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Wiley, Plasma Processes and Polymers, S1(6), p. S784-S788, 2009

DOI: 10.1002/ppap.200931904

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Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collisions model for the reactive sputter deposition of nitride layers

Journal article published in 2009 by Evi Bultinck, Stijn Mahieu, Diederik Depla, Annemie Bogaerts ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

A 2d3v Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collisions (PIC/MCC) model was constructed for an Ar/N(2) reactive gas mixture in a magnetron discharge. A titanium target was used, in order to study the sputter deposition of a TiN(x) thin film. Cathode currents and voltages were calculated self-consistently and compared with experiments. Also, ion fluxes to the cathode were calculated, which cause sputtering of the target. The sputtered atom fluxes from the target, and to the substrate were calculated, in order to visualize the deposition of the TiN(x) film.