Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films

Applications of copper (Cu) thin films have emerged from microelectronics to nanotechnology. The primary applications of Cu are as interconnects in microelectronics. With the rapid shrinking in the size of electronic devices, the Cu thin films play an essential role in conductors and optical data st...

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spelling my-mmu-ep.63002016-01-28T03:33:03Z Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films 2011-08 Krishnasamy, Jegenathan TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials Applications of copper (Cu) thin films have emerged from microelectronics to nanotechnology. The primary applications of Cu are as interconnects in microelectronics. With the rapid shrinking in the size of electronic devices, the Cu thin films play an essential role in conductors and optical data storage and surface-plasmon enhanced light absorption for photovoltaic materials for numerous nanoelectronic and nano-optoelectronic applications. Substrate heating in sputtering deposition process is an important consideration in microelectronics industries in growing variety of thin films for insulators, conducting and semiconducting layers for making of microelectronic components and devices. The change in temperature during sputtering deposition process will affect the manufacturing cost and also microelectronics device performance. Therefore, this research work is dedicated to the investigation into the influence of deposition process parameters such as deposition duration, sputtering power and working gas pressure on substrate heating in the magnetron sputtering deposition process. The results show that the heating effect during the sputtering process increases with increase in deposition duration, sputtering power and working gas pressure. Further this research work also describes the material properties Cu thin films fabricated using magnetron sputtering on silicon (Si) and glass substrates with various deposition parameters. 2011-08 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/6300/ http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php masters Multimedia University Faculty of Engineering
institution Multimedia University
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topic TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction
Mechanics of materials
spellingShingle TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction
Mechanics of materials
Krishnasamy, Jegenathan
Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films
description Applications of copper (Cu) thin films have emerged from microelectronics to nanotechnology. The primary applications of Cu are as interconnects in microelectronics. With the rapid shrinking in the size of electronic devices, the Cu thin films play an essential role in conductors and optical data storage and surface-plasmon enhanced light absorption for photovoltaic materials for numerous nanoelectronic and nano-optoelectronic applications. Substrate heating in sputtering deposition process is an important consideration in microelectronics industries in growing variety of thin films for insulators, conducting and semiconducting layers for making of microelectronic components and devices. The change in temperature during sputtering deposition process will affect the manufacturing cost and also microelectronics device performance. Therefore, this research work is dedicated to the investigation into the influence of deposition process parameters such as deposition duration, sputtering power and working gas pressure on substrate heating in the magnetron sputtering deposition process. The results show that the heating effect during the sputtering process increases with increase in deposition duration, sputtering power and working gas pressure. Further this research work also describes the material properties Cu thin films fabricated using magnetron sputtering on silicon (Si) and glass substrates with various deposition parameters.
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author Krishnasamy, Jegenathan
author_facet Krishnasamy, Jegenathan
author_sort Krishnasamy, Jegenathan
title Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films
title_short Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films
title_full Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films
title_fullStr Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films
title_sort fabrication and characterisation of magnetron sputtered copper thin films
granting_institution Multimedia University
granting_department Faculty of Engineering
publishDate 2011
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