• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2004

Manufacturing process for the microfluidic device can include such sequential steps as master fabrication, electroforming, and injection molding. The laser ablation using masks has been applied to the fabrication of channels in microfluidic devices. In this study, manufacturing of polymer master and mold insert for micro injection molding was investigated. Ablation of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) by the excimer laser radiation could be used successfully to make three dimensional master fur nickel mold insert. The mechanism fur ablative decomposition of PET with KrF excimer laser $({\lambda}: 248 nm, pulse duration: 5 ns)$ was explained by photochemical process, while ablation mechanism of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) is dominated by photothermal process, the .eaction between PC (polycarbonate) and KrF excimer laser beam generate too much su.face debris. Thus, PET was adopted in polymer master for nickel mold insert. Nickel electroforming using laser ablated PET master was preferable for replication method. Finally, it was shown that excimer laser ablation can substitute for X-ray lithography of LIGA process in microstructuring.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1005-1008
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• 2009

In this study, adaptively coupled plasma (ACP) source was used for dry etching of $Al_2O_3$ thin film. During the etching process, the wafer surface temperature is an important parameter to influent the etching characteristics. Therefore, the experiments were carried out in ACP to measuring the etch rate, the selectivities of $Al_2O_3$ thin film to mask materials and the etch profile as functions of $Cl_2$/Ar gas ratio and substrate temperature. The highest etch rate of $Al_2O_3$ was 65.4 nm/min at 75% of $Cl_2/(Cl_2+Ar)$ gas mixing ratio. The etched profile was characterized using field effect scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The chemical states of $Al_2O_3$ thin film surfaces were investigated with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.202-205
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• 2010

In this study, the etch properties of $Al_2O_3$ thin films deposited by atomic layer deposition were investigated as a function of the $O_2$ content in $BCl_3$/Ar inductively coupled plasma. The experiments were performed by comparing the etch rates and selectivity of $Al_2O_3$ over the hard mask materials as functions of the input plasma parameters, such as the gas mixing ratio, DC-bias voltage, ratio-frequency (RF) power and process pressure. The highest obtained etch rate was 477 nm/min at an RF power of 700 W, $O_2$ to $BCl_3$/Ar gas ratio of 15%, DC-bias voltage of -100 V and process pressure of 15 mTorr. The deposition occurred on the surfaces when the amount of $O_2$ added to the $BCl_3$/Ar gas was too high at a low DC-bias voltage or high process pressure. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to investigate the chemical reactions on the etched surface.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.116-121
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• 2006

Most high-k materials are well known not to be etched easily, Some problems such as low etch rate poor sidewall angle, plasma damage, and process complexity were emerged from the high-density DRAM fabrication. Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) by a damascene process was proposed to pattern this high-k material was polished with some commercial silica slurry as a function of pH variation. Sufficient removal rate with adequate selectivity to realize the pattern mask of tera-ethyl ortho-silicate (TEOS) film for the vertical sidewall angle were obtained. The changes of X-ray diffraction pattern and dielectric constant by CMP process were negligible. The planarization was also achieved for the subsequent multi-level processes. Our new CMP approach will provide a guideline for effective patterning of high-k material by CMP technique.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.172-179
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• 2000

In this paper a technology for the fabrication of the oblique structure using the LIGA process will be presented. The fabricated microstructure is a tetrahedral 3- facet mirror. The mirror has an equilateral triangular base of hundreds ${\mu}m$ length mirror-like three side-facets inclined to the base at 45$^{\circ}$ and knife edges. Two regular triangles of 45$^{\circ}$ and tan-12. After development the shaded part of the PMMA the tetrahedral mirror remains, The completed mirror shows excellent aspects of mirror-like facets and knife-edges. By controlling the gap between the mask and the substrate the size of mirror easily can be changed. This mirror would be used as a laser beam splitter for the feedback control of the HDD slider.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.67-71
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 Si(111) 기판을 이용하여 고품질의 GaN 박막을 성장하기 위하여 다양한 패턴을 갖는 Si 기판을 제작하였다. Si(111) 기판위에 이온 스퍼터(ion-sputter)를 이용하여 Pt 박막을 증착한 후 열처리(thermal annealing)하여 Pt 금속 마스크를 형성하고 유도 결합 플라즈마 이온 식각(inductively coupled plasma-reactive ion etching, ICP-RIE) 공정을 통하여 기둥(pillar)형태의 나노 패턴된 Si(111) 기판을 제작하였고 리소그래피 공정을 통하여 마이크로 패턴된 Si(111) 기판을 제작하였다. 일반적인 Si(111) 기판, 마이크로 패턴된 Si(111) 기판 및 나노 패턴된 Si(111) 기판위에 유기화학기상증착(metal organic chemical vapor deposition, MOCVD) 방법으로 GaN 박막을 성장하여 표면 특성과 결정성 및 광학적 특성을 분석하였다. 나노 패턴된 Si(111) 기판위에 성장한 GaN 박막은 일반적인Si(111) 기판과 마이크로 패턴된 Si(111) 기판위에 성장한 GaN 박막보다 표면의 균열과 거칠기가 개선되었다. 나노 패턴된 Si(111) 기판위에 성장한 GaN (002)면과 (102)면에 x-선 회절(x-ray diffraction, XRD) 피크의 반폭치(full width at half maximum, FWHM)는 576 arcsec, 828 arcsec으로 다른 두 기판위에 성장한 GaN 박막 보다 가장 낮은 값을 보여 결정성이 향상되었음을 확인하였다. Photoluminescence(PL)의 반폭치는 나노 패턴된 Si(111) 기판위에 성장한 GaN 박막이 46.5 meV으로 다른 기판위에 성장한 GaN 박막과 비교하여 광학적 특성이 향상되었음을 확인하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.469-469
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• 2011

고효율 염료감응형 태양전지(DSSC, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell)의 구현을 위해서 유용한 방법중 하나는 정렬된 기공 (pore)을 $TiO_2$막 내에 형성시키는 것이다. 메조포러스 (mesoporous) $TiO_2$막은 dip coating이나 spin coating과 같은 방법으로 주로 증착되고 있으며, P123이나 F127과 같은 amphiphilic triblock copolymer를 메조포러스 구조를 만들기 위한 뼈대로 사용하고 있다. 또한, 이렇게 생성된 구조에서 amphiphilic triblock copolymer는 열처리 공정을 통하여 쉽게 제거될 수 있다. 고효율 태양전지를 구현하는 또 다른 방법으로는 패턴 된 기판을 사용하는 것이다. 패턴 된 기판은 빛의 반사를 억제하여 흡수율을 높이는 역할을 한다. 그러나 패턴 된 기판 위에서 메조포러스 $TiO_2$막의 형성에 관한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 spin coating 방법으로 패턴 된 Si (111) 기판 위에 메조포러스 $TiO_2$를 성장하고 그 미세구조를 분석하였다. 패턴 된 기판은 nanosphere lithography(NSL) 법으로 mask를 증착한 후 건식 식각 (dry etching) 공정을 통해서 제작되었으며, 마스크와 불순물 등 은 초음파 세척 등으로 제거되었다. 메조포러스 $TiO_2$막은 1-propanol, P123, titanium isopropoxide와 HCl을 섞어 만든 용액으로 1 cm${\times}$1 cm 기판 위에 3000 rpm과 4000 rpm으로 각각 증착하였으며, 5일 동안 4도에서 에이징한 후 350도에서 3시간 열처리하였다. 이렇게 형성한 메조포러스 막의 형상과 미세구조적 특성이 주사전자현미경(SEM, scanning electron microscope), X-선 회절(XRD, X-ray diffraction) 등을 이용하여 연구되었다. 특히, 증착 조건에 따른 메조포러스 $TiO_2$박막의 형성 기구에 관한 고찰이 진행되었다. 나아가, $TiO_2$박막과 패턴 사이에 형성되는 계면 구조에 관한 연구를 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 진행하였다.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2012

There are two methods to fabricate the readout electronic to a large-area CMOS image sensor (LACIS). One is to design and manufacture the sensor part and signal processing electronics in a single chip and the other is to integrate both parts with bump bonding or wire bonding after manufacturing both parts separately. The latter method has an advantage of the high yield because the optimized and specialized fabrication process can be chosen in designing and manufacturing each part. In this paper, LACIS chip, that is optimized design for the latter method of fabrication, is presented. The LACIS chip consists of a 3-TR pixel photodiode array, row driver (or called as a gate driver) circuit, and bonding pads to the external readout ICs. Among 4 types of the photodiode structure available in a standard CMOS process, $N_{photo}/P_{epi}$ type photodiode showed the highest quantum efficiency in the simulation study, though it requires one additional mask to control the doping concentration of $N_{photo}$ layer. The optimized channel widths and lengths of 3 pixel transistors are also determined by simulation. The select transistor is not significantly affected by channel length and width. But source follower transistor is strongly influenced by length and width. In row driver, to reduce signal time delay by high capacitance at output node, three stage inverter drivers are used. And channel width of the inverter driver increases gradually in each step. The sensor has very long metal wire that is about 170 mm. The repeater consisted of inverters is applied proper amount of pixel rows. It can help to reduce the long metal-line delay.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.288-292
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• 2009

LPD법을 이용하여 유리 기판 위에 발수/친수 패터닝 기판을 제조하였다. 발수 표면은 거친 표면을 갖는 ZnO 박막을 FAS를 이용한 표면 개질에 의하여 만들어졌고, 친수 표면은 자외선을 조사하여 FAS를 제거함으로써 만들어졌다. Hexagonal ZnO rod는 LPD법에 의하여 ZnO seed 층이 코팅된 유리 기판 위에 수직으로 성장되었다. 침적시간이 증가함에 따라 ZnO rod의 직경과 두께는 증가하였다. 제조된 ZnO 박막의 표면구조, 두께, 결정구조, 투과율과 접촉각은 FE-SEM, XRD, UV-vis와 contact angle meter를 이용하여 측정하였다. $20^{\circ}{\sim}30^{\circ}$의 접촉각을 갖는 친수 ZnO 박막은 FAS 표면 처리에 의해 $145^{\circ}{\sim}161^{\circ}$의 접촉각을 갖는 표면으로 바뀌었다. 제조된 발수 표면은 $300\;{\mu}m$, 3 mm의 dot size를 갖는 shadow mask를 이용하여 자외선을 조사하여 패터닝 되었다. 최종적으로 자외선이 조사된 발수 표면은 친수 표면으로 바뀌었다.

• 한국레이저가공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2013

Femtosecond laser patterning of ITO on a touch screen panel with a shaped fs laser beam was investigated. A quasi flat-top beam was formed using a variable mask and a planoconvex lens. The spatial profile of the original Gaussian beam and the shaped beam were monitored by a CCD beam profiler. The laser patterned ITO film was examined using an optical microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). It turned out that the quality of the ITO pattern fabricated by a shaped beam is superior to that of the pattern without beam shaping in terms of debris generation, height of the craters, and homogeneity of the bottom. Optimum processing window was determined at the laser irradiance exhibiting 100% removal of Sn. The removal rate of In was measured to be 83%.