Abstract:
A layer forming method is disclosed which comprises the steps of supplying power of not less than 1 W/cm2 at a high frequency voltage exceeding 100 kHz across a gap between a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to each other at atmospheric pressure or at approximately atmospheric pressure to induce a discharge, generating a reactive gas in a plasma state by the charge, and exposing a substrate to the reactive gas in a plasma state to form a layer on the substrate.
Abstract:
Provided herein is a method of reducing an electrostatic charge on a substrate during a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process, comprising the step of depositing a conductive layer onto a top surface of a susceptor support plate disposed within a deposition chamber wherein the conductive layer dissipates the electrostatic charge on the bottom surface of the substrate during a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process. Also provided are a method of depositing a thin film during a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process using the methods disclosed herein and a conductive susceptor.
Abstract:
The major object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a laminated film, wherein a titanium oxide film can be formed at a temperature at which a polymeric film is not decomposed, elongated or deformed, while the laminated film of a titanium oxide film or of a titanium oxide film and a silica film, having optical performance usable as an anti-reflective film can be formed at a high rate, as well as an anti-reflective film produced by the method. To solve this major object, a laminated film of a titanium oxide film or of a titanium oxide film and a silica film is formed by plasma CVD method in the present invention.
Abstract:
Vacuum treatment installation with a vacuum treatment chamber containing a plasma discharge configuration as well as a gas supply configuration. The plasma discharge configuration has at least two plasma beam discharge configurations with substantially parallel discharge axes and a deposition configuration is positioned along a surface which extends at predetermined distances from the beam axes and along a substantial section of the longitudinal extent of the discharge beam.
Abstract:
This invention provides a composite having a hydrophilic film made of amorphous titanium oxide. A film is deposited on a substrate made of, for example, glass or synthetic resin. The film is composed of amorphous titanium oxide partially having structures in which a network of Ti—O—Ti bond is broken to give Ti—OH bond terminals.
Abstract:
The apparatus for plasma treatment of a non-conductive hollow substrate (5), comprises a plasma chamber (12) provided with two oppositely facing field admission windows (8, 9), and first and second opposite coil arrangements (20, 30) located on an outer surface (8a; 9a) of the first and second windows respectively. The first and second coil arrangements being connected to power supply means (4) such that a current (I) of a same direction flows simultaneously in the first and second coil arrangements. The two coil arrangements (20, 30) induce through the substrate a magnetic flux (7) transversal and perpendicular to a substrate depth (L) for generating an electrical field in the substrate plan.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus and method is equipped with a reaction chamber, a microwave generator for generating a microwave within the reaction chamber, and main and auxiliary magnets for producing a magnetic filed parallel with microwave propagation direction. The auxiliary magnet is located along the wall of the reaction chamber so as to strengthen the magnetic filed at the periphery of the reaction chamber. A reactive gas containing a carbon compound gas is introduced into the chamber wherein the reactive gas is converted into a plasma by a resonance using the microwaves and the magnetic field. The presence of the auxiliary magnet produces a centrifugal drifting force within the reaction chamber, thereby confining the plasma gas to the center of the chamber. A substrate is then placed within the chamber and a film comprising amorphous carbon is deposited thereon.
Abstract:
A method is used to form an intermetal dielectric layer. According to the invention, an unbiased-unclamped fluorinated silicate glass layer used as a protection layer is formed by high density plasma chemical vapor deposition on a biased-clamped fluorinated silicate glass layer formed by high density plasma chemical vapor deposition to prevent the biased-clamped fluorinated silicate glass layer from being exposed in a planarization process.
Abstract:
A method of forming a uniform-thickness good-quality protective film with scratch-proofness and ultraviolet cutting characteristic on a plastic part having a diversified and complex three-dimensional shape without wasteful release of an organic solvent, or the like, into the atmosphere. In a plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus, the shape of at least one part of a surface of a cathode provided in a reaction chamber is made coincident with the shape of a surface of a plastic part such as a car headlamp lens, or the like. The plastic part is attached to the cathode in the condition that the two surfaces coincident in shape come into contact with each other. High-frequency electric power is supplied between the cathode and the reaction chamber while a hydrogen gas and hexamethyldisilane (HMDS) as a raw material gas for forming a protective film are imported into the reaction chamber. Thus, a protective film is formed on the surface of the plastic part by vapor deposition.
Abstract:
A method for forming a metal interconnect having a plurality of metal lines and an interlayer dielectric is disclosed. The metal interconnect has a decreased capacitance between the metal lines of the metal interconnect. First, a metal interconnect is formed onto a substrate. A first HDPCVD oxide layer is formed over the metal interconnect. A second HDPCVD oxide layer is formed over the first HDPCVD oxide layer, the second HDPCVD oxide layer being formed such that air gaps are formed between the metal lines of the metal interconnect. Furthermore, a third HDPCVD oxide layer may be formed over the second HDPCVD oxide layer, the third HDPCVD oxide formed using a sputter to deposition ratio higher than that used to form the second HDPCVD oxide layer.