Nickel-oxide film as an AR coating of Si window for IR sensor packaging

Hyunbin Shim; Dongsoo Kim; Ingu Kang; Jinkwan Kim; Hee Chul Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2013929

18 June 2013 Nickel-oxide film as an AR coating of Si window for IR sensor packaging

Hyunbin Shim, Dongsoo Kim, Ingu Kang, Jinkwan Kim, Hee Chul Lee

Proceedings Volume 8704, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIX; 870420 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2013929
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

An infrared (IR) transparent window is necessary for the IR sensor package. The most commonly used materials for IR transparent window are germanium (Ge) and silicon (Si). Ge has excellent optical properties but also the disadvantage of expensive price. Si has merits such as inexpensive cost and CMOS process compatibility but it has lower transmittance in the range of LWIR region than Ge. Therefore, an alternative anti-reflection (AR) coating is necessary to increase the transmittance of Si as an IR transparent window in the LWIR region. A simple single layer antireflection coating was newly designed on the silicon window for the infrared sensor package. Among the various materials, nickel oxide (NiO) was selected as an AR coating material due to its suitable optical properties and simple process. NiO film was deposited onto the double sided polished Si wafer by reactive rf sputtering with Ni target in an environment of Ar and O₂ mixed gas. The thickness of the NiO film was determined by Essential Macleod simulation. FT-IR was used to measure the transmittance of the samples in the LWIR region. After the nickel oxide film was sputtered onto the double sides of the silicon wafer, the measured transmittance of the Si wafer was increased over 20% in the LWIR region compared with that of uncoated Si wafer. Additionally, annealing effect on the transmittance of NiO coated Si wafer was studied. By increasing the annealing temperature from 300° to 700°, an additional increase of transmittance was achieved.

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Hyunbin Shim, Dongsoo Kim, Ingu Kang, Jinkwan Kim, and Hee Chul Lee "Nickel-oxide film as an AR coating of Si window for IR sensor packaging", Proc. SPIE 8704, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIX, 870420 (18 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2013929

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