摘要:
A microwave plasma treating apparatus comprising a vacuum vessel, a device for introducing a microwave to the inside of the vacuum vessel by way of a microwave transmission circuit, a device for supplying a starting gas to the inside of the vacuum vessel, a device for evacuating the inside of the vacuum vessel, and a specimen holder for maintaining a specimen substrate to the inside of the vacuum vessel, wherein a cavity resonator integrated with two matching circuits is disposed in the microwave transmission circuit and a magnetic field generator is disposed to the outside of the cavity resonator, and having the following main features: (a) matching facilitated by a plunger for adjusting the axial length of the cavity resonator and cylindrical sling type irises, E-H tuner or three-stub tuner disposed at the portion of the cylindrical cavity resonator where the microwave is introduced, (b) a bell jar disposed within the cavity resonator to excite TM mode and (c) a magnetic field generator disposed to the outside of the cavity resonator to prepare a region of a great magnetic flux density in the discharging space at the inside of the cavity resonator.
摘要:
An apparatus for continuously preparing semiconductor devices each comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers being stacked on a moving substrate web; said apparatus comprising a plurality of film-forming chambers by a number equal to the number of said stacked semiconductor layers, each of said film-forming chambers having a film-forming space and beingprovided with means For evacuating said film-forming space, means for supporting said substrate web in said film-forming space, means for maintaining said substrate web at a desired temperature and means for supplying a film-forming raw material gas into said film-forming space; each of said film-forming chambers being provided with a plasma-generating chamber for generating a plasma reactive with said film-forming raw material gas to cause the formation of a semiconductior film on said substrate web in said film-forming space; said plasma-generating chamber comprising a microwave permeable bell jar disposed in a cavity resonator integrated with two impedance matching circuits in a microwave circuit, said plasma-generating chamber being provided with a porous metal thin plate adjacent to said means for supplying a film-forming raw material gas, said plasma-generating chamber being provided with means for supplying a plasma-generating raw material gas selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen gas and a gaseous mixture composed of a hydrogen gas and a rare gas into said plasma-generating chamber; said apparatus being provided with a substrate web pay-out chamber provided with a mechanism for paying out said substrate web and a substrate take-up chamber provided with a mechanism for taking up said substrate web; said apparatus being provided with a substrate web-processing chamber at least between said substrate web pay-out chamber and the first film-forming chamber; each two of said chambers being connected by means of a connection pipe through which said substrate web can be moved; and said connection pipe being provided with means for preventing the gas of one of said chambers from entering into other chamber with an inert gas.
摘要:
A process for the formation of a functional deposited film as a thin semiconductor film constituted with the group IV element or a thin semiconductor film constituted with group IV element alloy, by introducing, into a film forming space, a compound as the film-forming raw material and, if required, a compound containing an element capable of controlling valence electrons for the deposited film as the constituent element each in a gaseous state, or in a state where at least one of the compounds is activated, while forming hydrogen atoms in an excited state causing chemical reaction with at least one of the compounds in the gaseous state or in the activated state in an activation space different from the film forming space and introducing them into the film forming space, thereby forming a deposited film on a substrate, wherein the hydrogen atoms in the excited state are formed from a hydrogen gas or a gas mixture composed of a hydrogen gas and a rare gas by means of a microwave plasma generated in a plasma generation chamber disposed in a cavity resonator integrated with two impedance matching circuits in a microwave circuit and the excited state of the hydrogen atoms is controlled.
摘要:
A method for forming a deposited film, which comprises introducing a gaseous starting material containing an element in the Group II of the periodic table, a starting material containing an element in the Group VI of the periodic table which are gasifiable for formation of a deposited film, and a gaseous halogenic oxidizing agent having the property of oxidation action on said starting materials into a reaction space to effect contact therebetween to thereby chemically form a plural number of precursors containing precursors under excited state, and forming a deposited film on a substrate existing in a film-forming space by the use of at least one precursor of said precursors as the feeding source for the constituent element of the deposited film.
摘要:
A process for forming a deposited film comprises introducing into a film forming space housing a substrate therein an active species (A) formed by decomposition of a compound containing carbon and a halogen and an active species (B) formed from a chemical substance for film formation which is reactive with said active species (A) separately from each other, then providing them with discharge energy and allowing both the species to react with each other thereby to form a deposited film on the substrate.
摘要:
There is provided a functional ZnSe:H deposited film composed of zinc atoms, selenium atoms, and at least hydrogen atoms, with the content of hydrogen atoms being 1 to 4 atomic % and the ratio of crystal grains per unit volume being 65 to 85 vol %. It is capable of efficient doping and is stable to irradiation. It can be made into a high conductivity p-type of n-type ZnSe:H:M film by doping. It can be efficiently deposited on a non-single crystal substrate such as metal, glass, and synthetic resin which was incapable of efficient depositing. Thus the invention makes it possible to form a high-functional device such as a photovoltaic element of ZnSe film on a non-single crystal substrate.
摘要:
A method for producing an electronic device having a multi-layer structure comprising one or more band gap controlled semiconductor thin layers formed on a substrate comprises forming at least one of said band gap controlled semiconductor thin layers according to the plasma CVD method and forming at least one of the other constituent layers according to the method comprising introducing a gaseous starting material for film formation and a gaseous halogenic oxidizing agent having the property of oxidizing said starting material into a reaction space to effect chemical contact therebetween to thereby form a plurality of precursors including a precursor in an excited state and transferring at least one of these precursors into a film forming space communicated with the reaction space as a feed source for the constituent element of the deposited film.
摘要:
A process for forming a deposited film comprises introducing into a film forming space housing a substrate therein an active species (A) formed by decomposition of a compound containing germanium and a halogen and an active species (B) formed from a chemical substance for film formation which is reactive with said active species (A) separately from each other, then irradiating them with light energy and thereby allowing both the species to react with each other thereby to form a deposited film on the substrate.
摘要:
A light receiving member comprises a substrate for light receiving member, a surface layer having reflection preventive function and a light receiving layer of a multi-layer structure having at least one photosensitive layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms on the substrate, said light receiving layer having at least one pair of non-parallel interfaces within a short range and said non-parallel interfaces being arranged in a large number in at least one direction within the plane perpendicular to the layer thickness direction.
摘要:
A light-receiving member comprises a substrate and a light-receiving layer of a multi-layer structure having a first layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and germanium atoms and a second layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and exhibiting photoconductivity provided successively from the substrate side, said light-receiving layer having at least one pair of non-parallel interfaces within a short range and said non-parallel interfaces being aranged in a large number in at least one direction within the plane perpendicular to the layer thickness direction, said non-parallel interfaces being connected to one another smoothly in the direction in which they are arranged.