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== Process B == | == Process B == | ||
Process B | Process B was run on a 150 mm wafer with 12-13 % etch load. | ||
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Perhaps the most commonly occuring question posed by users of the dry etch tools is something like ' I want to etch my trenches down to a depth of 40 microns, how long should I etch?'. The answer is that it depends on the width of the trench and on the etch load of your design (that is how many percent of the wafer it etched). | Perhaps the most commonly occuring question posed by users of the dry etch tools is something like ' I want to etch my trenches down to a depth of 40 microns, how long should I etch?'. The answer is that it depends on the width of the trench and on the etch load of your design (that is how many percent of the wafer it etched). | ||
An experiment has been set up to investigate the etched depth of a number of different trenches (with widths ranging from 2 microns to 300 microns) as a function of etch load | An experiment has been set up to investigate the etched depth of a number of different trenches (with widths ranging from 2 microns to 300 microns) as a function of etch load (the exposed area ranges from 5 % to 65 %) | ||
=== Results === | === Results === | ||
A number of wafers are patterned with the [[Specific Process Knowledge/Pattern Design/Travka|Travka mask set]] in 4 microns of AZ photoresist. The wafers are then etched using two different durations of process B in the DRIE-Pegasus. | |||
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! width="70" |Wafer number | |||
! width="70" |Mask | |||
! Process B duration | |||
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| 2 | |||
| Travka 05 | |||
| 17 cycles, 3:07 mins | |||
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| 3 | |||
| Travka 05 | |||
| 34 cycles, 6:14 mins | |||
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| 5 | |||
| Travka 10 | |||
| 17 cycles, 3:07 mins | |||
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| 6 | |||
| Travka 10 | |||
| 34 cycles, 6:14 mins | |||
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| 8 | |||
| Travka 20 | |||
| 17 cycles, 3:07 mins | |||
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| 9 | |||
| Travka 20 | |||
| 34 cycles, 6:14 mins | |||
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|+ '''Wafers''' | |||
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! width="70" |Wafer number | |||
! width="70" |Mask | |||
! Process B duration | |||
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| 11 | |||
| Travka 35 | |||
| 17 cycles, 3:07 mins | |||
|- | |||
| 12 | |||
| Travka 35 | |||
| 34 cycles, 6:14 mins | |||
|- | |||
| 14 | |||
| Travka 50 | |||
| 17 cycles, 3:07 mins | |||
|- | |||
| 15 | |||
| Travka 50 | |||
| 34 cycles, 6:14 mins | |||
|- | |||
| 17 | |||
| Travka 65 | |||
| 17 cycles, 3:07 mins | |||
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| 18 | |||
| Travka 65 | |||
| 34 cycles, 6:14 mins | |||
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After etching each wafer is cleaved in two places: Both cleavage lines run across the [[Specific Process Knowledge/Pattern Design/Travka/fields/Aline|A-line fields]]. This produces three sites on each wafer where the depth of the trenches can be determined using an SEM. | |||
<gallery caption="The results of process B after 17 and 34 cycles of etching" widths="500" heights="350" perrow="2"> | |||
image:Travkatesting1a.jpg| | |||
image:Travkatesting1b.jpg| | |||
</gallery> | |||