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What is the difference between PVD and CVD?

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youness

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Answered Nov 18, 2020

PVD and CVD are a technique used to create a thin layer of material into the substrate, which is usually referred to as thin films. They are both used in the production of semiconductors. PVD stands for physical vapor deposition; this involves the use of physical forces to deposit the layer. In physical vapor deposition, the pure material is gasified through evaporation. This gasified material will condense on the substrate material to create the desired layer. During the PVD process, no chemical reaction is usually involved. CVD stands for chemical vapor deposition; this involves the use of the chemical process. The source material for chemical vapor deposition is not pure as it is mixed with a volatile precursor that acts as a carrier. The mixture is then injected into a chamber that contained the substrate and is then deposited into it. The process of deposition in CVD is assisted or accelerated through the use of heat, plasma, and also other processes.
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N. Jarah

N. Jarah

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Answered Jul 01, 2020

PVD stands for Physical Vapor Deposition, while CVD stands for Chemical Vapor Deposition. The critical difference between PVD and CVD is that the coating material in PVD is in solid form, while in CVD, it is in gaseous form. PVD and CVD are coatings that are mostly a vaporization coating technique. This process requires many different developments.

The solid foundation material is bombarded with a beam of electrons. The atoms enter the resulting chamber where the coating substrate exists. During the transport, the atoms can respond with other gases to deliver a coating substance, or the atoms themselves can develop into the coating material. CVD is a technique to deposit solid and form a film from gaseous phase material on the substrate material. In CVD, we are creating content on a substrate material.

The coating material is sent into a reaction chamber in the form of vapor at a certain temperature. The response occurs in a vacuum to ensure that there are no gases other than the reacting gas. The temperature and pressure inside must be controlled.

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M. Delilah

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Answered Jul 01, 2020

First of all, the full meaning of PVD is Physical Vapor Deposition, while the full meaning of CVD is Chemical Vapor Deposition. These are two different techniques that are commonly used in creating thin films -forming a substrate from a very thin layer material. These depositions are different majorly in the processes that they employed. Just as their full names imply, CVD makes use of chemical processes to deposit the layer, while PVD makes use of physical forces for the layer's deposition.

When it comes to PVD, you gasified a pure source material via evaporation, applying the laser ablation, high power electricity, and some other techniques. Afterward, the desired layer is created after the gasified material has condensed on the substrate material. When it comes to CVD, the source material is mixed with a precursor that is volatile, which acts as a carrier, and it is not pure.

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