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[[Category: Equipment|Etch Wet silicon nitride]] | [[index.php?title=Category:Equipment|Etch Wet silicon nitride]] | ||
[[Category: Etch (Wet) bath|Silicon Nitride]] | [[index.php?title=Category:Etch (Wet) bath|Silicon Nitride]] | ||
[[Image:Nitrideetch.JPG|300x300px|thumb|The 'Nitride etch' bath is placed inside 'Wet bench 02: Nitride ethc' in Cleanroom D-3]] | [[Image:Nitrideetch.JPG|300x300px|thumb|The 'Nitride etch' bath is placed inside 'Wet bench 02: Nitride ethc' in Cleanroom D-3]] | ||
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Wet Etching of silicon nitride - stoichiometric and Si-rich - is done in a dedicated wetbench with an integrated quartz tank. The quartz tank can take up to 25 6" wafers in dedicated carriers. The 'Wetbench 02: Nitride etch' is placed in cleanroom D-3. The process is mainly used to strip silicon nitride (maskless), but can also be used for masked etching of silicon nitride using some kind of silicon oxide as etch mask. However, the wet silicon nitride etch is isotropic - meaning that the under-etching (etch-bias) at least amounts to the thickness of the silicon nitride layer. | Wet Etching of silicon nitride - stoichiometric and Si-rich - is done in a dedicated wetbench with an integrated quartz tank. The quartz tank can take up to 25 6" wafers in dedicated carriers. The 'Wetbench 02: Nitride etch' is placed in cleanroom D-3. The process is mainly used to strip silicon nitride (maskless), but can also be used for masked etching of silicon nitride using some kind of silicon oxide as etch mask. However, the wet silicon nitride etch is isotropic - meaning that the under-etching (etch-bias) at least amounts to the thickness of the silicon nitride layer. | ||
The etch solution is initially 85 wt% H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> which is heated up to the boiling temperature - | The etch solution is initially 85 wt% H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> which is heated up to the boiling temperature - approx. 160°C. | ||