IP Library Granted Patent US 8,487,413
Granted Patent B2
US 8,487,413 · App. 13/157,083 · Granted Jul 16, 2013

Passivation film for electronic device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,487,413
App. No.
13/157,083
Granted
Jul 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a passivation film for an electronic device having a nitride film formed on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas and a plasma-processed film formed by plasma processing a surface of the nitride film by a PECVD method using an NH 3 gas, an N 2 gas, and a H 2 gas, and a method of manufacturing the passivation film.

Claims (27)

1. A passivation film for an electronic device comprising:

a nitride film formed on a substrate by using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein the nitride film has a thickness in a range from about 0.5 to about 1.5 μm; and

a plasma-processed film formed by plasma processing a surface of the nitride film using an NH 3 gas, an N 2 gas, and a H 2 gas.

2. The passivation film of claim 1 , wherein the nitride film comprises at least one of a silicon nitride film and a silicon carbon nitride film.

3. The passivation film of claim 1 , wherein a Si—H bond peak in the plasma-processed film in a 2,200 nm region is reduced.

4. The passivation film of claim 1 , wherein the tensile stress characteristic of the passivation film is increased by the plasma processing.

5. The passivation film of claim 1 , wherein the passivation film has a refractive index of about 70% or more in a visible light region.

6. The passivation film of claim 1 , wherein the plasma-processed film has a thickness in a range from about 0.02 to about 0.8 μm.

7. A passivation film for an electronic device comprising:

a nitride film formed on a substrate by using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein the nitride film comprises a first nitride film; and

a plasma-processed film formed by plasma processing a surface of the nitride film using an NH 3 gas, an N 2 gas, and a H 2 gas, wherein the plasma-processed film comprises a first plasma-processed film, and a second nitride film formed by plasma processing a surface of the first plasma-processed film using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas.

8. The passivation film of claim 7 , further comprising a second plasma-processed film formed by plasma processing a surface of the second nitride film using an NH 3 gas, an N 2 gas, and a H 2 gas and a third nitride film formed by plasma processing a surface of the second plasma-processed film using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas.

9. A method of manufacturing a passivation film for an electronic device, the method comprising:

forming a nitride film on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein the nitride film has a thickness in a range from about 0.5 to about 1.5 μm; and

plasma processing a surface of the nitride film by a PECVD method using an NH 3 gas, an N 2 gas, and a H 2 gas.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the nitride film comprises at least one of a silicon nitride film and a silicon carbon nitride film.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the silicon-containing gas in the forming of the nitride film is a SiH 4 gas.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plasma processing is performed under a pressure condition in a range from about 0.1 to about 10 torr.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plasma processing is performed with a radio frequency (RF) power in a range from about 50 to about 1,000 W.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plasma processing is performed at a temperature of the substrate in a range from about 50 to about 200° C.

15. A method of manufacturing passivation film for an electronic device, the method comprising:

forming a nitride film on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas;

plasma processing a surface of the nitride film by a PECVD method using an NH 3 gas, an N 2 gas, and a H 2 gas; and

forming a second nitride film on a first plasma-processed film by a PECVD method using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

forming a second plasma-processed film by plasma processing a surface of the second nitride film by a PECVD method using an NH 3 gas, an N 2 gas, and a H 2 gas; and

forming a third nitride film on the second plasma-processed film by plasma processing a surface of the second plasma-processed film by a PECVD method using a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 31, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028921/0334 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2011
From: KIM, YONG-TAK; CHO, YOON-HYEUNG; OH, MIN-HO; LEE, BYOUNG-DUK; LEE, SO-YOUNG; SONG, SEUNG-YONG; LEE, JONG-HYUK
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026433/0047 →