• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.250.1-250.1
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• 2014

A multicusp ion source has been used widely in negative hydrogen cyclotrons mainly for radioisotope productions. The ion source is designed to have cusp geometries of magnetic field inside plasma chamber, where ions are confining and their mean lifetimes increase. The magnetic confinement produced a number of permanent magnetic poles helps to increase beam currents and reduce the emittance. Therefore optimizing the number of magnets confining more ions and increasing their mean lifetime in plasma has to be investigated in order to improve the performance of the ion source. In this work a numerical simulation of the magnetic flux density from a number of permanent magnets is carried to optimize the cusp geometries producing the highest plasma density, which is clearly indicated along the full-line cusp geometry. The effect of magnetic fields and a number of poles on the plasma structure are investigated by a computing tool. The electron confinement effect becomes stronger and the density increases with increasing the number of poles. On the contrary, the escape of electrons from the loss cone becomes more frequent as the pole number increases [1]. To understand above observation the electron and ion's trajectories along with different cusp geometries are simulated. The simulation has been shown that the optimized numbers of magnets can improve the ion density and uniformity.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.331-336
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• 1994

Electron cyclotron resonance plasma chemical vapor deposition (ECRPCVD) 장치에서 공정변 수에 따른 수소플라즈마 특성을 조사하였다. 균일한 플라즈마 밀도를 얻기 위하여 전자공명층이 기판과 평행하게 형성되도록 정자장 코일을 설계하였으며 기판근처에 부가적으로 형성된 multicusp field 에의 해서 기판 근처에서의 플라즈마 균일도를 개선시킬수 있었다. 또한 절연된 공진실과 기판에의 독립적인 DC bias에 의해서 기판으로 입사하는 하전입자들이 에너지와 유량을 조잘할 수 있었다. 이러한플라즈마 특성을 갖는 ECRPCVD장치를 다양한 특성을 갖는 박막 합성에 응용할 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.494-499
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• 2004

A ion source using inductively coupled plasma has been tested in order to test its feasibility as a high brightness ion source for focused ion beam. When operating the ion source with filter magentas in front of plasma electrode for a negative ion source, lower remittances are expected. Extracted beam remittances are measured with an Allison-type scanning device for various plasma parameters and extraction conditions. The normalized omittance has been measured to be around 0.2$\pi$mmmrad with beam currents of up to 0.55 ㎃. In particular, noting that multicusp magnets have a role in decreasing the remittance as well as increasing plasma discharge efficiency, transverse magnetic field has been confirmed to be a useful tool fur decreasing remittance via electron energy control.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.29-39
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• 1999

Both conventional and PI3 implanters require dense sources for high productivity rate, and small sheath expansion in PI3 besides. The problem of the creation of large volume uniform plasma in PI3 facilities replaces that of beam forming in accelerators. Some aspects of ion extraction in both cases and Langmuir probe plasma diagnostics with be discussed. Plasma parameters of large volume multicusp dc hot cathode and inductively coupled RF plasma sources obtained with Langmuir probe and ion mass analyzer with be presented. Design features and performances of high current Freeman and ECR ion sources will be described.