• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.45-46
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• 2009

We have fabricated advanced metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitors with thin (${\approx}10\;nm$) Inductive-Coupled Plasma (ICP) CVD $Si_xN_y$ dielectric layers and investigated electrical properties of nitrided $SiO_2$/4H-SiC interface after oxidizing the $Si_xN_y$ in dry oxidation and/or $N_2$ annealing. An improvement of electrical properties have been revealed in capacitance-voltage (C-V) and current density-electrical field (J-E) measurements if compared with non-annealed oxidized-SiN. The improvements of SiC MOS capacitors formed by oxidized-SiN have been explained in this paper.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.1
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• pp.409-412
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• 2004

Edge termination technique is essential fer the fabrication of high volage devices. A proper edge termination technique is also needed in the fabrication of Silicon Carbide power devices for obtaining a stable high blocking voltage properties. Among the many techniques, the field plate formation is the easiest one that can utilize it for commercial usage. The growth of thick thermal oxide is difficult for SiC, however. In this paper, 6A grade SiC schottky barrier diodes(SBD) were fabricated with field plate edge termination. The oxides which is field plate were formed various methods such as dry oxidation, 10% $N_2O$ nitrided oxidation and PECVD deposition. The reverse characteristics of the SiC SBD with various oxide field plate were investigated.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.268-274
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• 1997

Characteristics of plasma nitriding and nitrocarburizing for steam treated sintered steels were studied. Fe-0.8%C powder containing Ni, Cu were sintered at 112$0^{\circ}C$ and steamed at 52$0^{\circ}C$. Temperature of plasma nitriding and nitrocarburizing was varied from 50$0^{\circ}C$ to $600^{\circ}C$. Gas mixture of nitriding was set at $N_2$ : $H_2$ =80:20 (vol.%), but $CH_4gas$ was added 1~2 vol.% for nitrocarburizing. Steam treatment for sintered steels brought not only the formation of oxide layer but also decarburizing near the surface. Decrease in hardness near the surface resulted from the formation of ferrite due to decarburizing. Thus, the low hardness was recovered not with plasma nitriding but with plasma nitrocarburixing. Wear resistance properties of steamed specimens and ni-trocarburized specimens were better than those of nitrided specimens according to the pin-on-disk wear test. On the other hand, the fatigue life of steamed specimen was shorter than that of nitrocaiburized specimen.

• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.175-184
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• 1991

급속 열처리 방법으로 두께가 약 80.angs.C인 산화막을 성장시킨 후 950.angs.C와 1150.angs.C의 온도에서 15초-120초 동안 질화 및 재산화 공정을 수행하여 초 박막 구조의 질화 및 재산화된 질화 산화막을 성장하였다. 성장한 질화산 화막과 재 산화된 진화 산화막의 전기적 특성은 C-V, I-V, 전하 포획 및 TDDB 측정등을 통하여 분석하였다. 측정된 소자의 특성으로부터 질화 조건이 950.angs.C, 60초이고 재산화 조건이 1150.angs.C, 60초인 재산화된 질화 산화막은 전기적 스트레스 인가후에 전하 포획에 의한 평탄전압변화(.DELTA. $V_{fb}$ )와 계면 상태밀도( $D_{itm}$)의 증가가 산화막보다 적은 우수한 특성을 나타내는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1988년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.24-26
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• 1988

The electrical properties of thin nitrided thermal oxides prepared by rapid thermal nitridation(RTN) have been studied. The flatband voltages were calculated using C-V measurement and found to vary as nitridation time and temperature. After nitridation an increase in the fixed oxide charge density was always observed, but the distribution of it as a function of annealing time was found to be random. The breakdown voltages were measured using curve tracer.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1988년도 전기.전자공학 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.785-787
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• 1988

The capacitance-voltage (C-V) chracteristics of thin nitrided thermal oxides prepared by rapid termal nitridation(RTN) have been studied. The threshold voltages were calculated using C-V measurement and found to vary as the concentration of acceptor and the thickness of oxynitride. When the Si02 films were annealed in NH3 a decrease in the positive oxide charge due to Si-N bond was observed. In the case applied frequency is high and low, the high frequency depletion capacitance was higher than that of low frequency, which is indicative of high frequency surface conduction by mobile surface charge.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1358-1366
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• 1988

독립적인 nitridation step이 포함된 급속 열처리 공정을 이용하여 125-180A 두께의 이중 절연박막을 단결정 실리콘 상에 형성하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가량과 공정시간의 변화에 따른 박막 특성의 변화를 고찰하였고, 이에 따른 박막의 전기적 특성을 관찰하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가에 의해 초기의 산화막 두께의 성장은 현저하게 나타났으나, nitridation 후의 박막두께의 변화는 10A 이하로 매우 저조하였다. 이중 절연박막의 항복전압은 HCl 가스의 첨가량에 비례하여 점차 증가하였고, 절연강도는 furnace나 독립적인 nitridation step이 포함되지 않은 급속 열처리 공정으로 형성한 같은 두께의 박막에 비해 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1350-1357
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• 1988

독립적인 nitridation step이 포함된 급속 열처리 공정을 이용하여 125-180A 두께의 이중 절연박막을 단결정 실리콘 상에 형성하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가량과 공정시간의 변화에 따른 박막 특성의 변화를 고찰하였고, 이에 따른 박막의 전기적 특성을 관찰하였다. HCl 가스의 첨가에 의해 초기의 산화막 두께의 성장은 현저하게 나타났으나, nitridation 후의 박막두께의 변화는 10A 이하로 매우 저조하였다. 이중 절연박막의 항복전압은 HCl 가스의 첨가량에 비례하여 점차 증가하였고, 절연강도는 furnace나 독립적인 nitridation step이 포함되지 않은 급속 열처리 공정으로 형성한 같은 두께의 박막에 비해 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2017

We investigated the interface defect engineering and reaction mechanism of reduced transition layer and nitride layer in the active plasma process on 4H-SiC by the plasma reaction with the rapid processing time at the room temperature. Through the combination of experiment and theoretical studies, we clearly observed that advanced active plasma process on 4H-SiC of oxidation and nitridation have improved electrical properties by the stable bond structure and decrease of the interfacial defects. In the plasma oxidation system, we showed that plasma oxide on SiC has enhanced electrical characteristics than the thermally oxidation and suppressed generation of the interface trap density. The decrease of the defect states in transition layer and stress induced leakage current (SILC) clearly showed that plasma process enhances quality of $SiO_2$ by the reduction of transition layer due to the controlled interstitial C atoms. And in another processes, the Plasma Nitridation (PN) system, we investigated the modification in bond structure in the nitride SiC surface by the rapid PN process. We observed that converted N reacted through spontaneous incorporation the SiC sub-surface, resulting in N atoms converted to C-site by the low bond energy. In particular, electrical properties exhibited that the generated trap states was suppressed with the nitrided layer. The results of active plasma oxidation and nitridation system suggest plasma processes on SiC of rapid and low temperature process, compare with the traditional gas annealing process with high temperature and long process time.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.221-231
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• 2023

Interest in aluminum alloys for the hydrogen valves of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) is growing due to the reduction in fuel efficiency by the high weight. However, when an aluminum alloy is used, deterioration in mechanical characteristics caused by hydrogen embrittlement and wear is regarded as a problem. In this investigation, the aluminum alloy used to prevent hydrogen embrittlement was subjected to surface treatments by performing hard anodizing and plasma ion nitriding processes. The hard anodized Al alloy exhibited brittleness in which the mechanical characteristics rapidly deteriorated due to porosity and defects of surface, resulting in a decrease in the ultimate tensile strength and modulus of toughness by 15.58 and 42.51%, respectively, as the hydrogen charging time increased from 0 to 96 hours. In contrast, no distinct nitriding layer in the plasma ion-nitrided Al alloy was observed due to oxide film formation and processing conditions. However, compared to 0 and 96 hours of hydrogen charging time, the ultimate tensile strength and modulus of toughness decreased by 7.54 and 13.32%, respectively, presenting excellent resistance to hydrogen embrittlement.