• Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2021

A zinc oxide thin film was made by varying the deposition time on the silicon(110) substrate by using a radio frequency sputtering time of 60 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes. As a result of analyzing the grain growth surface of the ZnO₂ thin film using an X-ray diffraction apparatus, the directions of the main growth plane (002) and (103) planes of the thin film were significantly affected by the deposition time. As a result of observing the particle growth of the ZnO₂ thin film through an electron scanning microscope, it was observed that in the initial stage of deposition of the ZnO₂ thin film, an incubation time was required during which growth was stagnant, and then particle growth occurred again after a certain period of time. As a result of chemical analysis of the ZnO₂ thin film, the increase in the deposition time did not change with the amount of oxygen in the ZnO₂ thin film, but a change in the composition of Zn was observed, indicating that the deposition time of the thin film had an effect on the Zn component in the thin film.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.172-175
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• 2003

ZnO:Al thin film for application to FBAR's bottom electrode using ZnO piezoelectric thin film were prepared by FTS, in order to improve the crystallographic properties of ZnO thin films because the ZnO:Al thin film and ZnO thin films structure is equal each other. So we prepared the ZnO:Al thin film with oxygen gas flow rate. Thickness and c-axis preferred orientation and electric properties of ZnO:Al bottom electrode were evaluated by $\alpha$-step, XRD and 4-point probe..

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.979-982
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• 2004

The ZnO thin films were prepared by the FTS (facing target sputtering) system, which enables to provide high density plasma and a high deposition rate at a low working gas pressure. We introduced the AZO thin film in order to improve the crystallographic properties of ZnO thin film because of the AZO(ZnO:Al) thin film has an equal crystal structure to the ZnO thin film. ZnO/AZO thin films were deposited at a different oxygen gas flow ratio, R.T. 2mTorr working pressure and a 0.8A sputtering current. The film thickness and c-axis preferred orientation of ZnO/AZO/glass thin films were measured by ${\alpha}$-step and an x-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument. In the results, we could prepare the ZnO thin film with c-axis preferred orientation of about 6$^{\circ}$ on substrate temperature R.T. at O$_2$ gas flo rate 0.5.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.58-61
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• 2010

This paper describes the fabrication and characteristics of NO sensor using ZnO thin film by RF magnetron sputter system. The sensitivity, working temperature, and response time of sputtered pure ZnO thin film and added catalysts such as Pt, Pd, Al, Ti on those films were measured and analyzed. The sensitivity of pure ZnO thin film at working temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ is 0.875 in NO gas concentration of 0.046 ppm. At same volume of the gas in chamber, measuring sensitivity of 1.87 at $250^{\circ}C$ was the case of Pt/ZnO thin film. The ZnO thin films added with catalyst materials were showed higher sensitivity, lower working temperature and faster adsorption characteristics to NO gas than pure ZnO thin film.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.211.1-211.1
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• 2013

We fabricate the conductive zinc oxide(ZnO) thin film using UV-enhanced atomic layer deposition. ZnO is semiconductor with a wide band gap(3.37eV) and transparent in the visible region. ZnO can be deposited with various method, such as metal organic chemical vapour deposition, magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser ablation deposition. In this experiment, ZnO thin films was deposited by atomic layer deposition using diethylzinc (DEZ) and D.I water as precursors with UV irradiation during water dosing. As a function of UV exposure time, the resistivity of ZnO thin films decreased dramatically. We were able to confirm that UV irradiation is one of the effective way to improve conductivity of ZnO thin film. The resistivity was investigated by 4 point probe. Additionally, we confirm the thin film composition is ZnO by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. We anticipate that this UV-enhanced ZnO thin film can be applied to electronics or photonic devices as transparent electrode.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.106-106
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• 2011

Recently, zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films have attracted great attention as a promising candidate for various electronic applications such as transparent electrodes, thin film transistors, and optoelectronic devices. ZnO thin films have a wide band gap energy of 3.37 eV and transparency in visible region. Moreover, ZnO thin films can be deposited in a poly-crystalline form even at room temperature, extending the choice of substrates including even plastics. Therefore, it is possible to realize thin film transistors by using ZnO thin films as the active channel layer. In this work, we investigated influence of oxygen partial pressure on ZnO thin films and fabricated ZnO-based thin film transistors. ZnO thin films were deposited on glass substrates by using a pulsed laser deposition technique in various oxygen partial pressures from 20 to 100 mTorr at room temperature. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission line method (TLM), and UV-Vis spectroscopy were employed to study the structural, electrical, and optical properties of the ZnO thin films. As a result, 80 mTorr was optimal condition for active layer of thin film transistors, since the active layer of thin film transistors needs high resistivity to achieve low off-current and high on-off ratio. The fabricated ZnO-based thin film transistors operated in the enhancement mode with high field effect mobility and low threshold voltage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.140-142
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• 2003

ZnO thin films are demanded for device applications, so ZnO buffer layer was used to improve for good properties of ZnO thin film. In this study, the structural, electrical and optical properties of ZnO thin films deposited with various buffer thickness was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Hall measurements, Photoluminescence(PL). ZnO buffer layer and ZnO thin films on sapphire($Al_{2}O_{3}$) substrate have been deposited $200^{\circ}C$ and $400^{\circ}C$ respectively by pulsed laser deposition. It is observed the variety of lattice constant of ZnO thin film by (101) peak position shift with various buffer thickness. It is founded that ZnO thin film with buffer thickness of 20 nm was larger resistivity of 200 factor and UV/visible of 2.5 factor than that of ZnO thin films without buffer layer. ZnO thin films with buffer thickness of 20 nm have shown the most properties.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.140-143
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• 2002

In this study, we prepared ZnO/glass and $ZnO/SiO_{2}/Si$ thin film by Facing Targets Sputtering (FTS) system for Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FBAR). When the ZnO thin film applied to piezoelectric thin film, it requires good c-axis preferred orientation. And c-axis orientation has a remarkable difference with preparation conditions. Therefore, c-axis orientation must be significantly evaluated according to changing deposition conditions. Moreover, in order to prepare ZnO thin film with good crystallographic properties and progressive of efficiency of product process, the ZnO thin film should have to prepared as low temperature as possible. In this work, we prepared ZnO thin films on slide glass and $SiO_{2}/Si$ substrate. And the crystallographic characteristics of ZnO thin films on sputtering conditions were investigated by alpha-step and X-ray diffraction.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.711-715
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• 2003

In this study, we prepared ZnO/glass and ZnO/SiO$_2$/Si thin film by Facing Targets Sputtering (FTS) system for Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FBAR). When the ZnO thin film applied to piezoelectric thin film, it requires good c-axis preferred orientation. And c-axis orientation has a remarkable difference with preparation conditions. Therefore, c-axis orientation must be significantly evaluated as a function of deposition conditions. Moreover, in order to prepare ZnO thin film with good crystallographic properties and progressive of efficiency of product process, the ZnO thin film should be prepared as low temperature as possible. In this work, we prepared ZnO thin films on slide glass and SiO$_2$/Si substrate. And the crystallographic characteristics of ZnO thin films on sputtering conditions were investigated by alpha-step and X-ray diffraction.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.126-133
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• 1997

In order to apply for the gas sensing layer and the piezoelectric thin film devices, we studied the effects of magnetron sputtering conditions and annealing temperature on the electrical and structual characteristics of the ZnO thin film. The optimal deposition conditions, in order to obtain a c axis of the ZnO (002) phase thin film which is perpendicular to SiO$_{2}$/Si substrate, were like these ; substrate temperature 150.deg. C, chamber pressure 2 mtorr, R.F. power 300 watts, gas flow ratio 0.4[O$_{2}$(Ar + $O_{2}$)]. When the ZnO thin film was annealed in 600.deg. C, $O_{2}$ gas ambient for 1 hr, the resistivity was 2.6 x 10$^{2}$.ohm.cm and the grain size of ZnO thin film was less than 1 .mu.m. So the ZnO thin film acquired from above conditions can apply for the gas sensing layer which require a c axis perpendicular to the substrate surface.