• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.203-207
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• 1998

After etching Al-Cu alloy films using $SiCl_4/Cl_2/He/CHF_3$ plasma, a corrosion phenomenon on the metal surface has been studied with XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and SEM (Scanning electron microscopy). In Al-Cu alloy system, the corrosion occurs rapidly on the etched surface by residual chlorine atoms. To prevent the corrosion, the $SF_6$ plasma treatment subsequent to the etch has been carried out. A passivation layer is formed by fluorine-related compounds on etched Al-Cu alloy surface after $SF_6$ treatment, and the layer suppresses effectively the corrosion on the surface as the RF power of $SF_6$ treatment increases. The corrosion could be suppressed successfully with $SF_6$ treatment in the RF power of 150watts.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.27-31
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• 2018

The effect of $NH_3$ plasma passivation on the chemical and electrical characteristics of ALD HfAlO dielectric on the InGaAs substrate was investigated. The results show that $NH_3$ plasma passivation exhibit better electrical & chemical performance such as much lower leakage current, lower density of interface trap(Dit) level, and low unstable interfacial oxide. $NH_3$ plasma passivation can effectively enhance interfacial characteristics. Therefore $NH_3$ plasma passivation improved the HfAlO dielectric performance on the InGaAs substrate.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.16-21
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• 1999

After etching Al-Cu alloy films using SiCl4/Cl_2/He/CHF3 mixed gas plasma, the corrosion phenomenon at the grain boundary of the etched surface and a passivation layer on the etched surface with an SF6 plasma treatment subsequent to the etching were studied. In Al-Cu alloy system, corrosion occurs rapidly on the etched surface by residual chlorine atoms, and it occurs dominantly at the grain boundaries rather than the crystalline surfaces. To prevent corrosion, the SF6 gas plasma treatment subsequent to etching was carried out. The passivation layer is composed of fluorine-related compounds on the etched Al-Cu surface after the SF6 treatment, and it suppresses effectively corrosion on the surface as the SF6 treatment pressure increases. Corrosion could be suppressed successfully with the SF6 treatment at a total pressure of 300 mTorr. To investigate the reason why corrosion could be suppressed with the SF6 treatment, behaviors of chlorine and fluorine were studied by various analysis techniques. It was also found that the residual chlorine incorporated at the grain boundary of the etched surface accelerated corrosion and could not be removed after the SF6 plasma treatment.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.35D no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 1998

In this study, chlorine(Cl)-based gas chemistry is generally used to etching for AlCu films metallization.The corrosion phenomena of AlCu films were examined with XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), SEM 9Scanning electron microscopy), and TEM (Transmission electron microscopy). SF$_{6}$ plasma treatment sulbsequent to the etching process preventas the corrosion effectively in the pressure of 300 mTorr. It is found that the cholrine atoms on the etched surface are not substituted for fluorine atoms during SF$_{6}$ treatment, but a passivation layer on the surface by fluorine-related compounds would be formed. The passivation layer prevents the moisture penetration on the SF$_{6}$ treated surface and suppresses the corrsion sucessfully.fully.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.517-521
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• 1998

After etching Al-Cu alloy films using $SiCl_4/Cl_2/He/CHF_3$ plasma, a corrosion phenomenon on the metal surface has been studied with XPS(X-ray pheotoelectron spectroscopy) and SEM (Scanning electron microscopy). In Al-Cu alloy system, the corrosion occurs rapidly on the etched surface by residual chlorine atoms. To prevent the corrosion, $CHF_3$ plasma treatment subsequent to the etch has been carried put. A passivation layer is formed by fluorine-related compounds on the etched Al-Cu surface after $CHF_3$ treatment, and the layer suppresses effectively the corrosion on the surface as the $CHF_3$treatment in the pressure of 300m Torr.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.75-81
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• 2018

The effect of $Ar-N_2$ plasma treatment on Cu surface as one of solutions to realize reliable Cu-Cu wafer bonding was investigated. Structural characteristic of $Ar-N_2$ plasma treated Cu surface were analyzed using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscope. Ar gas was used for a plasma ignition and to activate Cu surface by ion bombardment, and $N_2$ gas was used to protect the Cu surface from contamination such as -O or -OH by forming a passivation layer. The Cu specimen under high Ar partial pressure plasma treatment showed more copper oxide due to the activation on Cu surface, while Cu surface after high $N_2$ gas partial pressure plasma treatment showed less copper oxide due to the formation of Cu-N or Cu-O-N passivation layer. It was confirmed that nitrogen plasma can prohibit Cu-O formation on Cu surface, but nitrogen partial pressure in the $Ar-N_2$ plasma should be optimized for the formation of nitrogen passivation layer on the entire surface of Cu wafer.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.24.1-24.1
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• 2007

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.51-55
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• 2011

The surface passivation is one of the important methods that can improve the efficiency of solar cells and can be classified into two methods: wet-chemical passivation and film passivation. In this paper, chemical HF treatment were employed for the passivation of n-type silicon wafers and their effects were studied. To investigate film passivation effects, the silicon nitride films were also deposited by PECVD (plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition) on n-type silicon wafers treated with chemical HF. The minority carrier lifetime measurements were used for evaluation of the passivation characteristics in the all experiments steps. We confirmed that the minority carrier lifetime was improved with chemical HF treatment due to passivation effects by H-termination.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.51-57
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• 2019

To protect the Cu surface from oxidation in air, a two-step plasma process using Ar and $N_2$ gases was studied to form a copper nitride passivation as an anti-oxidant layer. The Ar plasma removes contaminants on the Cu surface and it activates the surface to facilitate the reaction of copper and nitrogen atoms in the next $N_2$ plasma process. This study investigated the effect of Ar plasma on the formation of copper nitride passivation on Cu surface during the two-step plasma process through the full factorial design of experiment (DOE) method. According to XPS analysis, when using low RF power and pressure in the Ar plasma process, the peak area of copper oxides decreased while the peak area of copper nitrides increased. The main effect of copper nitride formation in Ar plasma process was RF power, and there was little interaction between plasma process parameters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.131-131
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• 2011

이종접합 태양전지 제작을 위해 기판의 buffer layer로 사용되는 기존의 a-Si 박막을 SiON 박막으로 대체하려는 연구가 진행 중이다. 기존의 a-Si 박막은 대면적에서 균일도를 담보하기 어렵고, 열적 안정성에 취약한 문제점이 있다. 이에 반해 SiON 박막은 일종의 화학 반응인 oxidation 방법으로 형성이 되기 때문에 막의 균일도를 담보 할 수 있고, $400^{\circ}C$이상의 온도에서 형성되기 때문에 열적 안정성이 우수한 장점이 있다. 이러한 장점에도 불구하고 기판위에 직접 형성이 되기 때문에 기판과 SiON 계면 사이의 pssivation이 무엇보다 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 비정질 실리콘 이종접합 태양전지에 적용키 위한 SiON 박막을 형성하고, 기판과 SiON 계면에서의 passivation 향상을 위한 계면 결함 감소에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 실험을 위한 SiON 박막은 공정온도 $450^{\circ}C$, 공정압력 100 mTorr, 증착파워 120 mW/cm2에서 5분간 증착하였으며, 이때 50 sccm의 N2O 가스를 주입하였다. 증착된 박막은 2~4 nm의 두께로 증착이 되었으며, 1.46의 광학적 굴절률을 가지는 것으로 분석되었다. 계면의 결함을 줄이기 위해 PECVD를 이용한 NH3 plasma treatment를 실시하였다. 공정온도 $400^{\circ}C$, 공정압력 150mTorr~450 mTorr, 플라즈마 파워 60mW/cm2에서 30분간 진행하였으며, 50 sccm의 N2O 가스를 주입하였다. 계면의 결함이 줄었는지 확인하기 위해 C-V 측정을 위한 시료를 제작하여 분석을 하였다. 실험 결과 VFB가 NH3 plasma treatment 이후 positive 방향으로 shift 됨을 알 수 있었다. Dit 분석을 통해 공정 압력 450 mTorr에서 $4.66{\times}108$[cm2/eV]로 가장 낮은 계면 결함 밀도를 확인 할 수 있었다. 결과적으로 NH3 plasma 처리를 통해 positive charge를 갖는 N-content가 형성되었음을 예측해 볼 수 있으며, N-content가 증가하면, 조밀한 Si-N 결합을 형성하면서, boron 및 phosphorus diffusion을 막는데 효과적이다. 또한, plasma treatment 과정에서 H-content에 의한 passivation 효과를 기대할 수 있다.