摘要:
An object of the present invention is to increase the energy efficiency of a plasma apparatus and provide a high-frequency magnetron plasma apparatus which can precisely control plasma. The plasma apparatus has a susceptor electrode, a plasma exciting electrode, magnets mounted on the plasma exciting electrode, and a magnetic shield provided around the plasma exciting electrode, all of which are arranged in a vacuum chamber. The magnetic shield has a high impedance for a high frequency. The magnetic shield is preferably earthed with a direct current, more preferably earthed through an inductance.
摘要:
There is provided a surface potential measuring apparatus cable of accurately measuring the potential of a substrate regardless of the material of the substrate, and a plasma equipment capable of accurately measuring and controlling ion energy. The substrate surface potential measuring apparatus measures the surface potential of a substrate in a plasma processing apparatus and includes a terminal electrically connected to a suscepter electrode for holding the substrate, a first condenser disposed between the terminal and the ground and a potential measuring device for measuring the potential of the terminal. The surface potential of the substrate is found from the potential of the suscepter electrode measured by the potential measuring means.
摘要:
An etchant which generates neither heat nor gas during the process, does not sublimate, is stable for a long period of time, requires no special pipings, and further requires no special treatment of waste water because of containing no organic solvents. The etchant is a solution containing hydrofluoric acid and an-oxoacid or oxoacid salt compound expressed by Mm(XOn)p (where M is hydrogen, one-to three-valence metal or NH.sub.4, m is 1 or 5, X is a halogen element, n is 3, 4 or 6, and p is 1, 2 or 3).
摘要:
There is provided an electronic device like a TFT using a silicon nitride insulating film of a single layer structure having an excellent dielectric voltage, and a method of producing the electronic device with reliability. In the electronic device, a conductive wiring pattern is deposited on a surface of an electrically insulated substrate, and an insulating layer is formed to cover the wiring pattern and the substrate. The insulating layer is made of a silicon nitride insulating film. A contact angle .theta. between the wiring pattern and the substrate is equals 60.degree. or more, and a value Tn1/Tg of a thickness Tn1 of the silicon nitride insulating film and a thickness Tg of the wiring pattern equals 2 or more. A horizontal distance Tn2 between a rise start position, where the silicon nitride film rises because of a step of the wiring pattern and the top end of the wiring pattern, and Tn1 are in a relation where 0.6.ltoreq.Tn2/Tn1.
摘要:
An etching agent and an electronic device manufacturing method using the etching agent. The etching agent contains, in a solution, hydrofluoric acid at a concentration of 0.05 to 0.5 mol/l, and halooxoacid ions, represented by the formula (XO.sub.n).sup.p- (wherein X is a halogen element, n is 3, 4 or 6, p is 1, 2 or 3), at a concentration of at least 0.01 mol/l. An electronic device manufactured using the etching agent requires only a single etching step to etch both conductive layers (such as aluminum) as well as ohmic contact layers (a-Si).
摘要:
A method for manufacturing thin films in which a first film is formed on a substrate using chemical-vapor deposition (CVD), and a second film is formed on the substrate using sputtering, wherein the processes are sequentially performed in the same deposition chamber without exposing the substrate to an oxidative atmosphere. The deposition chamber includes a first electrode, and a second electrode located under the first electrode. During the CVD process, a dummy target is mounted on the first electrode and the substrate is mounted on the second electrode, a reactive gas is introduced into the chamber, and high frequency electrical power is applied to both the first and second electrodes, thereby causing the constituents of the reactive gas to deposit on the substrate to form the first film. Subsequently, any remaining reactive gas is removed from the chamber and an automated mechanism removes the dummy target from the first electrode and stores the dummy target in a storage chamber. A sputtering electrode is then mounted on the first electrode and a sputtering gas is introduced into the reaction chamber. High frequency electrical power is then applied to both the first and second electrodes, thereby causing the sputtering gas and sputtering target to deposit the second film on the substrate.
摘要:
An apparatus which allows a first film to be formed on a substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and a second film to be formed on the substrate by sputtering, wherein the processes are performed sequentially in the same deposition chamber without exposing the substrate to an oxidative atmosphere. The deposition chamber includes a first electrode and a second electrode located under the first electrode. A transfer mechanism loads a dummy target onto the first electrode and the substrate onto the second electrode prior to a CVD process. The dummy target is resistant to sputtering and thus does not contaminate the film deposited on the substrate during CVD. After CVD and prior to sputtering, the transfer mechanism unloads the dummy target and replaces it with a sputtering target for film formation by sputtering. Both the dummy target and sputtering target can be loaded and unloaded from a single pressurized storage chamber. Thus, film formation by both sputtering and CVD can be accomplished by using a single deposition chamber without removing the substrate between processes.
摘要:
A temperature-compensating thin-film capacitor includes a first dielectric thin-film having a specific inductive capacity of 4.0 or less and a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 50 ppm/° C. or more, and includes a second thin-film capacitor having capacitance-temperature coefficient with an absolute value of 50 ppm/° C. or less, in which the first and the second dielectric thin-films are placed between electrodes. The present thin-film capacitor design significantly reduces variations in capacitance due to manufacturing equipment tolerance. Also, miniaturization, thinning, and lightening of the thin-film capacitor is achieved. In another aspect of the invention, an electronic device having the temperature-compensating thin-film is provided. The temperature stability of the present thin-film capacitor is highly advantageous for incorporation into electronic devices such as a portable electronic device, microwave communication equipment.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a thin film transistor of an inverted stagger structure having a gate terminal, a gate insulator a semiconductor film, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in that order; a gate terminal and a gate wiring are provided for supplying a scanning signal to the gate electrode; and a source terminal and a source wiring are provided for supplying a data signal to the source electrode, wherein the gate terminal is formed on an upper side of the gate insulating film and electrically connected to the gate wiring through a contact hole formed in the gate insulator.