Pulsed Electrochemical Deposition for 3D Micro Structuring

  • Park, Jung-Woo (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ryu, Shi-Hyoung (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Chu, Chong-Nam (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 발행 : 2005.10.01

초록

In this paper, micro structuring technique using localized electrochemical deposition (LECD) with ultra short pulses was investigated. Electric field in electrochemical cell was localized near the tool tip end region by applying pulses of a few hundreds of nano second duration, Pt-Ir tip was used as a counter electrode and copper was deposited on the copper substrate in mixed electrolyte of 0.5 M $CuSO_4$ and 0.5 M $H_2SO_4$, The effectiveness of this technique was verified by comparison with ECD using DC voltage. The deposition characteristics such as size, shape, surface, and structural density according to applied voltage and pulse duration were investigated. The proper condition was selected based on the results of the various experiments. Micro columns less than $10{\mu}m$ in diameter were fabricated using this technique. The real 3D micro structures such as micro spring and micro pattern were made by the presented method.

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