RF planar coil inductively coupled plasma system for surface coating and modification

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作者
Kok, YC [1 ]
Wong, CS [1 ]
Ng, KH [1 ]
Chakrabarty, CK [1 ]
Idris, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Malaya, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Plasma Res Lab, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
来源
PROCESSING AND FABRICATION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS VI, VOLS 1 & 2 | 1998年
关键词
RF planar coil inductively coupled plasma; plasma processing; TiN film;
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
A RF driven planar coil inductively coupled plasma source (ICPS) for plasma processing was designed and constructed. The ICPS is powered by a 600 W, 13.56 MHz RF generator with 50 Omega output impedance tuned with a pi-network. The discharge can be tuned to either the E-mode or the I-I-mode operation. Particularly, in II-mode operation, a uniform disc plasma of high temperature (several eV) and high density (> 10(9) cm(-3)) can be obtained. The application of this ICPS in the nitriding of AISI 316 stainless steel has been demonstrated. Possible setup for the further application of this system to coat TIN film will also be discussed in this paper.
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页码:1083 / 1089
页数:7
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