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Part 1, No. 2A, February 2002
#2002 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) lms were deposited on heated (300 C) glass substrates by reactive mid-frequency (mf,
50 kHz) magnetron sputtering using dual magnetron cathodes with aluminumzinc alloy targets. In order to keep the very high
deposition rate, reactive gas control using plasma emission was carried out to stabilize the discharge in the transition region
of the reactive sputtering system. The highest deposition rate for the transparent conductive AZO lms by this dual magnetron
sputtering (DMS) system was 290 nm/min, which was higher than that for the conventional reactive sputtering system by one
order of magnitude. The lowest resistivity of the AZO lm was 3:9 104 cm. The structure and electrical properties of the
lms could be controlled systematically by the reactive gas control system in the transition region.
[DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.41.814]
KEYWORDS: transparent conductive film, ZnO, AZO, dual cathodes, DMS, plasma emission, reactive sputtering, transition region
1.
Introduction
2.
Experimental Details
substrate holder
Plasma
control
unit
Plasma
control
unit
MFC
Ar
O2
bipolar
pulse unit
power
supply
O2
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Substrate material
Sputter gas
Ar
Reactive gas
O2
Background pressure
Excitation mode
Pre-pre-sputtering
Sputtering power
2800 W (constant)
Results
70
65
60
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55
50
45
40
1
2
3
4
5
O (777 nm) emission intensity (V)
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450
500
400
450
Cathode voltage (V)
816
350
300
250
300
(a)
10
10
Cathode current (A)
11
200
11
9
8
7
6
5
600
(b)
500
8
7
(b)
5
600
400
300
200
100
(c)
0
40
6
Ts = 300 C
Ts = RT
45
50
55
60
65
70
350
250
(a)
200
12
400
400
(1.7)
(1.6)
300
200
100
0
Ts = 300 C
Ts = RT
500
(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
O (777nm) emission intensity (V)
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100
100
100
80
80
Resistivity (
cm)
Transmittance (%)
101
10-1
10-2
(1.7)
10-3
(a)
Ts = 300 C
Ts = RT
60
60
(1.7)
(2.2)
(3.0)
40
20
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Wavelength (nm)
Ts = 300 C
Ts = RT
25
40
20
0
10-4
30
20
15
10
5
(b)
0
1021
Ts = 300 C
Ts = RT
Carrier density (cm-3)
817
Reflectance (%)
1020
1019
(c)
1018
3
2
1.5
2.5
3.5
O (777nm) emission intensity (V)
Fig. 5. Dependence of (a) resistivity, (b) Hall mobility and (c) carrier
density on O (777 nm) emission intensity. and 4 in (c) indicate the
substrate temperature of 300 C and RT during sputtering, respectively.
Discussion
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30
( 10-4
(1.7) (1.6)
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
(2.2)
(1.7)
Hall mobility
(2.1)
20
15
(3.5)
10
(3.0)
(cm2 / V s)
(2.2)
25
30
20
(b)
Ts = RT
(1.9)
(2.1)
7
6
7
6
5
4
0
9
/cm3)
(5.0)
Carrier density
35
(1.8)
(a)
Ts = 300 C
40
Resistivity
45
cm)
JCPDS 36-1451
3
2
10
12
4
3
2
(1.8)
(3.0)
(3.5)
(1.7)
1
34
34.2
34.4
34.6
34.8
35
2 (deg)
Fig. 7. XRD patterns of AZO lms prepared by m.f. sputtering at the
substrate temperature of (a) 300 C and (b) RT. The perpendicular line
shows the position of a ZnO-powder diraction (JCPDS number: 361451). The lm thickness were from (1.6) to (5.0): 246, 290, 307, 309,
271, 229, 175, 118 nm in (a), from (1.7) to (3.5): 253, 352, 287, 290, 319,
356 nm in (b). Labels correspond to the values of each emission intensity
during sputtering.
p
h 3 32 n
VF
m
lmfp
p
h 3 32
p ;
VF
e 2 3 n2
106
Absorption coefficient (cm-1)
105
104
(1.7)
(2.2)
(3.0)
103
102
3.5
4.5
Energy (eV)
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3
2.5
2
1.5
1
Acknowledgements
(1.7)
(2.2)
(3.0)
0.5
0
3.5
4
Energy (eV)
4.5
Fig. 10. Absorption coecient squared versus photon energy for the
samples deposited at substrate temperature of 300 C. Labels correspond
to the values of each emission intensity during sputtering.
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Conclusions