Low Temperature Pulsed Plasma Deposition. Part 3. A Method of Deposition of Aluminum and Tin at Room Temperature

Abstract

A method is described for the room temperature deposition of tin and aluminium films using the recently published pulsed plasma deposition technique. It is shown that high powered pulsed discharges of organometallics generally produce metal carbides, but by using pulsed discharges of hydrogen between the deposition pulses, virtually all the carbon in the film can be removed without requiring substrate heating. The technique is found to be capable of producing metal films at moderate deposition rates and of quality close to that of sputtered and evaporated films, but at temperatures close to room temperature. Results are presented on the conductivity of the films and practical applications for this technique are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 23, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209142

Entities

People

  • G. A. Scarsbrook
  • I. P. Llewellyn
  • N. Rimmer
  • R. A. Heinecke

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Conductivity
  • Dielectrics
  • Films
  • Low Temperature
  • Mass Flow
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Metal Films
  • Metals
  • Military Research
  • Pennsylvania
  • Specific Heat
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.