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=The slow etch= | =The slow etch= | ||
'''''This work is done by Berit Herstrøm @DTU Nanolab, is nothing else is stated''''' <br> | |||
The slow etch is designed to etch slow at low powers to etch thin films and to avoid overheating of samples mounted on a carrier with Capton/polyimide tape | The slow etch is designed to etch slow at low powers to etch thin films and to avoid overheating of samples mounted on a carrier with Capton/polyimide tape | ||
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!Parameter | |||
|Recipe name: '''Slow Etch''' | |||
|Recipe name: '''Slow Etch2''' | |||
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|Coil Power [W] | |||
|350 | |||
|200 | |||
|- | |||
|Platen Power [W] | |||
|25 | |||
|50 | |||
|- | |||
|Platen temperature [<sup>o</sup>C] | |||
|20 | |||
|20 | |||
|- | |||
|H2 flow [sccm] | |||
|15 | |||
|15 | |||
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|CF<sub>4</sub> flow [sccm] | |||
|30 | |||
|30 | |||
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|Pressure [mTorr] | |||
|3 | |||
|10 | |||
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|} | |||
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!Typical results | |||
!'''Slow Etch''' | |||
!'''Slow Etch2''' | |||
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|Etch of SRN | |||
|'''~43nm/min [measured 39-50 nm/min over a 6" wafer] | |||
|'''23-25 nm/min [4" on carrier]] | |||
|- | |||
|Etch rate of Si3N4 | |||
|'''~49 nm/min [4" on carrier] | |||
|'''24-26 nm/min [4" on carrier] | |||
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|Etch rate of SiO2 | |||
|'''~42nm/min [41-43 nm/min over a 6" wafer] | |||
|'''13.7-14.7 nm/min [4" on carrier] | |||
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|Etch rate in Si | |||
|'''ñm/min | |||
|'''11-13 nm/min (10% load, 4" wafer on 6" carrier) | |||
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|Etch rate of Mir resist | |||
|'''~nm/min | |||
|'''~17 nm/min | |||
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|Tested etch time without burning the resist | |||
|3 min (6 min => resist burned) | |||
|30 min | |||
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|Profile [<sup>o</sup>] | |||
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==Etch Profile SEM images== | |||
<gallery caption="Profile of etch for 'Slow Etch2' 12 min, 100mm wafer on 150mm carrier with double side polyimide tape (capton), Si3N4 from LPCVD" widths="300px done by bghe, DTU Nanolab" heights="300px" widths="400px" perrow="3"> | |||
File:C08507_01.jpg | |||
File:C08507_02.jpg | |||
File:C08507_04.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Etch Uniformity maps== | |||
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<gallery caption="Map of etch rate measurements for 'Slow Etch'" widths="300px" heights="300px" perrow="2"> | |||
File:contour plot for etchrate of slow etch in SiO2.JPG| Etch rate map of SiO2 etch on 6" wafer | |||
File:contour plot for etchrate of slow etch in SRN.JPG| Etch rate map of SRN etch on 6" wafer | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery caption="Map of etch rate measurements for 'Slow Etch2'" widths="300px" heights="300px" perrow="2"> | |||
File:Contour Plot etch rates Si3N4.jpg| Etch rate map of Si3N4 etch on 4" wafer (on 6" carrier) | |||
File:Contour Plot etch rates SRN.jpg| Etch rate map of SRN etch on 4" wafer (on 6" carrier) | |||
File:Contour Plot etch rates SiO2.jpg|Etch rate map of SiO2 etch on 4" wafer (on 6" carrier) | |||
File:Contour Plot etch rates Si.jpg|Etch rate map of Si etch on 4" wafer (on 6" carrier) | |||
</gallery> | |||