• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.11-14
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• 2004

An rf triode magnetron sputtering system is designed and installed its construction in vacuum chamber. In order to calibrate the rf triode magnetron sputtering for thin films deposition processes, the effects of different glow discharge conditions were investigated in terms of the deposition rate measurements. The basic parameters for calibrating experiment in this sputtering system are rf power input, gas pressure, plasma current, and target-to-substrate distance. Because a knowledge of the deposition rate is necessary to control film thickness and to evaluate optimal conditions which are an important consideration in preparing better thin films, the deposition rates of copper as a testing material under the various sputtering conditions are investigated. Furthermore, a triode sputtering system designed in our team is simulated by the SIMION program. As a result, it is sure that the simulation of electron trajectories in the sputtering system is confined directly above the target surface by the force of E${\times}$B field. Finally, some teats with the above 4 different sputtering conditions demonstrate that the deposition rate of rf triode magnetron sputtering is relatively higher than that of the conventional sputtering system. This means that the higher deposition rate is probably caused by a high ion density in the triode and magnetron system. The erosion area of target surface bombarded by Ar ion is sputtered widely on the whole target except on both magnet sides. Therefore, the designed rf triode magnetron sputtering is a powerful deposition system.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.2
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• pp.787-790
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• 2003

A rf triode magnetron sputtering system is designed and installed its construction in vacuum chamber. In order to calibrate the rf triode magnetron sputtering for thin films deposition processes, the effects of different glow discharge conditions were investigated in terms of the deposition rate measurements. The basic parameters for calibrating experiment in this sputtering system are rf power input, gas pressure, plasma current, and target-to-substrate distance. Because a knowledge of the deposition rate is necessary to control film thickness and to evaluate optimal conditions which are an important consideration in preparing better thin films, the deposition rates of copper as a testing material under the various sputtering conditions are investigated. Furthermore, a triode sputtering system designed in our team is simulated by the SIMION program. As a result, it is sure that the simulation of electron trajectories in the sputtering system is confined directly above the target surface by the force of $E{\times}B$ field. Finally, some teats with the above 4 different sputtering conditions demonstrate that the deposition rate of rf triode magnetron sputtering is relatively higher than that of the conventional sputtering system. This means that the higher deposition rate is probably caused by a high ion density in the triode and magnetron system. The erosion area of target surface bombarded by Ar ion is sputtered widely on the whole target except on both magnet sides. Therefore, the designed rf triode magnetron sputtering is a powerful deposition system.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1993년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.612-614
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• 1993

Sputtering requires a way to bombard the target with sufficient momentum. Positive ions are the most convenient source since their energy and momentum can be controlled by applying a potential to the target. Although many types of discharges have been used for sputtering, magnetrons are now the most widely used because of the high ion current densities. Namely, plasma near the target electrode is confined by magnetic field using permanent magnet, so that the collision probability is increased. It is important to develop RF magnetron sputtering system which has many excellent merits compared with conventional methods. Our study aims to develop 1 kW RF source(13.56 MHz, TR type) and to accumulate the design and construction technology of RF magnetron sputter-deposition system. We developed 1 kW RF sputtering system to deposit thin film. These films are deposited by this RF source matched by auto-matching system using primarily argon gas. Target of Au, Ni, Al, and $SiO_2$ was well deposited on the argon pressure of 5-10 mTorr.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.458-461
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• 2014

TiC thin films were deposited on Si wafer by unbalanced magnetron sputtering (UBMS) system with two targets of graphite and titanium. During the TiC sputtering, the RF power was varied from 100 W to 175 W and the physical and electrical properties of TiC films were investigated. The hardness and rms surface roughness of TiC films were improved with increasing RF power and the maximum hardness about 24 GPa and the minimum rms surface roughness about 1.2 nm were obtained. The resistivity of TiC films was decreased with increasing RF power. Consequently, the physical and electrical properties of TiC film wewe improved with increasing RF power.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2010

Recently, the growth of ZnO thin film on glass substrate has been investigated extensively for transparent thin film transistor. We have studied the phase transition of ZnO thin films from metal to semiconductor by changing RF power in the deposition process by RF magnetron sputtering system. The structural, electric, and optical properties of the ZnO thin films were investigated. The film deposited with 75 watt of RF power showed n-type semiconductor characteristic having suitable resistivity $-3.56\;{\times}\;10^{+1}\;{\Omega}cm$, carrier concentration $-2.8\;{\times}\;10^{17}\;cm^{-3}$, and mobility $-0.613\;cm^2V^{-1}s^{-1}$ while other films by 25, 50, 100 watt of RF power closed to metallic films. From the surface analysis (AFM), the number of crystal grain of ZnO thin film increased as RF power increased. The transmittance of the film was over 88% in the visible region regardless of the change in RF power.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.387-387
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• 2010

최근 ZnO 박막은 투명 박막, 태양전지, LED 등으로의 응용을 위한 새로운 기능성 박막으로 활발히 연구되어 지고 있다. ZnO 기반의 투명 박막 트랜지스터는 상온에서 증착 가능하여 유리기판을 이용한 광학소자와 플라스틱 기판을 이용한 플럭서블 소자 같은 차세대 전자소자를 구현 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 RF Magnetron Sputtering System을 이용하여 coming 1737 유리기판 위에 ZnO 박막을 공정압력에 따라 증착하고, 투명 반도체에 적합한 활용을 위한 구조적, 광학적 분석을 실시하였다. 박막 증착 조건은 초기 압력 $1.0{\times}10^{-6}$Torr, RF 파워는 100W, Ar 유량은 100sccm, 그리고 증착온도는 상온이었다. 증착 압력은 $7.0{\times}10^{-3}$, $2.0{\times}10^{-2}$, $7.0{\times}10^{-2}$Torr로 변화시켰다. 표면 분석 (SEM, AFM) 결과 증착압력이 고진공으로 변화함에 따라 결정립들이 감소하였고 RMS roughness값이 낮아졌다. 그리고 XRD 분석을 통해 피크강도는 증가하고 FWHM은 감소함을 보이고 있는데 이는 결정성이 좋아짐을 나타낸다. 그리고 광학 투과도를 통해 가시광 영역에서의 높은 투과도(85% 이상)을 확인하였고, 고진공으로 변화함에 따라 밴드갭이 넓어지는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.412-413
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• 2007

We report on the electrical, optical, and structural properties of indium zinc tin oxide (IZTO) anode films grown at room temperature on glass substrate. The IZTO anode films grown by a RF magnetron sputtering were investigated as functions of RF power, working pressure, and process time in pure Ar ambient. To investigate electrical, optical and structural properties of IZTO anode films, 4-point probe, Hall measurement, UV/Vis spectrometer, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were performed, respectively. A sheet resistance of $13.88\;{\Omega}/{\square}$, average transmittance above 80 % in visible range were obtained from optimized IZTO anode films grown on glass substrate. These results shown the amorphous structure regardless of RF power and working pressure due to low substrate temperature.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.192-192
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• 2009

AZO films were prepared by $Ar:H_2$ gas RF magnetron sputtering system with a AZO (2wt% $Al_2O_3$) ceramic target at a low temperature of $100^{\circ}C$. To investigate the influence of $H_2$ flow ratio on the properties of AZO films, $H_2$ flow ratio was changed from 0.5% to 2%. As a result, the AZO films deposited with 1% $H_2$ addition showed electrical properties with a resistivity of $5.06{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$. The spectrophotometer-measurements showed the transmittance of 86.5% was obtained by the film deposited with $H_2$ flow ratio of 1% in the range of 940nm for GaAs/GaAlAs LED.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2002

RF Magnetron Sputtering 방법으로 $Ba_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}TiO_3$ 박막을 Pt/Ti/$SiO_2$/Si 기판위에 증착하였다. $Ba_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}TiO_3$ 박막 증착시 기판온도는 실온으로 고정시켜주었고, 작업 가스 유량(Ar:$O_2$)과 RF Power는 각각 90:10에서 60:40까지 그리고 50 W와 75 W로 하였다. 또한 박막 증착 후 RTA(Rapid Thermal Annealing)를 이용하여 산소분위기에서 $600^{\circ}C$로 고온 순간 열처리를 하였다. 커패시터 제작을 위해 UHV System의 E-beam evaporator를 이용하여 Pt를 증착하였다. XRD 측정을 통한 구조적 특성에서는 작업 가스 유량과 RF Power에 비해 고온 순간 열처리가 결정화에 기여도가 큼을 확인할 수 있었다. 전기적 특성에서는 RF Power가 50 W이고 열처리를 한 샘플에서 비교적 우수한 특성을 보여주었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.969-973
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• 2009

In this study, the electrical and optical properties of $(SiO_2)_x(ZnO)_{100-x}$ (SZO) films prepared on the coming 7059 glass substrates by using rf-magnetron sputtering method are investigated. The deposition rate becomes maximum near 3 wt.% and gradually decreases when the $SiO_2$ content further increases. The growth rates of the SZO film with $SiO_2$ content of 3 wt.% is $4\;{\AA}/s$. We found that the average transmittance of all films is over 80% in the wavelength range above 500 nm. The optical band gap were decreased from 3.52 to 3.33 eV as an increase the deposition thickness. X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the film with a relatively low $SiO_2$ content (< 4 wt.%) is amorphous. SZO film with the $SiO_2$ contents of 2 wt.% showed the resistivity of about $3.8{\times}10^{-3}\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$. The sheet resistance decreases with increasing the heat treatment temperature.