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Summary of Plasma Etch Chemistry using CF 4 to etch Si Effect of reactor loading Depletion of the reactant gas by increased surface area is sometimes a problem. (Lab conditions and multi-wafer systems). The etch rate can be determined as, where Ro is the empty chamber etch rate, A is area of wafers loading into the reactor, and k is constant ...
Etching process should be selective to the material that has to be removed. This helps to protect the material under the mask (within limits of isotropic etching) and also the mask material itself (oxide, nitride, or resists).
solution, the etching mechanism is generally isotropic, that is, the lateral and vertical etch rates are the same (Figure 6.3b). However, in pattern transfer operations, a resist pattern is defined by a lithographic process (Figure 6.3a), and anisotropic etching is needed to yield steep vertical walls (Figure 6.3c). If h f is
7.1: A plasma etch process can be described with the following terms: Etch Rate – Selectivity -Anisotropy – Uniformity A plasma etch tool has the following process parameters: Pressure, Temperature, Gas composition, Gas flow, Substrate bias, RF power. Which of the following statements are true: A. Pressure affects anisotropy and rate.
Wet Etching Characteristics • Advantages: – Simple equipment – High throughput (batch process) – High selectivity • Disadvantages: – Isotropic etching leads to undercutting – Uses relatively large quantities of etch chemicals, must immerse wafer boats, must discard partially used etch to maintain etch rate
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Plasma generated inside etch tool by feeding electrical power into a gas Power transferred to the few free electrons initially within the gas excites electrons to higher energies High energy electrons can then ionize neutrals and initiate a collision cascade, thus creating and sustaining the plasma Many of the plasmas used in dry etching
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Etching in solution comprises a heterogeneous chemical reaction in which an etchant reacts with a solid and oxidizes it to produce a soluble reaction product. It is important to note that if the reaction product were to be insoluble in the etch-ant, then the reaction would stop and etching would cease. The rate of etching is controlled according to
