IP Library Granted Patent US 9,373,484
Granted Patent B2
US 9,373,484 · App. 14/241,223 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Plasma generator, manufacturing method of rotating electrode for plasma generator, method for performing plasma treatment of substrate, and method for forming thin film having mixed structure by using plasma

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Patent No.
US 9,373,484
App. No.
14/241,223
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plasma generator according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided to generate a high density and stable plasma at near atmospheric pressure by preventing a transition of plasma to arc. The plasma generator includes a plate-shaped lower electrode for seating a substrate; and a cylindrical rotating electrode on the plate-shaped lower electrode, wherein the cylindrical rotating electrode includes an electrically conductive body that is connected to a power supply and includes a plurality of capillary units on an outer circumferential surface of the electrically conductive body; and an insulation shield layer that is made of an insulation material or a dielectric material, exposes a lower surface of the plurality of capillary units, and shields other parts.

Claims (56)

1. A plasma generator comprising:

a plate-shaped lower electrode for seating a substrate; and

a cylindrical rotating electrode on the plate-shaped lower electrode,

wherein the cylindrical rotating electrode includes

an electrically conductive body that is connected to a power supply and includes a plurality of capillary units on an outer circumferential surface of the electrically conductive body; and

an insulation shield layer that is disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the body and exposes a lower surface of the plurality of capillary units.

2. The plasma generator of claim 1 ,

wherein the shield layer exposes the lower surface of the plurality of capillary units and shields other part.

3. The plasma generator of claim 1 , further comprising:

an electrically conductive layer on the lower surface of the capillary unit, and

wherein the electrically conductive layer includes at least one of a metal, an alloy, an electrically conductive ceramic, an electrically conductive carbon body, and an electrically conductive polymer, that has a higher secondary electron emission coefficient than the lower surface.

4. The plasma generator of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of capillary units extends along the direction of a rotation shaft of the body, and

wherein the plurality of capillary units are regularly arranged with a constant spacing.

5. The plasma generator of claim 1 , further comprising:

a chamber in which the plate-shaped lower electrode and the cylindrical rotating electrode are disposed,

wherein the chamber includes a reaction gas inlet and a reaction gas outlet.

6. The plasma generator of claim 1 ,

wherein the width of the capillary units ranges from 100 μm to 10 mm, and the aspect ratio of the capillary units ranges from 1 to 200.

7. A manufacturing method of a rotating electrode for a plasma generator, the method comprising the steps of:

proving an electrically conductive body that includes a plurality of capillary units; and

forming an insulation shield layer on the outer circumferential surface of the body to expose at least part of the lower surface of the plurality of capillary units.

8. The method of claim 7 ,

wherein the step of forming an insulation shield layer includes the steps of:

forming a dielectric layer to cover the outer circumferential surface of the body; and

selectively removing the dielectric layer on at least part of the lower surface of the plurality of capillary units.

9. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the step of forming a dielectric layer is carried out by an anodic oxidation method or thin film deposition method.

10. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the electrically conductive body is made of an electrically conductive material that includes aluminum, and

wherein the step of forming a dielectric layer includes the step of forming an alumina layer on the electrically conductive body by an anodic oxidation method or thin film deposition method.

11. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the electrically conductive body is made of an electrically conductive material except aluminum, and

wherein the step of forming a dielectric layer includes the steps of:

forming an aluminum layer to cover the outer circumferential surface of the body by a thin film deposition method; and

performing a phase transformation in which the aluminum layer is transformed to an alumina layer by an anodic oxidation method.

12. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the electrically conductive body is made of an electrically conductive material except aluminum, and

wherein the step of forming a dielectric layer includes the step of forming an alumina layer to cover the outer circumferential surface of the body by a thin film deposition method.

13. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the step of selectively removing the dielectric layer is carried out by a diamond cutting method or a laser cutting method.

14. The method of claim 7 ,

wherein the step of forming an insulation shield layer includes the steps of:

forming a mask layer on the lower surface of the plurality of capillary units; and

selectively forming a dielectric layer on the outer circumferential surface of the body that is exposed from the mask layer.

15. The method of claim 7 ,

wherein the step of proving an electrically conductive body that includes a plurality of capillary units includes the steps of:

providing a cylindrical core that includes a first electrically conductive substance;

forming an outer circumferential layer that includes a second electrically conductive substance on the cylindrical core; and

forming a plurality of capillary units by removing part of the outer circumferential surface so that the cylindrical core is exposed and concave-convex shapes appear.

16. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the step of forming a plurality of capillary units includes the step of removing the part of the outer circumferential layer so that the cylindrical core is exposed, by a diamond cutting method or a laser cutting method.

17. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the step of forming an insulation shield layer includes the step of forming a dielectric layer on the outer circumferential layer in which concave-convex shapes appear so that at least part of the lower surface of the capillary units is exposed, under conditions in which the dielectric layer can be selectively formed only on the second electrically conductive substance of the first and second electrically conductive substances.

18. The method of claim 17 ,

wherein the first electrically conductive substance includes iron, the second electrically conductive substance includes aluminum, and the dielectric layer includes aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
To: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Reel/Frame 055137/0489 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2014
From: NAM, KEE-SEOK; KWON, JUNG-DAE; JEONG, YONG SOO; LEE, GUN HWAN; YOON, JUNG HEUM; LEE, SUNG HUN; KIM, DONG HO; KANG, JAE WOOK; PARK, SUNG GYU; KIM, CHANG SU
To: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
Reel/Frame 032303/0838 →