摘要:
The present invention is to provide a magnetron sputtering technique for forming a film having an even film thickness distribution for a long period of time. A magnetron sputtering apparatus of the present invention includes a vacuum chamber, a cathode part provided in the vacuum chamber, the cathode part holding a target on the front side thereof and having a backing plate to hold a plurality of magnets on the backside thereof, and a direct-current power source that supplies direct-current power to the cathode part. A plurality of control electrodes, which independently controls potentials, is provided in a discharge space on the side of the target with respect to the backing plate.
摘要:
[Object] To provide a sputtering apparatus, a thin-film forming method, and a manufacturing method for a field effect transistor, which are capable of reducing damage of a base layer.[Solving Means] The sputtering apparatus 100 includes a conveying mechanism, a first target Tc1, a second target (Tc2 to Tc5), and a sputtering means. The conveying mechanism conveys a supporting portion, which is arranged in an inside of a vacuum chamber and supports a substrate, linearly along a conveying surface parallel to the surface to be processed of the substrate. The first target Tc1 is opposed to the conveying surface with a first space therebetween. The second target (Tc2 to Tc5) is arranged on a downstream side in a conveying direction of the substrate with respect to the first target Tc1, and is opposed to the conveying surface with a second space smaller than the first space therebetween. The sputtering means sputters each target. According to this sputtering apparatus 100, the damage received by the base layer is small, and hence it is possible to form a thin-film having good film-forming properties.
摘要:
A metallic wiring film, which is not exfoliated even when exposed to plasma of hydrogen, is provided. A metallic wiring film is constituted by an adhesion layer in which Al is added to copper and a metallic low-resistance layer which is disposed on the adhesion layer and made of pure copper. When a copper alloy including Al and oxygen are included in the adhesion layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed from it, copper does not precipitate at an interface between the adhesion layer and the silicon layer even when being exposed to the hydrogen plasma, which prevents the occurrence of exfoliation between the adhesion layer and the silicon layer. If the amount of Al increases, since widths of the adhesion layer and the metallic low-resistance layer largely differ after etching, the maximum addition amount for permitting the etching to be performed is the upper limit.
摘要:
A process and apparatus for producing an In-O or In-Sn-O based transparent conductive film by a sputtering process is provided. The sputtering voltage is kept constant at 350V or less by maintaining the intensity of the magnetic field on the surface of the target at 400 Oe or greater. The apparatus contains a vacuum chamber wherein the substrate and target are mounted in opposite to each other. An electromagnet, used for adjusting the intensity of the magnetic field is located on the rear surface of the target. Additionally provided is a controller for the electric current supplied to the electromagnet. The controller is also connected to a DC power supply for the electromagnet.
摘要:
[Object] To provide a sputtering apparatus, a thin-film forming method, and a manufacturing method for a field effect transistor, which are capable of reducing damage of a base layer.[Solving Means] The sputtering apparatus according to the present invention sputters target portions Tc1 to Tc5, which are arranged in an inside of a vacuum chamber, along the arrangement direction thereof in sequence, to thereby form a thin-film on a surface of a substrate 10. With this, rate at which sputtered particles enter the surface of the substrate in a direction oblique to the surface of the substrate is increased, and hence it is possible to achieve a reduction of the damage of the base layer.
摘要:
Provided is an electrode layer and a wiring layer, which are free from peeling from a glass substrate. A wiring layer and a gate electrode layer are constituted by an adhering film which is a thin film made of Cu—Mg—Al formed on a surface of a glass substrate, and a copper film formed on the adhering film. When the adhering film includes Mg in a range of at least 0.5 atom % and at most 5 atom %, and aluminum in a range of at least 5 atom % and at most 15 atom %, assuming that the total number of atoms of copper, magnesium and aluminum is taken as 100 atom %, adhesion of the adhering film to the glass substrate becomes high, and the copper thin film is not peeled from the glass substrate. The wiring layer is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of a liquid crystal display device.
摘要:
Problems to be Solved Methods for enhancing survival and/or proliferation of neural stem cells and pharmaceutical compositions containing neural stem cells prepared by such methods, together with methods for assaying factors enhancing survival and/or proliferation of neural stem cells and methods for screening for such factors. Means for Solving the Problem Either Galectin-1 is overexpressed in neural stem cells or neural stem cells are cultured in a liquid medium containing Galectin-1. Pharmaceutical compositions containing Galectin-1-overexpressing neural stem cells and pharmaceutical composition containing Galectin-1, prepared by the aforementioned methods, improve higher cerebral functions damaged by cerebral ischemia. Further, by seeding neural stem cells at clonal concentrations and determining whether the seeded neural stem cells are capable of proliferating in an assay medium to be assayed, whether the factor enhances survival and/or proliferation of neural stem cells is assayed and a factor enhancing survival and/or proliferation of neural stem cells are identified using this assay method.
摘要:
Provided is a metallic wiring film which is not peeled away even when exposed to a hydrogen plasma. A metallic wiring film is constituted by an adhesion layer containing copper, Ca, and oxygen and a low-resistance metal layer (a layer of a copper alloy or pure copper) having a lower resistance than the adhesion layer. When the adhesion layer is composed of a copper alloy, which contains Ca and oxygen, and a source electrode film and a drain electrode film adhering to an ohmic contact layer are constituted by the adhesion layer, even if the adhesion layer is exposed to the hydrogen plasma, a Cu-containing oxide formed at an interface between the adhesion layer and the ohmic contact layer is not reduced, so that no peeling occurs between the adhesion layer and a silicon layer.
摘要:
[Object] To provide a sputtering apparatus, a thin-film forming method, and a manufacturing method for a field effect transistor, which are capable of reducing damage of a base layer.[Solving Means] A sputtering apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a sputtering apparatus for forming a thin-film on a surface to be processed of a substrate 10, and includes a vacuum chamber 61, a supporting portion 93, a target 80, and a magnet 83. The magnet 83 generates plasma forming a region to be sputtered 80a, and moves the region to be sputtered 80abetween a first position in which the region to be sputtered 80a is not opposed to the surface to be processed and a second position in which the region to be sputtered is opposed to the surface to be processed. With this, it is possible to weaken incident energy of sputtered particles incident on the surface to be processed of the substrate 10 from the region to be sputtered 80a, and to protect the base layer.
摘要:
To provide a vacuum processing apparatus capable of supporting and conveying a substrate by a method suitable for a processing content in each processing step and capable of suppressing various mechanisms provided within a processing chamber from being adversely affected. More particularly, the CVD chamber of the apparatus is configured to be horizontal, and hence the above-mentioned problem can be solved. Further, by configuring a sputtering apparatus as the vertical type processing apparatus, problems with abnormal electrical discharge can be solved.