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| == Challenges and techniques common to all dry etch tools == | | = Techniques, hardware and challenges common to all dry etch tools = |
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| This page contains information that is common to dry etch instruments. | | This page contains information that is common to dry etch instruments. |
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| | | ! style="background:LightGray"| Dry etch page |
| === Hardware and option comparison of the dry etchers at Danchip ===
| | ! style="background:#DCDCDC;"|Description |
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| The table below compares the hardware and the options.
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black" | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/RIE_(Reactive_Ion_Etch)| RIE2]]
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black" | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/ASE_(Advanced_Silicon_Etch)| ASE]]
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black" | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/AOE_(Advanced_Oxide_Etch)| AOE]]
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black" | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/DRIE-Pegasus| DRIE-Pegasus]]
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black" | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/ICP_Metal_Etcher| ICP Metal etch ]]
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black" | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/III-V RIE |III-V RIE ]]
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black" | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/III-V ICP|III-V ICP]]
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| ! rowspan="2" style="background:silver; color:black" width="60" |Purpose | |
| ! style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Primary uses
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| The RIE chamber for etching of:
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| * silicon
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| * silicon oxides/nitrides
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| The users are allowed to have 5% metal exposed to the plasma
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| Formerly the primary silicon etcher; now polymers may also be etched
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| Etching of silicon oxides or nitrides
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| Silicon etching
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| Standard recipes for etching of Al, Cr and Ti, now also etches of W, TiW and Mo
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| Etching of silicon oxide, resist, BCB, silicon nitride, InP, InGaAs and GaAs on III-V substrates
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| Etching of III-V materials such as GaN, InP/InGaAsP/InGaAs, AlGaAs, GaAs
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| ! style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Alternative/backup uses
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Shallow silicon etches
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Backup silicon etcher
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Barc etch
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Silicon etcher
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| ! rowspan="7" style="background:silver; color:black" | General description
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| ! style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Plasma source | |
| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Parallel plate capacitor setup with RF power between the two electrodes
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Inductively coupled plasma chamber with two RF generators; the coil and platen generator
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Inductively coupled plasma chamber with two RF generators; the coil and platen generator
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Inductively coupled plasma chamber with two RF generators; the coil (with outer and inner coil) and platen generator
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Inductively coupled plasma chamber with two RF generators; the coil and platen generator
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Parallel plate capacitor setup with RF power between the two electrodes
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Inductively coupled plasma chamber with two RF generators; the coil and platen generator
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| ! style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Substrate cooling/temperature
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | The electrode is oil cooled: Fixed at 20<sup>o</sup>C
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | The electrode is oil cooled. Also, Helium backside cooling: -10<sup>o</sup>C to 20<sup>o</sup>C
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | The electrode is oil cooled. Also, Helium backside cooling: -10<sup>o</sup>C to 60<sup>o</sup>C
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | The electrode is oil cooled. Also, Helium backside cooling: 0<sup>o</sup>C to 50<sup>o</sup>C
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | The electrode is oil cooled. Also, Helium backside cooling: -20<sup>o</sup>C to 30<sup>o</sup>C
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | The electrode is oil cooled: Fixed at 20<sup>o</sup>C
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | The electrode is oil cooled with a special chiller. Also, Helium backside cooling: 20<sup>o</sup>C to 180<sup>o</sup>C
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| ! style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Clamping
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | No clamping
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Electrostatic clamping (semco electrode)
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Electrostatic clamping (TDESC)
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Electrostatic clamping (TDESC)
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Electrostatic clamping (TDESC)
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | No clamping
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Mechanical clamping (weighted clamp with ceramic fingers)
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| ! style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Gasses
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| | SF<sub>6</sub>
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| | O<sub>2</sub>
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| | CF<sub>4</sub>
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| | N<sub>2</sub> | | | style="background: LightGray"| [[/Comparison| Hardware comparison]] |
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| | | style="background:#DCDCDC;"| Comparison of the different hardware setups |
| | CHF<sub>3</sub> | |
| |} | |
| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | | |
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| | SF<sub>6</sub>
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| | C<sub>4</sub>F<sub>8</sub>
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| | Ar | | | style="background: LightGray"| [[/Bonding| Using carrier wafer]] |
| | CO<sub>2</sub> | | | style="background: #DCDCDC"| Processing different sizes of substrates by using a carriers: bonding or not bonding |
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | | |
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| | C<sub>4</sub>F<sub>8</sub>
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| | H<sub>2</sub> | | | style="background: LightGray"| [[/OES| Optical Endpoint System]] |
| | CF<sub>4</sub> | | | style="background: #DCDCDC"| Using the OES technique to find endpoints and to diagnose plasmas |
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| | | style="background: LightGray"| [[/LEP| LASER Endpoint System]] |
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| | | style="background: #DCDCDC"| Using the LEP technique to find endpoints between interfaces or at a etch depth (in transparent layers) |
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| | | style="background: LightGray"| [[/Data4dryetch| Etch product volatility]] |
| | CF<sub>4</sub>
| | | style="background: #DCDCDC"| Links to various tables with data on etch product volatility |
| | H<sub>2</sub>
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| | CH<sub>4</sub>
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| | BCl<sub>3</sub>
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| | Cl<sub>2</sub>
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| | HBr
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| ! style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | RF generators
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| * RF generator
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| * Coil generator
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| * Platen generator
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| * Coil generator
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| * Platen generator
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| * Coil generator
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| * Platen generator
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| * Low frequency platen generator
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| * Coil generator
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| * Platen generator
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| * RF generator
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| * Coil generator
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| * Platen generator
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| ! style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Substrate loading
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Loading via cluster 2 load lock
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Loading via dedicated two-slot carousel load lock
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Loading via dedicated two-slot carousel load lock
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Loading via dedicated two-slot carousel load lock or via atmospheric cassette loader
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Loading via dedicated two-slot carousel load lock
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Manual loading directly into process chamber
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" | Loading via dedicated two-slot carousel load lock
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| ! style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Options
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| | style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black" | Optical endpoint detector at fixed wavelength
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| * Bosch multiplexing
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| * Parameter ramping
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| * Bosch multiplexing
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| * Parameter ramping
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| * SOI option
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| * Optical endpoint detection
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| * Parameter ramping
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| * Optical endpoint detection
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| * Laser endpoint detection
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| * Parameter ramping
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| * Bosch multiplexing
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| * Optical endpoint detection
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| * Laser endpoint detection
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| ! style="background:silver; color:black"| Allowed materials
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| * Silicon
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| * Fused silica
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| * Sapphire
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| * SiC
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| * Silicon
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| * Fused silica
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| * Sapphire
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| * SiC
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| * Silicon
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| * Fused silica
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| * Sapphire
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| * SiC
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| | style="background:lightgrey; color:black" |
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| * Silicon
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| * Fused silica
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| * Sapphire
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| * SiC
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| * Silicon
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| * Fused silica
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| * Sapphire
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| * SiC
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| * Silicon
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| * Fused silica
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| * Sapphire
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| * SiC
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| * GaAs, GaN, InP, with epitaxial layers
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| * Silicon
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| * Fused silica
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| * Sapphire
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| * SiC
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| * GaAs, GaN, InP, with epitaxial layers
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