Sputter-cleaning of an aluminum alloy using a thermionically assisted triode plasma system

J. H. Hsieh*, C. Li, S. J. Liu

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1 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

Polished aluminum alloy (6061) samples were cleaned using Ar plasma in a diode or triode plasma system. By monitoring cathode current, the changes of surface state and removal (cleaning) rate were determined and compared based on various setup. A modified mathematical model, based on Berg's reactive sputtering model, is derived and proposed to simulate the cleaning process. The results show that it is possible to sputter-clean the substrate under a triode setup with low bias and high ion bombardment rate (i.e. -500 V, triode, 1.3 Pa). This triode cleaning process was comparable with high bias and high working pressure diode process (i.e. -2500 V, diode, 3.3 Pa). Cleaning with high energy particle bombardment can create rough surface in nano-scale, although with the similar efficiency. Also, according to the regressive fitting on the cathode current-time curve, it is found that the average secondary electron yield for the oxide compound is around 0.33 if the average secondary electron yield for aluminum metal is 0.1.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)869-873
頁數5
期刊Materials Chemistry and Physics
141
發行號2-3
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2013 9月 16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 一般材料科學
  • 凝聚態物理學

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