POTENTIAL STRUCTURE IN SILANE RADIOFREQUENCY DISCHARGE CONTAINING PARTICLES

被引:8
作者
OKUNO, Y [1 ]
FUJITA, H [1 ]
SHIRATANI, M [1 ]
WATANABE, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] KYUSHU UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,FUKUOKA 812,JAPAN
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.110702
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Potential structures are clarified experimentally with an emissive probe in silane-helium radio-frequency (rf) discharges containing particles. The results reveal, compared with a pure helium rf discharge, that both the crest and trough instantaneous plasma potentials in an rf oscillation shift toward the negative side, especially in the particle localized region near the plasma-sheath boundary. The absolute value of the self-bias potential of the powered electrode is reduced. A considerable electric field exists even in the bulk plasma region and the strength increases with the concentration ratio of silane to helium.
引用
收藏
页码:1748 / 1750
页数:3
相关论文
共 22 条
[11]   MODULATION OF ELECTRON VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION BY MOVING CATHODE SHEATH IN A LOW-PRESSURE RF DISCHARGE [J].
OKUNO, Y ;
OHTSU, Y ;
FUJITA, H .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1992, 31 (04) :1194-1198
[12]   POTENTIAL FORMATION NEAR POWERED ELECTRODE IN RADIO-FREQUENCY-DRIVEN DISCHARGE [J].
OKUNO, Y ;
FUJITA, H .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1991, 70 (02) :642-644
[13]   POWER DISSIPATED IN LOW-PRESSURE RADIO-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE PLASMAS [J].
POPOV, OA ;
GODYAK, VA .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1985, 57 (01) :53-58
[14]   SPATIAL DEPENDENCE OF PARTICLE LIGHT-SCATTERING IN AN RF SILANE DISCHARGE [J].
ROTH, RM ;
SPEARS, KG ;
STEIN, GD ;
WONG, G .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1985, 46 (03) :253-255
[15]   INSITU LASER DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES OF PLASMA-GENERATED PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION [J].
SELWYN, GS ;
SINGH, J ;
BENNETT, RS .
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS, 1989, 7 (04) :2758-2765
[16]   MONTE-CARLO-FLUID HYBRID MODEL OF THE ACCUMULATION OF DUST PARTICLES AT SHEATH EDGES IN RADIOFREQUENCY DISCHARGES [J].
SOMMERER, TJ ;
BARNES, MS ;
KELLER, JH ;
MCCAUGHEY, MJ ;
KUSHNER, MJ .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1991, 59 (06) :638-640
[17]   PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS AND LASER PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN AN RF DISCHARGE OF SILANE [J].
SPEARS, KG ;
ROBINSON, TJ ;
ROTH, RM .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 1986, 14 (02) :179-187
[18]   NUMERICAL MODELING OF LOW-PRESSURE RF PLASMAS [J].
VENDER, D ;
BOSWELL, RW .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 1990, 18 (04) :725-732
[19]   TECHNIQUES FOR USING EMITTING PROBES FOR POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT IN RF PLASMAS [J].
WANG, EY ;
HERSHKOWITZ, N ;
INTRATOR, T ;
FOREST, C .
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 1986, 57 (10) :2425-2431
[20]   OBSERVATION OF GROWING KINETICS OF PARTICLES IN A HELIUM-DILUTED SILANE RF PLASMA [J].
WATANABE, Y ;
SHIRATANI, M ;
YAMASHITA, M .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1992, 61 (13) :1510-1512