• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1997.07a
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• pp.115-116
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• 1997

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.78-78
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• 1996

• Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.79-83
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• 2002

As Ag does not form my silicide on Si surfaces, Ag wire is a candidate for self-assembled nanowire on the reconstructed and single-domain Si(5 5 12)-2 $\times$ 1. In the present study, various Ag coverages and post-annealing temperatures had been tested to fabricate a Ag nanowire with high aspect ratio. When Ag coverage was less than 0.03 ML and the post-annealing temperature was 500(C, Ag atoms preferentially adsorbed on the tetramer sites resulting in Ag wires with an inter-row spacing of ~5 nm. However, its aspect ratio is relatively small and its height is also not even. On the other hand, the Ag-posited surface completely loses its reconstruction even with the same annealing at 500 $\^{C}$ if the initial coverage exceeds 0.05 ML. But the additional subsequent annealing at 700$\^{C}$ and slow-cooling process recovers the well-ordered Ag chain with relatively high aspect ratio on the same tetramer sites. It can be understood that, in the double step annealing process, the lower temperature annealing is required for cohesion of adsorbed Ag atoms and the higher temperature annealing is for providing Ag atoms to the tetramer sites.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.90-96
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• 1985

The properties of plasma-enhanced CVD phosphorous silicate glass (PECVD PSG) for passivation layer are studied . Phosphorous contentration was analyzed with X-ray fluores-cence. As a result, PECVD PSG has a limiting phosphors concentration of about 8 mole%. Curves relating to etcll rate, infrared absorption ratio, and sheet resistivity were adapted to monitor phosphorous concentration indirectly Dielectric properties, step coverage, crack resistance, and gettering effect are discussed in both of atmospheric pressure CVD (APCVO) and PECVD oxide. PECVD SiO2 film have density of about 2.4 g/㎤ at deposition rate of 450$\AA$/min, refractive index of about 1.53, and breakdown at fields of II-13 MV/cm. Crack resistance of PECVD oxide is greater than APCVD oxide. PECVD PSG films contained with 2 mole % phosphorous show good step coverage and gettering ability. The obtained results show more advantages in PECVD PSG than in APCVD PSG for device passivation.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.5-8
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• 2003

In this study, as Cu diffusion barrier, tantalum nitrides were successfully deposited on Si(100) substrate and $SiO_2$ by plasma assisted atomic layer deposition(PAALD) and thermal ALD, using pentakis (ethylmethlyamino) tantalum (PEMAT) and NH$_3$ as precursors. The TaN films were deposited at $250^{\circ}C$ by both method. The growth rates of TaN films were 0.8${\AA}$/cycle for PAALD and 0.75${\AA}$/cycle for thermal ALD. TaN films by PAALD showed good surface morphology and excellent step coverage for the trench with an aspect ratio of h/w -1.8:0.12 mm but TaN films by thermal ALD showed bad step coverage for the same trench. The density for PAALD TaN was 11g/cmand one for thermal ALD TaN was 8.3g/$cm^3$. TaN films had 3 atomic % carbon impurity and 4 atomic % oxygen impurity for PAALD and 12 atomic % carbon impurity and 9 atomic % oxygen impurity for thermal ALD. The barrier failure for Cu(200 nm)/TaN(10 nm)/$SiO_2$(85 nm)/ Si structure was shown at temperature above $700^{\circ}C$ by XRD, Cu etch pit analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.134.2-134.2
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• 2017

최근 고성능, 저 전력 반도체 소자를 위한 미세 공정 기술이 발전함에 따라, gate oxide의 두께 및 선폭이 감소하고, aspect ratio가 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 따라서 얇아진 gate oxide를 통한 채널 물질로의 boron 확산을 막기 위한 고농도 질화 막 증착의 필요성이 높아지고 있으며, high aspect ratio의 gate oxide에 적용 가능한 우수한 step coverage의 질화막 또한 요구되고 있다. 이러한 요구조건을 만족시키기 위해 일반적인 13.56MHz의 플라즈마 소스를 이용한 질화연구들이 선행되어져 왔으나, 높은 binding energy(~24 eV)를 가지고 있는 N2 molecule gas를 효과적으로 dissociation 하지 못해 충분한 질화공정이 수행되어질 수 없었을 뿐만 아니라 높은 공정온도($>200^{\circ}C$에서 진행되어 반도체소자에 손상을 줄 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제들을 해결하기 위해 VHF (162MHz)를 이용한 플라즈마를 통해 고밀도에서 낮은 전자온도와 높은 진동온도의 플라즈마를 구현하여 20%이상의 높은 질화율을 얻을 수 있었고, multi-tile push-pull 플라즈마 소스를 통해 VHF 사용 시 나타나는 standing wave effect를 제어하여 high aspect ratio의 gate sidewall spacer에 우수한 step coverage의 질화막을 형성시킬 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society Of Semiconductor Equipment Technology
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.14-19
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• 2002

In this study, as Cu diffusion barrier, tantalum nitrides were successfully deposited on Si(100) substrate and SiO2 by plasma assisted atomic layer deposition(PAALD) and thermal ALD, using pentakis (ethylmethlyamino) tantalum (PEMAT) and $NH_3$ as precursors. The TaN films were deposited on $250^{\circ}$C by both method. The growth rates of TaN films were $0.8{\AA}$/cycle for PAALD and $0.75{\AA}$/cycle for thermal ALD. TaN films by PAALD showed good surface morphology and excellent step coverage for the trench with an aspect ratio of h/w - $1.8 : 0.12 \mu\textrm{m}$ but TaN films by thermal ALD showed bad step coverage for the same trench. The density for PAALD TaN was $11g/\textrm{cm}^3$ and one for thermal ALD TaN was $8.3g/\textrm{cm}^3$. TaN films had 3 atomic % carbon impurity and 4 atomic % oxygen impurity for PAALD and 12 atomic % carbon impurity and 9 atomic % oxygen impurity for thermal ALD. The barrier failure for Cu(200nm)/TaN(l0nm)/$SiO_2(85nm)$/Si structure was shown at temperature above $700^{\circ}$C by XRD, Cu etch pit analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.63-63
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• 2000

Deep submicron device contact hole에서의 bottom step coverage의 향상 및 SALICIDE공정의 필요성에 의해 collimated sputtering 및 ionized sputtering 등의 다양한 증착방법이 연구되어왔다. 반도체소자의 고집적화 및 미세화에 따라서 기존의 증착방법보다 더 높은 throughput을 가진 새로운 증착방법의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. Collimated sputtering방식으로 증착한 박막의 경우에는 증착속도가 느리고 collimator의 사용기간에 따른 공정조건의 변화가 단점으로 작용하였고 새로이 ionzied sputtering방식이 개발되었다. ionzied sputtering방식은 증착되는 금속 입자를 이온화시키고 기판에 바이어스를 걸어서 증착되는 입자의 방향성 및 증착속도의 향상을 얻을 수 있었다. 하지만 고집적도가 더욱 증가함에 따라서 더 높은 박막의 증착속도, bottom step coverage의 향상, 방향성의 향상과 더불어 증착되는 입자의 이온화 율의 증가 및 기존의 증착방식에 의한 박막보다 향상된 물성을 가진 박막증착의 필요성에 의해 hollow cathode magnetron sputtering방식이 연구되었다. HCM방식으로 titanium 박막을 증착하여 collimated sputtering 및 ionize sputtering 방식으로 증착한 titanium 박막과 물성을 비교해서 증착방식에 따른 박막물성의 차이를 연구하였다. 증착전에 기판온도는 30$0^{\circ}C$를 유지하였고 base pressure는 5.0$\times$10-9torr, working pressure는 5.7m torr로 유지하였다. power는 30kW를 가하여 50nm두께의 titanium박막을 증착하였다. 증착된 박막의 미세구조는 TEM 및 XRD로 분석하였다. HCM방식으로 증착한 titanium박막은 5nm두께의 비정질 층이 관찰되었고 ionized sputtering방식으로 증착한 titatnium박막에서 나타나는 것으로 보고된 silicon (002)와 titanium (0002) eledtron diffraction spot사이의 (10-10)spot은 관찰되지 않았다. 박막은 크고 작은 grain의 연속적 분포를 가졌고 HCM방식으로 증착한 titanium박막의 in-plane grain size가 다른 증착방식으로 증착한 박막에 비해 크게 관찰됨을 Plan-view TEM 분석을 통해서 확인되었다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.178-185
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• 2021

Three-dimensional high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides fine-level anatomical information for disease diagnosis. However, there is a limitation in obtaining high resolution due to the long scan time for wide spatial coverage. Therefore, in order to obtain a clear high-resolution(HR) image in a wide spatial coverage, a super-resolution technology that converts a low-resolution(LR) MRI image into a high-resolution is required. In this paper, we propose a super-resolution technique through filter learning based on information on the surrounding gradient information in 3D space from 3D MRI images. In the learning step, the gradient features of each voxel are computed through eigen-decomposition from 3D patch. Based on these features, we get the learned filters that minimize the difference of intensity between pairs of LR and HR images for similar features. In test step, the gradient feature of the patch is obtained for each voxel, and the filter is applied by selecting a filter corresponding to the feature closest to it. As a result of learning 100 T1 brain MRI images of HCP which is publicly opened, we showed that the performance improved by up to about 11% compared to the traditional interpolation method.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.6-16
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• 2006

The goal of this study was to develop new indices for effectively evaluating the dose coverage and homogeneity based on the target-volume dose-volume histogram (TV-DVH) of intensity-modulated radio-therapy treatment plans. A new coverage Index and a new homogeneity index were developed by integrating a modified TV-DVH and by fitting a TV-DVH with a modified step function, respectively. The coverage index, named the l-index, indicates whether the dose coverage for the target volume is adequate based on user-defined criteria. A lower l-index indicates higher dose coverage of the tumor volume. The index for assessing dose homogeneity in a target volume, named the n-index, is more accurate than the conventional method in evaluating the dose homogeneity in a tumor volume. The baseline treatment plan for a target volume coverage and homogeneity is discussed. The proposed simple indices have been demonstrated to be effective in evaluating the dose coverage and homogeneity for TV-DVHs.