JPH0458225A - Transparent conductive film and production thereof - Google Patents

Transparent conductive film and production thereof

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Publication number
JPH0458225A
JPH0458225A JP17050390A JP17050390A JPH0458225A JP H0458225 A JPH0458225 A JP H0458225A JP 17050390 A JP17050390 A JP 17050390A JP 17050390 A JP17050390 A JP 17050390A JP H0458225 A JPH0458225 A JP H0458225A
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conductive film
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Hiroyuki Kinoshita
木下 宏行
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Seiko Epson Corp
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Abstract

(57)【要約】本公報は電子出願前の出願データであるた
め要約のデータは記録されません。
(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は透明導電膜およびその製造方法に関する。[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a transparent conductive film and a method for manufacturing the same.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

従来より液晶表示体、エレクトロルミネッセンス、太陽
電池などの電極材料として透明導電膜が利用されており
、この透明導電膜には金、銀、鋼、白金、パラジウム、
アルミニウムなどの金属薄膜と酸化第二スズ、酸化イン
ジウム、酸化亜鉛などの酸化物半導体がある。
Transparent conductive films have traditionally been used as electrode materials for liquid crystal displays, electroluminescence, solar cells, etc., and these transparent conductive films include gold, silver, steel, platinum, palladium,
There are metal thin films such as aluminum and oxide semiconductors such as stannic oxide, indium oxide, and zinc oxide.

金属薄膜は低い基板温度で容易に低抵抗の膜を作製する
ことができるが、高い透過率を得るためには膜厚を非常
に薄くしなければならず機械的強度が劣るという欠点を
持っている。一方酸化物半導体は優わた透光性と膜強度
を有しており導電性も良いことから実用的であり広く応
用されている。
Metal thin films can be easily fabricated with low resistance at low substrate temperatures, but in order to obtain high transmittance, the film must be extremely thin, which has the disadvantage of poor mechanical strength. There is. On the other hand, oxide semiconductors have excellent light transmittance, film strength, and good conductivity, so they are practical and widely applied.

中でもITO膜は電気抵抗が低く透明電極などとして最
も広く使われている。 通常ITO膜は、成膜された後
に、塩酸と水の混合液等のエツチング液によって目的に
あった形状にエツチング加工されて使用される。
Among them, ITO films have low electrical resistance and are most widely used as transparent electrodes. Usually, after the ITO film is formed, it is etched into a desired shape using an etching solution such as a mixture of hydrochloric acid and water.

〔発明が解決しようとする課題〕[Problem to be solved by the invention]

しかしながら、ガラス基板上にITO膜をスパッタ法に
よって作製した場合、ミクロ的に酸化スズ成分が基板面
に付着し、前記のエツチング液で工To膜をエツチング
しても酸化スズは剥離されず基板上に残るため、きれい
なエツチング加工ができない場合がある。そうした場合
液晶表示体などの透明電極として使った時には電極間の
ショートを起こしてしまうという問題がある。そこで本
発明の目的は、このような剥離部の酸化スズ残りを発生
させない透明導電膜を提供することにある。
However, when an ITO film is fabricated on a glass substrate by sputtering, the tin oxide component microscopically adheres to the substrate surface, and even if the ITO film is etched with the above-mentioned etching solution, the tin oxide is not peeled off and remains on the substrate. Because the etching remains on the surface, it may not be possible to perform a clean etching process. In such a case, when used as a transparent electrode for a liquid crystal display or the like, there is a problem in that a short circuit occurs between the electrodes. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a transparent conductive film that does not generate such tin oxide residue at the peeled portion.

〔課題を解決するための手段〕[Means to solve the problem]

本発明の透明導電膜は、基板上に第1層として酸化イン
ジウム層が形成された後、第2層としてITO層が形成
された積層構造を持つことを特徴としている。また、本
発明の透明導電膜の製造方法は、基板上に透明導電膜を
形成する際、第1層として酸化インジウム層を、第2層
としITO層を順次設けることを特徴としている。
The transparent conductive film of the present invention is characterized by having a laminated structure in which an indium oxide layer is formed as a first layer on a substrate, and then an ITO layer is formed as a second layer. Further, the method for producing a transparent conductive film of the present invention is characterized in that when forming a transparent conductive film on a substrate, an indium oxide layer is provided as a first layer, and an ITO layer is provided as a second layer.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

真空チャンバー内を5X10−’Torrの圧力まで排
気した後、酸素の圧力が4X10−’Torr、アルゴ
ンと酸素の圧力の和が5X10−3T。
After evacuating the inside of the vacuum chamber to a pressure of 5X10-'Torr, the pressure of oxygen was 4X10-'Torr, and the sum of the pressures of argon and oxygen was 5X10-3T.

rrになるようにガスを導入し、300°Cに加熱した
ガラス基板上にDCマグネトロンスパッタ法で第1層の
酸化インジウム層を200オンダストローム、第2層の
ITo層を1000オングストローム順次形成し実施例
とした。また、比較例として実施例と同様な手順でIT
O膜を1000オングストローム作製した。
A gas was introduced so that rr was introduced, and a first layer of indium oxide layer of 200 angstroms and a second layer of ITo layer of 1000 angstroms were sequentially formed by DC magnetron sputtering on a glass substrate heated to 300°C. As an example. In addition, as a comparative example, IT
An O film with a thickness of 1000 angstroms was fabricated.

これらの膜を塩酸と硝酸と水の混合液で、ITO線の幅
が100オングストローム、線と線の間隔が40オング
ストロームのストライブ状にエツチング加工した。その
結果、比較例の方は線と線の間、すなわち膜が剥離され
ていなければならない部分に、酸化スズが点状に残って
おりガラス面が汚れていた。それと比較して本実施例は
線間に酸化スズが残る事なくきれいにエツチングされて
いる。
These films were etched using a mixture of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, and water to form stripes with ITO lines each having a width of 100 angstroms and an interval between lines of 40 angstroms. As a result, in the comparative example, dots of tin oxide remained between the lines, that is, in areas where the film should have been peeled off, and the glass surface was dirty. In comparison, in this example, the etching is done cleanly without any tin oxide remaining between the lines.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

以上述べたように、本発明の透明導電膜は基板上に第1
層として酸化インジウム層が形成された後、第2層とし
てITo層が形成された積層構造を持つので、ITO膜
をエツチング加工する際酸化スズが剥離部に残るという
問題がなくなった。
As described above, the transparent conductive film of the present invention is applied to the first layer on the substrate.
Since it has a laminated structure in which an indium oxide layer is formed as a layer and then an ITo layer is formed as a second layer, there is no problem that tin oxide remains in the peeled part when etching the ITO film.

したがって、本発明の透明導電膜を用いることによって
液晶表示体などの透明電極間のショートをなくすことが
でき、生産性・品質の向上といった効果を有する。なお
本発明の透明導電膜は真空蒸着法、RFスパッタリング
法、イオンブレーティング法、イオンビームスパッタ法
、CVD法など様々な手法により成膜可能でありその応
用分野も各種表示デバイス、太陽電池、撮像素子などの
透明電極や発熱膜、帯電防止膜、熱線反射膜、選択透過
膜など広い分野で応用可能である。また、本発明の透明
導電膜の製造方法は、基板上に透明導電膜を形成する際
、第1層として酸化インジウム層を、第2層としてIT
O層を順次設けたのでエツチング加工性が優れた透明導
電膜を得ることができる。
Therefore, by using the transparent conductive film of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate short circuits between transparent electrodes of a liquid crystal display, etc., and this has the effect of improving productivity and quality. The transparent conductive film of the present invention can be formed by various methods such as vacuum evaporation, RF sputtering, ion blating, ion beam sputtering, and CVD, and its application fields include various display devices, solar cells, and imaging. It can be applied in a wide range of fields, including transparent electrodes for devices, heat-generating films, antistatic films, heat ray reflective films, and selective transmission films. Further, in the method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film of the present invention, when forming a transparent conductive film on a substrate, an indium oxide layer is formed as a first layer and an IT layer is formed as a second layer.
Since the O layers are sequentially provided, a transparent conductive film with excellent etching processability can be obtained.

以  上 出願人 セイコーエプソン株式会社 代理人弁理士 鈴木喜三部(他1名)that's all Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation Representative Patent Attorney Kizobe Suzuki (1 other person)

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)基板上に第1層として酸化インジウム層が形成さ
れた後、第2層としてスズがドーピングされた酸化イン
ジウム(ITO)層が形成された積層構造を持つことを
特徴とする透明導電膜。(2)基板上に透明導電膜を形
成する際、第1層として酸化インジウム層を、第2層と
してITO層を順次設けたことを特徴とする透明導電膜
の製造方法。
(1) A transparent conductive film characterized by having a laminated structure in which an indium oxide layer is formed as a first layer on a substrate, and then a tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) layer is formed as a second layer. . (2) A method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film, characterized in that, when forming the transparent conductive film on a substrate, an indium oxide layer is provided as a first layer and an ITO layer is provided as a second layer.
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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR100859148B1 (en) * 2007-03-23 2008-09-19 희성금속 주식회사 High flat transparent conductive film and its manufacturing method

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR100859148B1 (en) * 2007-03-23 2008-09-19 희성금속 주식회사 High flat transparent conductive film and its manufacturing method

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