• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.334.2-334.2
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• 2016

Silicon nitride (SiNx:H) films are generally used as passivation layer on solar cell and they are usually made by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). In this study, we investigated the properties of silicon nitride (SiNx:H) films made by PECVD. Effects of mixture ratio of process gases with silane (SiH4) and ammonia (NH3) on the passivation qualities of silicon nitride film are evaluated. Passivation properties of SiNx:H are focused by making antireflection properties identical with thickness and refractive index controlled. The absorption coefficient of each film was evaluated by spectrometric ellipsometery and the minority carrier lifetimes were evaluated by quasi-steady-state photo-conductance (QSSPC) measurement. The optical properties were obtained by UV-visible spectrophotometer. The interface properties were measured by capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurement and the film components were identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy detection (RBS) - elastic recoil detection (ERD).

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.211.1-211.1
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• 2014

Recently, the scaling of conventional planar NAND flash devices is facing its limits by decreasing numbers of electron stored in the floating gate and increasing difficulties in patterning. Three-dimensional vertical NAND devices have been proposed to overcome these issues. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is the most promising method to deposit charge trap layer of vertical NAND devices, SiN, with excellent quality due to not only its self-limiting growth characteristics but also low process temperature. ALD of silicon nitride were studied using NH3 and silicon chloride precursors, such as SiCl4[1], SiH2Cl2[2], Si2Cl6[3], and Si3Cl8. However, the reaction mechanism of ALD silicon nitride process was rarely reported. In the present study, we used density functional theory (DFT) method to calculate the reaction of silicon chloride precursors with a silicon nitride surface. DFT is a quantum mechanical modeling method to investigate the electronic structure of many-body systems, in particular atoms, molecules, and the condensed phases. The bond dissociation energy of each precursor was calculated and compared with each other. The different reactivities of silicon chlorides precursors were discussed using the calculated results.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제29A권8호
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• pp.56-62
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• 1992

This paper is analyzed the charge trapping and electrical properties of 0(Oxide), NO(Nitrided oxide) and ONO(Reoxidized nitrided oxide) as dielectric films in MIS structures. We have processed bottom oxide and top oxide by the thermal method, and nitride(Si$_{3}N_{4}$) by the LPCVD(Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition) method on P-type(100) Silicon wafer. We have studied the charge trapping properties of the dielectrics by using a computer controlled DLTS system. All of the dielectric films are shown peak nearly at 300K. Those are bulk traps. Many trap densities which is detected in NO films, but traps. Many trap densities which is detected in NO films. Varing the nitride thickness, the trap densities of thinner nitride is decreased than the thicker nitride. Finally we have found that trap densities of ONO films is affected by nitride thickness.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.596-603
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• 2000

The hardness and elastic modulus of three bulk materials are computed from the load and displacement data which are measured during basic nanoindentation test and compared with values determined by independent means to assess the accuracy of the method. The results show that with this technique, modulus and hardness and elastic modulus profile through depth of silicon nitride and silicon oxynitride films. The results show that for silicon nitride film deposited on silicon, hardness and elastic modulus increase as the volume ratio of NH3 : SiH4, which had been used for deposition, increases up to 20.0; and for silicon oxynitride film on silicon, the hardness and elastic modulus profile changes distinctly as the relative amount of oxygen in deposition gas mixture changes.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.114-119
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• 2004

Si 원료물질로 $SiH_2Cl_2$, N 원료물질로 $NH_3$를 사용하여 증착온도 $550^{\circ}C$에서 P-type Si (100) 기판위에 실리콘 질화막을 원자층 증착 방법으로 형성하고 물리적, 전기적 특성을 평가하였다. 증착된 박막의 두께는 증착 주기의 횟수에 대해 선형적으로 증가하였고, Si와 N 원료물질의 공급량이 $3.0\times10^{9}$ L 일 때 0.13 nm/cycle의 박막 성장속도를 얻을 수 있었다. 원자층 증착된 박막의 물리적 특성을 기존의 저압화학증착 방법에 의해 증착된 박막과 비교한 결과, 원자층 증착 방법을 사용함으로써 기존의 방법보다 증착온도를 $200 ^{\circ}C$이상 낮추면서도 굴절률 및 습식에칭 속도 측면에서 유사한 물성을 가진 실리콘 질화막을 형성할 수 있었다. 특히, 원자층 증착된 박막의 누설 전류밀도는 3 MV/cm의 전기장에서 0.79 nA/$\textrm{cm}^2$로서 저압화학증착 방법에 의해 증착된 질화막의 6.95 nA/$\textrm{cm}^2$보다 우수하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.357-361
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• 2005

Low-stress silicon nitride (LSN) thin films with embedded metal line have been developed as free standing structures to keep microspheres in proper locations and localized heat source for application to a chip-based sensor array for the simultaneous and near-real-time detection of multiple analytes in solution. The LSN film has been utilized as a structural material as well as a hard mask layer for wet anisotropic etching of silicon. The LSN was deposited by LPCVD (Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition) process by varing the ratio of source gas flows. The residual stress of the LSN film was measured by laser curvature method. The residual stress of the LSN film is 6 times lower than that of the stoichiometric silicon nitride film. The test results showed that not only the LSN film but also the stack of LSN layers with embedded metal line could stand without notable deflection.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2021

Using facing target magnetron sputtering (FTMS) with a graphite target source, carbon nitride thin films were deposited on silicon and glass substrates at different substrate temperatures to confirm the tribological, electrical, and structural properties of thin films. The substrate temperatures were room temperature, 150℃, and 300℃. The tribology and electrical properties of the carbon nitride thin films were measured as the substrate temperature increased, and a study on the relation between these results and structural properties was conducted. The results show that the increase in the substrate temperature during the fabrication of the carbon nitride thin films increased the hardness and elastic modulus values, the critical load value was increased, and the residual stress value was reduced. Moreover, the increase in the substrate temperature during thin-film deposition was attributed to the improvement in the electrical properties of carbon nitride thin film.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제30A권1호
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• pp.44-50
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• 1993

In an attempt to improve the electrical characteristics of tantalum pentoxide dielectric film, silicon substrate was reacted with a nitrogen plasma to form a silicon nitride of 50.angs. and then tantalum pentoxide thin films were formed by reactive sputtering in the same chamber. Breakdown field and leakage current density were measured to be 2.9 MV/cm and 9${\times}10^{8}\;A/cm^{2}$ respectively in these films whose thickness was about 180.angs.. With annealing at rectangular waveguides with a slant grid are investigated here. In particular, 900.deg. C in oxygen ambient for 100 minutes, breakdown field and leakage current density were improved to be 4.8 MV/cm and 1.61.6${\times}10^{8}\;A/cm^{2}$ respectively. It turned out that the electrical characteristics could also be improved by oxygen plasma post-treatment and the conduction mechanism at high electric field proved to be Schottky emission in these double-layered films.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.I
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• pp.785-789
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• 2005

Low temperature deposition of silicon and silicon nitride films by catalytic CVD technique was studied for application to thin film transistors on plastic substrates for flexible AMOLEDs. The substrate temperature initially held at room temperature, and was controlled successfully below $150^{\circ}C$ during the entire deposition process. Amorphous silicon films having good adhesion, good surface morphology and sufficiently low content of atomic hydrogen were obtained and could be successfully crystallized using excimer laser without a prior dehydrogenation step. $SiN_x$ films showed a good refractive index, a high deposition rate, a moderate breakdown field and a dielectric constant. The Cat-CVD silicon and silicon nitride films can be good candidates for fabricating thin films transistors on plastic substrates to drive active-matrix organic light emitting display.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.263-268
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• 2003

차세대 반도체 및 디스플레이 소자에 적용되는 실리콘 질화막은 정확한 두께 제어와 우수한 물성을 필요로 한다. 본 연구에서는 우수한 특성의 실리콘 질화막을 형성하기 위해 Si 원료물질로 $SiC1_4$, N 원료물질로 $NH_3$을 사용하고 $500^{\circ}C$에서 $600^{\circ}C$ 온도구간에서 batch-type 장비를 이용하여 원자층 증착 방법으로 박막을 형성하고 증착된 박막의 특성을 살펴보았다. Batch-type 장비를 사용한 박막의 증착은 표면반응에 의한 균일한 원자층 증착임을 확인하였으며, 증착 cycle의 횟수를 조절하여 원하는 두께의 박막을 형성할 수 있었다. 원자층 증착된 박막의 조성, 굴절률 및 습식각 속도를 기존의 저압화학증착 방법에 의해 증착된 박막과 비교한 결과, 원자층 증착 방법을 사용하여 기존의 방법보다 증착온도를 $250^{\circ}C$ 이상 낮추면서도 유사한 물성을 가진 박막을 형성할 수 있음을 확인하였다. Pyridine을 촉매로 첨가하여 원자층 증착한 박막의 경우에는 증착속도를 50% 가량 향상시킬 수 있었으나 박막의 구조가 불안정하여 쉽게 산화되므로 반도체나 디스플레이 소자 제조에 적용하기에는 부적절한 것으로 판단된다.