[labnetwork] Sputtering Problems
Daniel Christensen
dan at engr.wisc.edu
Fri Apr 25 09:28:21 EDT 2008
Neil,
A couple of thoughts:
- when you rebuilt the cathode did you change the magnets? we have
found in some cathodes, the magnets are exposed to the cooling water
and degrade over time, changing them can help. Also check that the
polarity of the magnets is correct.
- Have you tried to strike the plasma by increasing the pressure for
a short period of time to get a plasma and then dropping it to the
normal pressure.
- have you put an ohmmeter from the input cathode wire to the face of
the cathode... with bad DC and more reflected on RF maybe its a bad
connection interior to the cathode, etc.
Good luck.
At 11:04 AM 4/24/2008, Neil Peters wrote:
>Hi
>
>We are having trouble with our Denton Sputter System. In the past,
>we were able to use it to sputter metals, Silicon, SiO2, Cu, Nickel
>and Chromium. Currently, we are unable to sputter anything using
>our DC power supply. The voltage sits around 500V, but no current,
>and it does not create a plasma, using an Aluminum target. In
>addition, we have melted the insulator rings, had them rebuilt and
>then melted them a second time once they were returned. We are
>beating our heads against the wall with this problem. Since the
>guns have been rebuilt, we have noticed a higher reflected power for
>RF (~10-12% for copper targets) and the deposition rate for Silicon
>has gone way down.
>
>Any advice would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Neil
>
>
>
>Neil Peters
>Process Lab Engineer
>Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
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>San Jose State University voice: (408) 924-3967
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>E-mail: npeters at email.sjsu.edu
>
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