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.161-165
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• 2005

We investigated selective dry etching of GaAs over AlGaAs and InGaP in high density planar inductively coupled $BCl_3/SF_6$ plasmas. The process parameters were ICP source power (0-500 W), RE chuck power (0-30W) and gas composition $(60-100\%\;BCl_3\;in\;BCl_3/SF_6)$. The process results were characterized in terms of etch rate, selectivities of GaAs over AlGaAs and InGaP, surface morphology, surface roughness and residues after etching. $BCl_3/SF_6$ selective etching of GaAs showed quite good results in this study. Selectivities of GaAs $(GaAs:AlGaAs\~36:1,\;GaAs:InGaP\~45:1)$ were superior at $18BCl_3/2SF_6$, 20 W RF chuck power, 300 W ICP source power and 7.5 mTorr. Addition of $(5-15\%)SF_6\;to\;BCl_3$ produced relatively high selectivities of GaAs over AlGaAs and InGaP during etching due to decrease of etch rates of AlGaAs and InGaP (boiling points of etch products: $AlF_3\~1300^{\circ}C,\;InF_3>1200^{\circ}C$ at atmosphere) at the condition. SEM and AFM data showed slightly sloped sidewall and somewhat rough surface$(RMS\~9nm)$. XPS study on the surface of processed GaAs proved a very clean surface after dry etching. It shows that planar inductively coupled $BCl_3/SF_6$ plasmas could be a good candidate for selective dry etching of GaAs over AlGaAs and InGaP.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.375-375
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• 2010

CdTe as an absorber material is widely used in thin film solar cells with the heterostructure due to its almost ideal band gap energy of 1.45 eV, high photovoltaic conversion efficiency, low cost and stable performance. The deposition methods and preparation conditions for the fabrication of CdTe are very important for the achievement of high solar cell conversion efficiency. There are some rearranged reports about the deposition methods available for the preparation of CdTe thin films such as close spaced sublimation (CSS), physical vapor deposition (PVD), vacuum evaporation, vapor transport deposition (VTD), closed space vapor transport, electrodeposition, screen printing, spray pyrolysis, metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), and RF sputtering. The RF sputtering method for the preparation of CdTe thin films has important advantages in that the thin films can be prepared at low growth temperatures with large-area deposition suitable for mass-production. The authors reported that the optical and electrical properties of CdTe thin film were closely connected by the thickness-uniformity of the film in the previous study [1], which means that the better optical absorbance and the higher carrier concentration could be obtained in the better condition of thickness-uniformity for CdTe thin film. The thickness-uniformity could be controlled and improved by the some process parameters such as vacuum level and RF power in the sputtering process of CdTe thin films. However, there is a limitation to improve the thickness-uniformity only in the preparation process [1]. So it is necessary to introduce the external or additional method for improving the thickness-uniformity of CdTe thin film because the cell size of thin film solar cell will be enlarged. Therefore, the authors firstly applied the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to improving the thickness-uniformity of CdTe thin films with a G&P POLI-450 CMP polisher [2]. CMP process is the most important process in semiconductor manufacturing processes in order to planarize the surface of the wafer even over 300 mm and to form the copper interconnects with damascene process. Some important CMP characteristics for CdTe were obtained including removal rate (RR), WIWNU%, RMS roughness, and peak-to-valley roughness [2]. With these important results, the CMP process for CdTe thin films was performed to improve the thickness-uniformity of the sputtering-deposited CdTe thin film which had the worst two thickness-uniformities of them. Some optical properties including optical transmittance and absorbance of the CdTe thin films were measured by using a UV-Visible spectrophotometer (Varian Techtron, Cary500scan) in the range of 400 - 800 nm. After CMP process, the thickness-uniformities became better than that of the best condition in the previous sputtering process of CdTe thin films. Consequently, the optical properties were directly affected by the thickness-uniformity of CdTe thin film. The absorbance of CdTe thin films was improved although the thickness of CdTe thin film was not changed.