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Effect of thickness of GaAs buffer layer on the structural properties of CdTe films (GaAs 완충층을 사용한 CdTe박막의 성장 특성)

  • Kim, Kwang-Chon;Jung, Kyoo-Ho;You, Hyun-Woo;Yim, Ju-Hyuk;Kim, Hyun-Jae;Kim, Jin-Sang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.247-247
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    • 2010
  • CdTe는 최근 적외선 검출기 개발에 응용하기 위해 활발한 연구가 진행 중인데 이는 HgCdTe(MCT)와 격자 불일치가 0.3% 이하로 대구경 단결정 MCT박막 제작이 용이하기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 MBE 공정으로 GaAs 물질이 완충층으로 증착된 Si(100)기판을 사용하여 CdTe 물질과 Si기판간의 격자 불일치를 줄여 대면적 CdTe 단결정 박막을 얻고자 완충층의 두께별 결정성 및 표면 특성을 보았다. CdTe 박막의 증착은 Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition system (MOCVD)를 이용하였고 실험결과 2nm의 GaAs 완충층이 사용된 박막에서 단결정 CdTe(400) 박막이 성장 되었으며, GaAs 완충층의 두께가 증가 함에 따라 $1{\mu}m$ 완충층에서는 다결정 박막이 성장 되었다. 본 연구결과는 Si 기판에 성장된 단결정 CdTe층을 이용 대면적 HgCdTe웨이퍼의 제조에 널리 이용 될 수 있으리라 여겨진다.

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High Quality Free-Standing GaN Substrate by Using Self-Separation Method (Self-Separation 방법을 적용한 고품질 Free-Standing GaN)

  • Son, Ho Ki;Lee, Young Jin;Kim, Jin-Ho;Hwang, Jonghee;Jeon, Dae-Woo;Lee, Hae-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.29 no.11
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    • pp.702-706
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    • 2016
  • We demonstrated that self-separation FS-GaN (freestanding-GaN) was grown on MELO (maskless epitaxially lateral overgrowth) GaN template by horizontal HVPE (hydride vapor phase epitaxy). Before thick GaN grwoth, MELO GaN template was grown on patterned GaN template by MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition). The laterally overgrown GaN would consist of a continuous well coalesced layer. The mixed TDD (threading dislocation density) of seed and wing region were $8{\times}10^8cm^{-2}$ and $7{\times}10^7cm^{-2}$, respectively. After thick GaN grown by HVPE, the self-separation between thick GaN and sapphire substrate was generated at seed region. The regions of self-separation for FS-GaN and sapphire were observed by FE-SEM. Moreover, Raman results indicated that the compressive strain of seed and wing regions at FS-GaN substrate were slightly released compared to that of thick GaN grown on conventional GaN template. The optical properties of the FS-GaN substrate were examined by using PL (photoluminescence). The PL exhibited that donor bound exciton and donor acceptor pair were observed at low temperature. The effects on optical and structural properties of FS-GaN substrate have been discussed in detail.

Cu Metallization for Giga Level Devices Using Electrodeposition (전해 도금을 이용한 기가급 소자용 구리배선 공정)

  • Kim, Soo-Kil;Kang, Min-Cheol;Koo, Hyo-Chol;Cho, Sung-Ki;Kim, Jae-Jeong;Yeo, Jong-Kee
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.94-103
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    • 2007
  • The transition of interconnection metal from aluminum alloy to copper has been introduced to meet the requirements of high speed, ultra-large scale integration, and high reliability of the semiconductor device. Since copper, which has low electrical resistivity and high resistance to degradation, has different electrical and material characteristics compared to aluminum alloy, new related materials and processes are needed to successfully fabricate the copper interconnection. In this review, some important factors of multilevel copper damascene process have been surveyed such as diffusion barrier, seed layer, organic additives for bottom-up electro/electroless deposition, chemical mechanical polishing, and capping layer to introduce the related issues and recent research trends on them.

Reflow of copper film for the interconnection of the next generation semiconductor devices (차세대 반도체 소자의 배선을 위한 구리박막의 reflow)

  • 김동원;김갑중;권인호;이승윤;라사균;박종욱
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.206-212
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    • 1997
  • The reflow characteristics of copper, which is expected to be used as interconnection materials in the next generation semiconductor devices, were investigated. Copper films were deposited on hole and trench patterns by metal organic chemical vapor deposition and annealed in nitrogen and oxygen ambient with the annealing temperatures ranging from $350^{\circ}C$ to $550^{\circ}C$. Copper films were not reflowed into the patterns upon the annealing in nitrogen ambient, but reflowed at the annealing temperature higher than $450^{\circ}C$ in oxygen ambient. It is considered that the reflow takes place as the heat generated by the oxidation of copper liquefies the copper film partly and the liquid copper fills the patterns for minimizing the surface energy and the potential energy. Upon the annealing in oxygen ambient, the copper oxide whose thickness was less than 300$\AA$ formed at the surface of an agglomerate and the resistivity of copper film increased drastically at an annealing temperature of $550^{\circ}C$ due to the copper agglomeration.

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Nucleation Enhancing Effect of Different ECR Plasmas Pretreatment in the RUO2 Film Growth by MOCVD (ECR플라즈마 전처리가 RuO2 MOCVD시 핵생성에 끼치는 효과)

  • Eom, Taejong;Park, Yunkyu;Lee, Chongmu
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.42 no.2 s.273
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    • pp.94-98
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    • 2005
  • $RuO_2$ is widely studied as a lower electrode material for high dielectric capacitors in DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memories) and FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memories). In this study, the effects of hydrogen, oxygen, and argon Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) plasma pretreatments on deposited by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) $RuO_2$ nucleation was investigated using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) analyses. Argon ECR plasma pretreatment was found to offer the highest $RuO_2$ nucleation density among these three pretreatments. The mechanism through which $RuO_2$ nucleation is enhanced by ECR plasma pretreatment may be that the argon or the hydrogen ECR plasma removes nitrogen and oxygen atoms at the TiN film surface so that the underlying TiN film surface is changed to Ti-rich TiN.

Fabrication of GaN Micro-pyramid Structure Arrays for Phosphor-free white Lighting-emitting Diode

  • Sim, Young-Chul;Ko, Young-Ho;Lim, Seung-Hyuk;Cho, Yong-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.299-299
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    • 2014
  • 기존의 고출력 광원들이 환경문제 등으로 외국에서 규제대상으로 지정되고 있는 가운데고체 상태의 광원인 Light-emitting diode (LED)는 기존의 광원에 비해 에너지 절감효과 크기 때문에 인해 널리 사용되고 있는 추세이다. 대부분의 백색 LED의 경우 청색 LED에 황색 형광체를 사용하는 것이 일반적이다. 그러나 이의 경우 빛의 흡수와 재방출 과정에서 생기는 에너지 변환손실의 문제가 불가피하다. 또한, 두 종류의 색을 섞어서 나타나는 낮은 연색성의 문제가 있고 사용할 수 있는 형광체의 종류와 조합도 일본 등 해외에 출원된 특허권으로 연구개발에 어려움이 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 형광체를 사용하지 않는 단일 백색 LED를 개발을 위하여 극성과 반극성을 조합한 구조를 연구하였다. Photo-lithography를 이용하여 다양한 크기와 구조의 홀 패턴을 얻을 수 있었으며, metal organic chemical vapor deposition을 이용하여 다양한 형태의 피라미드 구조를 성장할 수 있었다. 패턴의 홀 크기와 홀 사이의 간격을 조절하면서 성장을 진행 하였고, 그 결과 pyramid와 truncated pyramid 모양의 GaN 구조를 성장할 수 있었다. [그림 1] Pyramid 구조의 반극성 면과 truncated pyramid 구조의 극성 면사이의 성장속도 차이 때문에 양자우물의 두께가 달라짐을 확인하였다. 이로 인해 양자구속효과가 달라져 다른 파장의 발광을 기대할 수 있었다. 뿐만 아니라 In의 확산거리가 Ga보다 길어서 홀사이 간격을 달리하면 In조성비가 달라지는 효과가 있음을 확인하였고 다양한 홀 사이 간격으로부터 각기 다른 파장의 발광을 얻을 수 있었다. 파장을 조금 더 상세하게 분석하기 위하여 Photoluminescence과 Cathodoluminescence을 사용하였다. 이로써 여러 파장을 발광하는 패턴을 섞어 넓은 영역의 발광 스펙트럼을 만들었다. 특히 패턴을 섞는 방법도 홀과 에피 구조를 섞는 방법, 크기가 다른 홀 패턴을 배열하는 방법등 다양히 하며 가장 좋을 패턴을 연구하였다. 그리하여 최적의 패턴과 구조, 성장조건을 찾아 백색의 CIE 좌표값을 얻을 수 있었다.

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Electrical and Optical Properties of Asymmetric Dielectric/Metal/Dielectric (D/M/D) Multilayer Electrode Prepared by Radio-Frequency Sputtering for Solar Cells

  • Pandey, Rina;Lim, Ju Won;Lim, Keun Yong;Hwang, Do Kyung;Choi, Won Kook
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2015
  • Transparent and conductive multilayer thin films consisting of three alternating layers FZTO/Ag/$WO_3$ have been fabricated by radio-frequency (RF) sputtering for the applications as transparent conducting oxides and the structural and optical properties of the resulting films were carefully studied. The single layer fluorine doped zinc tin oxide (FZTO) and tungsten oxide ($WO_3$) films grown at room temperature are found to have an amorphous structure. Multilayer structured electrode with a few nm Ag layer embedded in FZTO/Ag/$WO_3$ (FAW) was fabricated and showed the optical transmittance of 87.60 % in the visible range (${\lambda}=380{\sim}770nm$), quite low electrical resistivity of ${\sim}10^{-5}{\Omega}cm$ and the corresponding figure of merit ($T^{10}/R_s$) is equivalent to $3.0{\times}10^{-2}{\Omega}^{-1}$. The resultant power conversion efficiency of 2.50% of the multilayer based OPV is lower than that of the reference commercial ITO. Asymmetric D/M/D multilayer is a promising transparent conducting electrode material due to its low resistivity, high transmittance, low temperature deposition and low cost components.

Microstructural Observation of Multi-coated YBCO Films Prepared by TFA-MOD (TFA-MOD법으로 제조된 다층 YBCO 박막의 미세구조 관찰)

  • Jang, Seok-Hern;Lim, Jun-Hyung;Lee, Chang-Min;Hwang, Soo-Min;Choi, Jun-Hyuk;Shim, Jong-Hyun;Joo, Jin-Ho;Kim, Chan-Joong
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.167-172
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    • 2008
  • We fabricated $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-x}$(YBCO) films on (00l) $LaAlO_3$ substrates prepared by metal organic deposition(MOD) method using trifluoroacetate(TFA) solution. The films with various thicknesses were prepared by repeating the dip-coating and calcining processes. The effects of film thickness on phase formation, microstructures, and critical properties were evaluated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The microstructure and resultant critical current($I_C$) and critical current density($J_C$) varied remarkably with film thickness: The ($I_C$) value increased from 39 to 160 A/cm-width as the number of coatings increased from one to four, while the corresponding $J_C$ was measured to be in the range of $0.84-1.21\;MA/cm^2$. Both the $I_C$ and $J_C$ decreased when an additional coating was applied due to microstructural degradation, indicating that the optimum thickness is in the range of $1.1-1.8\;{\mu}m$. The possible cause for the decrease in the $I_C$ and $J_C$ value for film thicker than $1.8\;{\mu}m$ include non-uniform thickness, increased surface roughness, and the poor formability of the YBCO phase and texture arising from the insufficient heat treatment time with respect to the increased thickness.

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As/P Exchange Reaction of InAs/InGaAsP/InP Quantum Dots during Growth Interruption

  • Choe, Jang-Hui;Han, Won-Seok;Jo, Byeong-Gu;Song, Jeong-Ho;Jang, Yu-Dong;Lee, Dong-Han
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.02a
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    • pp.146-147
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    • 2012
  • InP 기판위에 자발성장법으로 성장된 InAs 양자점은 $1.55{\mu}m$ 영역에서 발진하는 양자점 반도체 레이저 다이오드 및 광 증폭기를 제작할 수 있기 때문에 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 광통신 대역의 $1.55{\mu}m$ 반도체 레이저 다이오드 및 광 증폭기 분야에서 InAs/InP 양자점이 많은 관심을 받고 있으나, InAs/GaAs 양자점에 비해 제작이 어려운 단점을 가지고 있다. InAs/InP 양자점은 InAs/GaAs 양자점에 비해 격자 불일치가 작아 양자점의 크기가 크고 특히 As 계 박막과 P 계박막의 계면에서 V 족 원소 교환 반응으로 계면 특성 저하가 발생하여 성장이 까다롭다. As 과 P 간의 교환반응은 성장온도와 V/III 에 의해 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 보고되었다. 그러나, P계 InGaAsP 박막 위에 InAs 성장 시 발생하는 As/P 교환반응에 대한 연구는 매우 적다. 본 연구에서는 InGaAsP 박막 위에 InAs 양자점 성장 시 GI (growth interruption)에 의한 As/P 교환반응이 InAs 양자점의 형상 및 광학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 시료는 수직형 저압 Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD)를 이용하여 $520^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 성장하였다. 그림1(a) 구조의 양자점은 InP (100) 기판위에 InP buffer layer를 성장한 후 InP와 격자상수가 일치하는 $1.1{\mu}m$ 파장의 InGaAsP barrier를 50 nm 성장하였다. 그 후 As 분위기 하에서 다양한 GI 시간을 주었고 그 위에 InAs 양자점을 성장하였다. 양자점 성장 후 InGaAsP barrier를 50 nm, InP capping layer를 50 nm 성장하였다. AFM측정을 위해 InP capping layer 위에 동일한 GI 조건의 InAs/InGaAsP 양자점을 성장하였고 양자점 성장 후 As분위기 하에 온도를 내려주었다. 그림1(b) 구조의 양자점은 그림1(a) 와 모든 조건은 동일하나 InAs 양자점과 InGaAsP barrier 사이에 GaAs 2ML를 삽입한 구조이다. 양자점 형상 특성 평가는 Atomic force microscopy를 이용하였으며, 광특성 분석은 Photoluminescence를 이용하였다.

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Emission and Structural Properties of Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles-coated a-plane (11-20) GaN by Spin Coating Method

  • Kim, Ji-Hoon;Son, Ji-Su;Baik, Kwang-Hyeon;Park, Jung-Ho;Hwang, Sung-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.146-146
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    • 2011
  • The blue light emitting diode (LED) structure based on non-polar a-plane (11-20) GaN which was coated TiO2 nanoparticles using spin coating method was grown on r-plane (1-102) sapphire substrates to improve light extraction efficiency. We report on the emission and structural properties with temperature dependence of photoluminescence (PL) and x-ray rocking curves (XRC). From PL results at 13 K of undoped GaN samples, basal plane stacking fault (BSF) and near band edge (NBE) emission peak were observed at 3.434 eV and 3.484 eV, respectively. We also found the temperature-induced band-gap shrinkage, which was fitted well with empirical Varshini's equation. The PL intensity of TiO2 nanoparticles ?coated multiple quantum well (MQW) sample is decayed slower than that of no coating sample with increasing temperature. The anisotrophic strain and azimuth angle dependence in the films were shown from XRC results. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) along the GaN [11-20] and [1-100] directions were 564.9 arcsec and 490.8 arcsec, respectively. A small deviation of FWHM values at in-plane direction is attributed to uniform in-plane strain.

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