• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.366-370
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• 2015

New ion beam etcher (IBE) using a magnetized inductively coupled plasma (M-ICP) has been developed. The magnetic flux density distributions inside the upper chamber, where the plasma is generated by inductive coupling, were successfully optimized by arranging a pair of circular coils very carefully. More importantly, the proposed M-ICP IBE exhibits higher etch rate than ICP.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2022

The current display technology tends to be highly integrated with high resolution, the element size is gradually downsized, and the structure becomes complicated. Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etcher of various types of etching equipment is a structure that places a large multi-divisional antenna source on the top lid, passes current to the Antenna, and generates plasma using the induced magnetic field generated at this time. However, in the case of a device of a large area size, a support that can withstand a load structurally is necessary, and when these support portions are applied, arrangement of antenna becomes difficult, which causes reduction in uniformity. As described above, the development of antenna source of a large area having a uniform plasma density on the whole surface is difficult to restrict hardware (H/W). As a solution to this problem, we confirmed the change in uniformity of plasma by applying two kinds of specific shape faraday shield(FICP) to the lower part of the large area upper lid antenna of 6 and 8th more than that generation size. In this thesis, we verify the faraday shield effect which can improve plasma uniformity control of ICP dry etcher equipment applied to medium and large displays.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.222-228
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• 2016

Correlation between coil configurations and the discharge characteristics such as plasma density and the electron temperature in a newly designed magnetized inductively coupled plasma (M-ICP) etcher were investigated. Radial and axial magnetic flux density distributions as well as the magnetic flux density on the center of the substrate holder were controllable by placing multiple circular coils around the etcher. The plasma density increased up to 60.7% by arranging coils (or optimizing magnetic flux density distributions inside the etcher) properly although the magnetic flux density on the center of the substrate holder was fixed at 7 Gauss.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.360-365
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• 2015

Spatial distributions of magnetic flux density in a newly designed magnetized inductively coupled plasma (M-ICP) etcher were investigated. Radial and axial magnetic flux densities as well as the magnetic flux density on the center of the substrate holder were controllable by placing multiple circular coils around the etcher properly. The plasma density non-uniformity in M-ICP (25 Gauss) can be reduced (1.4%) compared to that in ICP (16.7%) when the neutral gas pressure was 0.67 Pa and a right-hand circularly polarized wave (R-wave) can be propagated in to the etcher by making magnetic flux density increases both radially and axially from the center of the substrate holder.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.180-181
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 ICP Poly Etcher를 이용한 Dry Etch에서 몇가지 공정조건의 변화에 따른 Etching 특성 변화를 연구하였다. 주요 가스유량들이 증가 할 때, Poly-Si 의 Etch rate는 증가 하였으며 Uniformity는 나빠진 것을 확인 할 수 있었고 다른 특성들은 특별한 변화를 보이지 않았다. 주요 Gas인 HBr의 증가는 PR(Photo Resist)와 Uniformity에 영향을 주었다. 이 논문을 통해 HBr의 유량이 Poly-Si Etching에 영향을 주는 결과를 알아 볼 수 있었고 HBr 가스의 유량 증가가 Polymer의 생성에 영향을 줘 Selectivity와 Uniformity를 증가 시킨다는 것도 확인 해 볼 수 있었다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.630-636
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• 2006

플래시 메모리 반도체의 고집적화와 고밀도화가 진행함에 따라 플래시 메모리의 트랜지스터 안 선폭을 중심으로 게이트 패턴의 미세화가 진행 중이다. 최근 100 nm 이하의 선폭을 구현하기 위해서 ONO(oxide-nitride-oxide)를 사용하기 위한 연구가 개발 중이고, 이러한 100 nm이하의 미세 선폭으로 갈수록 식각 속도와 식각의 프로파일은 중요한 요인으로 작용하고 있다. ICP 식각 장비를 이용하여, power를 50 W 증가 하였을 때, 각각 식각 속도와 포토레지스트와의 선택비를 확인 한 결과 platen power를 100 W로 올렸을 경우 가장 좋은 결과를 나타내었다. 100 W에서 HBr가스의 유량에 변화를 주었을 경우 가스의 양을 증가 할수록 식각 속도는 감소하였지만, 포토레지스트와의 선택비는 증가함을 보였다. 유도결합 플라즈마 식각 장비를 가지고 platen power를 100 W, HBr gas를 35 sccm 공급하여 하부 층에 노치가 형성이 안되고, 식각 속도 320 nm/min, 감광액과의 선택비 3.5:1, 측면식각 프로파일이 수직인 공정 조건을 찾았다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.922-925
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• 1999

The Silylation photo-resist etch process was tested by Enhanced-ICP dry etcher. The comparison of the two process results of micro pattern etching with 0.25${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ CD by E-ICP and ICP reveals that E-ICP has better quality than ICP The etch rate and the microloading effect was improved in E-ICP Especially, the problem of the lateral etch was improved in E-ICP.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부
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• pp.276-278
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• 1997

The reliable etching process is one of the essential steps in fabricating GaN based-device. High etch rate is needed to obtain a deeply etched structure and perfect anisotropic etched facet is needed to obtain lasing profile. In the research, therefore, we had proposed a planar inductively coupled plasma etcher (Planar ICP Etcher) as a high density plasma source, and studied the etching mechanism using the $CH_4/H_2$/Ar gas mixture. Dry etching characteristics such as etch rate, anisotropic etching profile and so on, for the III-V nitride layers were investigated using Planar ICP Etcher, based on the plasma characteristic as a variation of plasma process parameters.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.74-74
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• 2009

The ArF PR mask was. developed to overcome the limit. of sub 40nm patterning technology with KrF PR. But ArF PR difficult to meet the required PR selectivity by thin PR thickness. So need to the multi-stack mask such as amorphous carbon layer (ACL). Generally capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) etcher difficult to make the high density plasma and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) type etcher is more suitable for multi stack mask etching. Hybrid Coupled Plasma source (HCPs) etcher using the 13.56MHz RF power for ICP source and 2MHz and 27.12MHz for bias power was adopted to improve the process capability and controllability of ion density and energy independently. In the study, the oxide trench which has the multi stack layer process was investigated with the HCPs etcher (iGeminus-600 model DMS Corporation). The results were analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and it was found that etching characteristic of oxide trench profile depend on the multi-stack mask.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.107-107
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 중성빔을 이용한 Atomic Layer Etching(ALET) system을 이용하여 $ZrO_2$의 atomic layer etching mechanism에 대하여 연구하였다. Ar neutral beam irradiation dose와 $BCl_3$ gas pressure의 변화에 따라 $ZrO_2$ etch rate와 RMS roughness를 관찰했을 때, Ar neutral beam irradiation dose이 $1.485{\times}10^{16}atoms/cm^2{\bullet}cycle$ 이상이고 $BCl_3$ gas pressure가 0.15mTorr 이상 일 때 $ZrO_2$ etch rate은 $1.07\;{\AA}/cycle$의 일정한 값에서 유지됨을 확인하였다. 그리고 ALET와 ICP Etcher을 통해 $ZnO_2$를 각각 식각하여 physically or chemically damage를 비교한 결과, ALET가 기존의 ICP Etcher system보다 $ZrO_2$ 식각공정에 대해 적은 damage를 받는 것을 ARXPS를 통해 관찰 하였다.