• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.64-67
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• 2002

The attenuation of millimeter waves (70-100 ㎓) propagating along Josephson Junction stripline had been measured by pattern recognition near gap voltage and proximity current bump. Test series arrays of 2000, 3000, and 4000 Josephson junctions with the area of $12\mu\textrm{m}$$\times$ $38\mu\textrm{m}$ had two sub-arrays with 50 Junctions at both ends. The arrays were fabricated with and without applying a plasma nitridation process to Nb ground plane. The effects of a nitridationprocess measured by the pattern recognition near gap voltage and proximity current bump were about 1.3-1.7 ㏈ and 1.6-1.8 ㏈, respectively. This means that the last sub-arrays with a nitridation process receive 26-34% more power than those without a nitridation process.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2017

We investigated the interface defect engineering and reaction mechanism of reduced transition layer and nitride layer in the active plasma process on 4H-SiC by the plasma reaction with the rapid processing time at the room temperature. Through the combination of experiment and theoretical studies, we clearly observed that advanced active plasma process on 4H-SiC of oxidation and nitridation have improved electrical properties by the stable bond structure and decrease of the interfacial defects. In the plasma oxidation system, we showed that plasma oxide on SiC has enhanced electrical characteristics than the thermally oxidation and suppressed generation of the interface trap density. The decrease of the defect states in transition layer and stress induced leakage current (SILC) clearly showed that plasma process enhances quality of $SiO_2$ by the reduction of transition layer due to the controlled interstitial C atoms. And in another processes, the Plasma Nitridation (PN) system, we investigated the modification in bond structure in the nitride SiC surface by the rapid PN process. We observed that converted N reacted through spontaneous incorporation the SiC sub-surface, resulting in N atoms converted to C-site by the low bond energy. In particular, electrical properties exhibited that the generated trap states was suppressed with the nitrided layer. The results of active plasma oxidation and nitridation system suggest plasma processes on SiC of rapid and low temperature process, compare with the traditional gas annealing process with high temperature and long process time.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1699-1705
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• 1989

Nitridation of about 300\ulcornerSiO2 filmss thermally grown on Si was performed in NH3 plasm ambient (0.2-2 torr) at 900\ulcornerC-1100\ulcorner for 15-20 minutes. The peoperties of those films have been investigated by analyzing the AES and the SIMS data, and the results of the I-V and the C-V measurements. At the plasma ambient of less than 1.5 torr pressure, etching of the films have been shown. Above the 1.5 torr pressure, however, SiO2 films were nitrided as SiIxNy. Plasma thermal nitridation of SiO2 by addition of small amount (6%) of CF4 to the NH3 showed higher pile-up N concentration in the surface region of SiOxNy film. The higher the nitridation temperature is and the longer the nitridation time is the larger the dielectric constant is. The plasma thermal nitridation of silicon dioxide on silicon causes the flat-band voltage shift based on the formation of the positive charge. The conduction mechanism for SiOxNy films could be elucidated by Fowler-Nordheim tnneling model. By SIMS analysis, surface of the film nitrided in plasma process has less contamination than that of the film nitrided in open-tube process.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1358-1366
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• 1988

독립적인 nitridation step이 포함된 급속 열처리 공정을 이용하여 125-180A 두께의 이중 절연박막을 단결정 실리콘 상에 형성하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가량과 공정시간의 변화에 따른 박막 특성의 변화를 고찰하였고, 이에 따른 박막의 전기적 특성을 관찰하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가에 의해 초기의 산화막 두께의 성장은 현저하게 나타났으나, nitridation 후의 박막두께의 변화는 10A 이하로 매우 저조하였다. 이중 절연박막의 항복전압은 HCl 가스의 첨가량에 비례하여 점차 증가하였고, 절연강도는 furnace나 독립적인 nitridation step이 포함되지 않은 급속 열처리 공정으로 형성한 같은 두께의 박막에 비해 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1350-1357
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• 1988

독립적인 nitridation step이 포함된 급속 열처리 공정을 이용하여 125-180A 두께의 이중 절연박막을 단결정 실리콘 상에 형성하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가량과 공정시간의 변화에 따른 박막 특성의 변화를 고찰하였고, 이에 따른 박막의 전기적 특성을 관찰하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가에 의해 초기의 산화막 두께의 성장은 현저하게 나타났으나, nitridation 후의 박막두께의 변화는 10A 이하로 매우 저조하였다. 이중 절연박막의 항복전압은 HCl 가스의 첨가량에 비례하여 점차 증가하였고, 절연강도는 furnace나 독립적인 nitridation step이 포함되지 않은 급속 열처리 공정으로 형성한 같은 두께의 박막에 비해 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.1
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• pp.48-51
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• 2004

In this paper the importance of re-nitridation on a plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor deposited(PECVD) $SiO_2$ stacked on a thermally grown thin-nitrided $SiO_2$ on n-type 4H SiC have been investigated. Without the final re-nitridation process, the leakage current of metaloxidesemiconductor(MOS) was extremely large. It is believed that water and carbon, contamination from the low-thermal budget PECVD process, are the main factors that destroyed the high quality thin-buffer nitrided oxide. After re-nitridation annealing, the quality of the stacked gate oxide was improved. The reasons of this improvement are presented.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.883-890
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• 2005

In this paper, the established model of NBTI (Negative Bias Temperature Instability) mechanism was reviewed. Based on this mechanism, then, the influence of nitrogen was discussed among other processes. A constant concentration of nitrogen exists inside $SiO_2$ in order to prevent boron from diffusing and to increase dielectric constant. It was shown that NBTI improvement was achieved by controlling nitrogen profile. It was supposed that the existence of low activation energy of Si-N bonds at $Si-SiO_2$ interface attributes the improvement by making hydrogen prevent interface traps. It was also shown that improvement of NBTI can be achieved by more effective control of nitrogen profile. It was supposed that the maximum control of nitrogen profile can be achieved by DPN (Decoupled Plasma Nitridation) process.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.195-195
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• 2015

반도체 제조 시 ohmic contact을 형성하고, barrier metal layer형성을 위해 NH3 기체를 사용하는 rapid thermal nitridation (RTN)은 반도체 공정에 있어 매우 중요한 핵심 기술이다. 그러나 공정 진행 시 발생하는 공정 부산물에 의한 chamber오염으로 인해 매우 정확히 입사 되어야 할 thermal energy의 controllability가 저하되고 있어, 미세 공정능력 구현의 한계에 부닥치고 있다. 본 연구에서는 quartz plate liner를 적용하여 RTN 공정에서 발생하는 공정 부산물인 ammonium chloride (NH4Cl)의 chamber 표면 증착을 최소화하였고, 공정 진행 온도의 controllability를 확보하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.635-641
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• 2021

Cr thin films with O added are deposited on sapphire substrate by DC sputtering and are nitrided in NH₃ atmosphere between 300 and 900 ℃ for various times. X-ray diffraction results show that nitridation begins at 500 ℃, forming CrN and Cr₂N. Cr oxides of Cr₂O₃ are formed at 600 ℃. And, at temperatures higher than 900 ℃, the intermediate materials of Cr₂N and Cr₂O₃ disappear and CrN is dominant. The atomic concentration ratios of Cr and O are 77% and 23%, respectively, over the entire thickness of as-deposited Cr thin film. In the sample nitrided at 600 ℃, a CrN layer in which O is substituted with N is formed from the surface to 90 nm, and the concentrations of Cr and N in the layer are 60% and 40%, respectively. For this reason, CrN and Cr₂N are distributed in the CrN region, where O is substituted with N by nitridation, and Cr oxynitrides are formed in the region below this. The nitridation process is controlled by inter-diffusion of O and N and the parabolic growth law, with activation energy of 0.69 eV.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.907-914
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• 2004

[ $Si-NaCl-NH_4Cl-NaN_3$ ]계에서 자전연소에 의한 Si의 질화반응기구에 대하여 알아보았다. 희석제로서 첨가된 NaCl은 질화반응 초기에 Si의 용융에 따른 Si의 성장을 억제하여 완전한 질화반응에 도움을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 $NH_{4}Cl$과 $NaN_3$는 반응과정 동안 서로 분해하고 결합하여 생성물로서 NaCl을 형성하였고, 이 과정에서의 발열반응은 시편을 예열함으로써 질화반응에 도움을 주었다. 본 반응계에서 주된 질화반응기구는 액상-기상 반응기구였다. 그리고 ${\alpha}-Si_{3}N_4$의 제조를 위한 최적의 펠렛 기공도는 $67-69%\$였다.