• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.501-505
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• 2017

반도체에 대한 수요가 늘어남에 따라 반도체 칩 생산을 위한 웨이퍼 공정 및 평판 디스플레이 제조 공정에서 수백~수십 나노 단위 크기의 트랜지스터, 커패시터 등의 회로소자 제조를 요구하고 있다. 이에 따라 반도체 공정의 미세화가 10nm 이하까지 다다랐고 이로 인해 수율과 신뢰성 측면에서 파티클, 금속입자, 잔류이온 등 진공챔버 내부의 오염원 제거 중요성이 점점 증가하고 있다. 이러한 오염원 제거를 위해서 과거에는 진공 챔버를 개방하여 액상물질로 주기적인 세정을 하였으나 2000년대 초반부터 생산성 향상을 위해 진공 상태에서 건식 세정하는 원격 플라즈마 발생장치(Remote Plasma Generator, RPG)를 개발하여 공정에 적용 해 왔다. 건식 세정을 위해서 화학적 반응성이 높은 고밀도의 라디칼이 필요하고 이를 위해 플라즈마를 이용하여 라디칼을 생성한다. RPG는 안테나 형태의 기존 유도 결합 플라즈마 (Inductively Coupled Plasma, ICP) 방식에 자성코어(Ferrite Core)를 추가함으로써 고밀도 플라즈마 생성이 가능하다. 본 세션에서는 이러한 건식세정과 관련된 플라즈마 기술 소개, 플라즈마 발생장치의 종류 및 효과적인 건식 세정을 위한 원격 플라즈마 발생장치를 소개하고자 한다.

• 월간산업보건
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• s.295
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• pp.15-19
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• 2012

• Clean Technology
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.81-90
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• 2009

In this study various cleaning evaluation methods were tested and comparatively evaluated to help cleaning industry. In order to select alternative cleaning agents objectively and systematically, various cleaning evaluation methods such as gravimetric, optically simulated electron emission (OSEE), contact angle, and analytical instrument methods were employed for cleaning contaminants such as flux, solder and grease. The analytical instruments used in this work were Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The gravimetric method was able to measure cleaning efficiencies easily and simply, but it was not easy to analyze them precisely because of its limitation in the gravimetric measurement. However, the OSEE technique was able to measure quickly and precisely the clean ability of cleaning agents in comparison with the gravimetric method. The contact angle method was found to be necessary for taking special precaution in its application to the cleaning evaluation due to possible formation of tiny organic film on the substrate surface which might be generated from contaminants and cleaning agents. In case of precision analysis that cannot be done by gravimetric method, fine analytical instruments such as UV-VIS, FTIR and HPLC could be used in analyzing trace amount of flux, solder and grease quantitatively, which were extracted from the surface by special solvents.

• Clean Technology
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.264-271
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• 2013

In this study, we optimized the removal condition of contaminants attached on the scrap surface to recycle the scrap generated from the Zr alloy tube manufacturing process back to the nuclear grade. The main contaminant is remnant of watersoluble cooling lubricant that is used in the pilgering manufacture during the tube production, and it is assumed to be compressed and carbonized on the surface of tube. Zirlo alloy tube of ${\phi}9.50mm$, which has high occurrence frequency of scrap, was selected as the object to be cleaned, and cleaning abilities of reagents were evaluated by measuring the characteristics of contaminants remained and by analyzing the surface of the tube after cleaning process. For evaluation of each cleaning agent, we selected two types of sodium hydroxide series and three types of potassium hydroxide series. Furthermore, to confirm dependence on tempe-rature and ultrasonic intensities, cleaning at the room temperature, $40^{\circ}C$, and $60^{\circ}C$ was conducted, and results showed that higher the cleaning temperature and higher the ultrasonic intensity, better the cleaning effect. As a result of the bare-eye inspection, while the use of sodium hydroxide provided satisfactory condition on the tube surface, the use of potassium hydroxide series provided satisfactory condition on the tube surface only when the ultrasonic intensity was over 120 W. In the cleaning effect analysis using the gravimetric method, cleaning efficiency of sodium hydroxide series was as high as 97.6% ($60^{\circ}C$, 120 W), but since the tube surface condition was poor after the use of potassium hydroxide, the gravimetric method was not appropriate. In the analytical result of surface contaminants on the tube surface, C, O, Ca, and Zr were detected, and mainly C and O dominated the proportion of contaminants. It was also found that the degree of cleaning on the tube affected the componential ratio of C and O; if the degree of cleaning is high, or if cleaning is well-conducted, the proportion of C is decreased, and the proportion of O is increased. Based on these results, optimal cleaning for application in the industry can be expected by categorizing cleaning process into three steps of Alkali cleaning, Rinsing, and Drying and by adjusting cleaning parameters in each step.

• Clean Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.184-188
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• 2013

To increase flash point which is related to flammability, seven unprecedented new cleaning agents containing fluoride atoms have been invented. These newly synthesized cleaning agents's physical properties which were conducted by Korea Institute of Petroleum Management by using a standard method showed excellent values. Particularly, flash point of newly synthetic cleaning agents is more higher than that of fluoride free compound. A specimen for cleaning ability was prepared by cutting in $60mm{\times}40mm$ size of stainless steel plate. The surface of the above specimens was applied with four kinds of contaminants, such as paraffin based drawing oil, flux abietic acid, water-insoluble cutting oil, and lubricating oil. Contaminated specimens were immersed in new compounds (1-7) for 1 to 5 minutes to dissolve oil in the cleaning agent. Although the data indicate that all compounds (1-7) exhibit lower cleaning ability toward cutting oil, it is observed that in the case of the present study more than 80% of pollutants on the surface were almost removed within 5 minutes.

• Clean Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.1-12
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• 1999

Cleaning Processes are widely employed in the manufacturing processes of many industries and various environmental contaminants are generated during their operation. Thus, as the environmental and safety regulations are getting severer at home and abroad, it is indispensable that the existing cleaning agents which are causing environmental and safety problems should be replaced by the more environmentally-friendly alternative ones. In order to select alternative cleaning agents, it is necessary that their cleaning power is equivalent to or better than that of existing cleaning agents. However, the evaluation methods of cleaning power of industrial cleaning agents have not been established for comparison of cleanliness. In this study, various kinds of evaluation methods of cleanliness which can be utilized in the laboratory or in the industrial field are examined and their field application cases are reviewed and analyzed.

• 월간산업보건
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• s.15
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• pp.30-39
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• 1989

• Nuclear industry
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• v.14 no.6 s.136
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• pp.64-71
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• 1994

• 월간산업보건
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• s.74
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• pp.35-37
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• 1994

• 월간산업보건
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• s.11
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• pp.31-43
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• 1989