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{| border="2" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3"
!Parameter
|Recipe name: '''Slow Etch'''
|Recipe name: '''Slow Etch2'''
 
|-
|Coil Power [W]
|350
|200
|-
|Platen Power [W]
|25
|50
|-
|Platen temperature [<sup>o</sup>C]
|20
|20
|-
|H2 flow [sccm]
|15
|15
|-
|CF<sub>4</sub> flow [sccm]
|30
|30
|-
|Pressure [mTorr]
|3
|10
|-
|}




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'''SRN (LPCVD) etch uniformity on 6″ wafer with ''Slowetch'' recipe'''
'''SRN (LPCVD) etch uniformity on 6″ wafer with ''Slowetch'' recipe'''


[[File:SRN_slowetch_data_100%load.png|400px|left|thumb|Process: No mask, 100 % load, etching was done after 10 mins chamber clean + 5 mins TDESC clean (for all wafers)
[[File:SRN_slowetch_data_100%load.png|400px|left|thumb|Process: No mask, 100 % load, etching was done after 10 mins chamber clean + 5 mins TDESC clean (for all wafers)<br/>
Note: The ''slowetch'' recipe has faster etch recipe significantly improves etch rate (~30 nm/min) but leads to reduced uniformity (~2.5%) compared to the slower recipes (<1% uniformity). This highlights a trade-off between throughput and etch uniformity in SRN processing.]]
Note: The ''slowetch'' recipe has faster etch recipe significantly improves etch rate (~30 nm/min) but leads to reduced uniformity (~2.5%) compared to the slower recipes (<1% uniformity). This highlights a trade-off between throughput and etch uniformity in SRN processing.]]