摘要:
An electrophotographic light-receiving member comprises a conductive substrate and a light-receiving layer having a photoconductive layer and a surface layer which are successively layered on the conductive substrate, wherein;the photoconductive layer is comprised of a non-monocrystalline material mainly composed of a silicon atom and containing at least a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom and a fluorine atom;the surface layer is mainly composed of a silicon atom and contains a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom;the carbon atom in the photoconductive layer is in a non-uniform content in the layer thickness direction and in a higher content on the side of the conductive substrate and in a lower content on the side of the surface layer at every point in the layer thickness direction, and is in a content of from 0.5 atomic % to 50 atomic % at, or in the vicinity of, its surface on the side of the conductive substrate and substantially 0% R at, or in the vicinity of, its surface on the side of the surface layer;the fluorine atom in the photoconductive layer is in a content of not more than 95 atomic ppm; andthe hydrogen atom in the photoconductive layer is in a content of from 1 to 40 atomic %.
摘要:
A plasma processing method comprising the steps of arranging a substrate on a film is to be formed in a reaction chamber capable of being vacuumed and evacuating the inside of the reaction chamber in a loading stage; and separating the reaction chamber from the loading stage and joining the reaction chamber to a treating stage where the substrate arranged in the reaction chamber is subjected to plasma processing, wherein the reaction chamber is moved on a track to join to the treating stage, where a high frequency power supply system, a processing gas supply system and an exhaustion system are joined to the reaction chamber, whereby plasma is produced in the reaction chamber to conduct plasma processing on the substrate. An apparatus suitable for practicing said plasma processing method.
摘要:
A vacuum processing method including placing an article to be processed in a reaction container and simultaneously supplying at least two high-frequency powers having different frequencies to the same high-frequency electrode to generate plasma in the reaction container by the high-frequency powers introduced into the reaction container from the high-frequency electrode. The frequencies and power values of the at least two high-frequency powers supplied satisfy a required relationship.
摘要:
In a plasma treatment method of and apparatus for treating the surface of a treatment target substrate by utilizing glow discharge produced by supplying high-frequency power into an inside-evacuated reactor through a high-frequency power supply means, a plurality of impedance regulation means for regulating impedances on the side of the reactor and on the side of the high-frequency power supply means are provided correspondingly to the impedances of a plurality of reactors, and the high-frequency power is supplied into the reactors via the impedance regulation means corresponding to the reactors. Plasma treatment can be made in a good efficiency and a low cost on a plurality of reactors having different impedances.
摘要:
For enhancing plasma uniformity and long-term stability so as to readily form a film with excellent uniformity of thickness and quality and with good repeatability and for suppressing occurrence of image defects and drastically increasing the yield to form a deposited film ready for volume production, particularly, a functional deposit film (for example, an amorphous semiconductor used for semiconductor devices, electrophotographic photosensitive members, photovoltaic devices, and so on) is formed in an apparatus including a reaction vessel which can be hermetically evacuated, a substrate holder in the reaction vessel, a source gas supply, a power supply for high-frequency power. An end covering member is provided at an end of each of the substrate holder, the source gas supply and the power supply.
摘要:
A plasma processing apparatus for plasma-processing a substrate arranged in a reaction chamber using a high frequency power supplied by a high frequency power introduction means, wherein said high frequency power introduction means comprises a cathode electrode and a conductor portion capable of transmitting a high frequency power to said cathode electrode, said conductor portion being penetrated a wall of said reaction chamber while said conductor portion being electrically isolated from said wall of said reaction chamber by means of an insulating material, at least a part of said insulating material comprising a porous ceramic material, wherein a fluid is introduced through said porous ceramic material to control the temperature of said cathode electrode and/or that of said conductor portion.
摘要:
In a plasma treatment method of and apparatus for treating the surface of a treatment target substrate by utilizing glow discharge produced by supplying high-frequency power into an inside-evacuated reactor through a high-frequency power supply means, a plurality of impedance regulation means for regulating impedances on the side of the reactor and on the side of the high-frequency power supply means are provided correspondingly to the impedances of a plurality of reactors, and the high-frequency power is supplied into the reactors via the impedance regulation means corresponding to the reactors. Plasma treatment can be made in a good efficiency and a low cost on a plurality of reactors having different impedances.
摘要:
In a plasma treatment method of and apparatus for treating the surface of a treatment target substrate by utilizing glow discharge produced by supplying high-frequency power into an inside-evacuated reactor through a high-frequency power supply means, a plurality of impedance regulation means for regulating impedances on the side of the reactor and on the side of the high-frequency power supply means are provided correspondingly to the impedances of a plurality of reactors, and the high-frequency power is supplied into the reactors via the impedance regulation means corresponding to the reactors. Plasma treatment can be made in a good efficiency and a low cost on a plurality of reactors having different impedances.
摘要:
For enhancing plasma uniformity and long-term stability so as to readily form a film with excellent uniformity of thickness and quality and with good repeatability and for suppressing occurrence of image defects and drastically increasing the yield to form a deposited film ready for volume production, particularly, a functional deposit film (for example, an amorphous semiconductor used for semiconductor devices, electrophotographic photosensitive members, photovoltaic devices, and so on) is formed in an apparatus including a reaction vessel which can be hermetically evacuated, a substrate holder in the reaction vessel, a source gas supply, a power supply for high-frequency power. An end covering member is provided at an end of each of the substrate holder, the source gas supply and the power supply.
摘要:
In order to make possible formation of a deposited film of a relatively large area at a treatment rate which could not accomplished by the plasma process of the prior art, and in order to make possible stable production of the deposited film without variation in film quality, in an apparatus and a method for forming a deposited film, a part of a reaction vessel is formed of a dielectric member, at least one high-frequency electrode is arranged so as to face at least one substrate with interposition of the dielectric member, an earth shield is arranged so as to cover the reaction vessel and the high-frequency electrode, plasma is generated between the high-frequency electrode and the substrate, and a deposited film is formed under the conditions in which the following equation: 0.8×(&egr;2/d3)