• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.156-161
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• 2007

This paper describes the characteristics of polycrystalline ${\beta}$ or 3C (cubic)-SiC (silicon carbide) thin films heteroepitaxailly grown on Si wafers with thermal oxide. In this work, the poly 3C-SiC film was deposited by APCVD (atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition) method using HMDS (hexamethyildisilane: $Si_{2}(CH_{3}_{6})$ single precursor. The deposition was performed under various conditions to determine the optimized growth conditions. The crystallinity of the 3C-SiC thin film was analyzed by XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), XRD (X-ray diffraction) and FT-IR (fourier transform-infrared spectometers), respectively. The surface morphology was also observed by AFM (atomic force microscopy) and voids or dislocations between SiC and $SiO_{2}$ were measured by SEM (scanning electron microscope). Finally, depth profiling was invesigated by GDS (glow discharge spectrometer) for component ratios analysis of Si and C according to the grown 3C-SiC film thickness. From these results, the grown poly 3C-SiC thin film is very good crystalline quality, surface like mirror and low defect. Therfore, the poly 3C-SiC thin film is suitable for extreme environment, Bio and RF MEMS applications in conjunction with Si micromaching.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.228-231
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• 2006

This paper briefly introduces silicon based thin film solar cells: amorphous (a-Si:H), microcrystalline ${\mu}c-Si:H$ single junction and $a-Si:H/{\mu}c-Si:H$ tandem solar cells. The major difference of a-Si:H and ${\mu}c-Si:H$ cells comes from electro-optical properties of intrinsic Si-films (active layer) that absorb incident photon and generate electron-hole pairs. The a-Si:H film has energy band-gap (Eg) of 1.7-1.8eV and solar cells incorporating this wide Eg a-Si:H material as active layer commonly give high voltage and low current, when illuminated, compared to ${\mu}c-Si:H$ solar cells that employ low Eg (1.1eV) material. This Eg difference of two materials make possible tandem configuration in order to effectively use incident photon energy. The $a-Si:H/{\mu}c-Si:H$ tandem solar cells, therefore, have a great potential for low cost photovoltaic device by its various advantages such as low material cost by thin-film structure on low cost substrate instead of expensive c-Si wafer and high conversion efficiency by tandem structure. In this paper, the structure, process and operation properties of Si-based thin-film solar cells are discussed.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2003

Silicon carbide thin film was deposited in APCVD and LPCVD system with 1,3-DSB precursor 1,3-DSB is the single precursor to deposit SiC on Si at low temperature. SiC film was deposited at $850^{\circ}C$ lower than ordinary temperature ($1000~1200^{\circ}C$) in CVD process. SiC thin film glowed to high oriented (111) plane in APCVD system. In LPCVD system, SiC film groved to preferred (220) plane at same temperature. This discrepancy between preferred planes can be described by the difference of deposition mechanism. Amorphous phase and crystal defect were observed in APCVD system with the main growth mechanism of mass transport limited region. But in LPCVD system, we got the SIC film of uniform, faceted structure and high quality.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.237-237
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• 2009

Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film was deposited on Si substrates using polycrystalline (poly) 3C-SiC buffer layer, in which the ZnO film was grown by sol-gel method. Physical characteristics of the grown ZnO film was investigated experimentally by means of SEM, XRD, FT-IR (Furier Transform-Infrared spectrum), and AFM. XRD pattern was proved that the grown ZnO film on 3C-SiC layers had highly (002) orientation with low FWHM (Full width of half maxium). These results showed that ZnO thin film grown on 3C-SiC buffer layers can be used for various piezoelectric fields and M/NEMS applications.

• 센서학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.319-323
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• 2007

This paper describes the mechanical characteristics of poly 3C-SiC thin films grown on Si wafers with thermal oxide. In this work, the poly 3C-SiC thin film was deposited by APCVD method using only Ar carrier gas and single precursor HMDS at $1100^{\circ}C$. The elastic modulus and hardness of poly 3C-SiC thin films were measured using nanoindentation. Also, the roughness of surface was investigated by AFM. The resulting values of elastic modulus E, hardness H and the roughness of the poly 3C-SiC film are 305 GPa, 26 GPa and 49.35 nm respectively. The mechanical properties of the grown poly 3C-SiC film are better than bulk Si wafers. Therefore, the poly 3C-SiC thin film is suitable for abrasion, high frequency and MEMS applications.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 1999

Hexamethyldisilane(Si2(CH3)6)의 single precursor를 출발원료로 사용하여 화학기상증착법으로 Si 기판위에 buffer층의 형성 없이 $\beta$-SiC의 박막을 증착하였다. Si 기판과 SiO2 mask에서 SiC 박막 증착의 선택성을 위하여 HCI의 식각 가스를 도입하였고 출발원료와 HCI 가스의 공급방법을 변화시켰다. SiC 박막 증착 과정에서 HCI 가스의 도입이 막의 표면 조도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였고 Hall 측정을 통하여 SiC 막의 전기적 특성을 조사하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2012

ZnO thin films were deposited on p-type 4H-SiC substrate by pulsed laser deposition. ZnO nanowires were formed on p-type 4H-SiC substrate by furnace. Ti/Au electrodes were deposited on ZnO thin film/SiC and ZnO nanowire/SiC structures, respectively. Structural and crystallographical properties of the fabricated ZnO thin film/SiC and ZnO nanowire/SiC structures were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. In this work, resistance and sensitivity of ZnO thin film/SiC gas sensor and ZnO nanowire/SiC gas sensor were measured at $300^{\circ}C$ with various CO gas concentrations (0%, 90%, 70%, and 50%). Resistance of gas sensor decreases at CO gas atmosphere. Sensitivity of ZnO nanowire/SiC gas sensor is twice as big as sensitivity of ZnO thin film/SiC gas sensor.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2014

Nanocrystalline diamond(NCD) films on steel(SKH51) has been investigated using SiC interlayer film. SiC was deposited on SKH51 or Si wafer by RF magnetron sputter. NCD was deposited on SiC at $600^{\circ}C$ for 0.5~4 h employing microwave plasma CVD. Film morphology was observed by FESEM and FIB. Film adherence was examined by Rockwell C adhesion test. The growth rate of NCD on SiC/Si substrate was much higher than that on SiC/SKH51. During particle coalescence, NCD growth rate was slow since overall rate was determined by the diffusion of carbon on SiC surface. After completion of particle coalescence, NCD growth became faster with the reaction of carbon on NCD film controlling the whole process. In the case of SiC/SKH51 substrate, a complete NCD film was not formed even after 4 h of deposition. The adhesion test of NCD/SiC/SKH51 samples revealed a delamination of film whereas that of SiC/SKH51 showed a good adhesion. Many voids of less than 0.1 ${\mu}m$ were detected on NCD/SiC interface. These voids were believed as the reason for the poor adhesion between NCD and SiC films. The origin of voids was due to the insufficient coalescence of diamond particles on SiC surface in the early stage of deposition.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.16
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• pp.144-147
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• 2003

Cu+ ions drift diffusion in formal oxide film and SiOCH film for interlayer dielectric is evaluated. The diffusion is investigated by measuring shift in the flatband voltage of capacitance/voltage measurements on Cu gate capacitors after bias temperature stressing. At a field of 0.2MV/cm and temperature $200^{\circ}C,\;300^{\circ}C,\;400^{\circ}C,\;500^{\circ}C$ for 10min, 30min, 60min. The Cu+ ions drift rate of $SiOCH(k=2.85{\pm}0.03)$ film is considerable lower than termal oxide. As a result of the experiment, SiOCH film is higher than Thermal oxide film for Cu+ drift diffusion resistance. The important conclusion is that SiOCH film will solve a causing reliability problems aganist Cu+ drift diffuion in dielectric materials.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.468-473
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 박막트랜지스터의 특성 향상을 위하여 강유전성 박막을 게이트 절연층으로 사용하기 위하여 강유전성 박막과 a-Si:H의 계면특성을 조사하였다. 먼저 강유전성 박막 중에 대표적인 SrTiO$_3$를 I-BEAM 증착기로 박막을 형성시켰다. 형성된 박막은 N2 분위기에서 $150^{\circ}C∼600^{\circ}C$로 1시간 ANNEALING하여 전자현미경으로 표면을 측정하였다. SrTiO$_3$의 유전상수는 50∼100 정도였으며 항복전계는 1∼l.5 MV/cm로 매우 우수한 유전특성을 갖고 있었다. 강유전체 박막 위에 a-SiN:H,a-Si:H(n-type a-Si:H) 등을 PECVD로 증착하여 MFNS구조를 형성하였다. 계면특성을 C-V PLOTTER로 측정한 결과 SrTiO$_3$ 박막은 SiN과의 접합이 매우 안정되어 있었고 C-V특성은 SiN/a-Si:H과 유사하였다. 그러나 FERROELECTRIC/a-S:H의 경우가 훨씬 CAPACITANCE 값이 컸으며, 이는 강유전체 박막의 높은 유전상수에 기인 된 것이라 생각된다.