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![[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/IBE⁄IBSD Ionfab 300|IBE (Ionfab300+)]]
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!Generel description
|Wet etch of Cr premixed (Chrome etch 18)
|Dry plasma etch of Cr
|Sputtering of Cr - pure physical etch
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!Etch rate range
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*~150nm/min at room temperature
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*~14 nm/min (depending on features size and etch load)
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*~30nm/min (not tested yet)
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!Etch profile
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*Isotropic
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*Anisotropic (vertical sidewalls)
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*Anisotropic (angles sidewalls, typical around 70 dg)
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!Substrate size
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*Any size and number that can go inside the beaker in use
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*smaller pieces on a carrier wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 100mm wafers (when set up to 100mm wafers)
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 150mm wafers (when set up to 150mm wafers)
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Smaller pieces glued to carrier wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 50mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 100mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 150mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 200mm wafer
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!Allowed materials
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No restrictions cross contamination wise as long as you use the right beaker and make sure that they are safe to enter in the chemicals
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*Silicon
*Quartz/fused silica
*Photoresist/e-beam resist
*PolySilicon,
*Silicon oxide
*Silicon (oxy)nitride
*Aluminium
*Titanium
*Chromium
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*Silicon
*Silicon oxides
*Silicon nitrides
*Metals from the +list
*Metals from the -list
*Alloys from the above list
*Stainless steel
*Glass
*III-V materials
*Resists
*Polymers
*Capton tape
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===Comparison of Chromium Etch Methods===
 
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![[Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/Wet Chromium Etch|Cr wet etch]]
![[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/ICP_Metal_Etcher|ICP metal]]
![[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/IBE&frasl;IBSD Ionfab 300|IBE (Ionfab300+)]]
![[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/DRIE/Pegasus/Pegasus-2|Pegasus 2]]
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|Dry plasma etch of Cr
|Dry plasma etch of Cr
|Sputtering of Cr - pure physical etch
|Sputtering of Cr - pure physical etch
|Primarily shallow etching of silicon but also thin layers of SiO2, TaO2 and Cr
|Primarily shallow dry etching of silicon but also thin layers of SiO2, TaO2 and Cr
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*Any size and number that can go inside the beaker in use
*Any size and number that can go inside the beaker in use
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*smaller pieces on a carrier wafer
* 150 mm wafers
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 100mm wafers (when set up to 100mm wafers)
* Smaller wafers or pieces on a 150 mm carrier wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 150mm wafers (when set up to 150mm wafers)
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Smaller pieces glued to carrier wafer
Smaller pieces glued to carrier wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 50mm wafer
* 50mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 100mm wafer
* 100mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 150mm wafer
* 150mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 200mm wafer
* 200mm wafer
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* 150mm wafer
 
* Smaller wafers or pieces on 150mm carrier
 
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*Polymers
*Polymers
*Capton tape
*Capton tape
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* Silicon
* Silicon oxides
* Silicon nitrides
* Thin layers of Cr, TaO2
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