Measurements of Deposition Rate and Substrate Heating in a HiPIMS Discharge

作者:West Glen*; Kelly Peter; Barker Paul; Mishra Anurag; Bradley James
来源:Plasma Processes and Polymers, 2009, 6(S1): S543-S547.
DOI:10.1002/ppap.200931202

摘要

The thermal energy flux delivered to the substrate position was measured for continuous-dc, pulsed dc- and high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) magnetron discharges at the same time-averaged discharge powers. These values were subsequently normalised for measured deposition rates. Titanium coatings were grown under the same process conditions and analysed for alterations in crystal structure via X-ray diffraction. The HiPIMS discharges were found to deliver a significantly lower normalised thermal energy flux to the substrate than both continuous-dc and pulsed-dc sputtering, which is of potential benefit in coating temperature-sensitive substrates; whilst also enabling frequency-dependent modification of film properties resulting from the ionised deposition flux inherent in this process.

  • 出版日期2009