WO2017170138A1 - 強磁性材スパッタリングターゲット - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a magnetic material sputtering target used for film formation of a magnetic thin film used for a recording layer of a magnetic recording medium, in particular, a granular film of a magnetic recording medium of a hard disk adopting a perpendicular magnetic recording method.
- the present invention relates to a sintered sputtering target composed of a non-magnetic material particle-dispersed magnetic material with improved oxide dispersion characteristics in the target so that abnormal discharge can be suppressed and particle generation can be prevented, and a method for manufacturing the same. is there.
- a thin film made of a magnetic material on a substrate such as glass is used as a magnetic recording layer.
- the formation of the magnetic recording layer is highly productive.
- a magnetron sputtering method using a direct current (DC) power source is widely adopted.
- magnetron sputtering a magnet is placed on the back of the target, and magnetic flux is leaked to the target surface, so that charged particles in the discharge plasma are constrained to the magnetic flux by Lorentz force, and high-density plasma is concentrated near the target surface. Therefore, the film forming speed can be increased.
- a material based on Co, Fe, or Ni which is a ferromagnetic metal, is used as a material for a magnetic thin film serving as a magnetic recording layer for recording.
- a recording layer of a hard disk that employs an in-plane magnetic recording method in which the magnetization direction of the magnetic material is parallel to the recording surface is used for a Co—Cr-based or Co—Cr—Pt-based strong material mainly containing Co.
- Magnetic alloys are conventionally used.
- a perpendicular magnetic recording method in which the magnetic recording amount per recording area is increased by making the magnetization direction of the magnetic body perpendicular to the recording surface has been put into practical use, and in recent years this has become the mainstream.
- a composite material composed of a Co—Cr—Pt-based ferromagnetic alloy containing Co as a main component and a nonmagnetic inorganic material is often used.
- the magnetic thin film of magnetic recording media, such as a hard disk is often produced by sputtering the magnetic material sputtering target which uses said material as a component from the height of productivity.
- a melting method or a powder metallurgy method can be considered as a method for producing such a magnetic material sputtering target.
- Which method is used to fabricate the sputtering target depends on the required sputtering characteristics and thin film performance, and cannot be determined in general.
- the sputtering target used for producing the recording layer of the above-mentioned perpendicular magnetic recording type hard disk, which has become the mainstream in recent years is generally produced by a powder metallurgy method. The reason is that the sputtering target for forming the recording layer of the perpendicular magnetic recording system needs to disperse the inorganic particles uniformly in the alloy substrate, and it is difficult to realize such a structure by a melting method. .
- Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose a sintered sputtering target in which oxide particles are dispersed in an alloy base by powder metallurgy, and an alloy having a specific element composition is coarsened in the alloy base.
- the magnetic permeability of the target as a whole can be reduced, and the magnetic flux passing through the sputtering surface of the magnetic target (Path Through Flux; PTF) can be increased, and the plasma density in the vicinity of the sputtering surface can be increased. It is described that the film forming speed can be improved by increasing the film forming speed.
- Patent Documents 3 and 4 disclose a sintered sputtering target in which oxide particles are dispersed and sintered in an alloy base by a powder metallurgy method.
- a technique for making a fine and uniform structure by controlling the shape and dispersion form of oxides dispersed in a target is disclosed.
- the oxide as a dispersion is an insulator, it may cause abnormal discharge depending on the shape and form of dispersion. The generation of particles inside became a problem.
- These prior arts can be said to focus on preventing the generation of particles by suppressing the abnormal discharge during sputtering by making the structure of the sputtering target fine and uniform.
- Patent Document 3 discloses a specific example in which one type of oxide is dispersed in a target alloy substrate
- Patent Document 4 discloses a plurality of types of oxides in a predetermined form in an alloy substrate. Dispersed sintered sputtering targets are disclosed. However, even in these prior arts, there is room for further improvement in the presence form and dispersion form of the oxide in the target, and a sputtering target that can suppress abnormal discharge more effectively and prevent generation of particles is desired. It was.
- the flying height of the magnetic head in a magnetic recording apparatus such as a hard disk drive has been decreasing year by year as the recording density has been improved. Therefore, the allowable particle size on the magnetic recording medium The demand for the number and quantity has become increasingly severe. It is known that many of the particles generated during the formation of the granular film are oxides originating from the target. Therefore, as one method for suppressing the generation of such particles, the oxide in the target is made finer in the alloy substrate. It is considered that it is very effective to disperse uniformly.
- the present invention provides a non-magnetic material particle-dispersed magnetic material sintered sputtering target capable of effectively reducing abnormal discharge and particle generation caused by oxides in the sputtering target and production thereof. It is an object to provide a method.
- the present inventor has conducted extensive research, and as a result, adjusted the target structure, particularly the dispersion form of the oxide particles, to control the specific structure as described in detail below.
- the target structure particularly the dispersion form of the oxide particles
- the present invention provides the following inventions. 1) Sintered body sputtering target containing 0 to 45 mol% of Pt as metal or alloy, 55 to 95 mol% of Co, 0 to 40 mol% of Cr, and further containing at least two kinds of oxides A sintered sputtering target, wherein the oxide is present in the metal or alloy, and the standard deviation of the number density of the oxide is 2.5 or less, 2) The oxide is an oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of Cr, Ta, Ti, Si, Zr, Al, Nb, B, and Co, and the total volume ratio of the oxide to the entire target.
- One or more selected from the group consisting of B, N, Ti, V, Mn, Zr, Nb, Ru, Mo, Ta, W, Si, and Al as the additive element component is more than 0 mol% and less than 10 mol%
- a method for producing a sintered sputtering target 6) The method for producing a sintered sputtering target according to 5) above, wherein the heat treatment is performed in air at a temperature of 700 ° C. or higher and 1900 ° C. or lower.
- the non-magnetic material particle-dispersed magnetic material sintered sputtering target of the present invention has significantly improved characteristics over conventional methods in terms of suppressing abnormal discharge caused by oxides during sputtering and reducing the generation of particles. Can do. As a result, an excellent effect is obtained that a cost improvement effect can be obtained by further improving the yield.
- Example of tissue observation image by laser microscope of Example 1 of the present invention Example of tissue observation image by laser microscope of Example 2 of the present invention
- Example of tissue observation image by laser microscope of Comparative Example 1 of the present invention Definition of major axis and minor axis of oxide particles in the present invention Observation position of the target tissue in the present invention
- the sintered body sputtering target of the present invention contains at least Co in the range of 55 mol% or more and 95 mol% or less as an essential metal component constituting the target substrate (matrix) portion, and optionally contains Pt as an optional component. , Cr, or a combination of both.
- the composition is mainly determined by the magnetic performance required for the magnetic recording layer, but the lower limit of Co is 55 mol%, preferably 60 mol% or more.
- the upper limit of Co is 95 mol%, preferably 85 mol% or less, more preferably 75 mol% or less. If these upper and lower limits are deviated, magnetization characteristics generally required for a perpendicular magnetic recording magnetic recording layer cannot be obtained.
- the lower limit of the preferable composition of Pt is 1 mol%, more preferably 5 mol% or more.
- the upper limit of Pt is 45 mol%, more preferably 25 mol% or less.
- Cr can be contained in a range of 40 mol% or less depending on the magnetic performance of the magnetic recording layer.
- the desirable range of the Cr composition is 20 mol% or less, and more desirably 10 mol% or less.
- the sputtering target of the present invention is one in which two or more kinds of oxides are finely dispersed in a matrix mainly composed of the above metal components.
- the oxide here includes both single-element oxides and complex oxides.
- the oxide includes at least two kinds of oxides. This is because, when two or more kinds of oxide powders that are the raw materials of the sintered body are heat-treated in advance, grain growth occurs, thereby reducing the surface energy of the raw material oxide powder, resulting in excessive grains during sintering. This is because growth is suppressed, and as a result, the effect of reducing the degree of aggregation and uneven distribution of oxides in the sintered body is exhibited.
- the oxide is finely dispersed in a matrix containing a metal component as a main component, but the structure in the target is deep in abnormal discharge and generation of particles during sputtering.
- Sputtering is a phenomenon that occurs as a result of the interaction between charged particles (ions) incident on the target surface at the atomic / molecular level and the solid atoms that make up the target surface, so the solid atoms that make up the target surface.
- the behavior of glow discharge that causes sputtering differs depending on the difference in the arrangement of atomic species and atomic groups.
- the dispersion form of the insulating oxide component dispersed in the matrix mainly composed of conductive metal component is appropriately evaluated. It is technically important to control it within an appropriate range.
- the number of oxide particles per unit area excluding oxide particles having a major axis of 1 ⁇ m or less in a 10-point laser microscope observation tissue image extracted on the surface The average number of oxides (referred to as the number density of oxides) is assumed to be 100, and the number density of oxides at each observation point is normalized so that the standard deviation of the normalized number density of oxides is in a range of 2.5 or less. If the control is performed by adjusting the dispersion form of the oxide, new technical knowledge has been obtained that the generation of particles due to abnormal discharge can be effectively reduced.
- the evaluation of the structure of the target surface here can be performed using an enlarged image by a laser microscope.
- 1 to 3 are examples of images observed with a laser microscope of the structure of the target surface in Examples and Comparative Examples described later.
- the boundary between the two can be clearly identified by the contrast difference between the matrix portion and the oxide portion.
- the distance connecting the two most distant points of the boundary contour line is defined as the major axis 402 of the oxide particle.
- the diameter of the maximum circle that falls inside the contour line that is the boundary is defined as the minor axis 401.
- the structure observation position by a laser microscope is shown in FIG.
- the radius of the target is r
- the center of the target is a measurement point that represents the entire target
- the r / 2 position is the position where plasma is trapped and concentrated in the discharge of a general magnetron sputtering apparatus, and this position on the target contributes most to sputtering. Since there are many cases, evaluation is performed at these positions.
- the visual field range is not limited.
- the extracted 10-sample tissue images are converted into binarized images.
- the threshold value for binarization is set between the difference in color tone at the boundary between the matrix and the oxide particles.
- the color difference between the two is usually clear.
- separation of the structures of the two using a method such as discriminant analysis or differential histogram The accuracy may be increased.
- the number of oxide particles per visual field in the binarized image is counted after excluding oxide particles having a major axis of 1 ⁇ m or less, and the number of oxide particles per unit area, that is, the number density of oxides is calculated.
- the average number density of oxides in the ten structure images is set to 100, and the number density of oxides in each field of view is normalized, and the standard deviation is obtained using the normalized number density of oxides as a sample.
- the value of this standard deviation is 2.5 or less.
- the above standard deviation needs to be 2.5 or less from the viewpoint of preventing abnormal discharge and generation of particles.
- the standard deviation is preferably 2.4 or less, and more preferably 2.0 or less.
- the oxide component dispersed in the sputtering target is a group consisting of Cr, Ta, Si, Zr, Al, Nb, B, and Co as used in the magnetic performance of the magnetic film, particularly in the recording layer of the perpendicular recording system.
- One or more selected oxides are preferable.
- the total volume ratio of the oxide with respect to the whole target is 5 vol% or more and 50 vol% or less.
- the total volume ratio of the oxide to the entire target is less than 5 vol%, it is difficult to form a magnetic film that can exhibit desirable magnetic properties in a Co—Pt or Co—Cr—Pt ferromagnetic material, while the volume ratio is When it exceeds 50 vol%, the tendency of oxides to form aggregates in the target becomes high, and it becomes difficult to disperse uniform and fine oxides.
- the total volume ratio of the oxide with respect to the entire target is preferably 5 vol% or more, and more preferably 20 vol% or more. In order to exhibit the above-described effect of preventing the aggregation of the oxide, the volume ratio of the oxide to the entire target is preferably 40 vol% or less, and more preferably 30 vol% or less.
- the volume ratio of the oxide with respect to the entire target of the present invention is evaluated as a value corresponding to the area ratio of the oxide portion in the entire observation field in the observation image by the laser microscope described above.
- the evaluation of the area ratio can be performed by calculating the ratio between the oxide portion and the matrix portion using data based on the number of pixels of each corresponding portion in the above-described binarized image.
- the area ratio of the oxide portion in the entire observation field is actually the ratio of the area occupied by the oxide particles in the two-dimensional plane, not the volume ratio in the three-dimensional space.
- the area ratio in the two-dimensional plane can be regarded as the volume ratio in the three-dimensional space.
- the area ratio of the oxide portion evaluated from the observation image is the volume ratio of the oxide to the total raw material evaluated from the weight and density of the raw material at the time of the raw material. It is confirmed that there is no significant difference.
- a laser microscope is used, but an electron microscope or the like having a similar function can also be used.
- Oxide component which is dispersed in the sputtering target from the viewpoint of practical use, TiO 2, SiO 2, CoO 3 kinds of, or is preferably TiO 2, SiO 2 of the two.
- the sputtering target of the present invention has 10 mol% or less of at least one selected from the group consisting of B, Ti, V, Mn, Zr, Nb, Ru, Mo, Ta, W, Si, and Al as additive element components. Can be included in amounts. These elements are elements added as necessary to improve the magnetic properties of the magnetic film as the recording layer of the magnetic recording medium, and the addition amount is an effective amount for exerting the effect of addition, The amount is within a range that does not adversely affect the magnetic properties of the magnetic film.
- the sputtering target of the present invention described so far has the above-mentioned characteristics regardless of its manufacturing method and manufacturing conditions, it contributes to the solution of the technical problem of suppressing abnormal discharge and preventing the generation of particles during sputtering. It is.
- the present invention also provides the following sputtering target manufacturing method.
- the sputtering target of the present invention can be produced using a sintered body obtained by powder metallurgy.
- the sintered body is prepared by first preparing powders as raw materials for the metal component and the oxide component.
- the composition of the entire sintered body is such that Pt is 0 mol% or more and 45 mol% or less, and Co is 55 mol%.
- the total raw material powder is weighed so that it is 95 mol% or less and Cr is 0 mol% or more and 40 mol% or less.
- an alloy powder satisfying the above composition range may be used as a raw material powder instead of a raw material powder made of a single element metal.
- the oxide raw material powder may be a single element oxide powder or a composite oxide powder, but it is necessary to use two or more different types of oxides. Further, when an additional element is added, the necessary amount of the raw material powder is similarly weighed.
- These raw material powders desirably have a maximum particle size of 20 ⁇ m or less. Further, in order to obtain a uniform and fine structure of the sintered body, it is more preferable to use one having a maximum particle size of 10 ⁇ m or less. On the other hand, when the raw material particle size is excessively small, the oxidation of the metal powder is accelerated and the component composition may deviate from the design composition of the sintered body, and the oxide powder aggregates in the mixing process. Since problems arise, it is desirable that the raw material particle size be 0.1 ⁇ m or more.
- pre-heat treatment is performed only on the oxide raw material powder among the raw material powders.
- the preliminary heat treatment applied to the oxide raw material powder needs to be performed on the mixed powder in a state where two or more kinds of oxides are mixed.
- premixed heat treatment may be performed on the mixed powder. Whether to pre-heat-treat the oxide may be determined in consideration of the characteristics of the oxide to be used.
- the structure of the sintered body obtained after sintering is greatly changed, It becomes easy to obtain the structure of the sputtering target of the present invention.
- the reason why the microstructure of the sintered body after sintering is changed by this pre-heat treatment is not necessarily clear at the present time, but grain growth occurs due to the heat treatment of the mixed oxide, It is inferred that the decrease in the surface energy of the raw material oxide powder suppresses excessive grain growth during sintering, resulting in a reduction in the degree of oxide aggregation and uneven distribution in the sintered body. be able to.
- a preferable condition for obtaining the target of the present invention includes a condition of 1 hour or more at a temperature of 700 ° C. or higher and 1900 ° C. or lower in an atmospheric atmosphere.
- the weighed raw material powder is mixed with pulverization using a known method such as a ball mill.
- a known method such as a ball mill.
- the element raw material powder is also mixed at this stage.
- a planetary motion type mixer, a planetary motion type stirring mixer, or the like can be used.
- Example 1 Co powder with an average particle size of 3 ⁇ m and Pt powder with an average particle size of 3 ⁇ m as raw material powder of metal component, TiO 2 powder with an average particle size of 1 ⁇ m, SiO 2 powder with an average particle size of 1 ⁇ m, and average particle as raw material powder of oxide component CoO powder having a diameter of 1 ⁇ m was prepared. These powders were weighed at a certain mol ratio. The composition is as follows. Composition: 80Co-5Pt-5TiO 2 -5SiO 2 -5CoO mol%
- oxide powders of TiO 2 powder, SiO 2 powder, and CoO powder which are raw material powders of oxide components, were mixed, and pre-heat treatment was performed on the mixed powder.
- the preliminary heat treatment is performed at 1050 ° C. for 300 minutes in an atmospheric atmosphere at normal pressure.
- the mixed oxide raw material powder after completion of the pre-heat treatment was once cooled to room temperature by furnace cooling and then subjected to the next mixing step.
- the mixed raw material powder of the oxide component subjected to the above pre-heat treatment and the raw material powder of the metal component were mixed and ground for 10 minutes with a planetary motion type mixer having a ball capacity of about 7 liters. Then, the mixed raw material powder was enclosed in a ball mill pot with a capacity of 10 liters together with TiO 2 balls as a grinding medium, and rotated and mixed for 20 hours. This mixed powder was filled in a carbon mold and hot-pressed in a vacuum atmosphere under the conditions of a temperature of 850 ° C., a holding time of 2 hours, and a pressure of 30 MPa to obtain a sintered body. Further, this was cut to obtain a disk-shaped sputtering target having a diameter of 165.1 mm and a thickness of 5 mm.
- FIG. 1 shows the tissue image.
- a portion observed in black is a portion corresponding to the oxide component, and a portion observed in white so as to surround the portion is a portion corresponding to the metal component. From this figure, it can be seen that the oxide dispersion is uniformly dispersed without forming local uneven distribution or coarse aggregates while forming very fine aggregates.
- the standard deviation of the normalized number density of the oxide is 1.8, which satisfies the scope of the present invention. Table 1 shows the number of particles at each measurement location.
- this target was attached to a DC magnetron sputtering apparatus, and the particles were evaluated by sputtering.
- the sputtering conditions at the time of evaluation were set to an input power of 1 kW, a sputtering time of 20 seconds, and an Ar atmosphere pressure of 1.7 Pa.
- the number of particles adhering to the substrate was measured with a particle counter.
- the number of particles having a particle diameter of 0.07 ⁇ m or more observed on the silicon substrate at this time was 44.
- Example 2 Preparation of raw material powder and weighing were carried out in the same manner as in Example 1, and the composition was the same as in Example 1.
- TiO 2 powder is a raw material powder of the oxide components, SiO 2 powder, and CoO powders three out by mixing TiO 2 powder and SiO 2 powder two types, the mixed powder Pre-heat treatment was performed.
- the preliminary heat treatment is performed at 1050 ° C. for 300 minutes in an atmospheric atmosphere at normal pressure.
- the mixed oxide raw material powder after completion of the pre-heat treatment was once cooled to room temperature by furnace cooling and then subjected to the next mixing step.
- the mixed raw material powder of the oxide component subjected to the above pre-heat treatment, the powder of the oxide component not subjected to the heat treatment, and the raw material powder of the metal component were mixed and pulverized for 10 minutes by a planetary motion type mixer having a ball capacity of about 7 liters. Then, the mixed raw material powder was enclosed in a ball mill pot with a capacity of 10 liters together with TiO 2 balls as a grinding medium, and rotated and mixed for 20 hours. This mixed powder was filled in a carbon mold and hot-pressed in a vacuum atmosphere under the conditions of a temperature of 850 ° C., a holding time of 2 hours, and a pressure of 30 MPa to obtain a sintered body. Further, this was cut to obtain a disk-shaped sputtering target having a diameter of 165.1 mm and a thickness of 5 mm.
- FIG. 2 shows the tissue image. Also in Example 2, it can be seen that the oxide dispersion is uniformly dispersed without forming local uneven distribution or coarse aggregates while forming very fine aggregates. In this example, the standard deviation of the normalized number density of the oxide is 2.3, which satisfies the scope of the present invention. The number of particles for each measurement location is also shown in Table 1.
- Example 3 Co powder with an average particle size of 3 ⁇ m, Cr powder with an average particle size of 3 ⁇ m, and Pt powder with an average particle size of 3 ⁇ m as the raw material powder of the metal component, TiO 2 powder with an average particle size of 1 ⁇ m, and an average particle size as the raw material powder of the oxide component A 1 ⁇ m SiO 2 powder was prepared. These powders were weighed at a certain mol ratio. The composition is as follows. Composition: 50Co-10Cr-25Pt-5TiO 2 -10SiO 2 mol%
- the preliminary heat treatment is performed at 1050 ° C. for 300 minutes in an atmospheric atmosphere at normal pressure.
- the mixed oxide raw material powder after completion of the pre-heat treatment was once cooled to room temperature by furnace cooling and then subjected to the next mixing step.
- the mixed raw material powder of the oxide component subjected to the above pre-heat treatment and the raw material powder of the metal component were mixed and ground for 10 minutes with a planetary motion type mixer having a ball capacity of about 7 liters. Then, the mixed raw material powder was enclosed in a ball mill pot with a capacity of 10 liters together with TiO 2 balls as a grinding medium, and rotated and mixed for 20 hours. This mixed powder was filled in a carbon mold and hot-pressed in a vacuum atmosphere under the conditions of a temperature of 850 ° C., a holding time of 2 hours, and a pressure of 30 MPa to obtain a sintered body. Further, this was cut to obtain a disk-shaped sputtering target having a diameter of 165.1 mm and a thickness of 5 mm.
- the surface was polished and the structure was observed with a laser microscope, and the standard deviation of the number density of oxides normalized as in Example 1 and Example 2 was calculated.
- the standard deviation of the normalized number density of the oxide is 2.4, which satisfies the scope of the present invention.
- the number of particles for each measurement location is also shown in Table 1.
- Comparative Example 1 all the raw material powders were mixed and pulverized under the same conditions as in Example 1 without pre-heating the raw material powders of the oxide components, and the same conditions as in Example 1 were obtained. To obtain a sintered body. Further, this was cut to obtain a disk-shaped sputtering target having a diameter of 165.1 mm and a thickness of 5 mm.
- FIG. 3 shows the tissue image.
- the oxide dispersion shows a tendency to be connected in a continuous manner as compared with Examples 1 and 2, and the oxide image observed in Examples 1 and 2 is higher than that of Example 1 and Example 2. Longer diameter.
- the standard deviation of the normalized number density of the oxide is 2.9, which does not satisfy the scope of the present invention.
- the number of particles for each measurement location is also shown in Table 1.
- Example 2 particles were evaluated for this target under the same conditions as in Example 1-1 and Example 1-2. As a result, the number of particles having a particle diameter of 0.07 ⁇ m or more observed on the silicon substrate was 165. Compared with the case of Example 2, the number of particles increased significantly.
- Comparative Example 2 all the raw material powders were mixed and pulverized under the same conditions as in Example 3 without performing a pre-heat treatment on the raw material powders of the oxide components. To obtain a sintered body. Further, this was cut and further cut to obtain a disk-shaped sputtering target having a diameter of 165.1 mm and a thickness of 5 mm.
- the surface was polished and the structure was observed with a laser microscope, and the standard deviation of the number density of oxides normalized as in Example 3 was calculated.
- the standard deviation of the normalized number density of the oxide is 3.6, which does not satisfy the scope of the present invention.
- the number of particles for each measurement location is also shown in Table 1.
- Example 3 the number of particles having a particle diameter of 0.07 ⁇ m or more observed on the silicon substrate was 188, and the number of particles was significantly increased as compared with Example 3.
- Table 2 summarizes the standard deviation of the normalized number density of oxides of Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 2 and the number of particles having a particle diameter of 0.07 ⁇ m or more. .
- the present invention improves the structure of the magnetic material sputtering target, in particular, the dispersion form of oxide particles, and can further suppress abnormal discharge and suppress generation of particles during sputtering. Thereby, the outstanding effect that the cost improvement effect by the yield improvement can be expanded further is produced.
- the present invention is useful as a magnetic material sputtering target used for forming a magnetic thin film of a magnetic recording medium, particularly a hard disk drive recording layer.
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1)金属または合金としてPtを0mol%以上45mol%以下、Coを55mol%以上95mol%以下、Crを0mol%以上40mol%以下で含み、さらに少なくとも二種類以上の酸化物を含む焼結体スパッタリングターゲットであって、酸化物は前記金属または合金中に存在し、酸化物の個数密度の標準偏差が2.5以下であることを特徴とする焼結体スパッタリングターゲット、
2)前記酸化物が、Cr、Ta、Ti、Si、Zr、Al、Nb、B、およびCoからなる群より選択される元素の酸化物であり、ターゲット全体に対する前記酸化物の合計の体積比率が5vol%以上50vol%以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲット、
3)前記酸化物が、TiO2、SiO2、CoOの3種、またはTiO2とSiO2の2種であることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲット、
4)添加元素成分としてB、N、Ti、V、Mn、Zr、Nb、Ru、Mo、Ta、W、Si、およびAlからなる群より選択される一種以上を0mol%より多く10mol%以下の量で含むことを特徴とする前記1)~3)のいずれか一に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲット、
5)前記1)~4)のいずれか一に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲットの製造方法であって、焼結時に金属成分の原料粉末と熱処理した酸化物成分の原料粉末とを使用することを特徴とする焼結体スパッタリングターゲットの製造方法、
6)前記熱処理が、大気中、700℃以上1900℃以下の条件で行うものであることを特徴とする前記5)に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲットの製造方法。
金属成分の原料粉末として平均粒径3μmのCo粉末、平均粒径3μmのPt粉末を、酸化物成分の原料粉末として平均粒径1μmのTiO2粉末、平均粒径1μmのSiO2粉末、平均粒径1μmのCoO粉末を用意した。これらの粉末をあるmol比率で秤量した。組成は、次のとおりである。
組成:80Co-5Pt-5TiO2-5SiO2-5CoO mol%
原料粉末の用意、秤量までは実施例1と同様に行い、組成も実施例1と同一となるようにした。
金属成分の原料粉末として平均粒径3μmのCo粉末、平均粒径3μmのCr粉末、平均粒径3μmのPt粉末を、酸化物成分の原料粉末として平均粒径1μmのTiO2粉末、平均粒径1μmのSiO2粉末を用意した。これらの粉末をあるmol比率で秤量した。組成は、次のとおりである。
組成:50Co-10Cr-25Pt-5TiO2-10SiO2 mol%
金属成分の原料粉末として平均粒径3μmのCo粉末、平均粒径3μmのPt粉末を、酸化物成分の原料粉末として平均粒径1μmのTiO2粉末、平均粒径1μmのSiO2粉末、平均粒径1μmのCoO粉末を用意した。これらの原料物質と粒径は実施例1と同一である。そして、これらの粉末を以下のmol比率の組成となるよう秤量した。組成も、次のとおり実施例1と同一の組成である。
組成:80Co-5Pt-5TiO2-5SiO2-5CoO mol%
金属成分の原料粉末として平均粒径3μmのCo粉末、平均粒径3μmのCr粉末、平均粒径3μmのPt粉末を、酸化物成分の原料粉末として平均粒径1μmのTiO2粉末、平均粒径1μmのSiO2粉末を用意した。これらの原料物質と粒径は実施例3と同一である。そして、これらの粉末を以下のmol比率の組成となるよう秤量した。組成も、次のとおり実施例3と同一の組成である。
組成:50Co-10Cr-25Pt-5TiO2-10SiO2 mol%
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- 金属または合金としてPtを0mol%以上45mol%以下、Coを55mol%以上95mol%以下、Crを0mol%以上40mol%以下で含み、さらに少なくとも二種類以上の酸化物を含む焼結体スパッタリングターゲットであって、酸化物は前記金属または合金中に存在し、酸化物の個数密度の標準偏差が2.5以下であることを特徴とする焼結体スパッタリングターゲット。
- 前記酸化物が、Cr、Ta、Ti、Si、Zr、Al、Nb、B、およびCoからなる群より選択される元素の酸化物であり、ターゲット全体に対する前記酸化物の合計の体積比率が5vol%以上50vol%以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲット。
- 前記酸化物が、TiO2、SiO2、CoOの3種、またはTiO2とSiO2の2種であることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲット。
- 添加元素成分としてB、N、Ti、V、Mn、Zr、Nb、Ru、Mo、Ta、W、Si、およびAlからなる群より選択される一種以上を0mol%より多く10mol%以下の量で含むことを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲット。
- 請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲットの製造方法であって、焼結時に金属成分の原料粉末と熱処理した酸化物成分の原料粉末とを使用することを特徴とする焼結体スパッタリングターゲットの製造方法。
- 前記熱処理が、大気中、700℃以上1900℃以下の条件で行うものであることを特徴とする請求項5に記載の焼結体スパッタリングターゲットの製造方法。
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