EP3833799A1 - Device and method for producing layers with improved uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate guiding - Google Patents
Device and method for producing layers with improved uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate guidingInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a device and a method for producing layers with very good uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate guidance.
- certain layer thickness gradients can be set.
- the particle load is significantly reduced.
- the service life is significantly increased compared to other processes. Paras tary coatings are reduced.
- the coating rate is also increased.
- Optical layers today often consist of a sequence of low and high refractive index layers, in which certain materials are stacked on top of each other. Depending on the function and wavelength range, the layer thicknesses can be between a few nm and several pm. Materials include Si0 2 , Ta 2 0 5 , Nb 2 0 5 , Hf0 2 , Zr0 2 , Ti0 2 . Also cupid phe, hydrogen-containing Si materials (a-Si: H) are used.
- a suitable layer function is achieved by the suitable stacking of the layer sequence one above the other.
- This can be, for example, a bandpass filter or an edge filter. Coatings for controlling the phase position of the reflected or transmitted light are also possible.
- the spectral position of the edge or bandpass is crucial for the function of the coating. It is therefore of great interest to achieve uniform layers on the coating material. In other applications, layers are also required in which a specific layer profile is desired. This is the case for bandpass filters where the central wavelength depends on the position (gradient filter). For example, such gradient filters are used on photosensitive sensors in image processing. These often have a size of a few 10mm and are sensitive in a range from approx. 190 to approx. 11OOnm. A bandpass filter with a corresponding central wavelength would therefore only require about 1/6 of the layer thickness with a 30mm long sensor as with llOOnm. As the sensor area becomes smaller, the layer thickness gradient would increase, so that steeper gradients have to be realized.
- a certain layer thickness distribution is often required on 3D components such as lenses. This may require a lateral gradient with a certain shape.
- Filter coatings are then formed with a number of layers less than 4 pm and more than 100 pm, often with thicknesses of less than 1 pm and more than 10 pm, or even several 10 pm.
- Another requirement is to enter as few defects as possible in the layer. These can be caused, for example, by flaking of chamber walls or elements that are located in the area of the coating. These "parasitic" coatings are formed because the coating source has a relatively wide distribution of the dusted coating material into the room. A large part of the coating is therefore instead of the substrates on the chamber walls, or components that are used for rate correction directly in front of the substrates If the coating is too thick in these areas or if there is thermal stress, particles can be detached from these coatings or the entire parasitic coating, but particles can also be generated directly on the sputtering sources.
- Particle-less optical layers can be produced with a magnetron sputtering device, such as that made of
- Low-particle coatings are shown, the cleanliness of the coating is achieved by using cylindrical swelling material (rotatable magnetrons), optionally together with a reactive gas component, applied to the substrate by magnetron sputtering.
- the layer is applied against gravity in a so-called “sputter-up" process. Since substrate subrotation (satellite movement) is not provided, a layer thickness profile results on the substrate which is inversely proportional to the radius to the center of rotation For example, in an arrangement where the substrate center is 600mm from the center of rotation and the substrate is 200mm in diameter, only about 70% of the layer rate would arrive on the outside compared to the rate on the inside.
- the layer uniformity is therefore set using masks that restrict the coating flow locally.
- the mask lies between the source and the substrate; as a rule, close to the substrate, so that the layer distribution is as possible to be able to set exactly.
- the mask is thus directly in the coating area. Since, in contrast to the moving substrates, the mask is usually attached statically, it gets a large amount of material. In the geometry described above with a substrate center of 600 mm from the center, a correction aperture receives a rate which is about 5-10 times as large as the substrates themselves. So if 10 pm layer material is deposited on the substrate, the aperture already receives 100 pm.
- the material stock is very large, especially with cylindrical sputter sources, so that a service life of several months would in principle be possible.
- a power of 5 kW would allow a lifespan of 70 days (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).
- a layer thickness of 480 pm could thus be deposited on the substrate before the target has to be exchanged. If you add the second material, the layer thickness on the uniformity diaphragms would accumulate to 10 mm. However, it is beneficial not to exceed a certain thickness of approx. 1 mm on the uniformity panels.
- Sputter sources work, which is particularly disadvantageous because the sputter sources themselves have a multiple service life compared to conventional linear magnetrons.
- the production time could be significantly extended without intermediate cleaning if the parasitic coating on the uniformity covers can be reduced.
- Another method that is often used is the use of satellite rotation of the substrates.
- the substrates are on a rotating plate and rotate around themselves. Ring-shaped sputter sources are used here.
- No. 5,609,772 A describes a device for an annularly closed target, in which an additional magnetic field can be shifted by an excitation current, the magnetic field lines on the target.
- the target erosion can thus be shifted in its profile and, for example, the distribution of the rate can be influenced.
- a sputtering arrangement without masks is described in US 2011/253529.
- a high degree of uniformity is achieved there by proposing a special dimensioning of an annular magnetron source with a special diameter.
- the center of the magnetron cathode is in the middle of the rotating center of the substrate.
- a planetary drive is provided so that two rotations are superimposed.
- a so-called drum geometry is described in US 4,851,095.
- the sources are usually located as a linear source on the side walls of a chamber.
- the substrates are on the inside of a rotating drum.
- layer distributions on the substrate can be influenced by changing the distance of individual magnets from the target surface along the target axis. Here, individual magnets are reset. This method is called "UniTune” and enables a distribution setting to +/- 1% without shaper. The setting is therefore possible within very narrow limits (a few%).
- a special magnet system for cylindrical magnetrons is described in US 9,349,576.
- the magnets have a special shape there and the magnetron can be used as a retrofit for planar magnetrons.
- Magnetron arrangements can be both unbalanced and balanced.
- Arnell et al. also include a closed field arrangement
- Double magnetrons in front of which the magnetrons lying next to each other have opposite polarity (dual-co-planar closed field arrangement).
- An advantage of this arrangement is a better plasma density and the possibility to produce better materials.
- Magnetron sources on the chamber necessary.
- the polarity of the magnets is not the same for all sources, but rather opposite to the neighboring cathode. So while a cathode has an N-S-N polarity, the adjacent cathode has an S-N-S polarity. This means that the plasma leads more from one cathode to the next and is more closed ("closed field"). However, the lateral distribution of the layer along the target axis is not considered there.
- the closed field arrangement is intended to serve denser layers with better properties.
- the magnetrons can be linear sources, round sources or cylindrical sources. These can be operated using direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC) in the medium frequency range (10-20 kHz). Radio frequencies (RF, usually 13.56 MHz) are also used for insulating sputtering materials.
- the sources can be unipolar (sputter source as cathode, the positive pole in each case designed as a separate anode) or bipolar.
- US2016 / 0254127 A1 describes an approach in which the layer thickness distribution is influenced by two magnetrons. The approach is based on a rotation of the magnets, which cause (dec) coupling of the magnetic fields. In the case of a turntable arrangement, the distribution can be tilted. However, this approach is only suitable for small changes in the distribution and is still dependent on the use of masks.
- US 8,574,409 describes a system in which power modulation is used as a function of the rotation of a magnet set in a ring-shaped magnetron.
- US2005 / 0061666 A1 discloses magnets which are moved during operation by planar magnets (“sweeping”), so that a higher one
- So-called shunts are often used to influence the magnetic field in magnetrons (US Pat. No. 5,415,754).
- the shunts are ferromagnetic plates that are placed between the rows of magnets below the target.
- the field lines between the racetracks are flatter on the target.
- US 2011/0127157 describes an asymmetrical magnet system which can be used for cylindrical single or double magnetrons. Due to the asymmetrical design, the plasma will be drawn more between the cathodes, whereby the electrons can get to the respective anode better and a lower impedance arises.
- a device for depositing uniform layers on rotationally moved substrates by means of magnetron sputtering which contains the following components: a) a vacuum chamber,
- the essence of the present invention is based on the fact that inhomogeneous, i.e. locally different plasma densities exist which make it possible to achieve an inhomogeneous removal rate.
- the locally different plasma density is brought about by a suitable, spatially distributed electron density distribution on the magnetron cathodes.
- the distribution is both in the longitudinal direction, i.e. along the
- the magnet By arranging the magnet in opposite directions, it can be sufficient that the gradient of the plasma density is reversed. This means that the plasma density does not increase towards the outside but towards the inside. This causes an increase in the inhomogeneous removal rate, so that too Layers with a targeted inhomogeneity can be produced more precisely. A steeper layer thickness gradient can thus be generated.
- the magnetron electrodes have an inhomogeneous magnetic field and / or the magnetron electrodes have an essentially asymmetrically polarized magnet configuration and / or the coating source has a generator with an adjustable pulse shape and / or pulse frequency.
- the present invention relates to a new configuration of the magnets for linear and asymmetrically arranged magnetron electrodes with which a coating with very high and stable uniformity can be achieved with rotating substrates to be coated (turntable arrangement).
- the asymmetry is achieved in that the magnet configuration of the neighboring magnetron electrodes is designed and / or polarized differently.
- One variant according to the invention provides that the magnets in the
- Sputtering device are polarized not symmetrical, but asymmetrical.
- one magnetron has the polarity N-S-N
- the neighboring magnetron has the polarity S-N-S.
- the gradient can be designed in the opposite direction, so that the layer gradient can be amplified.
- DE 10 2013 207 771 A1 not only increases the coupling between the magnetrons in the case according to the invention but also changes the layer thickness distribution on the substrate. While only a linear tilting of the distribution is made possible according to DE 10 2013 207 771 A1, a 1 / r dependency of the layer thickness distribution can be realized according to the invention, wherein r is the distance of the point to be measured on the substrate from the center of rotation.
- the proposed configuration is also advantageous because it makes it possible to further reduce the impedance of the discharge. This is beneficial for materials that provide high impedance, such as silicon, or poorly conductive materials.
- a low discharge voltage is also advantageous with other materials such as tantalum, niobium, which contain metallic components either from metallic targets or from targets, because this reduces the tendency towards arc discharges. These generally lead to particles.
- the configuration is also advantageous because it enables the plasma to be held closer to the target.
- the interaction between plasma and substrate can thus be reduced, while at the same time very dense layers of high quality can be represented by the distance between target and substrate not becoming too great. Interactions between plasma and substrate can be noticeable, for example, through increased particle loading or through inhomogeneities in the layer thickness (picture frame effect).
- the locally different plasma density and thus uniformity can be further influenced by a special pulse pattern, pulse frequency or also by gas pressure.
- a special pulse pattern preference is given to using at least one gas flow regulator.
- the inhomogeneous removal rate increases from the center of the turntable to the edge of the turntable, preferably increases linearly, and is particularly preferably proportional to the distance from the center of the turntable. This results in a largely homogeneous coating on the substrate without the use of additional correction masks.
- the device preferably has at least one plasma source. This The plasma source is then preferably used to pretreat the surface of the substrate and / or to modify the structure and / or the stoichiometry of the layer.
- the turntable of the device can rotate in the process at a speed of 1-500 rpm, preferably 150-300 rpm.
- a quick rotation of the turntable in the range of 150-300 rpm can be advantageous. Due to the high rotational speeds, a time constant of around 500 ps to a few milliseconds can be achieved.
- the at least one double magnetron source preferably consists of magnetron electrodes made of a cylindrical or planar source material and a holder for this material and an associated target.
- the at least two magnetron electrodes can be operated electrically by means of bipolar pulsing.
- sine or right corner pulses can be used, and the frequency can also be changed.
- the sputter frequency can be changed in a range from a few kHz to several 100 kHz. Frequencies between 10 kHz and 100 kHz are preferably used, particularly preferably 20-60 kHz.
- the magnetron sputter sources can be used in a sputter-down or in a sputter-up arrangement.
- the at least one magnetron electrode preferably has a target which contains or consists of at least one of the following components:
- the magnetron electrode preferably consists of a target containing metal / semiconductor or consisting of ceramic material.
- Compressive stresses are often present in high-quality optical coatings. These are of great importance since they can lead to bending of the optics or also to delamination of the layer or even breakage of the substrate. According to the discharge voltage of the plasma can be reduced, which can lead to a reduction in the layer voltage.
- the magnetron electrode can contain a target. This can consist of a metal or silicon or also contain or consist of an oxide-containing material. Oxide-containing materials have the advantage of providing an oxygen source. Sometimes extra oxygen is required in the sputtering area, for example because the oxygen from the plasma source is not sufficient for oxidation or because higher coating rates are to be achieved. In this case it is convenient to remove the oxygen directly from the target i.e. to take the magnetron electrode because it gives a higher stability compared to a target made of metal and oxygen as a reactive gas.
- Preferred oxide-containing materials are TiOx, TaOx, NbOx, ZrOx, ZrOx: Y, CeOx, ScOx, HfOx, AIOx, SiOx, ZnOx, InSnOx and / or SnOx, with x being particularly preferred so that the target is just one Has conductivity, but at the same time x is close to the stoichiometry.
- the invention can also be used advantageously for the production of Si-based layers, some of which contain hydrogen. Bandpass filters for the near infrared range can be produced with this. Very thin substrates that bend strongly are often used there. According to the invention, the layer tension can also be reduced there.
- Magnetron electrode is preferably 5 to 30 cm, preferably 5 to 20 cm, particularly preferably 6 to 15 cm and very particularly preferably 6 to 12 cm.
- a short distance is advantageous because it enables layers with a high density to be produced.
- a very small distance is disadvantageous because it can enable the increased formation of particles. These can be kept electrically trapped in the plasma and the continuous sub strate can thus act as a dust catcher.
- the device there is also the possibility in the device of significantly increasing the spacing between the electrodes and the magnetrons without any loss of layer properties.
- very dense and smooth as well as absorption-free layers are necessary, which usually requires high particle energies.
- the process pressure must be as low as possible so that the sputtered particles do not collide with one another on the way from the target to the substrate. This can be achieved by reducing the process pressure in the sputtering chamber to a value below 1x10-3 mbar.
- magnetrons are operated at a pressure of a few 10-3 mbar (3x10-3 mbar to 6x10-3 mbar).
- a pressure variation has an effect on the surface roughness of a high-quality optical coating. This can be measured with an AFM (Atomic force microscope). The roughness of the plasma source can also be set using the pressure.
- an SiO 2 layer of 2 ⁇ m has a roughness that is 0.9 nm higher than that of the substrate when it is pressed against the substrate
- Magnetrons of 6x10-6 mbar is produced. If the pressure is reduced to less than 3x10-3 mbar, the additional roughness compared to the substrate drops to less than 0.1 nm if the distance between the source and the substrate is approx. 7 cm.
- the prior art methods have the problem that the target voltage increases with decreasing pressure and the tendency to arcing increases.
- tantalum pentoxide layer The same can also be observed with a tantalum pentoxide layer.
- additional roughness of a 2 ⁇ m thick Ta205 layer to 0.1 nm compared to 0.2 nm or more when the pressure is reduced.
- the distance can be tripled without additional roughness of the layer relative to the substrate.
- the distance can be increased significantly to 15 cm, or 20 cm or more.
- the target voltage and thus the arcing tendency is reduced at a smaller distance and a pressure of 3x10-3 mbar.
- the advantage of the invention is that a high particle freedom can be achieved even at a relatively short distance, because the plasma can be drawn very close to the target. By lowering the pressure, the distance can even be increased further without there being a loss in the density of the layers.
- the advantage of this distance is that a homogeneous coating of small components with high density and high precision is made possible.
- the distance between the turntable and the walls of the walls of the magnetron sputtering device is preferably 0.1 to 5 mm. This distance has proven to be particularly favorable in order to make the magnetron sputtering device gas-tight, ie to ensure effective gas space separation within the device.
- the double magnetron arrangement according to the invention has the advantage that more source material can be separated per time the substrate spends in the magnetron sputtering device compared to a single magnetron arrangement. The result is a much higher efficiency of the sputtering process. Furthermore, by using
- Double magnetron arrangements with bipolar excitation better long-term stability due to the "non-vanishing anode” and higher plasma densities in combination with denser (but also more strained) layers are guaranteed.
- polymer substrates can be coated more cheaply because the temperature of the discharge is lower
- Discharge voltage or / and the larger distance can be reduced.
- the polymer coating can also be made cheaper, since the temperature input into the layer is also reduced as the discharge voltage drops.
- the device can advantageously have a device for generating medium-frequency discharges.
- the device preferably contains two, optionally also three, magnetron sputtering devices.
- the advantage of such configurations arises above all in the case of multilayer coatings, ie in the coating of a substrate with a number of different layers.
- stacks can be generated from two types of layers, which have different material (source material). Consequently, in the case of three magnetron sputtering devices, it is possible to sputter stacks of three types of layers onto the substrate, each of which has a different material.
- material mixtures can be made from the respective source materials, ie mixed layers can be deposited.
- magnetron sputtering devices to optimize the layer properties is particularly advantageous in the area of very complex optical multilayer filters with more than 100 individual layers.
- three or more magnetron sputtering devices can also prove to be advantageous.
- the pulse shape is further preferred.
- rectangular or sine pulses are used as the pulse shape, particularly preferably at a frequency of 40 kHz. This leads to a greater inhomogeneity of the plasma along the target axis. It is thus possible to influence the distribution itself again by adjusting the pulse shape and the frequency. As a result, the correction aperture (shaper aperture) is no longer required.
- the correction diaphragm receives significantly less coating material.
- the layer thickness gradient is approximately 30% at a distance of 60 cm from the center of the turntable and a substrate diameter of 200 mm. The aperture on the inner edge of the substrate must therefore hold 30% more layer than on the outside. The layer thickness correction then runs over 30%.
- the aperture receives approximately eight times the rate that arrives on the substrate.
- the advantage of the invention is that the aperture only has to correct a few% because an almost homogeneous coating is achieved on the substrate.
- the screen receives much less layer than in the standard configuration and can be used much longer.
- the distribution can also be set much more precisely, since only a few% of the layer distribution has to be corrected. Since the aperture also receives much less layer, the drift of the distribution in the course of the coating is smaller.
- the invention can also be used to create a stronger gradient.
- the plasma can reach the room at different distances.
- the substrate can be either in the plasma or outside, with the transition being fluid.
- the substrate With regard to a low particle load, it is advantageous for the substrate to be outside the plasma, since particles are often kept in the vicinity of electrical fields.
- a small distance between target and substrate is desired because of the better layer properties.
- the Magnetde sign according to the invention makes it possible to build up the plasma close to the target.
- the magnetron sputtering device can have an effective gas space separation for gases of 1:25, better 1: 100, within the vacuum.
- An effective gas space separation between the coating stations of 1: 100 enables the production of clearly defined co-sputtered materials.
- the reason for this is that noble gas and / or reactive gas of a magnetron sputtering device is prevented from entering another magnetron sputtering device of the same device.
- the amount of noble gas and / or reactive gas can be precisely be set to a certain predefined value and / or kept constant.
- Plasmas based on magnetron discharges usually consist of more than 99% non-ionized particles. These can have high energies and therefore contribute greatly to layer tensions. They can be influenced indirectly, for example by changing the magnetic field design or by using alternative sputter gases.
- the sputtering gas may contain or consist of an inert gas. Preferred noble gases are argon, neon, xeon and krypton. Noble gas mixtures are also possible.
- the reactive gas can contain or consist of an oxidizing gas. Preferred reactive gases are oxygen, nitrogen, tetrafluoromethane, octafluorocyclobutane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen fluoride. Mixtures of these gases can also be used.
- Hydrogen can also be used.
- the device preferably contains a photometer. This enables the thickness of the layer on the substrate to be measured photometrically
- Control sputtering process A fast broadband measurement (e.g. from 200-2000 nm) of the transmission or reflection can be carried out for this purpose.
- the layer thickness can be determined and checked by comparison with the theoretically expected spectrum.
- a quartz crystal can also be used, for example in cavity filters, in which only a small signal change in the transmission is expected for certain layers.
- the substrate holder has or consists of polyether ether ketone.
- the use of polyether ether ketone has the advantage that the formation of particles is reduced.
- the device has a control system for regulating and / or stabilizing the reactive gas in the magnetron sputtering device.
- Transition Mode are operated.
- the cylindrical source material (target) is permanently in a metallic, oxide-free state by suitable control of the generator, while there is sufficient oxygen in the process space for the oxidation of the growing layer.
- the above-mentioned manipulated variables are usually realized on the oxygen partial pressure or the voltage of the generator or the target. In this way, the process can achieve the deposition of stoichiometric layers with a high deposition rate, while minimizing the disruptive influence of particles, i.e. high particle poverty is achieved.
- a method for the deposition of uniform layers on rotationally moving substrates by means of magnetron sputtering in which a) at least one substrate is arranged on a rotary plate in a vacuum chamber in order to enable a coating upon rotational movement of the substrate, b ) with at least one coating source consisting of a linearly extended double magnetron source, at least one layer is deposited on the at least one substrate, the layers being formed from source material of the magnetron electrodes with sputtering gas.
- the coating source used according to the invention enables an inhomogeneous plasma density which has an inhomogeneous removal rate of the source material.
- the magnetron electrodes have an inhomogeneous magnetic field and / or the magnetron electrodes have an essentially asymmetrically polarized magnet configuration and / or the coating source has a generator with an adjustable pulse shape and / or pulse frequency. It is preferred that the inhomogeneous removal rate increases from the center of the turntable to the edge of the turntable, preferably increases linearly, and is particularly preferably proportional to the distance from the center of the turntable. This results in a largely homogeneous coating on the substrate without the use of additional correction masks.
- At least one plasma source is used in the method according to the invention, the at least one plasma source preferably pre-treating the surface of the substrate via exposure to plasma and / or the at least one plasma source preferably treating the structure and / or the stoichiometry of the layer via exposure to plasma modified.
- An inert gas in particular argon, is preferably used as the sputtering gas.
- At least one reactive gas can preferably be used, in particular selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen fluoride,
- Tetrafluoromethane octafluorocyclobutane and mixtures thereof.
- a preferred variant provides that the thickness of the layer on the substrate is checked by at least one of the measures a) to e) for process control:
- the device according to the invention is preferably used to carry out the method.
- the subject according to the invention is intended to be explained in more detail with reference to the following figures and examples, without wishing to restrict it to the specific embodiments shown here.
- Fig. 1 shows a device according to the invention without a turntable in the top view
- Fig. 2 shows a device according to the invention with a turntable in the top view
- Fig. 3 shows a device according to the invention in a sectional view
- Fig. 4 shows a device according to the prior art with symmetric polarity
- FIG 5 shows a device according to the invention with asymmetrical polarity
- Fig. 6 shows a diagram of the time-dependent voltage difference between the targets with a sine excitation of 40 kHz
- FIG. 8 shows a diagram in which the ion current density averaged over time and target area is shown for the configuration “Even”
- FIG. 9 shows a diagram in which the ion current density averaged over time and target area is shown for the configuration “Odd”.
- FIG. 11 shows the comparison of the coating rate resulting on the substrate without a separate uniformity diaphragm according to the invention and according to the prior art.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically in plan view a preferred device according to the invention without a turntable.
- the device has three magnetron sputtering devices 2, 3, 4, one of which is configured in the single magnetron arrangement 2 and two in the double magnetron arrangement 3, 4.
- the magnetron sputtering devices 2 contains a magnetron electrode 5, sputtering gas 11, optionally reactive gas 8 and is located in a vacuum 1.
- the magnetron sputtering devices 3, 4 each contain two magnetron electrodes 6, 7, sputtering gas 11, optionally reactive gas 8 and is in a vacuum 1.
- a plasma source 12 In the vicinity of the magnetron sputtering devices 2, 3, 4 there is a plasma source 12 and a photometer 16 and / or an ellipsometric flange 17.
- FIG. 2 shows schematically a top view of a preferred embodiment of the turntable.
- the turntable 10 is located in the device and in this example has ten identical substrate holders 9.
- Figure 3 shows schematically in side view a preferred embodiment of the device with a turntable 10. It is the cross section of a
- Magnetron sputtering device visible, which contains two cylinders made of source material 6, 7 (double magnetron arrangement).
- the magnetron sputtering device is delimited on the sides of the boundary walls 14, 15 and above by the turntable 10 in a gas-tight manner from the rest of the device, contains sputtering gas 11, optionally reactive gas 8, and is under vacuum 1.
- Two sub-strathalterept 9 of the turntable 10 are in shown or visible in cross-section. Above the turntable 10 there is a cover 13, which seals the device gas-tight with boundary walls which are located on the side of the turntable 10.
- FIG. 4 shows a sputtering device according to the prior art, which has a cylindrical dual magnetron arrangement with symmetrical polarity.
- the generator supplies the sources with bipolar pulsed voltage, the pulses being sinusoidal, rectangular or other pulse patterns.
- 5 shows a sputtering device according to the invention, which has a cylindrical dual magnetron arrangement with asymmetrical polarity.
- the generator supplies the sources with bipolar pulsed voltage, the pulses being sinusoidal.
- the correction diaphragm is largely removed from the coating area.
- the cylindrical dual magnetron arrangement shown in FIG. 5 was investigated using particle-in-cell plasma simulation.
- Electron capture at the target 100%
- the electrical feed is bipolar in the two cylindrical targets.
- the targets are periodically reversed in the form of a sinusoidal signal, the excitation frequency is 40 kHz.
- both magnet sets are in dell tilted 10 ° towards the center.
- both magnet sets have the same polarity, ie top of the outer magnet ring on the north pole, top of the inner magnet on the south pole. This configuration is referred to below as “even”.
- the second magnet set (on the right-hand side in FIG. 5) is reversed, this configuration is referred to below as "odd”.
- the dissipated plasma power is continuously recorded (using the kinetic energy of charged particles before and after a time step) and accumulated in each case over 0.1 ps.
- the voltage difference between the targets is regulated by means of a proportional regulator.
- the resulting time-dependent curves of voltage and power can be seen in FIG. 6. It generally takes longer than 50 ps to assume a quasi-steady state of discharge. It is also noticeable that in the "odd" configuration according to the invention a lower voltage difference occurs in equilibrium, ie the discharge takes place with a lower impedance.
- the ion current profiles on the target for determining the sputter erosion distribution are therefore measured over the last 12 half-waves, ie in Time interval from 102.5 ps to 250 ps in steps of 2.5 ps, the ion currents in a three-dimensional view are shown in Fig. 7.
- the ion current density accumulated from the ion currents on the targets shows a diagonally symmetrical distribution for the "even" Configuration (see FIG. 8) and a one-sided distribution for the “odd” configuration (see FIG. 9).
- the absolute value of the current density is higher in the “odd” configuration, which is related to the lower plasma impedance already mentioned.
- a lower plasma impedance is advantageous as long as the voltage is sufficient for the sputtering effect, because generally the inclination to undesirable discharges (ares)
- the higher ion current density in Fig. 9 is also advantageous because it leads to a higher rate.
- FIG. 10 shows the accumulated ion current density at the target in a second arrangement.
- the gradient of the ion current density is reversed, so that a low removal rate results to the outside.
- another Distribution mask can be used to create a stronger layer thickness gradient.
- the ion current profile averaged over the target area is decisive both for the erosion profile on the target and for the layer thickness distribution.
- the ion current profile is proportional to the sputtering rate. This is shown in FIG. 11 for a time averaging interval of 100-250 ps, ie over 12 half cycles of the sine excitation.
- a coating rate results in the area of the substrates. This area comprises the radial position 270 to 470 mm (substrate diameter 200 mm). With a mask, the rate must then go inwards to the minimum value of 70 (relative rate) can be set.
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