• 제목/요약/키워드: Hafnium

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Influence of Nitrogen/argon Flow Ratio on the Crystallization of Hafnium Oxynitride Films

  • Choi, Dae-Han;Choi, Jong-In;Park, Hwan-Jin;Chae, Joo-Hyun;Kim, Dae-Il
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.12-15
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    • 2008
  • Hafnium oxynitride films have been deposited onto a silicon substrate by means of radio frequency (RF) reactive sputtering using a hafnium dioxide $(HfO_2)$ target with a variety of nitrogen! argon $(N_2/Ar)$ gas flow ratios. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES)results confirm that $N_2$ was successfully incorporated into the HfON films. An increase in the $N_2/Ar$ gas flow ratio resulted in metal oxynitride formation. The films prepared with a $N_2/Ar$ flow ratio of 20/20 sccm show (222), (530), and (611) directions of $HfO_2N_2$, and the (-111), (311) directions of $HfO_2$. From X-ray reflectometry measurements, it can be concluded that with $N_2$ incorporated into the HfON films, the film density increases. The density increases from 9.8 to $10.1g/cm^3$. XRR also reveals that the surface roughness is related to the $N_2/Ar$ flow ratio.

The Effects of Doping Hafnium on Device Characteristics of $SnO_2$ Thin-film Transistors

  • 신새영;문연건;김웅선;박종완
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.199-199
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    • 2011
  • Recently, Thin film transistors (TFTs) with amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) can offer an important aspect for next generation displays with high mobility. Several oxide semiconductor such as ZnO, $SnO_2$ and InGaZnO have been extensively researched. Especially, as a well-known binary metal oxide, tin oxide ($SnO_2$), usually acts as n-type semiconductor with a wide band gap of 3.6eV. Over the past several decades intensive research activities have been conducted on $SnO_2$ in the bulk, thin film and nanostructure forms due to its interesting electrical properties making it a promising material for applications in solar cells, flat panel displays, and light emitting devices. But, its application to the active channel of TFTs have been limited due to the difficulties in controlling the electron density and n-type of operation with depletion mode. In this study, we fabricated staggered bottom-gate structure $SnO_2$-TFTs and patterned channel layer used a shadow mask. Then we compare to the performance intrinsic $SnO_2$-TFTs and doping hafnium $SnO_2$-TFTs. As a result, we suggest that can be control the defect formation of $SnO_2$-TFTs by doping hafnium. The hafnium element into the $SnO_2$ thin-films maybe acts to control the carrier concentration by suppressing carrier generation via oxygen vacancy formation. Furthermore, it can be also control the mobility. And bias stability of $SnO_2$-TFTs is improvement using doping hafnium. Enhancement of device stability was attributed to the reduced defect in channel layer or interface. In order to verify this effect, we employed to measure activation energy that can be explained by the thermal activation process of the subthreshold drain current.

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양전자소멸기법을 이용한 하프늄금속의 격자결함 회복에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Defect Annealing of Hafnium Metal By Positron Annihilation Techniques)

  • Kang, Myung-Soo;Jung, Sung-Hoon;Yoon, Young-Ku;Park, Yong-Ki
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제25권1호
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    • pp.71-79
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    • 1993
  • 소둔시편 및 소둔 후 냉간가공한 하프늄시편에 대하여 양전자수명을 조사하였다. 소둔시편에서의 양전자수명은 187$\pm$3.7 psec인 반면, 소둔 후 냉간가공한 시편에서 격자결함에 포획된 양전자의 수명은 217$\pm$4.2 psec로 측정되었다. 양전자소멸측정 및 미세경도측정 방법을 이용하여 등시소둔에 의한 냉간가공시편의 회복 및 재결정 거동을 조사하였다. 재결정단계에서는 양전자소멸측정 과 미세경도측정값이 유사한 경향을 나타냈으나, 회복단계에서는 양전자소멸측정값이 매우 현저하게 변화하는 반면, 미세경도값은 거의 변화하지 않았다. 하프늄의 회복단계는 623 K부터 시작되며 재결정온도는 1023 K정도로 측정되었다.

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Solution-Derived Hafnium Lanthanum Oxide Films Prepared Using Ion-Beam Irradiation and Their Applications as Alignment Layers for Twisted-Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays

  • Oh, Byeong-Yun
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • 제17권6호
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    • pp.355-358
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    • 2016
  • We present the alignment characteristics of LC (liquid crystal) molecules on solution-derived HLO (hafnium lanthanum oxide) films fabricated using IB (ion-beam) irradiation. We then demonstrated that LC molecules can be homogeneously and uniformly aligned on the HLO film irradiated at an IB incident energy of 1.2 keV. Physicochemical analysis methods such as atomic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to verify the LC alignment mechanism on the IB-irradiated HLO film. In addition, the electro-optical performance of a TN (twisted-nematic) cell fabricated using the IB-irradiated HLO film exhibited characteristics superior to those of the conventional TN cell fabricated using a rubbed polyimide layer.

MOCVD를 이용한 Hafnium Oxide 박막 증착 (The Deposition of Hafnium Oxide Thin Film using MOCVD)

  • 오재민;이태호;김영순;현광수;안진호
    • 한국마이크로전자및패키징학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국마이크로전자및패키징학회 2002년도 춘계 기술심포지움 논문집
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    • pp.198-202
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    • 2002
  • $HfO_2$films were grown on Si substrate in the temperature range $250~550^{\circ}C$ using metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique for a gate dielectric. Hafnium tart-butoxide and Oxygen gas were used as precursors and N2 was used as carrier gas. Impurity distribution and film structure(including interfacial layer) were studied at the deposition temperature range between 25$0^{\circ}C$ and $550^{\circ}C$. The growth rate and impurty distribution decreased with increasing temperature. The electrical properties of $HfO_2$were investigated with C-V, 1-V method and showed it has a good properties as a gate dielectric.

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상온에서 RF 스퍼터링 방법으로 증착한 Hafnium Oxide 박막의 저항 변화 특성 (Resistive Switching Characteristics of Hafnium Oxide Thin Films Sputtered at Room Temperature)

  • 한용;조경아;윤정권;김상식
    • 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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    • 제24권9호
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    • pp.710-712
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    • 2011
  • In this study, we fabricate resistive switching random access memory (ReRAM) devices constructed with a Al/$HfO_2$/ITO structure on glass substrates and investigate their memory characteristics. The hafnium oxide thin film used as a resistive switching layer is sputtered at room temperature in a sputtering system with a cooling unit. The Al/$HfO_2$/ITO device exhibits bipolar resistive switching characteristics, and the ratio of the high resistance (HRS) to low resistance states (LRS) is more than 60. In addition, the resistance ratio maintains even after $10^4$ seconds.

Macroscopic Wear Behavior of C/C and C/C-SiC Composites Coated with Hafnium Carbide

  • Lee, Kee Sung;Sihn, Ihn Cheol;Lim, Byung-Joo;Lim, Kwang Hyun
    • 한국세라믹학회지
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    • 제52권6호
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    • pp.429-434
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    • 2015
  • This study investigates the macroscopic wear behaviors of C/C and C/C-SiC composites coated with hafnium carbide (HfC). To improve the wear resistance of C/C composites, low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) was used to obtain HfC coating. The CVD coatings were deposited at various deposition temperatures of 1300, 1400, and $1500^{\circ}C$. The effect of the substrate material (the C/C substrate, the C/C-CVR substrate, or the C/C-SiC substrate deposited by LSI) was also studied to improve the wear resistance. The experiment used the ball-on-disk method, with a tungsten carbide (WC) ball utilized as an indenter to evaluate the wear behavior. The HfC coatings were found to effectively improve the wear resistance of C/C and C/C-SiC composites, compared with the case of a non-coated C/C composite. The former showed lower friction coefficients and almost no wear loss during the wear test because of the presence of hard coatings. The wear scar width was relatively narrower for the C/C and C/C-SiC composites with hafnium coatings. Wear behavior was found to critically depend on the deposition temperature and the material. Thus, the HfC-coated C/C-SiC composites fabricated at deposition temperatures of $1500^{\circ}C$ showed the best wear resistance, a lower friction coefficient, and almost no loss during the wear test.

DC magnetron sputtering을 이용한 Hf 첨가된 zinc oxide기반의 Thin film transistor의 전기적 특성

  • 신새영;문연건;김웅선;김경택;박종완
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.110-110
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    • 2010
  • 현재 박막 트랜지스터는 비정질 실리콘 기반의 개발이 주를 이루고 있으며, 이 비정질 실리콘은 성막공정이 간단하고 대면적에 용이하지만 전기적인 특성이 우수하지 않기 때문에 디스플레이의 적용에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 이에 따라 poly-Si을 이용한 박막 트랜지스터의 연구가 진행되고 있는데, 이는 공정온도가 높고, 대면적에의 응용이 어렵다. 따라서 앞으로 저온 공정이 가능하며 대면적 응용이 용이한 박막 트랜지스터의 연구가 필수적이다. 한편 최근 박막 트랜지스터의 채널층으로 사용되는 물질에는 oxide 기반의 ZnO, SnO2, In2O3 등이 주로 사용되고 있고, 보다 적합한 채널층을 찾기 위한 연구가 많이 진행되어 왔다. 최근 Hosono 연구팀에서 IGZO를 채널층으로 사용하여 high mobility, 우수한 on/off ratio의 특성을 가진 소자 제작에 성공함으로써 이를 시작으로 IGZO의 연구 또한 세계적으로 활발한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 특히, ZnO는 wide band gap (3.37eV)을 가지고 있어 적외선 및 가시광선의 투과율이 좋고, 전기 전도성과 플라즈마에 대한 내구성이 우수하며, 낮은 온도에서도 성막이 가능하다는 특징을 가지고 있다. 그러나 intrinsic ZnO 박막은 bias stress 같은 외부 환경이 변했을 경우 전기적인 성질의 변화를 가져올 뿐만 아니라 고온에서의 공정이 불안정하다는 요인을 가지고 있다. ZnO의 전기적인 특성을 개선하기 위해 본 연구에서는 hafnium을 doping한 ZnO을 channel layer로 소자를 제작하고 전기적 특성을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 DC magnetron sputtering을 이용하여 ZnO 기반의 박막 트랜지스터를 제작하였다. Staggered bottom gate 구조로 ITO 물질을 전극으로 사용하였으며, 제작된 소자는 semiconductor analyzer를 이용하여 출력특성과 전이 특성을 평가하였으며, ZnO channel layer 증착시 hafnium이 도핑 되는 양을 조절하여 소자를 제작한 후 intrinsic ZnO의 소자 특성과 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 hafnium을 doping 시킨 소자의 field effect mobility가 $6.42cm^2/Vs$에서 $3.59cm^2/Vs$로 낮아졌지만, subthreshold swing 측면에서는 1.464V/decade에서 0.581V/decade로 intrinsic ZnO 보다 좋은 특성을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 intrinsic ZnO의 경우 외부환경에 대한 안정성 문제가 대두되고 있는데, hafnium을 도핑한 ZnO의 경우 temperature, bias temperature stability, 경시변화 등의 다양한 조건에서의 안정성이 확보된다면 intrinsic ZnO 박막트랜지스터의 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 물질로 될 것이라고 기대된다.

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