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Alpha–gamma transition in RF capacitive discharge in low-pressure oxygen
(www.elsevier.com/locate/vacuum, 2004-01) Lisovskiy, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
We report the recorded current–voltage characteristics of a RF capacitive discharge in oxygen. Low-frequency oscillations of the plasma potential in a kilohertz frequency range are observed to accompany the transition of the discharge from a weak- (a-) to a strong-current (g-) regime in the low-pressure range. The weak-current regime of the RF capacitive discharge is observed within the pressure range limited not only from the medium pressure side but also from the lower-pressure one. Electron temperature and plasma density are registered with a probe technique.
Applying RF current harmonics for end-point detection during etching multi-layered substrates and cleaning discharge chambers with NF3 discharge
(www.elsevier.com/locate/vacuum, 2007-11) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
The present paper reports the results of studying the characteristics of the etching process of multi-layered materials (Si3N4/SiO2/Si and SiO2/Si) and of cleaning technological chambers covered with silicon nitride films (Si3N4) in a NF3 RF capacitive discharge. The process of chamber cleaning was monitored with a mass spectrometer. The gas pressure, RF voltage amplitude, current–voltage phase shift, ohmic current as well as the second harmonic of the RF current were also recorded. The opportunity of using these parameters for end-point detection of etching and plasma cleaning is discussed. It is found that the second harmonic of the RF current may be successfully used for end-point detection of multi-layered materials etching and to monitor the cleaning process of technological chambers. The cleaning of chambers of complicated design may possess a double-stage pattern.
Double layer onset inside the near-electrode sheath of a RF capacitive discharge in oxygen
(www.elsevier.com/locate/vacuum, 2006-04) Lisovskiy, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper reports the axial profiles of the electron temperature Te in the RF capacitive discharge in oxygen recorded with a probe technique. We observed the Te peaks near the boundaries of the sheaths as well as inside the near-electrode sheath. The Te peak inside the sheath is, probably, due to the formation of the double layer at the anode phase of this near-electrode sheath. The assumption of a double layer formation is also supported by the photos of the sheath glow making evident the bright region inside the sheath. The results of our measurements agree with our fluid simulation satisfactorily.
The Effect of Discharge Chamber Geometry on the Characteristics of Low-Pressure RF Capacitive Discharges
(IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 2007-04) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
We report the measured extinction curves and current–voltage characteristics (CVCs) in several gases of RF capacitive discharges excited at 13.56 MHz in chambers of three different geometries: 1) parallel plates surrounded by a dielectric cylinder (“symmetric parallel plate”); 2) parallel plates surrounded by a metallic cylinder (“asymmetric confined”); and 3) parallel plates inside a much larger metallic chamber (“asymmetric unconfined”), similar to the gaseous electronics conference reference cell. The extinction curves and the CVCs show differences between the symmetric, asymmetric confined, and asymmetric unconfined chamber configurations. In particular, the discharges exist over a much broader range of RF voltages and gas pressures for the asymmetric unconfined chamber. For symmetric and asymmetric confined discharges, the extinction curves are close to each other in the regions near the minima and at lower pressure, but at higher pressure, the extinction curve of the asymmetric confined discharge runs at a lower voltage than the one for the discharge in a symmetric chamber. In the particular cases of an “asymmetric unconfined chamber” discharge or “asymmetric confined” one, the RF discharge experiences the transition from a “weak-current” mode to a “strong-current” one at lower RF voltages than is the case for a “symmetric parallel-plate” discharge.
The effect of discharge chamber geometry on the ignition of low-pressure rf capacitive discharges
(PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 2005-09) Lisovskiy, V.; Martins, S.; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper reports measured and calculated breakdown curves in several gases of rf capacitive discharges excited at 13.56 MHz in chambers of three different geometries: parallel plates surrounded by a dielectric cylinder (“symmetric parallel plate”), parallel plates surrounded by a grounded metallic cylinder (“asymmetric parallel plate”), and parallel plates inside a much larger grounded metallic chamber (“large chamber”). The breakdown curves for the symmetric chamber have a multivalued section at low pressure. For the asymmetric chamber the breakdown curves are shifted to lower pressures and rf voltages, but the multivalued feature is still present. At higher pressures the breakdown voltages are much lower than for the symmetric geometry. For the large chamber geometry the multivalued behavior is not observed. The breakdown curves were also calculated using a numerical model based on fluid equations, giving results that are in satisfactory agreement with the measurements.
Electron drift velocity in argon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen and ammonia in strong electric fields determined from rf breakdown curves
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2006-02) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
We report measurements of the breakdown curves for low-pressure rf capacitive discharges in nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, oxygen and ammonia. The electron drift velocity in these gases was deduced, as a function of reduced electric field, from the low-pressure turning points of the breakdown curves. The equation for rf breakdown proposed by Kihara (1952 Rev. Mod. Phys. 24 52) allows the position of both the turning point and the breakdown curve minimum to be calculated from the transport properties of each gas. Therefore we propose a new technique to determine the electron drift velocity from the position of the rf breakdown curve minima. We have determined the drift velocity in the range E/p = 52–1324 Vcm−1 Torr−1 for nitrogen, E/p = 33–720 Vcm−1 Torr−1 for argon, E/p = 32–713 Vcm−1 Torr−1 for ammonia, E/p = 32–550 Vcm−1 Torr−1 for hydrogen and E/p = 69–1673 Vcm−1 Torr−1 for oxygen.
Electron drift velocity in N2O in strong electric fields determined from rf breakdown curves
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2006-04) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
We report measurements of the breakdown curves of an rf capacitive discharge in low pressure nitrous oxide. The electron drift velocity was determined from the locations of the turning point and of the minimum in the breakdown curves in the range E/p = 87–840 Vcm−1 Torr−1. We compare our results with values calculated from the published cross-sections in the range E/p = 1–5000 Vcm−1 Torr−1 and find good agreement.
Electron drift velocity in SF6 in strong electric fields determined from rf breakdown curves
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2010-09) Lisovskiy, V.; Yegorenkov, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.
This paper presents measurements of the electron drift velocity Vdr in SF6 gas for high reduced electric fields (E/N = 330–5655 Td (1 Td = 10−17 Vcm2)). The drift velocities were obtained using the method of Lisovskiy and Yegorenkov (1998 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 31 3349) based on the determination of the pressure and voltage of the turning points of rf capacitive discharge breakdown curves for a range of electrode spacings. The Vdr values thus obtained were in good agreement with those calculated from the cross-sections of Phelps and Van Brunt (1988 J. Appl. Phys. 64 4269) using the BOLSIG code. The validity of the Lisovskiy–Yegorenkov method is discussed and we show that it is applicable over the entire E/N range where rf discharge ignition at breakdown occurs for rf frequencies of 13.56MHz or above.
Electron drift velocity in silane in strong electric fields determined from rf breakdown curves
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2007-05) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
We report measurements of the breakdown curves of an rf capacitive discharge in low pressure silane. The electron drift velocity was determined from the locations of the turning point and of the minimum in the breakdown curves in the range E/p = 145–1292 Vcm−1 Torr−1. We compare our results to values calculated from the published cross-sections in the range E/p = 1–2000 Vcm−1 Torr−1 and data calculated in other papers and find good agreement.
Electron-drift velocity determination in CF4 and SF6 in a strong electric field from breakdown curves of low-pressure RF discharge
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 1999-10) Lisovskiy, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
In this paper we report the values of the electron-drift velocity in CF4 and SF6 within the range E/p = 200–1000 V cm−1 Torr−1. We have used the recorded coordinates of the turning point on the breakdown curves of the rf capacitive discharge. We have also formulated the main requirements to the experimental device for correct recording of the breakdown curves of the low-pressure rf capacitive discharge. Our data are in good agreement with those of other authors who have used different approaches. We have also obtained the results on the electron-drift-velocity values within the E=p region where no other techniques are applicable. Our findings are also supported by numerical simulation data obtained with the application of a conventional Bolsig code.
Experimental Study of a Low-Pressure Glow Discharge in Air in Large-Diameter Discharge Tubes: I. Conditions for the Normal Regime of a Glow Discharge
(Plasma Physics Reports, 2000-12) Lisovskiy, V.; Yakovin, S.
The initiation and characteristics of a low-pressure glow discharge in air in large-diameter discharge tubes are studied. A deviation from the Paschen law is observed: the breakdown curves Udc(pL) shift toward the higher values of Udc and pL as the interelectrode distance L increases. It is shown that the normal regime of a glow discharge is accompanied by gas ionization in the anode sheath. This takes place only for pL values lying to the right of the inflection point in the breakdown curve. The cathode-sheath characteristics in the normal and abnormal regimes of an air discharge for a duralumin cathode are determined. The axial profiles of the ion density, electron temperature, and plasma potential, as well as the anode voltage drop, are measured at various air pressures.
Longitudinal combined discharge extinction in low pressure nitrogen
(journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/vacuum, 2008-09) Lisovskiy, V.; Kharchenko, N.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper reports the registered extinction curves of the longitudinal combined discharge in nitrogen when rf and dc voltages were applied to the same electrodes. The application of dc voltage is shown first to lead to an increase in the rf discharge extinction voltage; at the same time, the ‘‘cathode’’ sheath thickness increases and the number of charged particles in the plasma volume decreases. The discharge extinction curve first shifts to the range of higher rf voltage and gas pressure values, and the region of multi-valued dependence of the rf extinction voltage on gas pressure vanishes. At larger dc voltage values, when the ‘‘cathode’’ sheath breakdown occurs, the rf discharge extinction voltage decreases and approaches zero at the dc extinction voltage for the dc self-sustained discharge.
Low-pressure gas breakdown in longitudinal combined electric fields
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2010-10) Lisovskiy, V.; Kharchenko, N.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper contains the complete experimental and analytical picture of gas breakdown in combined electric fields for arbitrary values of rf and dc fields. To obtain it, we continued the study of the discharge ignition modes in nitrogen with simultaneous application of dc and rf electric fields presented in Lisovskiy et al (2008 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 125207). To this end, we studied the effect of rf voltage on dc discharge ignition. When we applied an rf voltage exceeding the one corresponding to the minimum breakdown voltage of a self-sustained rf discharge, the curve of dependence of the dc breakdown voltage of a combined discharge on gas pressure was found to consist of two sections. We got the generalized gas breakdown criterion in the combined field valid for arbitrary values of rf and dc electric fields. The calculation results agree with experimental data satisfactorily.
Low-pressure gas breakdown in uniform dc electric field
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2000-11) Lisovskiy, V.; Yakovin, S.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper studies in experiment and theory the breakdown of argon, nitrogen, air and oxygen in a uniform dc electric field at different discharge gaps L, discharge tube radii R and cathode materials. At arbitrary geometric dimensions of the cylindrical discharge vessel and cathode materials the ratio of the breakdown electric field value to the gas pressure p at the minimum of the breakdown curves is shown to remain constant, (Edc/p)min ≈ constant. A modified breakdown law for the low-pressure dc discharge Udc = f (pL, L/R) is obtained. That is, the breakdown voltage Udc is shown to depend not only on the product pL, but also on the ratio L/R. A method is presented enabling one to predict a dc breakdown curve in the cylindrical discharge vessel possessing arbitrary L and R values from the measured data on the dc breakdown.
Low-pressure gas breakdown in combined fields
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 1994-11) Lisovskiy, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper reviews measured and theoretical data relating to the low-pressure discharge breakdown in DC and uniform RF fields and their combination. The original results on determination of molecular constants of various gases from breakdown curves obtained by the authors are given. We have investigated the effect of the DC electric field on the RF breakdown pattern. In particular the influence of the DC electric field on the ambiguity region of the RF discharge breakdown curves has been determined. Breakdown equations in combined fields have been derived and comparison has been made between these equations and measured data. Simple analytical criteria for gas breakdown for a wide range of parameters have been given.
Low-pressure gas breakdown in dual-frequency RF electric fields in nitrogen
(Europhysics Letters www.epl journal.org, 2007-10) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper reports the recorded breakdown curves for dual-frequency (27.12MHz/2MHz and 13.56MHz/50Hz) discharges in nitrogen. Applying the LF voltage shifts the RF breakdown curve to the region of higher voltages and gas pressures, which is associated with the increased loss of charged particles due to the drift in the LF field. At higher LF voltage amplitudes the LF field contributes to gas ionization, the breakdown voltage for the RF discharge decreases and approaches zero when a self-sustained discharge in the LF field ignites. Applying the RF voltage leads to the decrease in the breakdown LF voltage, possibly due to the decrease of electron losses because of the oscillations in the RF field.
Modes and the alpha-gamma transition in rf capacitive discharges in N2O at different rf frequencies
(PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 2006-10) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper reports current-voltage characteristics and pressure-voltage transition curves from the weak-current a-mode to the strong-current g-mode for rf capacitive discharges in N2O at frequencies of 2 MHz, 13.56 MHz, and 27.12 MHz. At 2 MHz the rf discharge is mostly resistive whereas at 13.56 MHz and 27.12 MHz it is mostly capacitive. The weak-current a-mode was found to exist only above a certain minimum gas pressure for all frequencies studied [N. Yatsenko Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 26, 678 (19810] previously proposed that the a−g transition corresponds to breakdown of the sheaths. However, we show that this is the case only for sufficiently high gas pressures. At lower pressure there is a smooth transition from the weak-current a-mode to a strong-current g-mode, in which the sheaths produce fast electrons but the sheath has not undergone breakdown.
Modes of longitudinal combined discharge in low pressure nitrogen
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2008-05) Lisovskiy, V.; Kharchenko, N.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper reports the modes of a low pressure discharge in the combined (rf + dc) electric field. We propose to distinguish three modes of a longitudinal combined discharge (rf and dc voltages were applied to the same electrodes): (1) a non-self-sustained rf discharge perturbed by a dc electric field, (2) a combined discharge and (3) a non-self-sustained dc discharge perturbed by an rf electric field. The existence conditions of these modes are determined. The parameter range in which the first mode of the combined discharge may be extinguished via increasing dc voltage is shown to be limited with an rf discharge extinction curve from the low pressure side as well as with a curve of the least rf voltage corresponding to the transition of the combined discharge from the first mode to the second one. The relation between the thicknesses of the ‘cathode’ and ‘anode’ near-electrode sheaths is derived analytically for the first mode, which is in good agreement with experimental data.
Modes of low-pressure dual-frequency (27/2 MHz) discharges in hydrogen
(PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2008-03) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper studies the modes of dual-frequency (high-frequency (HF)/low-frequency (LF)) low-pressure discharges. The dual-frequency discharges are shown to burn in one of three possible modes. At small LF voltages the first mode is observed, i.e. the HF discharge perturbed by the LF voltage. The second mode, i.e. the combined discharge, exists in the presence of intense ionization in the sheaths, when the LF voltage exceeds some critical value. The third mode (the LF discharge perturbed by an HF field) is observed when a small HF voltage is applied to the burning LF discharge. The range of parameters within which the first mode of the combined discharge may be extinguished by the LF voltage increase is shown to be limited by the HF discharge extinction curve from the low-pressure side as well as the lowest HF voltage for the transition of the discharge from the first mode to the second one.
Modes of rf capacitive discharge in low-pressure sulfur hexafluoride
(JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS, 2007-11) Lisovskiy, V.; Booth, Jean-Paul; Jolly, J.; Martins, S.; Landry, K.; Douai, D.; Cassagne, V.; Yegorenkov, V.
This paper presents the results of an experimental study of rf capacitive discharge in low-pressure SF6. The rf discharge in SF6 is shown to exist not only in weak-current (α-) and strong-current (γ -) modes but also in a dissociative δ-mode. This δ-mode is characterized by a high degree of SF6 dissociation, high plasma density, electron temperature and active discharge current, and it is intermediate between α- and γ -modes. The δ-mode appears due to a sharp increase in the dissociation rate of SF6 molecules via electron impact starting after a certain threshold value of rf voltage. At the same time the threshold ionization energy of SFx (x = 1–5) radicals formed is below the ionization potential of SF6 molecules. The double layer existing in the anode phase of the near-electrode sheath is shown to play an important role in sustaining the α- mode as well as the δ-mode but it is not a cause of the rf discharge transition from α- to δ-mode.