• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.83-89
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• 2011

In this study, we investigated the effects of shutter control by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering using Inductively-Coupled Plasma(ICP) for obtaining ZnO thin films with high purity. The surface morphologies and structure of deposited ZnO thin films were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and X-ray Diffractometer (XRD). Also, optical and chemical properties of ZnO thin films were analyzed by Spectroscopic Ellipsometer (SE) and X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). As a result, it observed that ZnO thin films grown at reactive sputtering using shutter control and ICP were higher density, lower surface roughness, better crystallinity than other conventional sputtering deposition methods. For obtaining better quality deposition ZnO thin films, we will investigate the effects of substrate temperature and RF power on shutter control by a reactive magnetron sputtering using inductively-coupled plasma.

• Proceedings of the Korea Crystallographic Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.40-41
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• 2002

차세대 반도체 및 나노소자 산업에 대한 국제적 기술은 고밀도 직접화의 추세에 따라서 .게이트 산화막의 두께가 급속히 작아지는 추세이다. 지금까지 이산화규소(A1₂O₃)가 게이트 산화막으로 주로 사용되어 왔으나 점차 SiON 혹은 high k 박막으로 바뀌고 있다. 본 연구에서는 차세대 반도체 소자에 사용될 게이트 산화막 물질인 SiON 박막과 Al₂O₃박막에 대한 SE(Spectroscopic Ellipsometry)분석 모델을 확립하였고, SE 측정결과를 TEM, MEIS, XRR의 결과들과 비교하였다. SiON 박막의 굴절률 값은 Si₃N₄와 SiO₂가 물리적으로 혼합되어 있다고 가정하여 Bruggeman effective medium approximation을 사용하여 구하였다. 동일한 시료를 절단하여 TEM, MEIS, 그리고 XRR에 의하여 SiON 박막의 두께를 측정하였으며, 그 결과 SE와 XRR에 의해 얻어진 박막두께가 TEM과 MEIS의 결과 값보다 약 0.5 nm 크게 주어짐을 알 수 있었다(Table 1 참조). 본 연구결과는 비파괴적이며 비접촉식 측정방법인 SE가 2～4nm 두께의 초미세 SiON 박막의 두께와 N 농도의 상대적 값을 빠르고 쉽게 구할 수 있는 유용한 측정방법 임을 보여주었다. 기존의 게이트 산화물인 SiO₂를 대체할 후보 물질들 중의 하나인 A1₂O₃의 유전함수를 구하기 위하여 8 inch, p-type 실리콘 기판 위에 성장된 5 nm, 10 nm, 및 20 nm 두께의 A1₂O₃ 박막의 유전함수와 두께를 측정하였다. 이 시료들에 대한 SE data는 vacuum-UV spectroscopic ellipsometer를 사용하여 세 개의 입사각에서 0.75 eV에서 8.75 eV까지 0.05 eV 간격으로 측정되었다. A1₂O₃ 박막의 유전함수와 두께를 얻기 위하여 공기층/A1₂O₃ 박막/Si 기판으로 구성된 3상계 모델을 사용하였다. Si 기판에 대한 복소 유전함수는 문헌상의 값(1)을 사용하였고, A1₂O₃ 박막의 유전함수는 5개의 미지상수를 갖는 Tauc- Lorentz(TL) 분산함수(2)를 사용하였다. A1₂O₃ 박막의 경우 두께가 증가함에 따라서 굴절률이 커짐을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

A transparent oxide thin film transistors (Transparent Oxide-TFT) have been fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering at room temperature using amorphous indium zinc oxide (a-IZO) as both of active channel and source/drain, gate electrodes and co-sputtered $HfO_2-Al_2O_3$ (HfAIO) as gate dielectric. In spite of its high dielectric constant > 20), $HfO_2$ has some drawbacks including high leakage current and rough surface morphologies originated from small energy band gap (5.31eV) and microcrystalline structure. In this work, the incorporation of $Al_2O_3$ into $HfO_2$ was obtained by co-sputtering of $HfO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ without any intentional substrate heating and its structural and electrical properties were investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and spectroscopic ellipsometer (SE) analyses. The XRD studies confirmed that the microcrystalline structures of $HfO_2$ were transformed to amorphous structures of HfAIO. By AFM analysis, HfAIO films (0.490nm) were considerably smoother than $HfO_2$ films (2.979nm) due to their amorphous structure. The energy band gap ($E_g$) deduced by spectroscopic ellipsometer was increased from 5.17eV ($HfO_2$) to 5.42eV (HfAIO). The electrical performances of TFTs which are made of well-controlled active/electrode IZO materials and co-sputtered HfAIO dielectric material, exhibited a field effect mobility of more than $10cm^2/V{\cdot}s$, a threshold voltage of ~2 V, an $I_{on/off}$ ratio of > $10^5$, and a max on-current of > 2 mA.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.219-230
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• 2011

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the optical characteristics such as color and translucency changes before and after light curing, to quantify the CQ and to measure refractive indices of body and opaque shade of resin composites materials. Materials and Methods: Resin composites used in this study were A2 body and A2 opaque shade of Esthet-X, Filtek supreme, Gradia Direct, Clearfil Majesty and Beautifil II. Color and translucency changes before and after light curing were evaluated by colorimeter, the CQ was quantified by GC-MS and refractive index changes were measured by spectroscopic ellipsometer. Results: Translucency parameter (TP) was significantly increased after curing. The CQ content of body shades are higher than that of opaque shades in all resin composites. Refractive index increased after polymerization in all materials and significant difference in ${\Delta}$refractive index was found between body and opaque shade (significance level 0.05). Conclusions: For an accurate shade match, direct shade matching of resin composite should be performed by using the cured material.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.215-222
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• 2002

Using an in-situ ellipsometer, we monitored the growth curve of optical recording media in real time. For confirmation of the thickness control using in-situ ellipsometry, we analyzed the deposited multi-layer sample made of Ge-Sb-Te alloy film and ZnS-Si0$_2$ dielectric films using an exsitu spectroscopic ellipsometer. The target material in the first sputtering gun is ZnS-SiO$_2$ as the protecting dielectric layer and that in the second gun is Ge$_2$sb$_2$Te$_{5}$ as the receding layer. While depositing ZnS-SiO$_2$, Ge$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_{5}$ and ZnS-SiO$_2$ films on c-Si substrate in sequence, we measured Ψ $\Delta$ in real time. Utilizing the complex refractive indices of Ge$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_{5}$ and ZnS-SiO$_2$ obtained from the analysis of spectroscopic ellipsometry data, the evolution of ellipsometric constants Ψ, $\Delta$ with thickness is calculated. By comparing the calculated evolution curve of ellipsometric constants with the measured one, and by analyzing the effect of density variation of the Ge$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_{5}$ recording layer on ellipsometric constants with thickness, we precisely monitored the growth rate of the Ge-Sb-Te multilayer and controlled the growth process. The deviation of the real thicknesses of Ge-Sb-Te multilayer obtained under the strict monitoring is post confirmed to be less than 1.5% from the target structure of ZnS-SiO$_2$(1400 $\AA$)IGST(200 $\AA$)$\mid$ZnS-SiO$_2$(200$\AA$).(200$\AA$).

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.323-329
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• 2000

In this study we have calculated an ideal complex refractive index of a TiN trim used in a layer of anl1reilecnon (I\R) coatmg, [air$ISiO_2ITiNIglass$] in the visible. Also we simulated the rellectance of lwo-layer AR coating by varying the thicknesses of TiN and $SiO_2$ layers, respecl1vely. The simolation results show that we can controllhe lowest reflectance and AR band of tile AR coating. The TIN fihns were fabricated by a RF magnetron sputtering apparalus. The chemical, structural and electrical properties of TiN fih11S were inveshgated by the Rutherford backscattering spech'oscopy (RBS), atomic force microscope (AFM) and 4-point probe. The optical properlies were inve,tigated by the spectrophotometer and vanable angle spectroscopic ellipsometer (VASE). The smface roughness of TiN flhns \vas $9~10\AA$. TIle resistivity of TiN films was TEX>$360~730\mu$\Omega $ cm. The ,toichlOllletry of TiN film was 1'1: O:N = I: 0.65 :0.95 and ilic oxygen wa~ found on ilie smface. With these experimental and simu]al1on resulLs, we deposited duo: two-layer AR coating, [air$ISiO_2ITiNIglass$] and the refleClance was under 0.5% ill the regIOn of 440-650 run. 0 run.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.138-147
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• 2008

$SiO_2/TiO_2/ZrO_2$ broadband anti-reflective multi-layer thin films were prepared at room temperature by RF sputtering system. Optical constants and structural properties on each layer of films were analyzed by spectroscopic ellipsometer and transmittance spectra of the films were measured by $UV-V_{is}$ spectrophotometer in the range of 300$\sim$900 nm. To evaluate the films, we compared the measured and analyzed spectra with designed spectra. We investigated influence of discrepancy of thickness and refractive indices of each layer on changes of the transmittance spectra. It was found that refractive indices and shape of dispersion of deposition materials are more contributed to changes of the transmittance spectra than thickness of layer.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.204-210
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• 2008

ZnO thin films were grown on a glass by RF sputtering system with RF power 100W and oxygen partial pressure of $0%{/sim}30%$. Elliptic constants were measured by using a phase modulated spectroscopic ellipsometer and analyzed with the Tauc-Lorentz dispersion formula and best fit method in the range of 1.5 to 3.8eV. Also, scanning electron microscope(SEM) was used for the analysis of surface crystallization condition. From elliptic constants spectra, optical constants, thickness and roughness of ZnO films were evaluated. Total thickness of ZnO films obtained by ellipsometry showed good agreement with SEM data. It was found that the grain size of the films were getting smaller with increasing oxygen partial pressure. Band-gap of ZnO films increase with the oxygen partial pressure. These findings clearly indicate that optical properties of ZnO films are strongly dependent on the oxygen partial pressure. It could be explained that increasing the oxygen partial pressure induced high crystalline imperfection in the ZnO films.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.60-65
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• 2009

We performed a study on optical properties of $BaSm_2Ti_4O_{12}$ thin films by vacuum ultra violet spectroscopic ellipsometry in the $0.92{\sim}8.6\;eV$ energy range. For the analysis of the measured ellipsometric spectra, a 5-layer model was applied where optical property of the $BaSm_2Ti_4O_{12}$ layer was well represented by a Tauc-Lorentz dispersion function. Our analysis clearly showed new structure in high energy region at about 7.5 eV Consistent changes of refractive index & extinction coefficient of the $BaSm_2Ti_4O_{12}$ thin film by the growth and annealing temperatures were also confirmed.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.988-991
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• 2004

In the present investigation, we tried AR coating simulation by using the "Essential Macleod optical coating design and analysis" program. After various run of the program we selected appropriate materials which have specific refractive indices and for that thickness was optimized to get the low reflectance. By comparing the simulated results for the different materials,we found that $SiO_2$ and TiN are the appropriate materials for this Flat panel device (FPD) application. Thin films of these materials were deposited using RF magnetron sputtering and Inductively Coupled Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (ICPCVD) methods on Polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) substrates. Spectroscopic ellipsometer (SE MF-1000) and UV-Vis spectrophotometer (SCINCO) were used for the optical characterization. The obtained experimental results are in good agreement with the simulation results.