AIN SPUTTERED FILM PROPERTIES PREPARED AT LOW GAS-PRESSURES BY FACING TARGET SYSTEM

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作者
TOMINAGA, K
IMAI, H
SHIRAI, M
机构
[1] The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, 770
关键词
AIN FILM; PLANAR MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; FILM DEGRADATION; FACING TARGET SPUTTERING SYSTEM;
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10.1143/JJAP.30.2574
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Several properties of sputtered AlN films prepared in N2 gas by planar magnetron sputtering with facing targets were investigated. Highly c-axis-oriented films with columnar structure were obtained at the pressure range of 10(-3) Torr of N2 gas. Film degradations such as the decrease of the degree of c-axis orientation, film coloring, and film peeling were also observed at lower gas pressures below 1 x 10(-3) Torr. From the results of optical transmittance and film composition estimation by energy-dispersion X-ray spectroscopy, these film degradation were related to the excess of N atoms in the film growth process.
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页码:2574 / 2580
页数:7
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