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*Isotropic etch
*Isotropic etch
*Well suited for removing all  PECVD nitride on a wafer surface (nitride strip) without a mask. Etches LPCVD nitride very slowly
*Well suited for removing all  PECVD nitride on a wafer surface (nitride strip) without a mask. Etches LPCVD nitride very slowly
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* Anisotropic etch: vertical sidewalls
* With cassette loader for batch processing.
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*Anisotropic etch: vertical sidewalls
*Anisotropic etch: vertical sidewalls
*Primarily for samples with small amounts of metal
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*Anisotropic etch: vertical sidewalls
*Anisotropic etch: vertical sidewalls
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*PolySilicon
*PolySilicon
*Blue film
*Blue film
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*Photoresist
*DUV resist
*E-beam resist
*Silicon Oxide
*Silicon Nitride
*Aluminium
*Chromium (if needed)
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*Photoresist
*Photoresist
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*Silicon Nitride
*Silicon Nitride
*Aluminium
*Aluminium
*Chromium (please try to avoid it)
*Chromium (if needed)
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*Any material that is accepted in the machine
*Any material that is accepted in the machine
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*PECVD nitride: ~40.0-100.0 nm/min
*PECVD nitride: ~40.0-100.0 nm/min
*Stoichiometric LPCVD nitride: ~0.65-8 nm/min <!-- Copyrigth issues kabi (''Yannick Seis, KU, 2019'')-->
*Stoichiometric LPCVD nitride: ~0.65-8 nm/min <!-- Copyrigth issues kabi (''Yannick Seis, KU, 2019'')-->
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*Probably betweeb 20-300 nm/min depending on the process parameters  
*Probably betweeb 20-300 nm/min depending on the process parameters  
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*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1-25 4"-6" wafers  
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1-25 4"-6" wafers  
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*As many small samples as can be bonded on a 150mm wafer
*50 mm wafers if bonded on a 150mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 100 mm wafer if bonded on a 150 mm wafer
*#1 150 mm wafer
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*As many small samples as can be fitted on the 100mm carrier (bad/no cooling!)
*As many small samples as can be fitted on the 100mm carrier (bad/no cooling!)
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*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 50 mm wafer fitted on a 100mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 50 mm wafer fitted on a 100mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 100 mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 100 mm wafer
*<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 150 mm wafers (only RIE2 when set up to 150mm) 
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*As many samples as can be securely fitted on a up to 200mm wafer
*As many samples as can be securely fitted on a up to 200mm wafer
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*Photoresist
*Photoresist
*Blue film
*Blue film
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*Silicon
*Silicon