METHOD OF PREVENTING ABNORMAL LARGE GRAINS FROM BEING INCLUDED INTO THIN NANO-CRYSTALLINE DIAMOND FILM

• Main Authors: BAIK YOUNG JOON, LEE WOOK SEONG, PARK JONG-KEUK, LI HEQING
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.03.2009
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION

The present invention relates to a method of preventing abnormal large grains from being included in a NCD thin film during a hot filament CVD process by appropriately controlling the deposition condition regarding a temperature-measuring means, a deposition pressure, an electrical potential and/or the composition of a raw material gas flow.