• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.205-205
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• 2009

As a p-type semiconductor NiO is potential material which can be used in many application including QD-LED. NiO films were deposited on glass substrates using rf-sputtering method. The properties of resistivity, surface roughness, etc in the NiO films were investigated at different sputtering parameters. The resistivity of $l.88{\times}10^{-2}{\sim}3.71{\times}10^{-2}{\Omega}cm$ with sputtering power(80~200 watts) and change was very low. The sputtering pressure at 3~60 mTorr resulted in rather broad change ofresistivity of $0.58{\times}10^{-2}{\sim}4.67{\Omega}cm$. The oxygen content in sputtering gas was found to be very effective to control the resistivity from $2.01{\times}10^{-2}$ to $1.22{\times}10^2{\Omega}cm$ with 100~2.5% $O_2$ in Ar gas. In addition, the surface roughness showed the RMS values of 0.6~1.1 nm and the dependence on sputtering parameters was weak.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.12 no.S1
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• pp.92-94
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• 2003

The sputtering yield change of an amorphous Si layer on Si(100) was measured quantitatively for 0.5 keV $O_2^{+}$ and $Ar^{+}$ ion bombardment with in suit MEIS. In the case of 0.5 keV $O_2^{+}$ ion bombardment, at the initial stage of sputtering before surface oxidation, the sputtering yield of Si was 1.4 (Si atoms/$O_2^{+}$) and then decreased down to 0.06 at the ion dose of $3\times10^{16}O_2\;^{+}\textrm{/cm}^2$. In the case of 0.5 keV $Ar^{+}$ ion bombardment, the sputtering yield of Si for the surface normal incidence was 0.56 at the ion dose of 2.5 ${\times}$ 10$^{15}$ $Ar^{+}\textrm{cm}^2$, and rapidly saturated to 1.2 at dose of $7.5\times10^{15}Ar^+\textrm{cm}^2$. For the incidence angle of 80 from surface normal, the sputtering yield of Si was saturated to about 1.4 at the initial stage of sputtering. The surface transient effects, caused by change in sputtering yield at the initial stage of sputtering can be negligible when 0.5 keV $Ar^{+}$ ion at extremely grazing angle was used for sputter depth profiling.g.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.592-598
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• 1998

AZO(Aluminum doped Zinc Oxide) thin films were fabricated by reactive DC magnetron sputtering method using zinc metal target (Al 2%) and zinc oxide target ($Al_2O_3\;2%$) respectively. The intermediate condition with optimum transmittance and conductivity was obtained by controlling the sputtering parameters. Oxygen gas ratio for this condition was $0.5{\times}10^{-2}~1.0{\times}10^{-2}$ in oxide target and. In case of metal target, this optimum oxygen gas ratio at the applied power of 0.6 kW and 1.0 kW was 0.215~0.227 and 0.305~0.315, respectively. The resistivity of AZO film deposited was obtained $1.2~1.4{\times}10^{-3} {\Omega}{\cdot}$cm as deposited state regardless of target species.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.694-698
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• 2002

Ti films were deposited onto $100{\times}100$ mm alumina substrates using dc magnetron sputtering under the following conditions; substrate temperature of R.T. ${\sim}400^{\circ}C$, annealing temperature of $100{\sim}400^{\circ}C$ and sputtering gas pressure of $1.3{\sim}3.0{\times}10^{-2}$ Torr. And the films were examined by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and 4-point measurement system. The best electrical and structural properties obtained by substrate temperature of ${\sim}200^{\circ}C$, target-substrate distance of ~14 cm and sputtering pressure of $1.3{\sim}1.7{\times}10^{-2}$ Torr. Also at that condition the most excellent adhesion was observed.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.753-758
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• 2003

Ti films were deposited onto 100${\times}$100 mm alumina substrates using dc magnetron sputtering under the following conditions; substrate temperature of R.T～400 $^{\circ}C$, annealing temperature of 100～400 $^{\circ}C$, and sputtering gas pressure of 4${\times}$10$^{-3}$ Torr～4${\times}$10$^{-2}$ Torr. And the films were examined by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and 4-point measurement system. The best electrical and structural properties was obtained by substrate temperature of ～200 $^{\circ}C$, target-substrate distance of ～14 cm and sputtering pressure of ～1${\times}$10$^{-2}$ Torr. Also at that condition the most excellent adhesion was observed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.07c
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• pp.1098-1101
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• 1995

NbTi thin films were prepared on Si wafer and Cu substrate by rf magnetron sputtering in the range of sputtering pressure $3{\times}10^{-2}$torr to $3{\times}10^{-4}$torr at room temperature. The influence of sputtering pressure and substrate type on crystallographic orientation and morphology of NbTi thin films was investigated by using X-ray diffraction(XRD) and scanning electron microscopy(SEM), respectively. And the effect of crystallographic orientation and morphology of NbTi film on electromagnetic behaviors was estimated by measuring critical current in various applied magnetic field. The film morphology changed from porous structure consisting of tapered crystallites to densely deposited film decreasing with sputtering pressure. The change of crystallographic orientation with the sputtering pressure and rf power was calculated from the texture coefficient of(002) plane based on XRD patterns. It was found that a change of texture coefficient of(002) plane increased with decreasing sputtering pressure. From observation of critical current in various applied magnetic field, we have identified that the change of critical current abruptly decrease applying with magnetic field and NbTi film produced at high sputtering pressure does not exhibit superconductivity but at low sputtering pressure shows superconductivity.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.320-325
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• 2010

NiO thin films were deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering on glass substrates. The processing variables of the oxygen content, sputtering power, and pressure were varied to investigate the electrical properties and surface morphology of NiO films. It was found that the resistivity of NiO films at $1.22{\times}10^2{\Omega}cm$ (2.5% $O_2$ in Ar gas) was greatly reduced to$ 2.01{\times}10^{-1}$ ${\Omega}cm$ (100% oxygen) under a typical sputtering condition of 6 mTorr and 200 watts. In an effort to observe the resistivity variances, the sputtering power was varied from 80 to 200 watts at 6 mTorr with 100% $O_2$. However, the resistivity of the NiO films changed in the range of $10^{-1}-10^{-2}$ ${\Omega}cm$. The dependence on the sputtering power was therefore found to be weak in this experiment. When the sputtering pressure was changed from 3 to 60 mTorr at 200 watts with 100% $O_2$, the resistivity of the NiO films showed the lowest value of $5.8{\times}10^{-3}$ ${\Omega}cm$ at 3 mTorr, which is close to that of commercial ITO films (${\sim}10^{-4}$ ${\Omega}cm$). As the sputtering pressure increased, the resistivity also increased to 4.67 cm at 60 mTorr. The surface morphology of the NiO films was also checked by Atomic Force Microscopy. It was found that the RMS surface roughness values ranged from 0.6 to 1.5 nm and thtthe dependence on the sputtering parameters was weak.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.493-500
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• 1996

AZO transparent conducting thin films were fabricated by reactive DC magnetron sputtering method using Zn metla target containing 2 wt% of Al, and electrical and optical properties were investigated after heattreatment. Electrical resistivity was reduced 50% and had reached $1{\times}10^{-3}~3.5{\times}10^{-4}\;{\Omega}cm$ by heat treatment. In the case of oxide AZO films, the resistivity of $10^{3}\;{\Omega}cm$ was also decreased to $2{\times}10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm$ after heat treatment. The optical transmittance of AZO films deposited in the transition range was increased from 59.4 % to 77.4 % by $400^{\circ}C$, 30 min heat treatment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.184.1-184.1
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• 2015

RF magnetron sputtering법을 이용하여 IGZO박막을 RF power 100W로 일정하게 유지시켜, 열처리 변화에 따른 구조적, 전기적, 광학적 특성 분석을 연구하였다. IGZO 타겟은 $In_2$ $O_3$, $Ga_2$ $O_3$, ZnO 분말을 각각 1:1:2 mol% 조성비로 혼합하여 소결한 타겟을 사용하였고, $20mm{\times}20mm$ XG glass 기판위에 IGZO박막을 증착하였다. sputtering의 조건은 base pressure $2.0{\times}$10^-6Torr, working pressure $2.0{\times}$10^-2Torr, RF power 100 W, 증착온도는 실온으로 고정, 증착된 박막은 Annealing장비로 $500^{\circ}C$, $700^{\circ}C$, $800^{\circ}C$로 열처리를 하였다. XRD 분석 결과 열처리 $700^{\circ}C$부터 2theta=31.4도에서 peak intensity가 증가하며 결정화가 진행되는 것을 확인하였다. AFM분석 결과 열처리 $700^{\circ}C$에서 최소 0.31 Roughness를 갖는 것을 확인하였고, Hall 측정 결과 열처리 $700^{\circ}C$에서 carrier concentration $4.91{\times}$10^19cm^-3, Mobility 14.4cm^2/V-s, Resistivity $8.7{\times}$10^-5${\Omega}-cm$로 확인하였으며, UV-Visible-NIR을 이용하여 열처리 한 모든 IGZO박막은 가시광선 영역에서 평균 85%이상의 광 투과성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.128-128
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• 2011

TTFT-LCD에 투명전극으로 사용되고 있는 IGZO 박막의 특성을 조사하기 위하여 RF magnetron sputtering을 이용하여 Ar Gas 유량 변화에 따른 IGZO 박막을 유리 기판 위에 제작하고 투명전극의 구조적, 광학적, 전기적 특성을 조사하였다. 소결된 타겟으로는 In:Ga:ZnO를 각각 1 : 1 : 2 mol%의 조성비로 혼합하여 이용하였으며, 30mm${\times}$30 mm의 Corning1737 유리기판에 Sputtering 방식으로 증착 하였다. 장비 조건으로는 Rf power를 25 W로 고정 시켰으며, 실험변수로는 초기합력은 $2.0{\times}10^{-6}$ Torr 이하로 하였으며, 증착압력은 $9.0{\times}10^{-3}$ Torr로 하였다. Ar Gas를 30, 50, 70, 90 sccm으로 변화를 주어 실험을 진행하였다. 증착온도는 실온으로 고정하였다. 분석 결과로는 Ar Gas가 30 sccm일 때 AFM분석결과 0.3 nm 이하의 Roughness를 가졌으며, XRD분석결과 34$^{\circ}$ 부근에서 (002) c-축 방향성 구조임을 확인할수 있었다. UV-Visible-NIR 측정결과 가시광선 영역에서 80% 이상의 투과도를 만족 시켰으며, Hall 측정결과 Carrier concentration $2.7{\times}10^{19}\;cm^{-3}$, Mobility 8.4 $cm^2/v_{-s}$이며, Resistivity $8.86{\times}10^{-3}$, 투명전극으로 사용 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.