Plasma immersion ion implantation of the interior surface of a large cylindrical bore using an auxiliary electrode
- Department of Physics and Materials Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon (Hong Kong)
A model utilizing cold, unmagnetized, and collisionless fluid ions as well as Boltzmann electrons is used to comprehensively investigate the sheath expansion into a translationally invariant large bore in the presence of an auxiliary electrode during plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) of a cylindrical bore sample. The governing equation of ion continuity, ion motion, and Poisson{close_quote}s equation are solved by using a numerical finite difference method for different cylindrical bore radii, auxiliary electrode radii, and voltage rise times. The ion density and ion impact energy at the cylindrical inner surface, as well as the ion energy distribution, maximum ion impact energy, and average ion impact energy for the various cases are obtained. Our results show a dramatic improvement in the impact energy when an auxiliary electrode is used and the recommended normalized auxiliary electrode radius is in the range of 0.1{endash}0.3. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 565600
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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