• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.79-90
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• 2007

Prototype of $800{\ell}$ vacuum web coater (Vic Mama) consisting of ion source with low energy less than 250 eV for high speed surface modification and 4 magnetron sputter cathodes was designed and constructed. Its performance was evaluated through fabricating the adhesiveless flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL). Pumping speed was monitored in both upper noncoating zone pumped down by 2 turbo pumps with 2000 l/sec pumping speed and lower surface modification and sputter zone vacuumed by turbo pumps with 450 1/sec and 1300 1/sec pumping speed respectively. Ion current density, plasma density, and uniformity of ion beam current were measured using Faraday cup and the distribution of magnetic field and erosion efficiency of sputter target were also investigated. With the irradiation of ion beams on polyimide (Kapton-E, $38{\mu}m$) at different fluences, the change of wetting angle of the deionized water to polyimide surface and those of surface chemical bonding were analyzed by wetting anglometer and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. After investigating the deposition rate of Ni-Cr tie layer and Cu layer was investigated with the variations of roll speed and input power to sputter cathode. FCCL fabricated by sputter and electrodeposition method and characterized in terms of the peel strength, thermal and chemical stability.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.509-515
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• 2007

In order to fabricate adhesiveless 2-layer flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) used for COF (chip on film) with high peel strength, polyimide (PI; Kapton-EN, $38\;{\mu}m$) surface was modified by reactive $O_2^+$ and $N_2O^+$ ion beam irradiation. 300 mm-long linear electron-Hall drift ion source was used for ion irradiation with ion current density (J) higher than $0.5\;mA/cm^2$ and energy lower than 200 eV. By vacuum web coating process, PI surface was modified by linear ion source and then 10-20 nm thick Ni-Cr and 200 nm thick Cu film were in-situ sputtered as a tie layer and seed layer, respectively. Above this sputtered layer, another $8-9{\mu}m$ thick Cu layer was grown by electroplating and subsequently acid and base resistance and thermal stability were tested for examining the change of peel strength. Peel strength for the FCCLs treated by both $O_2^+$ and $N_2O^+$ ion irradiation showed similar magnitudes and increased as the thickness of tie layer increased. FCCL with Cu (200 nm)/Ni-Cr (20 nm)/PI structure irradiated with $N_2O^+$ at $1{\times}10^{16}/cm^2$ ion fluence was proved to have a strong peel strength of 0.73 kgf/cm for as-received and 0.34 kgf/cm after thermal test.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.516-520
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• 2007

Indium tin oxide, which is used as transparent conducting layer in flexible device, is deposited on PET film by a magnetron sputtering in 300 mm wide roll-to-roll process (vacuum web coating). Sheet resistance, specific resistance and transmittance is differed by sputtering parameters such as working pressures, oxygen partial pressure, and thickness of ITO layer. ITO layer is deposited about 90 nm at roll speed of 0.24 m/min and its sputtering power is 3 kW. From the XRD spectrum deposited ITO layer is verified as amorphous. Under working pressure varied from $3{\times}10^{-4}\;Torr$ to $2{\times}10^{-3}\;Torr$, sheet resistance is lowest at the working pressure of $1{\times}10^{-3}\;Torr$ and its value is from $110\;{\Omega}/{\square}$ to $260\;{\Omega}/{\square}$ at the thickness of 90 nm. Oxygen partial pressure also varies sheet resistance and is optimized at the regime from 0.2% ($1.8{\times}10^{-6}\;Torr$) to 0.6% ($6{\times}10^{-6}\;Torr$). In this oxygen partial pressure sheet resistance is lower than $150\;{\Omega}/{\square}$. As ITO layer thickness increases, sheet resistance decreases down to $21\;{\Omega}/{\square}$ and specific resistance is about $7.5{\times}10.4{\Omega}cm$ in 340 nm thickness ITO layer. Transmittance is measured at the wavelength of 550 nm and is about 90% for 180 nm thickness ITO/PET.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.250-250
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• 2011

Pulsed DC magnetron sputter 진공 웹코팅 연속증착기를 사용하여 PET 또는 PEN 기판 위에 Al2O3 가스 배리어 박막을 형성 하였다. 주사전자현미경 측정으로 표면을 분석하였고, PERMATRAN-W3/33을 사용하여 투습률 값을 결정하였다. PEN과 PET 기판위의 가스 배리어 막 모두 O2 분압이 증가 할수록 투습률이 증가하였다. O2 분압이 증가함에 따라 결정립들 사이에 크랙이 발생하여 투습률값에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. PET 보다 PEN 기판위에 증착막이 더 O2분압이 증가할수록 크랙이 증가하였다. PET 위에 SiO2, SiOC 및 SiON 박막을 증착하여 SiO2는 두께에 따른 변화를 SiOC와 SiON는 부분압의 변화에 따른 투습률값과 투과도값을 측정하였다. SiO2 박막 두께가 500 nm일 때 최소의 투습률인 6.63 g/m2/day를 얻었고, SiO2 박막 두께가 $1{\mu}m$ 일 때 투습률값이 9.46 g/m2/day로 증가하였다. 투과도값은 두께가 증가할수록 감소하는 것을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 투습률값이 두께 변화에 따른 영향보다 표면의 결정립들의 영향에 더 민감함을 알 수 있었다. 부분압이 $6.6{\times}10^{-4}Torr$일 때 SiOC와 SiON의 최소의 투습률이 각각 7.85 g/m2/day 이고 8.1 g/m2/day 이며 SiOC 박막의 투습률 보다 작았다.