Inductively Coupled Plasma Source Using Internal Multiple U-Type Antenna for Ultra Large-Area Plasma Processing

Lim, Jae‐Hak; Kim, Kyong Nam; Yeom, Geun Young

doi:10.1002/ppap.200732316

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“…Improved radial uniformity has been demonstrated by using C-type ferrite enhancement in inductively coupled plasmas (ICPs) [7]. Various other configurations of plasma sources such as CCPs, very high frequency capacitively coupled plasmas (VHF-CCPs) and ICPs (ferrite core assisted and dual-comb-type antennas) have been proposed and investigated [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Large-area plasma sources are also important in fusion machines.…”

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Temporal evolution of plasma potential in a large-area pulsed dual-frequency inductively coupled discharge

Mishra¹,

Seo²,

Kim³

et al. 2013

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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Using an emissive probe technique in 'saturated floating-potential' mode, an investigation of temporal evolution of plasma potential (V p) in a large-area pulsed dual-frequency (2 MHz/13.56 MHz) inductively coupled plasma (p-DF-CCP) is carried out. The discharge is sustained by an external type ICP antenna at a pressure of 10 mTorr in argon gas environment. The 2 MHz rf is pulsed at a frequency of 1 kHz and a duty ratio of 50%. The emissive probe is located at the centre of the substrate and 20 mm above (r = 00 mm and z = −20 mm) it. The low-frequency power (P 2 MHz) is varied from 100 to 800 W, whereas the high-frequency power (P 13.56 MHz) from 100 to 700 W. V p remains positive during the whole pulse period. The prominent features in the V p profile remain similar under all operating conditions; however, the magnitude of V p depends on the applied rf powers. For further investigation, three distinct regions in a typical V p profile are clearly identified as 'overshoot-immediately after pulse begins', the 'on-time' and the 'off-time'. V p increases with increasing P 13.56 MHz and has reverse trend with P 2 MHz. The electron temperature (T e) is calculated using the relation between floating potential (V f) and plasma potential (V p) for the argon plasma and it is found that T e increases with increasing P 13.56 MHz and decreases with P 2 MHz. It is found that V p could be modulated using a suitable power combination on two frequencies (P 13.56 MHz /P 2 MHz). This paper is an attempt to investigate the time-resolved V p and T e with rf powers in a pulsed dual-frequency ICP.

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Temporal evolution of plasma potential in a large-area pulsed dual-frequency inductively coupled discharge

Mishra¹,

Seo²,

Kim³

et al. 2013

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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“…Large area ICP sources are often an array of parallel linear legs [40]. The legs can be immersed in the plasma, with the legs individually isolated by a dielectric sleeve (serpentine [10,12,44], U-shape [45][46][47], comb-type [48,49]), or directly exposed to the plasma (for example, versions of the ladder type [2,36,40]). Alternatively, the whole ICP antenna can be embedded in a dielectric, protected from the plasma by a thin window [22,[56][57][58][59].…”

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Electromagnetic, complex image model of a large area RF resonant antenna as inductive plasma source

Guittienne¹,

Jacquier

Howling

et al. 2017

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol.

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A large area antenna generates a plasma by both inductive and capacitive coupling; it is an electromagnetically coupled plasma source. In this work, experiments on a large area planar RF antenna source are interpreted in terms of a multi-conductor transmission line coupled to the plasma. This electromagnetic treatment includes mutual inductive coupling using the complex image method, and capacitive matrix coupling between all elements of the resonant network and the plasma. The model reproduces antenna input impedance measurements, with and without plasma, on a 1.2 1.2 m 2 antenna used for large area plasma processing. Analytic expressions are given, and results are obtained by computation of the matrix solution. This method could be used to design planar inductive sources in general, by applying the termination impedances appropriate to each antenna type.

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“…甚高频 [19] ~1. [29] 、(双)梳状 [18,22,[29][30][31][32][33] 、U 形阵列 [34][35][36][37] 等，典型的天线结构如图意图及多级磁场阵列磁力线位形。这种结构 [16,[52][53][54][55] 通过多个线圈的组合及适当的磁场位形对等离子体的约束作用以获得大面积(~880 × 660 mm 2 )、高密度 (~3.18 × 10 11 cm −3 )、均匀(不均匀度~5%)等离子体源。这种磁场增强型等离子体激励源放电产生的等离子体密度与无磁场等离子体源的等离子体密度相比提高了 50%，且等离子体的均匀性也有显著的提高；但是相同功率下，电子温度有所降低。 J. Madocks等 [15]…”

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Research Progress of the Linear Plasma Source Used in the Films Deposition over Large Areas

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The characteristics and application of several kinds of linear plasma sources are introduced. According to the power sources for plasma systems, there are DC, RF, VHF, microwave and dual frequency linear plasma sources, which with a magnet system are called magnetic field enhanced linear plasma sources. Compared with the conventional large scale plasma sources, linear plasma sources take the advantage that they just need to obtain uniform and stable plasma in one dimension. Through the linear plasma array or moving the substrate in horizontal and vertical direction, large scale uniform thin film can be deposited. Recent years, researchers tried to use the magnetic field to confine plasma so as to reduce the recombination loss in plasma and improve the density, uniformity and stability of plasma. The linear plasma sources with the density above 10 11 cm −3 , dis-uniformity below ±5% (L > 1 m), have been applied to fabricate large scale Si 3 N 4 , SiO 2 , intrinsic Si and nano-diamond thin film.

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Inductively Coupled Plasma Source Using Internal Multiple U-Type Antenna for Ultra Large-Area Plasma Processing

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Temporal evolution of plasma potential in a large-area pulsed dual-frequency inductively coupled discharge

Temporal evolution of plasma potential in a large-area pulsed dual-frequency inductively coupled discharge

Electromagnetic, complex image model of a large area RF resonant antenna as inductive plasma source

Research Progress of the Linear Plasma Source Used in the Films Deposition over Large Areas

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