WO2010116697A1 - 薄膜の製造装置および製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a thin film manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method.
- Thin film formation technology is widely deployed to improve the performance and miniaturization of devices.
- the use of thin films in devices not only gives direct benefits to users, but also plays an important role in environmental aspects such as protecting earth resources and reducing power consumption.
- an electron beam vapor deposition method in which a vapor deposition material is held in a heat-resistant crucible is effective in manufacturing a thin film by a vacuum vapor deposition method.
- alumina, magnesia, zirconia, carbon, boron nitride or the like is used in order to prevent unnecessary reaction with the vapor deposition material.
- Patent Document 1 discloses that the evaporation source crucible is tilted by about 10 to 20 degrees during vapor deposition, and impurities floating on the surface of the molten metal of the vapor deposition material in the crucible are discharged and removed outside the crucible.
- Patent Document 2 the evaporation source crucible is tilted at an inclination angle of 3 to 45 degrees in the course of vapor deposition, and floating substances such as oxides on the surface of the melt of the vapor deposition material in the crucible are attached to the inner wall surface of the crucible.
- floating substances such as oxides on the surface of the melt of the vapor deposition material in the crucible are attached to the inner wall surface of the crucible.
- Patent Document 3 the crucible is tilted after the film formation is completed in order to prevent the oxide mixed from the inner wall of the crucible from being impacted by the electron beam, instantaneously scattering at high speed, and damaging the deposited film.
- a molten metal composed of cobalt-nickel which is a magnetic material, is discharged from a crucible.
- Patent Document 4 in order to cool the molten metal in the crucible in a short time after film formation, the crucible is tilted after film formation to discharge the molten metal made of a magnetic material such as cobalt or nickel from the crucible.
- Is disclosed. 4 and 5 of the document show that the crucible is tilted about the bottom side of the crucible as a rotation axis.
- Factors that determine the life of a crucible include deterioration of the inner surface of the crucible due to a reaction between the crucible material and the vapor deposition material, and crack breakage that breaks the crucible itself.
- Causes of crack breakage include thermal shock during heating or cooling and physical stress generated due to the difference in expansion coefficient between the vapor deposition material and the crucible material.
- the temperature of the molten metal in the crucible rapidly decreases and solidification starts, so that cracking of the crucible tends to occur.
- This phenomenon is remarkable when the difference in expansion coefficient between the vapor deposition material and the crucible material is large.
- it is effective to slowly heat or cool the vapor deposition material in the crucible at the start and end of the thin film manufacturing process.
- silicon unlike general metal materials, expands in the process of solidification by cooling from a molten metal state.
- the crucible shrinks by cooling. For this reason, when silicon is used as the vapor deposition material, a very large stress is generated in the process of solidifying the silicon in the crucible after completion of film formation, and cracking of the crucible is likely to occur.
- the crucible be greatly tilted to discharge the entire molten metal from the crucible.
- the crucible is tilted to an angle at which the molten metal cannot be held (over 90 degrees when the inner wall surface of the crucible is perpendicular to the horizontal plane).
- the molten metal state in the crucible needs to be maintained from the film formation to the completion of the discharge of the molten metal.
- the electron beam continues to irradiate the molten metal from film formation to completion of molten metal discharge so that heating of the film forming material in the crucible is not interrupted. This is because when the irradiation of the electron beam to the molten metal is interrupted, the temperature of the film forming material in the crucible decreases and the molten metal solidifies, and as a result, cracking of the crucible may occur.
- Patent Documents 3 and 4 disclose that the molten metal is discharged from the crucible by tilting the crucible, but these techniques are aimed at removing foreign matters from the molten metal or for high-speed cooling of the molten metal outside the crucible. Is. In any of the documents, for the purpose of preventing crack breakage of the crucible, about discharging the entire amount of the molten metal from the crucible, and maintaining the molten metal state in the crucible from film formation to completion of the molten metal discharge. Is not disclosed.
- the present invention tilts the crucible while maintaining the molten state of the film forming material in the crucible, thereby preventing the film forming material from solidifying in the crucible and discharging almost all the film forming material from the crucible.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a thin film manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method that can prevent crack breakage.
- the inventors of the present invention solved the above problem by configuring the crucible serving as a film forming source to continuously irradiate an electron beam from film formation to completion of molten metal discharge.
- a thin film manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes a film formation source having an accommodating portion having an opening in the upper portion for holding a film forming material, and an electron in the film forming material in the accommodating portion.
- An electron gun that melts the film-forming material by irradiating a beam to form a molten metal and evaporates the film-forming material, and the film-forming source hold the molten metal in the housing portion from the posture during film formation.
- a vacuum chamber for accommodating a tilting mechanism for discharging the molten metal from the housing portion by tilting to a tilting position where it cannot be performed, a film forming source and the tilting mechanism, and forming a thin film on the substrate inside
- a vacuum pump that exhausts the inside of the vacuum chamber, and the electron is continuously supplied to the molten metal in the housing portion while the film forming source is tilted from the film forming posture to the inclined posture. Tilt the deposition source to irradiate the beam Mark, or the trajectory of the electron beam is controlled.
- the electron beam can continuously irradiate the housing part of the film forming source from the film formation to the completion of the discharge of the molten metal, the molten metal state in the housing part is maintained. It becomes possible to discharge almost all the film forming material from the film source. Since the film forming material does not solidify in the crucible, cracking of the crucible can be prevented.
- the trajectory for tilting the film forming source can be controlled so that the electron beam continuously irradiates the housing portion. Further, by changing the trajectory of the electron beam during the tilting, the trajectory of the electron beam is continuously irradiated with the electron beam while tilting from the film deposition posture to the tilt posture at the maximum tilt angle. Can be controlled.
- the posture during deposition refers to a posture in which the deposition source holds the deposition material in the housing portion, the opening of the deposition source faces upward, and faces the substrate surface on which deposition is performed. Point to.
- the film forming material in the accommodating portion is irradiated with the electron beam, and the evaporated film forming material is emitted from the opening, and is deposited on the opposing substrate surface.
- the film forming material does not flow out of the film forming source.
- the inclination angle at which the molten metal cannot be held in the film forming source accommodating portion means an angle at which the film forming source discharges substantially the entire amount of the molten metal by the inclination.
- the inner wall surface of the film forming source when the inner wall surface of the film forming source is perpendicular to the horizontal plane, it indicates an angle exceeding 90 degrees.
- the inclination angle is less than 90 degrees.
- substantially the entire amount of the molten metal can be discharged from the accommodating portion of the film forming source.
- Patent Documents 3 and 4 when the film forming source is tilted to an inclination angle at which the molten metal cannot be held in the housing part, the electron beam is shielded by the film forming source, and the inside of the housing part cannot be irradiated. For this reason, since the temperature of the molten metal in the housing portion decreases and the film forming material can solidify in the housing portion before the molten metal is completely discharged, it is not possible to reliably avoid the crucible crack avoidance.
- the film forming source when tilting the film forming source, it is preferable to tilt the film forming source so that the molten metal is discharged in the direction in which the electron beam emission surface of the electron gun is located. That is, the axis of rotation when tilting the deposition source is substantially perpendicular to the trajectory of the electron beam on the horizontal plane, and the opening of the deposition source is directed in the direction in which the electron beam emission surface of the electron gun is located. It is preferable to tilt the film forming source so as to tilt.
- the opening area of the film forming source as viewed from the electron beam emitting surface increases with the tilting of the film forming source, so that it becomes easy to irradiate the film forming material in the film forming source with the electron beam. Therefore, the molten metal state in the film forming source can be more easily maintained.
- the thin film manufacturing apparatus of the present invention preferably further includes a mechanism for deflecting the trajectory of the electron beam.
- the trajectory of the electron beam that irradiates the accommodating portion of the film forming source can be a deflection trajectory.
- the deflection trajectory refers to a trajectory when the traveling direction of the electron beam at the time of emission from the electron gun and the traveling direction of the electron beam at the time of incidence on the irradiated object are different.
- the trajectory of the electron beam from emission to incidence is not a linear trajectory but a curved trajectory.
- the trajectory of the electron beam can be deflected by a magnetic field, for example.
- the tilting mechanism may support the film formation source during film formation and maintain the film formation source posture during film formation.
- the thin film manufacturing apparatus of the present invention further includes a film formation source support mechanism that supports the film formation source and holds the film formation posture in addition to the tilting mechanism.
- the film forming source support mechanism is not limited as long as the film forming source can hold the posture during film formation, but may be, for example, a table having a horizontal upper surface. By disposing a film formation source thereon, it is easy to maintain the posture during film formation. By providing the deposition source support mechanism separately from the tilting mechanism, it is possible to maintain the deposition source posture during deposition without applying a load on the tilting mechanism.
- the material constituting the film formation source is not limited, carbon is preferable because of its low reactivity with the film formation material. That is, the film forming source is preferably a carbon crucible.
- the carbon crucible is prone to crack breakage and is expensive, so that it is significant to apply the present invention.
- the film forming material that can be used in the present invention is not limited, but silicon is preferable. Unlike general metal materials, silicon is subject to expansion in the process of solidifying by cooling from a molten metal state, so that cracking of the film forming source is likely to occur. Therefore, the significance of applying the present invention when manufacturing a thin film using silicon as a film forming material is extremely large.
- the thin film manufacturing apparatus of the present invention further includes a molten metal receiver having a concave portion on the upper surface in order to receive the molten metal discharged from the housing part due to the tilting of the film forming source.
- a molten metal receiver having a concave portion on the upper surface in order to receive the molten metal discharged from the housing part due to the tilting of the film forming source.
- the concave portion of the molten metal receiver is a bar-shaped concave portion that is laid down, and the molten metal is solidified in the concave portion to form a rod-shaped body made of the film forming material.
- the apparatus further includes a material transport system that transports the rod-shaped body above the film forming source, and the tip of the rod-shaped body transported by the material transport system is irradiated with the electron beam. That is, by irradiating the tip of the rod-shaped body transported by the material transport system with an electron beam, the tip is melted to generate a molten metal made of the film forming material.
- the horizontally-arranged rod-like recess refers to a state in which a columnar space represented by a cylinder or a prism is arranged so that its side surface is substantially horizontal, and its upper surface is open.
- the thin film manufacturing method of the present invention is configured to irradiate the film forming material in the housing portion of the film forming source held in the film forming posture by irradiating the film with the electron beam.
- a thin film forming step of melting a material to form a molten metal and evaporating the film forming material to form a thin film on a substrate in a vacuum, and after the thin film forming step, the electron in the molten metal in the housing portion By continuously irradiating the beam, while maintaining the state of the molten metal in the housing portion, the film forming source is moved from the posture during film formation to an inclined posture where the molten metal cannot be held in the housing portion. And a molten metal discharging step of discharging the molten metal from the housing portion.
- the discharged molten material is received by a molten metal receiver having a bar-shaped concave portion that is laid down on the upper surface, thereby collecting the film forming material as a rod-shaped body. It is preferable to do.
- the film-forming source is restored to the film-forming posture, and a film-forming material is replenished to the accommodating portion of the film-forming source
- the film formation in the storage unit of the film formation source held in the posture during film formation Irradiating the material with an electron beam to melt the film forming material and evaporate the film forming material to form a thin film on the substrate again in vacuum;
- the tip of the rod-shaped body is moved above the film forming source by the material transport system, and the tip is melted by irradiating the tip with the electron beam.
- the method further includes a material supply step of supplying to the film forming source.
- the silicon film forming material in the recess of the crucible is irradiated with an electron beam to melt the silicon to form a molten metal and evaporate the film forming material.
- the thin film forming step of forming a thin film containing silicon on the substrate and after the thin film forming step heating the molten metal in the concave portion is continued to maintain the state of the molten metal in the concave portion.
- emission process of discharging the said molten metal from the said recessed part by tilting the said crucible may be sufficient.
- the film forming material can be discharged from the crucible while maintaining the molten state of the film forming material in the crucible by continuously irradiating the electron beam, so that the film forming material remains in the crucible. Can be suppressed. Therefore, the crucible can be used repeatedly by avoiding crack breakage of the crucible which may occur when the film forming material solidifies in the crucible. As a result, it is possible to stably perform film formation at low cost.
- the schematic diagram which shows the structure of the film-forming apparatus which is an example of embodiment of this invention.
- (A) is a figure which shows the state during film-forming
- (b) is a figure which shows the state during molten metal discharge
- (c) is a figure which shows the state at the time of molten metal completion.
- the schematic diagram which shows an example of the experimental confirmation method of an electron beam orbit The schematic diagram which shows the process in which control of the crucible position at the time of tilting of the crucible for evaporation is decided.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of a film forming apparatus as an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 (a) schematically shows a film forming apparatus during film formation.
- FIG. 1B schematically shows the film formation apparatus when the film formation source is tilted after the film formation is completed and the molten metal in the film formation source is discharged.
- FIG. 1C schematically shows the film forming apparatus when the film forming source is tilted to the maximum tilt angle and the molten metal discharge from the film forming source is almost completed.
- the vacuum chamber 22 is evacuated by an exhaust pump 34.
- An evaporation crucible (film formation source) 9 is disposed inside the vacuum chamber 22.
- the vapor deposition material 3 is held in the concave portion (housing portion) of the evaporation crucible 9, and the vapor deposition material 3 is melted by being irradiated with the main electron beam 6 from the electron gun 5, and a part thereof is evaporated, and the substrate 21.
- various materials such as resin, metal, and ceramic can be used for the substrate, and various shapes such as a film shape, a plate shape, and a block shape can be applied.
- the film forming position is determined by, for example, the position of the opening 31 of the shielding plate 19.
- the film forming process is started or ended by opening and closing, for example, a plate-like shutter 7 installed between the evaporation crucible 9 and the opening 31 of the shielding plate 19.
- the vacuum chamber 22 is a pressure-resistant container-like member having an internal space.
- the unwinding roller 23, the conveying roller 24, the can 25, the winding roller 27, the evaporation crucible 9, the molten metal receiver 2, the material supply means 10, the shielding plate 19, and the source gas introduction pipe 30 are accommodated in the internal space.
- the unwinding roller 23 is a roller-like member that is provided so as to be rotatable around an axis center above the can 25 in the vertical direction.
- a belt-like and long substrate 21 is wound on the surface, and the substrate 21 is supplied toward the closest conveying roller 24.
- the conveying roller 24 is a roller-like member provided so as to be rotatable around an axis, and guides the substrate 21 supplied from the unwinding roller 23 to the can 25 and finally guides it to the winding roller 27.
- the can 25 is a roller-like member provided so as to be rotatable around an axis, and a cooling means (not shown) is provided therein.
- a cooling device that performs cooling by circulating cooling water can be used as the cooling means.
- the take-up roller 27 is a roller-like member provided so as to be rotationally driven by a driving means (not shown) above the can 25 in the vertical direction, and takes up and holds the substrate 21 on which a thin film is formed.
- the evaporation source is a container-like member that is provided below the lowermost vertical direction of the can 25 in the vertical direction and has an upper opening in the vertical direction. Specifically, it is composed of an evaporation crucible, and an evaporation material (film forming material) 3 is placed inside the evaporation crucible 9.
- An electron gun 5 is provided in the vicinity of the evaporation crucible 9, and the evaporation material 3 inside the evaporation crucible 9 is heated by the electron beam 6 emitted from the electron gun to become a molten metal and further evaporate.
- the vapor of the vapor deposition material moves upward in the vertical direction, passes through the opening 31, and reaches the lowermost portion of the can 25 in the vertical direction.
- the vapor deposition material adheres to the surface of the substrate 21 to form a thin film.
- the evaporation crucible 9 various shapes of crucibles such as a circular shape, an oval shape, a rectangular shape, and a donut shape can be used according to the target film formation.
- a material constituting the evaporation crucible 9 for example, oxides such as alumina, magnesia and calcia, and refractories such as boron nitride and carbon can be used.
- oxides such as alumina, magnesia and calcia
- refractories such as boron nitride and carbon
- the evaporation crucible 9 has a concave portion (accommodating portion) for accommodating the vapor deposition material on the upper surface.
- the housing portion has an opening in the upper part in the vertical direction so that the vapor deposition material can evaporate upward.
- FIG. 2 shows a specific example of a top view and a longitudinal sectional view of the accommodating portion of the evaporation crucible 9.
- the upper row of FIG. 2 shows a top view, and the lower row shows a longitudinal sectional view.
- the vertical cross-sectional shape of the housing portion may be various shapes such as a rectangular shape, a trapezoidal shape, a drum shape, and a shape obtained by giving a round shape to these shapes.
- the vertical cross-sectional shape of the said accommodating part is a reverse trapezoid (FIG. 2 (a) and (b)), and the shape (FIG.2 (c)) which gave the bottom round shape to this, it is vapor deposition. This is desirable because the material can be uniformly melted in the container.
- the evaporation mechanism includes, in addition to the evaporation crucible 9, an electron gun 5, a tilting mechanism 8, and a molten metal receiver 2 that are generation sources of the main electron beam 6 for heating and melting the evaporation material 3 and evaporating it.
- the tilting mechanism 8 tilts the evaporation crucible 9 after film formation, thereby discharging the melt of the vapor deposition material 3 held in the evaporation crucible 9 toward the molten metal receiver 2.
- solidification of the vapor deposition material 3 starts in the evaporation crucible 9 during the tilting, so that stress due to the solidified vapor deposition material is likely to occur.
- the solidification of the vapor deposition material 3 in the evaporation crucible 9 is suppressed by continuously irradiating the vapor deposition material 3 in the evaporation crucible 9 during the tilting operation with the main electron beam 6 after the film formation is completed. Meanwhile, the vapor deposition material 3 is discharged from the evaporation crucible 9 in a molten state.
- the shielding plate 19 limits the region where the material particles flying from the evaporation crucible 9 are in contact with the substrate 21 to the opening 31 only.
- the source gas introduction pipe 30 is installed according to the target constituent element of the thin film, and supplies source gases such as oxygen and nitrogen.
- One end of the source gas introduction pipe 30 is disposed in the vicinity of the opening 31 in the vertical direction of the evaporation crucible 9 and the other end is connected to source gas supply means (not shown) provided outside the vacuum chamber 22.
- source gas supply means not shown
- a tubular member A tubular member.
- the source gas supply means include a gas cylinder and a gas generator.
- the exhaust pump 34 is provided outside the vacuum chamber 22 and adjusts the inside of the vacuum chamber 22 to a decompressed state suitable for forming a thin film.
- the evaporation material In order to continue film formation stably for a long time, it is preferable to perform film formation while supplying a vapor deposition material to the evaporation crucible 9.
- the tip of the rod-shaped body 32 is melted to form the droplets 14 of the vapor deposition material, This can be dropped into the evaporation crucible 9.
- the evaporation material By gradually feeding out the rod-shaped body 32 as the tip melts, the evaporation material can be continuously supplied to the evaporation crucible 9.
- the supply electron beam 16 may be irradiated to the tip.
- the electron gun that emits the supply electron beam 16 may be provided separately from the electron gun 5 that irradiates the main electron beam 6 that irradiates the evaporation crucible 9. However, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to emit both the beam 6 and the supply electron beam 16.
- FIG. 3 is a top view schematically showing a state in which the electron gun 5 distributes and emits both the main electron beam 6 and the supply electron beam 16.
- the main electron beam 6 is scanned in the substrate width direction so that the film forming material 3 in the evaporation crucible 9 is irradiated with the main electron beam 6 as uniformly as possible.
- a range indicated by reference numeral 36 in FIG. 3 indicates a scanning range of the main electron beam 6 in the substrate width direction.
- a range indicated by reference numeral 35 indicates a film forming width on the substrate surface.
- the main electron beam scanning range 36 is preferably set wider than the film forming width 35.
- the irradiation range 37 of the supply electron beam 16 above the evaporation crucible 9 and the dropping position of the droplet generated by melting the rod-shaped body 32 (vertically below the tip of the rod-shaped body 32) are the main electrons. It is desirable to set it outside the beam scanning range 36. Thereby, the influence which the change of the hot water temperature which can generate
- the electron gun 5 is arranged so that the electron beam can irradiate the inside of the vacuum chamber 22.
- the electron gun 5 either a straight gun or a deflection gun can be used.
- the combination of the straight gun and the deflection coil 29 is particularly desirable because of the high degree of freedom in the design for controlling the beam trajectory or the crucible tilt. According to this combination, both a straight traveling trajectory and a deflection trajectory can be formed as the trajectory of the electron beam.
- the deflection coil 29 is disposed in the vicinity of the evaporation crucible 9 and deflects the electron beam trajectory by forming a magnetic field.
- the trajectory drawn by the electron beam can be changed over time by changing the magnitude of the magnetic field.
- the electron gun is installed horizontally and includes an electromagnetic coil (not shown).
- the emission angle of the electron beam from the electron gun can be adjusted by the electromagnetic coil.
- the acceleration voltage of the electron beam depends on the type of the deposition material 3 and the film forming speed, but is, for example, ⁇ 30 kV, and preferably ⁇ 8 kV to ⁇ 40 kV.
- the power of the main electron beam 6 is preferably about 5 to 100 kW. If it is less than 5 kW, the amount of evaporation may be insufficient. If it exceeds 100 kW, material scattering and bumping may occur in the evaporation crucible 9.
- the emission angle of the main electron beam 6 from the electron gun 5 during film formation is, for example, 5 degrees above the horizontal.
- the angle of incidence of the main electron beam 6 on the evaporation crucible 9 during film formation is preferably close to the vertical direction, and is, for example, 60 degrees with respect to the horizontal or molten metal surface.
- the evaporation crucible 9 takes the posture during film formation (FIG. 1 (a)). After the shutter 7 is closed and the film forming process is completed, the emission of the supply electron beam 6 is stopped, and the rod-like body 32 is retracted. Then, the evaporation crucible 9 is gradually tilted in the direction in which the electron beam emission surface of the electron gun 5 is located. Tilt is performed by the tilt mechanism 8 using a mechanically transmitted force using, for example, a motor, a cylinder, or the like as a power source. In FIG.1 (b), the evaporation crucible 9 has taken the attitude
- the crucible in order to prevent cracking of the evaporation crucible 9, the crucible is tilted to an angle at which substantially all of the film forming material can be discharged from the crucible. That is, the crucible is tilted to an inclination angle at which the crucible housing space cannot hold the molten metal so that the film forming material does not remain in the corners of the crucible housing space when the crucible is tilted.
- the crucible 9 for evaporation has taken the inclination attitude
- the maximum inclination angle only needs to exceed 90 degrees.
- the maximum inclination angle is 90 degrees. Even if it is less than this, substantially the entire amount of the film forming material can be discharged from the crucible.
- the main electron beam 6 is continuously irradiated onto the vapor deposition material 3 in the crucible even in the process of tilting the evaporation crucible 9 and discharging the film forming material.
- the vapor deposition material 3 in the crucible can maintain the molten metal state even after the film formation is completed, so that the vapor deposition material 3 is efficiently discharged from the crucible by the tilting of the crucible, and when the tilting is completed, Residual can be suppressed.
- the main electron beam 6 is continuously applied to the vapor deposition material 3 in the evaporation crucible 9 while the evaporation crucible 9 is tilted to the maximum inclination angle.
- two types of methods can be applied.
- irradiation of tilting is performed while maintaining the trajectory of the electron beam during film formation, and the position of the evaporation crucible 9 is controlled when the evaporation crucible 9 is tilted (that is, the evaporation crucible 9 is
- the main electron beam 6 is continuously irradiated to the vapor deposition material 3 in the crucible by controlling the trajectory during tilting (FIG. 1).
- the position of the rotating shaft that is the center of tilting of the crucible is provided outside the crucible.
- the electron beam trajectory is controlled to change the trajectory during the tilting operation of the crucible so that the vapor deposition material 3 in the crucible is continuously irradiated with the main electron beam 6 (see FIG. 7).
- this method can be implemented by detecting the inclination angle of the evaporation crucible 9 and correcting the trajectory of the main electron beam 6 based on the detected inclination angle.
- any method it is necessary to accurately grasp the trajectory of the main electron beam 6 in order to continuously irradiate the evaporation material 3 in the crucible with the main electron beam 6 while the evaporation crucible 9 is tilted.
- Two methods of calculation and actual measurement can be used to grasp the electron beam trajectory.
- Various methods can be applied for both calculation and measurement, and examples are described below.
- the electron beam trajectory is calculated after calculating the deflection magnetic field by the deflection coil.
- the calculation of the deflection magnetic field can be performed by a general magnetic field calculation by the finite element method using the deflection coil current, the number of deflection coil turns, the iron core shape, the pole piece shape, and the like as parameters. It is also possible to directly measure the magnetic field intensity with a three-dimensional gauss meter or the like. Based on the magnetic field distribution data thus obtained, the electron beam trajectory can be calculated by calculating the Lorentz force using the acceleration voltage and the initial emission direction as parameters.
- the orbit of the main electron beam 6 is made perpendicular to the molten metal surface by the deflection coil 29 in the vicinity of the evaporation crucible 9. Deviate to close.
- the position of the evaporation crucible 9 is controlled when the evaporation crucible 9 is tilted while maintaining the trajectory of the main electron beam 6 during film formation (the first method described above).
- the beam 6 can be continuously irradiated to the vapor deposition material 3 in the crucible.
- FIG. 5 schematically shows a process of determining the crucible position control when the evaporation crucible is tilted.
- FIG. 5A shows the trajectory of the main electron beam 6 that irradiates the vapor deposition material 3 in the crucible during film formation and at the end of film formation.
- the rotation center 1 which is the center when the evaporation crucible 9 is tilted is arranged outside the crucible on the side where the electron beam emission surface is located, and has the same height as the molten metal surface in the crucible. Is located.
- the rotation center 1 is a point where the distance L1 to the crucible before tilting is equal to the distance L2 to the crucible after tilting (shown by a broken line in FIG.
- the tilting trajectory of the evaporation crucible is overlapped with the trajectory of the main electron beam 6 to confirm that there is no deviation between the two.
- the center of rotation determined on the drawing in this way can be determined as an actual mechanical element by the arm 4 connected to the evaporation crucible 9 as shown in FIG. 5D.
- the tilting mechanism 8 serving as the thrust of the tilting operation takes the state shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c) before the tilting, and takes the stretched and tilted state shown in FIG. 5 (d) after the tilting is completed.
- the evaporation crucible 9 performs a tilting operation with the rotation center 1 as the rotation axis. In this way, the trajectory when the evaporation crucible 9 tilts can be controlled.
- the rotation center 1 and the arm 4 are preferably provided outside the width of the accommodating portion of the evaporation crucible so as not to become an obstacle to the discharge of the molten metal from the crucible. It is further desirable to finely adjust the position of the rotating shaft by an actual tilting operation test. Depending on the deflection trajectory of the electron beam, it may be desirable to provide a mechanism in which the position of the rotating shaft moves according to the inclination angle of the crucible. Specifically, the distance from the evaporation crucible to the rotation center is changed by shifting the position of the rotation center in the middle of the tilting operation, for example, using a cam mechanism, or by extending or contracting the arm 4 in the middle of the tilting. By doing so, the position of the evaporation crucible during the tilting operation can be controlled more precisely.
- the trajectory of the main electron beam 6 is corrected based on the tilt detecting means for detecting the tilt angle of the evaporation crucible 9 in the vacuum chamber 22 and the detected tilt angle.
- Install orbit correction means for example, a rotary encoder can be used as the tilt detecting means.
- the tilting motion can be detected by using the actuating transformer 44 by converting the tilting motion into a linear motion using the link rod 43 or the like.
- the trajectory correcting means is, for example, an electromagnetic coil (not shown) built in the electron gun 5 and a deflection coil 29 placed near the evaporation crucible 9.
- the trajectory of the electron beam can be corrected by changing these current values.
- the current value of the built-in electromagnetic coil in the electron gun 5 is programmed to mainly change the emission direction of the electron beam according to the inclination angle of the evaporation crucible 9 detected by the inclination detection means.
- the current value of the deflection coil 29 placed in the vicinity of the evaporation crucible 9 depends mainly on the amount of deflection of the electron beam in the vicinity of the evaporation crucible 9 according to the inclination angle of the evaporation crucible 9 detected by the inclination detection means. Programmed to change.
- FIG. 7 schematically shows a specific example when the trajectory of the electron beam is controlled by the second method described above and changed over time.
- 7A shows the state of film formation
- FIGS. 7B and 7C show the state during the tilting operation
- FIG. 7D shows the state when the tilting is completed.
- the electron gun 5 is installed horizontally, the main electron beam 6 is emitted slightly upward from the horizontal during film formation, and then is deflected by a deflection coil 29 (not shown) in the vicinity of the evaporation crucible 9. The incident direction of the electron beam 6 is deflected close to the vertical direction of the molten metal surface.
- the emission direction of the main electron beam 6 is moved in the horizontal direction or downward from the horizontal direction, and the coil current of the deflection coil 29 is changed.
- the amount of deflection of the main electron beam 6 is reduced during tilting.
- the main electron beam 6 is continuously irradiated onto the vapor deposition material 3 in the crucible. Further, in order to change the deflection amount of the main electron beam, the position of the electromagnetic coil may be moved as appropriate.
- FIG. 7 shows a case where the electron beam is gradually switched from the deflection trajectory to the straight trajectory, but the present invention is not limited to this form.
- the case where the electron beam maintains a straight trajectory and only the emission angle is changed is also included in the trajectory control of the electron beam according to the present invention.
- the emission angle of the main electron beam with an acceleration voltage of -30 kV during film formation is 3 to 5 degrees upward, the deflection coil current is 0.3 to 0.5 amperes, and the magnetic field near the evaporation crucible is about 20 to 35 gauss. is there.
- the outgoing angle is 5 to 15 degrees downward, the deflection coil current is 0 to 0.2 amperes, and the magnetic field near the evaporation crucible is about 0 to 15 gauss.
- the molten metal discharged from the crucible by the tilting of the evaporation crucible 9 is collected in the molten metal receiver 2.
- the position of the molten metal receiver 2 may be fixed, it is more desirable to move according to the tilting operation of the evaporation crucible 9 and the movement of the molten metal discharge position.
- the shape of the molten metal receiver 2 include a round shape, an oval shape, and a box shape.
- the shape of the crucible 9 for evaporation, space restrictions in the apparatus, and whether or not the collected vapor deposition material is reused are appropriately selected. Is done.
- the recovered molten metal when the recovered molten metal is solidified and used as a supply material in the next film formation, it is effective to collect the molten metal in the molten metal receiver 2 provided with a bar-shaped hollow (recessed portion) on its upper surface. Is. Thereby, a rod-shaped feed material can be obtained from the recovered molten metal. Moreover, by making the upper part of the molten metal receiver into a funnel shape, the material recovery and the rod-shaped solidification are further facilitated without spilling the molten metal.
- Examples of the material constituting the molten metal receiver 2 include metals such as water-cooled copper hearth, iron, nickel, molybdenum, tantalum, and tungsten; alloys containing them; or oxides such as alumina, magnesia, and calcia; boron nitride, carbon Refractories such as can be used.
- the molten metal receiver 2 is preferably composed of a water-cooled copper hearth or a metal mass having a large heat capacity such as iron, nickel, molybdenum, tantalum, or tungsten.
- the recovered molten metal can be prevented from reacting with the molten metal receiver, so that the molten metal receiver can be prevented from being damaged, and the vapor deposition material can be separated and recovered from the molten metal receiver and reused.
- the hollow shape of the molten metal receiver is made a rod shape
- the molten metal solidifies in the molten metal receiver, so that a rod-shaped body 32 made of a vapor deposition material can be obtained. If the molten metal receptacle is divided, the rod-shaped body 32 can be easily taken out.
- the rod-like body 32 can be put into the evaporation crucible 9 at the next and subsequent film formation using the thin film manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, and melted there for reuse. Further, taking advantage of the shape characteristics of the rod-shaped body 32, the tip of the rod-shaped body 32 is placed above the evaporation crucible 9 during film formation, and the tip is irradiated with the supply electron beam 16 to melt and drop 14 of the vapor deposition material. The rod-shaped body 32 can also be reused by dropping it into the evaporation crucible 9.
- an amorphous low-cost vapor deposition material is placed in the evaporation crucible 9 before starting the film formation, and when the vapor deposition material is replenished to the crucible after the film formation is started, it is formed with a molten metal receiver. It is preferable to recycle the rod-shaped body. Thereby, stable film formation can be performed for a long time without purchasing an expensive rod-shaped raw material.
- the rod-shaped body 32 obtained by solidifying the vapor deposition material in the molten metal receiver 2 is conveyed above the evaporation crucible 9 by the material conveyance system 10.
- the tip of the conveyed rod-shaped body is disposed above the evaporation crucible 9.
- the electron beam 16 for supply is irradiated from the electron gun, and the tip of the rod-shaped body 32 is liquefied and dropped into the evaporation crucible 9 as droplets 14.
- the power of the supply electron beam 16 is preferably about 5 to 100 kW. If it is less than 5 kW, the melting rate of the rod-shaped body may not be sufficient. If it exceeds 100 kW, the melting speed of the rod-shaped body may be too fast, and the droplet 14 from the rod-shaped body may drop before the evaporation crucible.
- the supply electron beam 16 to the rod-shaped body 32 may be emitted from a dedicated supply electron gun, or the electron gun 5 that emits the main electron beam 6 may emit the supply electron beam together. .
- the deflection of the beam trajectory is controlled by the magnetic field.
- the deflection control of the beam trajectory is performed by controlling the magnetic field generated by the electromagnetic coil built in the electron gun 5 and the deflection coil 29 placed near the evaporation crucible 9. Specifically, it is performed by controlling the intensity and time of the current flowing through the electromagnetic coil and deflection coil, which are electromagnets, and the irradiation position of the main electron beam and the supply electron beam is changed by changing the coil current stepwise. Can be separated.
- the electron beam emitted from the electron gun is deflected by a deflection magnetic field by an electromagnetic coil and a deflection coil, and most of the beam is irradiated to the molten metal in the evaporation crucible 9 as the main electron beam 6, and a part of the beam is a material transport system. 10, the tip of the rod-shaped body being conveyed is irradiated as a supply electron beam 16. As a result, both the main electron beam and the supply electron beam can be emitted from one electron gun 5, so that the equipment cost can be reduced.
- the conveying means constituting the material conveying system 10 is not particularly limited, but may be a conveying roller, for example.
- the chuck rollers 11 having convex portions are arranged above and below the rod-shaped body 32, and can be conveyed while sandwiching the rod-shaped body 32 from above and below.
- the clamping pressure varies depending on the material and shape of the rod-like body 32 and the pulling speed, but is 3 to 50 kgf, for example.
- the pinching pressure is too small, slipping may occur and smooth conveyance may not be performed. Conversely, if the pinching pressure is too large, the rod-shaped body may be deformed or broken. Since the rod-like body 32 often has an irregular side surface deviating from a geometrical shape such as a prism, pinching by the chuck roller 11 is difficult to stabilize. Therefore, it is desirable to provide a buffer mechanism 12 using a spring or the like in the clamping mechanism such as a chuck roller. Further, as a conveying means other than the chuck roller, a system that conveys the rod-shaped body by chucking the rod-shaped body by the chuck means and then sliding the chuck means can be adopted.
- the material conveyance system 10 is provided with a conveyance guide 13 as necessary, and the rod-shaped body 32 is conveyed along the conveyance guide 13.
- the conveyance guide 13 can be configured by a roller, a fixed post, a fixed guide, and the like. By using the conveyance guide 13, it is possible to prevent the rod-shaped body 32 from meandering and breakage of the rod-shaped body 32 caused by stress with the pinching mechanism as a fulcrum, and to reduce the driving load of the conveyance means.
- the conveyance guide 13 may be fixed, but may be configured to be movable by the buffer mechanism 12 or the like.
- the conveyance guide 13 By making the conveyance guide 13 movable, the followability with respect to the position fluctuation of the rod-shaped body 32 is improved, and the conveyance of the rod-shaped body can be further stabilized. For example, when there is no room to provide the transport guide 13 due to restrictions on the shape of the equipment, the transport guide 13 can be omitted.
- the rod-shaped body When the rod-shaped body is transported by the material transport system, it is preferable to heat the rod-shaped body by a heating mechanism. Thereby, moisture adsorption to the rod-shaped body can be prevented, and the evaporation rate from the evaporation crucible can be made constant and high-quality film formation can be achieved.
- a thin film can be formed on a substrate, and after the formation of the thin film is completed, substantially all of the vapor deposition material remaining in the evaporation crucible can be removed.
- the crucible can be used stably and repeatedly.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the oblique incidence film formation enables the formation of a thin film including a minute space inside the film due to the self-shading effect, which is effective for the formation of, for example, a high C / N magnetic tape or a battery negative electrode with excellent cycle characteristics. It is.
- a long battery electrode plate can be obtained by using a strip-shaped copper foil as a substrate and supplying silicon to the evaporation crucible while evaporating silicon from the evaporation crucible. Also, an electrode plate for an electrochemical capacitor can be obtained by a similar method.
- a long silicon thin film can be formed by filling a carbon crucible with 6 kg of # 441 grade metal silicon and irradiating the crucible with an electron beam of 50 kW from the electron gun 5. Above the crucible, the tip of a prismatic supply silicon rod having a cross-sectional area of 30 square centimeters is disposed, and a portion of the electron beam is irradiated onto the tip of the supply silicon rod, thereby allowing the silicon material to be melted into the crucible.
- a thin film can be stably formed over a long time while replenishing.
- Film formation is completed by shielding between the crucible and the substrate with a shutter. Thereafter, the output of the electron beam that irradiates the inside of the crucible is reduced to, for example, 25 kW, and unnecessary evaporation of the vapor deposition material is suppressed. Further, the crucible is slowly tilted while irradiating the molten metal in the crucible with an electron beam, and the molten metal in the crucible is collected in a molten metal receiver.
- a specific example of the tilting operation is that the tilting speed is 1 degree / second and the final tilting angle is 100 degrees, but this is not restrictive.
- the method for controlling both the tilting of the crucible and the electron beam irradiation to the molten metal is to fix the electron beam trajectory and control the trajectory of tilting the crucible, and to control the electron beam trajectory according to the tilt angle. Either method is applicable.
- molten metal receiver for example, water-cooled copper hearth, iron hearth, or carbon container can be used.
- Water-cooled copper hearth or iron hearth is particularly desirable because it is suitable for repeated use.
- the recovered molten metal is solidified in the shape of a rod-like body and used as a supply silicon rod, when a split hearth is used, it is easy to remove the silicon rod from the hearth.
- the opening part of the upper part of a molten metal receiver wider than the bottom part, it can prevent that a molten metal spills from a molten metal receiver at the time of collection
- a strip-shaped polyethylene terephthalate is used as a substrate, and oxygen gas is introduced into the vicinity of the film formation region while evaporating cobalt from an evaporation crucible made of magnesia, thereby obtaining a long magnetic tape. I can do it.
- the film forming material is a magnetic material
- magnetism is generated by solidifying the film forming material in the molten metal receiver after discharging the molten metal, which may affect the trajectory of the electron beam. Therefore, it is desirable to fix or control the trajectory of the electron beam in consideration of the degree of solidification of the film forming material.
- the tilting mechanism or the like is made of a magnetic material, it can affect the trajectory of the electron beam. It is desirable to control.
- a battery electrode plate or electrochemical capacitor electrode plate using silicon and a magnetic tape using cobalt have been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the present invention is applicable to the manufacture of various devices that require low-cost film formation using a crucible, such as various capacitors, various sensors, solar cells, various optical films, moisture-proof films, and conductive films.
- the vapor deposition material can be reliably taken out from the crucible in a molten state by continuously irradiating the crucible after film formation with an electron beam. It is possible to prevent cracking of the crucible due to solidification and to form a film stably at low cost.
- the carbon crucible is easily broken and the cost of the crucible is greatly affected, and the vapor deposition material made of silicon generates a large stress during solidification. Therefore, the significance of applying the present invention is particularly great when using a vapor deposition material composed of a carbon crucible and silicon.
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2 溶湯受け
3 蒸着材料
5 電子銃
6 主電子ビーム
7 シャッター
8 傾動機構
9 蒸発用坩堝
10 材料搬送系
11 チャックローラ
12 緩衝機構
13 搬送ガイド
14 液滴
15 薄板
16 供給用電子ビーム
18 防着壁
19 遮蔽板
21 基板
22 真空槽
23 巻き出しローラ
24 搬送ローラ
25 キャン
27 巻き取りローラ
29 偏向コイル
30 原料ガス導入管
31 開口部
32 棒状体
34 排気ポンプ
35 成膜幅
36 主電子ビーム走査範囲
37 供給用電子ビーム照射位置
43 リンク棒
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成膜材料を保持するため上部に開口部を備えた収容部を有する成膜源と、
前記収容部中の前記成膜材料に電子ビームを照射することで前記成膜材料を溶融し溶湯を形成させ、かつ前記成膜材料を蒸発させる電子銃と、
前記成膜源を、成膜時姿勢から、前記溶湯を前記収容部内に保持できない傾斜姿勢に至るまで傾動させることで、前記溶湯を前記収容部から排出する傾動機構と、
前記成膜源と前記傾動機構とを収容し、内部で基板上に薄膜を形成するための真空槽と、
前記真空槽内を排気する真空ポンプとを有し、
前記成膜源を、前記成膜時姿勢から前記傾斜姿勢に至るまで傾動するあいだ継続して前記収容部中の前記溶湯に前記電子ビームが照射されるよう、前記成膜源を傾動する軌跡、又は、前記電子ビームの軌道が制御される、薄膜の製造装置。
- 前記成膜源を、前記電子銃の電子ビーム射出面が位置する方向に前記溶湯を排出するように傾動させる、請求項1記載の薄膜の製造装置。
- 前記電子ビームの前記軌道を偏向させる機構をさらに有する、請求項1記載の薄膜の製造装置。
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前記成膜源を支持して前記成膜時姿勢を保持する成膜源支持機構をさらに有する、請求項1記載の薄膜の製造装置。 - 前記成膜源がカーボン坩堝である、請求項1記載の薄膜の製造装置。
- 前記成膜材料がシリコンである、請求項1記載の薄膜の製造装置。
- 前記成膜源の傾動により前記収容部から排出された前記溶湯を受けるために、上面に凹部を備えた溶湯受けをさらに有する、請求項1記載の薄膜の製造装置。
- 前記溶湯受けの前記凹部が、横倒しにされた棒状の凹部であり、
前記凹部内で前記溶湯が固化することで前記成膜材料からなる棒状体が形成され、
前記薄膜の製造装置が、前記棒状体を前記成膜源の上方に搬送する材料搬送系をさらに有し、
前記材料搬送系で搬送された前記棒状体の先端に前記電子ビームが照射される、請求項7記載の薄膜の製造装置。 - 成膜時姿勢に保持されている成膜源の収容部中の成膜材料に電子ビームを照射することで、前記成膜材料を溶融し溶湯を形成させ、かつ前記成膜材料を蒸発させて、真空中で基板上に薄膜を形成する薄膜形成工程と、
前記薄膜形成工程後に、前記収容部中の前記溶湯に前記電子ビームを継続して照射することで、前記収容部中の前記溶湯の状態を維持しつつ、前記成膜源を、前記成膜時姿勢から、前記溶湯を前記収容部に保持できない傾斜姿勢に至るまで傾動させることで、前記溶湯を前記収容部から排出する溶湯排出工程と、を含む、薄膜の製造方法。 - 前記溶湯排出工程において、前記成膜源を、前記電子銃の電子ビーム射出面が位置する方向に前記溶湯を排出するように傾動させる、請求項9記載の薄膜の製造方法。
- 前記電子ビームが、偏向した軌道を有する、請求項9記載の薄膜の製造方法。
- 前記成膜源がカーボン坩堝である、請求項9記載の薄膜の製造方法。
- 前記成膜材料がシリコンである、請求項9記載の薄膜の製造方法。
- 前記溶湯排出工程において、排出された前記溶湯を、横倒しにされた棒状の凹部を上面に備えた溶湯受けで受けることで、前記成膜材料を棒状体として回収する、請求項9記載の薄膜の製造方法。
- 前記溶湯排出工程の後、前記成膜源を前記成膜時姿勢に復元するとともに、前記成膜源の前記収容部に成膜材料を補充し、前記棒状体を材料搬送系に設置する第二次成膜準備工程と、
第二次成膜準備工程の後、前記成膜時姿勢に保持されている前記成膜源の収容部中の前記成膜材料に電子ビームを照射することで、前記成膜材料を溶融し、かつ前記成膜材料を蒸発させて、再び、真空中で基板上に薄膜を形成する第二次薄膜形成工程と、
第二次薄膜形成工程中、前記棒状体の先端を前記材料搬送系で前記成膜源の上方に移動させつつ、前記電子ビームを前記先端に照射することで前記先端を溶融し、得られた溶融物を前記成膜源に供給する材料供給工程と、をさらに含む、請求項14記載の薄膜の製造方法。 - 坩堝の凹部中の成膜材料たるシリコンに電子ビームを照射することで、前記シリコンを溶融し溶湯を形成させ、かつ前記成膜材料を蒸発させて、真空中で基板上に、シリコンを含む薄膜を形成する薄膜形成工程と、
前記薄膜形成工程後に、前記凹部中の前記溶湯に対して加熱を継続することで、前記凹部中の前記溶湯の状態を維持しつつ、前記坩堝を傾動させることで、前記溶湯を前記凹部から排出する溶湯排出工程と、を含む、シリコンを含む薄膜の製造方法。
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