JP2009168937A - Copper thin film with superior adhesiveness, and wiring and electrode for liquid crystal display comprising the copper thin film - Google Patents
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この発明は、ガラス基板表面に対する密着性に優れた銅薄膜に関するものであり、この銅薄膜は液晶表示装置の配線および電極など使用されるものである。 The present invention relates to a copper thin film having excellent adhesion to the surface of a glass substrate, and this copper thin film is used for wiring and electrodes of a liquid crystal display device.
一般に、フラットパネルディスプレイなどの液晶表示装置にはガラス基板表面に格子状に純銅薄膜からなる配線が密着して形成されており、この純銅薄膜からなる格子状配線の交差点にTFTトランジスターが設けられており、このTFTトランジスターのゲート電極にも純銅薄膜が使用されている。これらガラス基板表面に形成された純銅薄膜からなる配線およびTFTトランジスターのゲート電極はガラス基板表面に対する密着性が低いために比較的軽微な振動を受けても剥離し、そのために故障の原因となっていた。これを改善するために、酸素を含有させた銅薄膜が提案されており(特許文献1、2、3参照)、この酸素を含有した銅薄膜はガラス基板表面に対する密着性が高くなることが知られている。
近年、液晶表示装置は益々大型化しており、50インチ以上の大型液晶パネルが量産されるようになって来た。そのためにガラス基板表面に形成されている配線が長くなり、さらに液晶表示装置は益々高精細化しているためにガラス基板表面に形成される配線を益々細くすることが求められている。しかし、配線は細くなるほど振動などに対して剥離しやすくなり、そのために配線の比抵抗を低く維持するとともに配線が剥離することのないようにガラス基板表面に対する密着性に一層優れた銅薄膜が求められている。 In recent years, liquid crystal display devices are becoming larger and larger liquid crystal panels with a size of 50 inches or more have been mass-produced. For this reason, the wiring formed on the surface of the glass substrate becomes longer, and the liquid crystal display device is becoming higher in definition, so that the wiring formed on the surface of the glass substrate is required to be thinner. However, the thinner the wiring, the easier it is to peel off against vibrations, etc. Therefore, there is a need for a copper thin film that maintains a low specific resistance of the wiring and that has better adhesion to the glass substrate surface so that the wiring does not peel off. It has been.
そこで、本発明者等は、比抵抗が低く、しかもガラス基板表面に対する密着性に優れた銅薄膜を開発し、これを液晶表示装置における配線および電極に適用すべく研究を行った。
その結果、純銅(特に純度:99.99%以上の無酸素銅)にフッ素:0.01〜5原子%を含有させた銅薄膜は、従来の純銅薄膜とほぼ同等の比抵抗を有し、さらにガラス基板表面に対する密着性に一層優れていることから、かかる成分組成を有する銅薄膜を液晶表示装置の配線および電極として使用した場合に優れた効果を奏する、という研究結果が得られたのである。
Accordingly, the present inventors have developed a copper thin film having a low specific resistance and excellent adhesion to the glass substrate surface, and have studied to apply this to a wiring and an electrode in a liquid crystal display device.
As a result, the copper thin film containing fluorine: 0.01 to 5 atomic% in pure copper (especially purity: 99.99% or more oxygen-free copper) has a resistivity substantially equal to that of the conventional pure copper thin film, Furthermore, since the adhesion to the surface of the glass substrate is further excellent, a research result has been obtained that a copper thin film having such a component composition has an excellent effect when used as a wiring and an electrode of a liquid crystal display device. .
この発明は、上記の研究結果に基づいてなされたものであって、
(1)フッ素:0.01〜5原子%を含有し、残部がCuおよび不可避不純物からなる成分組成を有する密着性に優れた銅薄膜、
(2)前記(1)記載の成分組成を有する銅薄膜からなる密着性に優れた液晶表示装置用配線、
(3)前記(1)記載の成分組成を有する銅薄膜からなる密着性に優れた液晶表示装置用電極、に特徴を有するものである。
This invention was made based on the above research results,
(1) Fluorine: a copper thin film having excellent adhesion with a component composition containing 0.01 to 5 atomic%, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities,
(2) Wiring for a liquid crystal display device having excellent adhesion comprising a copper thin film having the component composition described in (1),
(3) It has the characteristics in the electrode for liquid crystal display devices excellent in the adhesiveness which consists of a copper thin film which has the component composition of said (1) description.
この発明の銅薄膜並びにこの銅薄膜からなる液晶表示装置の配線および電極は、純銅製ターゲットを用い、フッ素を含む不活性ガス中でスパッタリングすることにより成膜することができるが、F:0.01〜5原子%、残部がCuおよび不可避不純物からなる組成を有するターゲットを作製し、このターゲットを用い、不活性ガス雰囲気中でスパッタリングすることにより形成することができる。そして、このターゲットは、まず純度:99.99%以上の無酸素銅粉末に銅のフッ化物(例えば、CuF2、Cu(OH)Fなど)からなる粉末を混合し、得られた混合粉末を加圧成型して加圧成型体を作製し、この加圧成型体を不活性ガス雰囲気中、温度:700〜950℃で焼結し、得られた焼結体を所定の寸法に切削することにより得られる。したがって、この発明は、
(4)フッ素:0.01〜5原子%を含有し、残部がCuおよび不可避不純物からなる成分組成を有するスパッタリングターゲット、に特徴を有するものである。
The copper thin film of the present invention and the wiring and electrodes of the liquid crystal display device comprising the copper thin film can be formed by sputtering in an inert gas containing fluorine using a pure copper target. A target having a composition of 01 to 5 atomic%, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, is prepared, and this target is used to perform sputtering in an inert gas atmosphere. In this target, first, a powder made of copper fluoride (for example, CuF 2 , Cu (OH) F, etc.) is mixed with oxygen-free copper powder having a purity of 99.99% or more, and the obtained mixed powder is used. A pressure-molded body is produced by pressure molding, the pressure-molded body is sintered in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 700 to 950 ° C., and the obtained sintered body is cut to a predetermined size. Is obtained. Therefore, the present invention
(4) Fluorine: A sputtering target having a component composition containing 0.01 to 5 atom%, with the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities.
次に、この発明の銅薄膜並びにこの銅薄膜からなる液晶表示装置における配線および電極の成分組成の範囲を前述のごとく限定した理由を説明する。この発明の配線および電極を構成する銅薄膜に含まれるフッ素はガラス基板表面に対する密着性を一層向上させ、さらに下地のガラス基板に含まれるSiの銅薄膜への拡散を防止する作用を有するので添加するが、フッ素を0.01原子%未満添加しても所望の効果が得られず、一方、5原子%を越えて添加すると、配線および電極を構成する銅薄膜の比抵抗が上昇するので好ましくない。したがって、配線および電極を構成する銅薄膜に含まれるフッ素:0.01〜5原子%に定めた。 Next, the reason why the range of the component composition of the wiring and the electrode in the copper thin film of the present invention and the liquid crystal display device comprising the copper thin film is limited as described above will be described. Fluorine contained in the copper thin film constituting the wiring and electrode of the present invention is added because it further improves the adhesion to the glass substrate surface and further prevents the diffusion of Si contained in the underlying glass substrate into the copper thin film. However, the addition of less than 0.01 atomic% of fluorine does not provide the desired effect. On the other hand, the addition of more than 5 atomic% is preferable because the specific resistance of the copper thin film constituting the wiring and electrode is increased. Absent. Therefore, fluorine contained in the copper thin film constituting the wiring and the electrode was set to 0.01 to 5 atomic%.
この発明の液晶表示装置における配線および電極は、ガラス基板表面に対する密着性に優れ、比抵抗が低いことから高精細化し大型化した液晶表示装置の配線および電極に使用しても消費電力を少なくすることができるなど優れた効果を奏するものである。 The wiring and electrodes in the liquid crystal display device of the present invention have excellent adhesion to the glass substrate surface and low specific resistance, so that even when used for the wiring and electrodes of liquid crystal display devices with high definition and large size, power consumption is reduced. It has excellent effects such as being able to
実施例1
純度:99.99質量%以上の純銅粉末を用意し、さらにCuF2粉末を用意し、この純銅粉末にCuF2粉末を表1に示される割合で配合し混合して混合粉末を作製し、得られた混合粉末を金型に充填して成型し、得られた成型体をArガス雰囲気中、温度:900℃で焼成し、得られた焼成体の表面を旋盤加工して外径:200mm×厚さ:5mmの寸法を有し、表1に示される成分組成を有する本発明ターゲット1〜10および比較ターゲット1〜2を作製した。
Example 1
Purity: A pure copper powder of 99.99% by mass or more is prepared, and further a CuF 2 powder is prepared. The pure copper powder is mixed and mixed with the CuF 2 powder shown in Table 1 to obtain a mixed powder. The obtained mixed powder is filled into a mold and molded. The obtained molded body is fired in an Ar gas atmosphere at a temperature of 900 ° C., and the surface of the obtained fired body is turned to have an outer diameter of 200 mm × Thickness: Inventive targets 1 to 10 and comparative targets 1 to 2 having the component composition shown in Table 1 having a dimension of 5 mm were prepared.
これらバッキングプレート付きターゲットを、ターゲットとガラス基板(縦:50mm、横:50mm、厚さ:0.7mmの寸法を有するコーニング社製1737)との距離:70mmとなるようにセットし、
電源:直流方式、
スパッタパワー:500W、
到達真空度:4×10−5Pa、
雰囲気ガス組成:Arガス、
Arガス圧:0.67Pa、
ガラス基板加熱温度:150℃、
の条件でスパッタリングすることによりガラス基板の表面に厚さ:300nmを有し、表2に示される成分組成を有する本発明銅薄膜1〜10および比較銅薄膜1〜2を形成した。
These backing plate-equipped targets were set so that the distance between the target and the glass substrate (vertical: 50 mm, horizontal: 50 mm, thickness: 1737 made by Corning Inc. having dimensions of 0.7 mm) was 70 mm,
Power supply: DC method,
Sputter power: 500W
Ultimate vacuum: 4 × 10 −5 Pa,
Atmospheric gas composition: Ar gas,
Ar gas pressure: 0.67 Pa,
Glass substrate heating temperature: 150 ° C.
The present invention copper thin films 1 to 10 and comparative copper thin films 1 to 2 having a thickness of 300 nm on the surface of the glass substrate and having the composition shown in Table 2 were formed by sputtering under the conditions described above.
得られた本発明銅薄膜1〜10および比較銅薄膜1〜2の5点の比抵抗を四探針法により測定し、その平均値を求め、それらの結果を表2に示した。 The five specific resistances of the obtained inventive copper thin films 1 to 10 and comparative copper thin films 1 and 2 were measured by a four-probe method, and the average value was determined. The results are shown in Table 2.
さらに、得られた本発明銅薄膜1〜10および比較銅薄膜1〜2に、JIS-K5400に準じ、1mm間隔で碁盤目状に切れ目を入れた後、3M社製スコッチテープで引き剥がす碁盤目付着試験を実施し、ガラス基板中央部の10mm角内でガラス基板に付着していた100個の碁盤目の内で密着している碁盤目の数を測定し、その結果を(密着数/100)として表2に示し、ガラス基板に対する密着性を評価した。
従来例1
溶解鋳造して得られた純銅ターゲットを用意し、この純銅ターゲットをターゲットとガラス基板(縦:50mm、横:50mm、厚さ:0.7mmの寸法を有するコーニング社製1737)との距離:70mmとなるようにセットし、
電源:直流方式、
スパッタパワー:500W、
到達真空度:4×10−5Pa、
雰囲気ガス組成:Arガス、
Arガス圧:0.67Pa、
ガラス基板加熱温度:150℃、
の条件でスパッタリングすることによりガラス基板の表面に厚さ:300nmを有し、表2に示される純銅からなる薄膜(以下、従来薄膜1という)を形成した。
さらに、先に用意した純銅ターゲットを用い、雰囲気ガス組成を酸素:2容量%含むArガスとする以外は同じ条件でスパッタリングすることにより表2に示される酸素含有銅からなる薄膜(以下、従来薄膜2という)を形成した。
このようにして得られた従来薄膜1〜2について、実施例1と同様にして比抵抗を測定し、さらにガラス基板に対する密着性を評価し、その結果を表2に示した。
Further, the obtained copper thin films 1 to 10 and the comparative copper thin films 1 to 2 are cut into a grid pattern at intervals of 1 mm according to JIS-K5400, and then peeled off with a 3M Scotch tape. An adhesion test was conducted, and the number of grids in close contact with each other among the 100 grids adhered to the glass substrate within a 10 mm square in the center of the glass substrate was measured. ) As shown in Table 2, and the adhesion to the glass substrate was evaluated.
Conventional example 1
A pure copper target obtained by melting and casting was prepared, and the distance between the pure copper target and the glass substrate (vertical: 50 mm, horizontal: 50 mm, thickness: 1737 made by Corning Inc. having dimensions of 0.7 mm): 70 mm Set to be
Power supply: DC method,
Sputter power: 500W
Ultimate vacuum: 4 × 10 −5 Pa,
Atmospheric gas composition: Ar gas,
Ar gas pressure: 0.67 Pa,
Glass substrate heating temperature: 150 ° C.
By sputtering under the above conditions, a thin film (hereinafter referred to as the conventional thin film 1) having a thickness of 300 nm and made of pure copper shown in Table 2 was formed on the surface of the glass substrate.
Further, a thin film made of oxygen-containing copper shown in Table 2 (hereinafter referred to as a conventional thin film) is formed by sputtering under the same conditions except that the pure copper target prepared earlier is used and the atmospheric gas composition is Ar gas containing 2% by volume of oxygen. 2).
For the conventional thin films 1 and 2 thus obtained, the specific resistance was measured in the same manner as in Example 1, and the adhesion to the glass substrate was evaluated. The results are shown in Table 2.
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