CN214060635U - Microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition equipment - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition field, a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition equipment, including microwave source, waveguide, mode converter, resonant cavity, the mode converter in the microwave antenna contain core and top layer, still include the gas system for with gaseous leading-in, derive the resonant cavity, still include the base plate and keep the part, through improving microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition equipment design, improve the design of microwave antenna, can effectively promote the stability of the long-term use of microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition equipment, reduced the instability in process of production, be favorable to improving product quality. Particularly, for products with high requirements on temperature stability in the production process, such as diamond, the equipment can effectively improve the quality of the products and improve the economic value of the products.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition field is one kind and is used for microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition device.
Background
Diamond film has a series of excellent properties such as high hardness, high thermal conductivity, high light transmittance, wide energy gap, high electrical resistivity, and high carrier mobility, and is a material having excellent properties, and thus diamond is one of the most attractive hotspot materials.
There are many methods for artificially producing diamond, such as a hot wire method, a direct current arc plasma spray method, and the like. Among the methods, the microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (hereinafter abbreviated as MPCVD) method generates high plasma density, and the controllability and cleanliness of the diamond deposited by the method are high, so the MPCVD method is always the preferred method for preparing high-quality diamond.
In the past two decades, MPCVD diamond deposition devices have gone through quartz tubing [ M.Kamo, Y.Sato, S.Matsumoto, N.Setaka, J.Crystal.Growth 62(1983)642 ], quartz bell jar [ P.Bachmann, D.Leers, H.Lydtin, Diamond Relat.Mater.1(1991)1 ], stainless steel cylindrical resonator [ P.Bachmann, Chemical & engineering News, 67(1989)24 ], ellipsoidal resonator [ M.Funer, C.Wild, P.Koidl, Appl.Phys.Lett.72(1998)1149 ] and stainless steel non-cylindrical resonator [ Setron p.Corthp.// http www.sikitech.biz ]. The input power of the MPCVD diamond deposition device is also developed from 400W/2.45GHz to the later 6kW/2.45GHz and 75kW/915 MHz.
In the technological parameters for preparing diamond by the MPCVD method, besides the influence of conditions such as temperature, gas source and the like on the growth of diamond, the power is also a non-negligible influence factor. Izak and other researches show that the power level is closely related to the appearance of the diamond film. Experiments compare the influences of different temperatures and different powers on the growth of the diamond film, and the results show that the growth rate is not influenced by the power and the grain size is obviously influenced by the power under low power. Tang et al found that the microwave power was increased from 2.0kW to 3.2kW, and the growth rate of diamond was increased from 0.3mm/h to 3.4 mm/h. Experiments have shown that the growth rate of diamond increases with increasing power. With the continuous improvement of the structure of the diamond deposition device, the diamond deposition device can input larger power to form plasma in a larger range, and simultaneously, the influence of the problems of silicon pollution caused by quartz glass etching, graphite deposition on the inner wall of a cavity and the like on the quality of diamond is reduced.
In the practical use process, the plasma in the equipment can not be kept stable for a long time due to long-term operation, and the problems of unstable microwave plasma, shift of microwave coupling center and the like of the equipment can occur along with the long-term use of the equipment. In the prior art, no relevant phenomena are found, and no effective means for solving the problem is provided.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The to-be-solved problem of the utility model is that when microwave plasma equipment used for a long time among the prior art, the microwave plasma of existence is unstable, microwave coupling center squints the scheduling problem. A high power microwave plasma apparatus capable of relatively more stable operation for a long period of time is provided.
A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition device comprises a microwave source, a waveguide, a mode converter and a resonant cavity, wherein a microwave antenna in the mode converter comprises a core body and a surface layer.
The microwave source is used to generate microwaves and includes a conventional microwave generator for generating microwaves of a specific frequency. For example, microwaves having a frequency of 915MHz or 2450 MHz.
The waveguide is a microwave transmission member for guiding microwaves into the resonant cavity. Generally, a waveguide conducts microwaves from a microwave source, through a mode converter, and into a resonant cavity.
The resonant cavity is a growth cavity of a product, and the reaction gas is excited by microwaves in the resonant cavity and deposited to form the product.
The microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition equipment also comprises a gas system used for leading gas into and out of the resonant cavity.
The microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus further includes a substrate holding part for supporting a substrate on which a desired product can be deposited. Or a carrier such as a seed crystal can be placed on the substrate, and a desired product can be grown on the seed crystal.
Further, the core body can be selected to be a copper core.
Further, the copper core can be of a solid structure or an internal hollow structure.
Researchers find that after the device is used for a period of time, the metal surface of the microwave antenna has the defect of the meteorite crater, the phenomena of black oxide, etching and carbonized surfaces occur simultaneously, and the antenna is deformed due to the defects of a large number of meteorite craters and the like, so that the distribution of an electric field in a resonant cavity is influenced, the coupling of microwaves is influenced, the stability of microwaves transmitted into the resonant cavity is influenced, the stability of plasmas is further influenced, and the quality of diamond products is seriously influenced. The possible reasons for analyzing the occurrence of the "meteorite crater" of the microwave antenna include: with the continuous improvement of MPCVD equipment and the continuous increase of input power, the breakdown phenomenon may occur in high power microwave systems. The metal electromagnetic field breakdown process comprises the following steps: local enhanced electric field induced strong field electron emission (FE) or explosive electron emission (ex-situ) of metal surface microstructures (microprotrusions, impurities, etc.) to form dark current; the surface microscopic defects are heated and melted by ohmic loss caused by dark current, metal material steam is formed, plasma ionization avalanche occurs in a surface gas layer, and microwave transmission is cut off due to high-density plasma; under the action of space charge field, ions are accelerated to obtain high energy, bombard the metal surface to form "meteorite crater" and form irreversible damage to the surface structure.
Simulation shows that in an MPCVD system, under the condition that the input power is 600W, the electric field intensity with the peak value exceeding 1.5MV/m can be formed in the cavity, and the strong points of the electric field are mainly concentrated on the upper part of the substrate table, the surface of an antenna in the waveguide tube, the transition part of the waveguide tube and the mode conversion cavity, the mode conversion block and the like. And when microscopic states (such as microprotrusions, whiskers, impurities, etc.) exist on the metal surface, significant field enhancement exists near the microscopic states of the surface. Generally, the microstructure of the metal surface can generate ten to hundred times of field enhancement, so that the average electric field intensity reaches 10-100 MV/m, and the phenomena of field electron emission and the like can be caused. Therefore, high power microwave breakdown in the MPCVD system can generate a large amount of plasma, affecting the operational stability and reliability of the device, and even causing damage to the equipment.
Further, the surface layer is a silver layer, a TiO2 layer and a TiN layer.
Further preferably, the surface layer is a silver layer.
Further preferably, the surface roughness Ra of the surface layer is less than 0.2 μm;
more preferably, the surface roughness of the surface layer is Ra less than 0.05 μm;
more preferably, the surface roughness of the surface layer is Ra less than 0.01 μm;
further, the surface layer is attached to the surface of the core body by means of magnetron sputtering, vapor deposition, electroplating, or the like.
Further, the preparation process of the microwave antenna comprises the following steps:
(1) processing the core body;
(2) attaching a surface layer on the surface of the core body;
(3) and carrying out surface treatment on the surface layer to reduce the surface roughness.
The step of processing the core body is to process the core body to the required structure and size. The processing method is not limited, as long as the required size and structure can be processed, and the processing method can be any of 3D printing, turning, milling, casting and the like. The machining of the core may employ a combination of one or more machining modes to machine to the desired dimensions.
Before the surface layer is attached, the surface treatment such as grinding, polishing and the like can be carried out on the surface of the processed core body, so that the processing precision is improved. Meanwhile, cleaning steps such as acid washing, alkali washing and the like, and drying and the like can be carried out, so that subsequent surface layer adhesion is facilitated.
Further, the surface layer is attached to the surface of the core body by means of magnetron sputtering, vapor deposition, electroplating, or the like. The attachment step described attaches the skin to the core as uniformly as possible. Meanwhile, in order to improve the binding force between the core body and the surface layer, a transition layer can be added between the surface layer and the core body to improve the performances of adhesion and the like.
Further, after the surface treatment, the roughness Ra of the surface layer is less than 0.2 μm.
Further preferably, the surface roughness Ra of the surface layer is less than 0.05 μm.
More preferably, the surface roughness Ra of the surface layer is less than 0.01 μm.
The surface treatment aims to reduce the roughness of the surface as much as possible on the basis of ensuring the size requirement, and the selected surface treatment mode needs to meet the requirement.
Preferably, the surface treatment method is mechanical polishing, chemical polishing, field effect polishing, composite polishing and the like.
Further preferably, the surface treatment method can be selected from one or more of float polishing, jet fluid polishing, electrochemical polishing, magnetorheological polishing and ion beam polishing.
Further, after the surface treatment, high-temperature treatment is carried out on the microwave antenna.
Electrons emitted from the metal surface may release adsorbed gas molecules, which ionize to form space charge enhanced local fields. Meanwhile, the current brought by the magnetic field on the surface of the metal is heated for a long time, so that the material is subjected to fatigue fracture, particularly in positions of chamfers, abrupt structural changes, burrs, impurities and the like, and high-temperature treatment is required. Putting the mixture into a high-level hydrogen furnace, and completely baking and degassing at 800-1000 ℃. The micro-protrusions and impurities are melted and removed by plasma with lower energy and density through repeated treatment with shorter pulse width and lower power for a long time.
Further, ultraviolet irradiation treatment is carried out on the microwave antenna after the surface treatment.
The ultraviolet radiation cleans the metal surface, and the molecules of the pollutants can be excited and decomposed by relying on the photosensitive oxidation principle of the ultraviolet light, so that ozone and atomic oxygen are produced to decompose the pollutants into volatile molecules. Most of the hydrocarbons have higher absorption coefficient to ultraviolet light with the wavelength of 200-300 nm. The radiation source, typically a quartz envelope low pressure mercury lamp, produces two radiation peaks, λ 1 (e.g. 253.7nm) and λ 2 (e.g. 184.9nm), where λ 1 can excite the decomposition of contaminants and λ 2 is suitable for the generation of ozone.
The utility model discloses following technological effect has:
by optimizing the microwave antenna, the stability of the microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition equipment in long-term use can be effectively improved, the instability in the production process is reduced, and the product quality is favorably improved. Particularly, for products with high requirements on temperature stability in the production process, such as diamond, the equipment can effectively improve the quality of the products and improve the economic value of the products.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a microwave plasma CVD apparatus according to the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a mode converter according to the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of a microwave antenna according to the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of a microwave antenna according to the present invention after being processed;
1, a microwave source; 2, a waveguide; 3, three pins; 4, a microwave antenna; 4-1 microwave antenna core; 4-2 microwave antenna surface layer; a 5-mode converter; 6 short-circuiting the piston; 7 resonant cavity.
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A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition device comprises a microwave source, a waveguide, a mode converter and a resonant cavity, wherein a microwave antenna in the mode converter comprises a core body and a surface layer. The microwave source is used to generate microwaves and comprises a conventional microwave generator for generating microwaves of a specific frequency, wherein the frequency of the generated microwaves is 915MHz in one embodiment and 2450MHz in another embodiment.
The waveguide is a microwave transmission component for guiding microwaves into the resonant cavity, and the waveguide guides the microwaves from the microwave source into the resonant cavity through the mode converter. The resonant cavity is a growth cavity of a product, and the reaction gas is excited by microwaves in the resonant cavity and deposited to form the product.
The microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus further comprises a gas system for introducing gas into and out of the resonant cavity (not shown).
The microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus further includes a substrate holding part for supporting a substrate on which a desired product can be deposited. It is also possible to place a seed on the substrate and grow the desired product on the seed. (not shown in the figure)
Referring to fig. 2, a schematic diagram of a mode converter structure for microwave plasma cvd is shown.
Referring to fig. 3, an antenna core having a diameter of 8mm and a length of 170mm was formed by precision machining (surface roughness of about 300nm) using brass. In another embodiment, the core is a cylindrical structure with a hollow interior.
Referring to fig. 4, silver plating of 0.5mm thickness is attached to the core surface. In another embodiment, TiO is attached to the surface of the core2And (3) a layer. In another embodiment, a TiN layer is attached to the surface of the core.
In one embodiment, the surface roughness Ra of the surface layer is less than 0.2 μm.
In another embodiment, the surface roughness Ra is less than 0.05 μm.
In another embodiment, the surface layer has a surface roughness Ra of less than 0.01 μm;
the embodiment also includes a method for manufacturing a microwave antenna, which includes the following steps:
(4) processing the core body;
(5) attaching a surface layer on the surface of the core body;
(6) and carrying out surface treatment on the surface layer to reduce the surface roughness.
The step of processing the core body is to process the core body to the required structure and size. The processing method is not limited, as long as the required size and structure can be processed, and the processing method can be any of 3D printing, turning, milling, casting and the like. The machining of the core may employ a combination of one or more machining modes to machine to the desired dimensions.
In another embodiment, before the surface layer is attached, the surface of the processed core body can be subjected to surface treatment such as grinding and polishing, so that the processing precision is improved. Meanwhile, cleaning steps such as acid washing, alkali washing and the like, and drying and the like can be carried out, so that subsequent surface layer adhesion is facilitated.
The surface layer is attached to the surface of the core body by means of magnetron sputtering, vapor deposition, electroplating and the like. The attachment step described attaches the skin to the core as uniformly as possible. Meanwhile, in another embodiment, in order to improve the bonding force between the core body and the surface layer, a transition layer can be added between the surface layer and the core body to improve the properties such as adhesion and the like.
After the surface treatment, the roughness Ra of the surface layer surface is less than 0.2 μm.
In another embodiment, the surface layer has a roughness Ra of less than 0.05 μm.
In another embodiment, the surface layer has a roughness Ra of less than 0.01 μm.
The surface treatment aims to reduce the roughness of the surface as much as possible on the basis of ensuring the size requirement, and the selected surface treatment mode needs to meet the requirement.
The method of surface treatment is chemical polishing, and in another embodiment, one or more of mechanical polishing, field effect polishing and composite polishing can be selected. The surface treatment method can be one or more of float polishing, jet fluid polishing, electrochemical polishing, magneto-rheological polishing and ion beam polishing.
In another embodiment, after the surface treatment, the microwave antenna is further subjected to a high temperature treatment.
In another embodiment, the surface treatment is followed by ultraviolet irradiation treatment of the microwave antenna.
Electrons emitted from the metal surface may release adsorbed gas molecules, which ionize to form space charge enhanced local fields. Meanwhile, the current brought by the magnetic field on the surface of the metal is heated for a long time, so that the material is subjected to fatigue fracture, particularly in positions of chamfers, abrupt structural changes, burrs, impurities and the like, and high-temperature treatment is required. Putting the mixture into a high-level hydrogen furnace, and completely baking and degassing at 800-1000 ℃. The micro-protrusions and impurities are melted and removed by plasma with lower energy and density through repeated treatment with shorter pulse width and lower power for a long time.
The ultraviolet radiation cleans the metal surface, and the molecules of the pollutants can be excited and decomposed by relying on the photosensitive oxidation principle of the ultraviolet light, so that ozone and atomic oxygen are produced to decompose the pollutants into volatile molecules. Most of the hydrocarbons have higher absorption coefficient to ultraviolet light with the wavelength of 200-300 nm. The radiation source, typically a quartz envelope low pressure mercury lamp, produces two radiation peaks, λ 1 (e.g. 253.7nm) and λ 2 (e.g. 184.9nm), where λ 1 can excite the decomposition of contaminants and λ 2 is suitable for the generation of ozone.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications. Any modification, equivalent replacement or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition equipment is characterized in that: the microwave antenna in the mode converter comprises a core body and a surface layer, the gas system is used for leading gas into and out of the resonant cavity, and the substrate holding component is also included.
2. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: the core body is a copper core.
3. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein: the copper core is of a solid structure or an internal hollow structure.
4. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: the surface layer is one or more of a silver layer, a TiO2 layer and a TiN layer.
5. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: the surface layer is a silver layer.
6. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the surface roughness Ra of the surface layer is less than 0.2 mu m.
7. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the surface roughness of the surface layer is Ra less than 0.05 μm.
8. A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the surface roughness of the surface layer is Ra less than 0.01 μm.
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