CN117070905A - Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN117070905A
CN117070905A CN202311210455.1A CN202311210455A CN117070905A CN 117070905 A CN117070905 A CN 117070905A CN 202311210455 A CN202311210455 A CN 202311210455A CN 117070905 A CN117070905 A CN 117070905A
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
silver alloy
alloy target
oversized
silver
preparation
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Pending
Application number
CN202311210455.1A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Inventor
张信征
石煜
曾墩风
刘明
费唐兴
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Wuhu Yingri Technology Co ltd
Original Assignee
Wuhu Yingri Technology Co ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Wuhu Yingri Technology Co ltd filed Critical Wuhu Yingri Technology Co ltd
Priority to CN202311210455.1A priority Critical patent/CN117070905A/en
Publication of CN117070905A publication Critical patent/CN117070905A/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C14/00Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material
    • C23C14/22Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material characterised by the process of coating
    • C23C14/34Sputtering
    • C23C14/3407Cathode assembly for sputtering apparatus, e.g. Target
    • C23C14/3414Metallurgical or chemical aspects of target preparation, e.g. casting, powder metallurgy
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C1/00Making non-ferrous alloys
    • C22C1/02Making non-ferrous alloys by melting
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C5/00Alloys based on noble metals
    • C22C5/06Alloys based on silver
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22FCHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C22F1/00Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
    • C22F1/14Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of noble metals or alloys based thereon

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Physical Vapour Deposition (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of metal targets, in particular to an oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof. The silver alloy target consists of silver and indium, wherein the mass percentage of the indium is 0.3-0.6%, and the balance is silver. The size of the silver alloy target is 2300×1800×14mm. The invention discloses a preparation method of an oversized silver alloy target, which comprises the following steps: smelting silver and indium metal material in vacuum furnace at 1100-1200 deg.c and vacuum degree less than or equal to 6 x 10 ‑2 mmH, when in casting, the temperature of a casting chamber is 700-1000 ℃, and the silver alloy spindle is obtained by slow cooling, and the obtained silver alloy spindle is subjected to hot forging, hot rolling, cold rolling and heat treatment to obtain the silver alloy target with oversized size and average grain size10-40 μm. According to the invention, the crystal grains of the silver alloy target material are fine and uniform by adding the indium with a specific proportion into the pure silver. The oversized silver alloy target is suitable for sputtering coating and can be used for preparing silver alloy films with good conductivity and reflectivity. The invention has very important significance for the application of the oversized silver alloy target material.

Description

Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of metal targets, in particular to an oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof.
Background
Along with the continuous development of semiconductor chip preparation research and development industry, a sputtering film material occupies an important position in the semiconductor field, wherein magnetron sputtering is one of important technologies for preparing film materials, and based on a phase deposition technology, a high-energy ion beam is utilized to bombard a target material, so that target atoms escape and deposit on the surface of a substrate to form a layer of compact film, the product performance of the sputtering film is determined by the performance of the sputtering film, namely, the product performance is closely related to factors such as grain size, tissue uniformity and impurity content of the target material, the finer and more uniform grain size is, the better the sputtering speed and thickness uniformity of a deposition layer are, and high-quality sputtering film products can be ensured. On the other hand, the quality of the film formed on the substrate can be influenced by the surface roughness of the silver target, the thickness of the film material prepared by sputtering the target with lines or coarser surface is uneven, the local electric field is easy to be uneven during working, abnormal discharge is generated at the convex position, and components are damaged, so that the process for preparing the silver target needs to be changed, the product requirement is improved, and the microstructure, the morphology and the like of the silver target are improved.
With the continuous development of display technology, the performance requirements of the fields such as liquid crystal televisions and touch screens on organic light emitting diode devices are higher and higher, particularly, the requirements of the development of AMOLED devices cannot be met by the domestic existing targets due to the import of Mitsubishi corporation in the manufacture of large-size and multiple devices of the large-size silver alloy targets, and high energy is generated at the joints of the targets due to the fact that the non-uniformity of spraying is easily caused when the large-area planar targets are sprayed, so that the requirements on the large-area covered single-chip sputtering targets are increased increasingly, and therefore, the silver alloy targets with the ultra-large size and better performance are required to be obtained, and the sputtered silver plating films with the large area, high coverage rate, smooth surface and excellent photoelectric property can be deposited on a flexible substrate.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the invention aims to provide an oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof, so as to solve the problems of large preparation difficulty and coarse and uneven grains of the oversized silver alloy target.
Based on the above purpose, the invention provides an oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof, and the specific operation steps are as follows:
the invention provides an oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof, wherein the silver alloy target consists of silver and indium; wherein the mass percentage of indium is 0.3-0.6%, and the balance is silver.
Preferably, the length of the oversized silver alloy target is more than or equal to 2m, the width is more than or equal to 1.5m, and the thickness is more than or equal to 0.01m.
Preferably, the length of the oversized silver alloy target is 2.3m, the width is 1.8m, and the thickness is 0.014m.
Preferably, the oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof comprise the following steps: smelting, hot forging, hot rolling, cold rolling and annealing.
Preferably, the maximum temperature of the smelting chamber is 1100-1200 ℃.
Preferably, when the metal is melted, argon is introduced for protection, and the vacuum degree is less than or equal to 6 multiplied by 10 -2 mmH。
Preferably, the spout temperature of the smelting furnace is 950-1150 ℃.
Preferably, the mould chamber temperature is 700-1000 ℃.
Preferably, the heating temperature in the hot forging process is 600-800 ℃.
Preferably, the forging ratio is 3.5 to 4.5.
Preferably, the hot rolling heating temperature is 500-700 ℃.
Preferably, the hot rolling is performed for a total of 6 passes, the first 5 passes being all reversing rolling.
Preferably, the deformation of each pass of hot rolling is 25% -25% -25% -25% -20% -3%.
Preferably, the total deformation of the hot rolling is 86%.
Preferably, the total deformation of the cold rolling is 71%, and then the reversing leveling is performed.
Preferably, the maximum temperature at the time of annealing is 300-400 ℃.
Preferably, the holding time at the highest temperature during the annealing is 1-2h.
Preferably, the average grain size of the oversized silver alloy target is 20-80 μm.
Preferably, the oversized silver alloy target can be used for preparing a silver alloy film with good conductivity and reflectivity.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) The invention provides a silver alloy target material, which consists of silver and indium, wherein the mass percent of the indium is 0.3-0.6%, and the balance is silver. Because the solid solubility of indium in silver is higher, the addition of indium can form solid solution strengthening, and the effect of refining grains is generated, so that the strength of the silver alloy is improved. The oversized silver alloy target is prepared through smelting, hot forging, hot rolling, cold rolling, annealing and other steps. According to customer feedback, on the basis of maintaining good conductivity and reflectivity of the silver alloy film, the adhesiveness of the silver alloy film can be greatly improved, and the surface roughness of the silver alloy film can be improved.
(2) In the silver alloy target material, the average grain size of the oversized silver alloy target material is 20-80 mu m, and fine grains can ensure the high-quality sputtering coating process, so that the problems of arc abnormal discharge and sputtering in the sputtering coating process are reduced.
(4) The invention provides an oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof, which have the advantages of simple process, convenient operation, low cost and the like, and are suitable for large-scale industrialized preparation and subsequent application.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the invention or the technical solutions of the prior art, the drawings which are used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only of the invention and that other drawings can be obtained from them without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a photograph of an oversized silver alloy target of example 1;
FIG. 2 is a metallographic photograph of an oversized silver alloy target of example 1;
fig. 3 is a metallographic photograph of an oversized silver alloy target in example 2.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to specific embodiments in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent.
Example 1
An oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof, comprising the following steps:
the silver alloy target consists of silver and indium, wherein the mass percentage of the indium is 0.6 percent, and the balance is silver.
And (3) taking a metal silver block with purity more than 99.99%, and putting the metal silver block into a vacuum smelting furnace, wherein the highest temperature of a smelting chamber is 1200 ℃. When the metal is melted, adding indium blocks with purity more than 99.999%, then introducing argon for protection, and the vacuum degree is less than or equal to 6 multiplied by 10 -2 mmH. During casting, the temperature of the nozzle of the smelting furnace is 1150 ℃ and the temperature of the casting chamber is 1000 ℃. And finally, slowly cooling to obtain the silver alloy spindle.
The obtained silver alloy spindle was hot forged at a heating temperature of 800 ℃ and a forging ratio of 4.5. And hot rolling the alloy blank after hot forging, wherein the heating temperature is 700 ℃. The total hot rolling is 6 times, the reversing rolling is carried out in the first 5 times, the deformation of each time is 25% -25% -25% -20% -3%, and the total deformation is 86%. And (3) performing cold rolling deformation on the alloy blank after hot rolling, wherein the cold rolling deformation is 71%, and then reversing and leveling. And annealing the alloy blank after cold rolling, wherein the highest temperature is 300 ℃ and the heat preservation time is 2 hours. After the processing and the heat treatment, the oversized silver alloy target with the length of 2.3m, the width of 1.8m, the thickness of 0.014m and the average grain size of 13 mu m is finally obtained.
Example 2
An oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof, comprising the following steps:
the silver alloy target consists of silver and indium, wherein the mass percentage of the indium is 0.3 percent, and the balance is silver.
Taking a metal silver block with purity more than 99.99%, and putting the metal silver block into a vacuum smelting furnace, wherein the highest temperature of a smelting chamber is 1000 ℃; when the metal is melted, adding indium blocks with purity more than 99.999%, then introducing argon for protection, and the vacuum degree is less than or equal to 6 multiplied by 10 -2 mmH; during casting, the temperature of a nozzle of the smelting furnace is 950 ℃ and the temperature of a casting chamber is 700 ℃; and finally, slowly cooling to obtain the silver alloy spindle.
Carrying out hot forging on the obtained silver alloy spindle, wherein the heating temperature is 600 ℃, and the forging ratio is 3.5; hot rolling the alloy blank after hot forging, wherein the heating temperature is 500 ℃; the total hot rolling is 6 times, the reversing rolling is carried out in the first 5 times, the deformation of each time is 25% -25% -25% -20% -3%, and the total deformation is 86%; cold rolling deformation is carried out on the alloy blank after hot rolling, the cold rolling deformation is 71%, and then reversing and leveling are carried out; annealing the alloy blank after cold rolling, wherein the highest temperature is 400 ℃ and the heat preservation time is 1h; after the processing and the heat treatment, the oversized silver alloy target with the length of 2.3m, the width of 1.8m, the thickness of 0.014m and the average grain size of 38 mu m is finally obtained.
In summary, according to the oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof provided by the invention, the grains of the silver alloy target are fine and uniform by adding the indium with a specific proportion into the pure silver. The size of the oversized silver alloy target material prepared by the method is 2300 multiplied by 1800 multiplied by 14mm, and the average grain size is 10-40 mu m. The oversized silver alloy target is suitable for sputtering coating and can be used for preparing silver alloy films with good conductivity and reflectivity. The invention has very important significance for the application of the oversized silver alloy target material.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: the discussion of any of the embodiments above is merely exemplary and is not intended to suggest that the scope of the invention (including the claims) is limited to these examples; the technical features of the above embodiments or in the different embodiments may also be combined within the idea of the invention, the steps may be implemented in any order and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the invention as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity.
The present invention is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variances which fall within the broad scope of the appended claims. Therefore, any omission, modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An oversized silver alloy target and a preparation method thereof are characterized in that the silver alloy target consists of silver and indium; wherein the mass percentage of indium is 0.3-0.6%, and the balance is silver;
the length of the silver alloy target material is more than or equal to 2m, the width is more than or equal to 1.5m, and the thickness is more than or equal to 0.01m.
2. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 1, wherein the silver alloy target has a length of 2.3m, a width of 1.8m and a thickness of 0.014m.
3. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 1, wherein the preparation method of the silver alloy target comprises the following steps: (1) smelting; (2) hot forging; (3) hot rolling; (4) cold rolling; and (5) annealing.
4. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 3, wherein the highest temperature of the smelting chamber in the step (1) is 1100-1200 ℃; and argon is introduced to protect the metal when the metal is melted, and the vacuum degree is less than or equal to 6 multiplied by 10 -2 mmH; the temperature of the nozzle of the smelting furnace is 950-1150 ℃; the temperature of the casting chamber is 700-1000 DEG C。
5. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 3, wherein the heating temperature in the hot forging process in the step (2) is 600-800 ℃, and the forging ratio is 3.5-4.5.
6. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 3, wherein the hot rolling in the step (3) is performed for 6 times in total, the reversing rolling is performed for the first 5 times, the deformation of each pass is 25% -25% -25% -20% -3%, the total deformation is 86%, and the hot rolling heating temperature is 500-700 ℃.
7. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 1, wherein the alloy blank after hot rolling is subjected to cold rolling deformation, the cold rolling deformation amount is 71%, and then the reversing leveling is performed.
8. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 1, wherein the highest temperature during annealing is 300-400 ℃ and the heat preservation time is 1-2h.
9. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to claim 1, wherein the average grain size of the silver alloy target is 20-80 μm.
10. The oversized silver alloy target and the preparation method thereof according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the oversized silver alloy target can be used for preparing a silver alloy film with good conductivity and reflectivity.
CN202311210455.1A 2023-09-19 2023-09-19 Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof Pending CN117070905A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202311210455.1A CN117070905A (en) 2023-09-19 2023-09-19 Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202311210455.1A CN117070905A (en) 2023-09-19 2023-09-19 Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN117070905A true CN117070905A (en) 2023-11-17

Family

ID=88706158

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CN202311210455.1A Pending CN117070905A (en) 2023-09-19 2023-09-19 Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CN (1) CN117070905A (en)

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JP6077102B2 (en) Titanium target for sputtering and manufacturing method thereof
KR100731407B1 (en) Aluminum-nickel-rare earth element alloy sputtering target
EP2803754B1 (en) Silver-alloy sputtering target for conductive-film formation, and method for producing same
US5087297A (en) Aluminum target for magnetron sputtering and method of making same
EP1096027B1 (en) Method of manufacturing high purity cobalt sputter targets having a low magnetic permeability
CN109355632B (en) Method for improving grain uniformity of molybdenum and molybdenum alloy sputtering target material
WO2014142028A1 (en) Silver alloy sputtering target for forming electroconductive film, and method for manufacturing same
US20130233706A1 (en) Al-based alloy sputtering target and production method of same
TWI535876B (en) Silver alloy sputtering target for forming conductive film, and method for manufacturing the same
KR20100135957A (en) Molybdenum-niobium alloys, sputtering targets containing such alloys, methods of making such targets, thin films prepared therefrom and uses thereof
CN110318024B (en) Silver-copper alloy target material and preparation method thereof
CN114411104A (en) High-purity silver target and preparation method and application thereof
US8425737B2 (en) Method for making coated article
KR20210029744A (en) Copper alloy sputtering target and manufacturing method of copper alloy sputtering target
EP2002027B1 (en) Ternary aluminum alloy films and targets
CN114231918A (en) Preparation method of large-size planar metal target
TWI608108B (en) Sputtering target based on a silver alloy
JP7179450B2 (en) Titanium target for sputtering, method for producing same, and method for producing titanium-containing thin film
CN117070905A (en) Oversized silver alloy target and preparation method thereof
US8425736B2 (en) Method for making coated article
JP2000144400A (en) Sputtering target and its manufacture
JP2706635B2 (en) High purity titanium target for sputtering and method for producing the same
US8435390B2 (en) Method for making coated article
JP2000239835A (en) Sputtering target
CN111850488B (en) Method for rapidly manufacturing high-purity fine-grain gold target embryo

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PB01 Publication
PB01 Publication
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination