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===Nitride Etch data===
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! Nitride Etch @ 180 <sup>o</sup>C
! Nitride Etch @ 160 <sup>o</sup>C
|-
|'''General description'''
|
Etch/strip of silicon nitride
|
Etch/strip of silicon nitride
|-
|'''Link to safety APV and KBA'''
|[http://www.labmanager.danchip.dtu.dk/d4Show.php?id=1892&mach=130 see APV here]
[http://kemibrug.dk/KBA/CAS/108568/?show_KBA=1&portaldesign=1 see KBA here]
|[http://www.labmanager.danchip.dtu.dk/d4Show.php?id=1892&mach=130 see APV here]
[http://kemibrug.dk/KBA/CAS/108568/?show_KBA=1&portaldesign=1 see KBA here]
|-
|'''Chemical solution'''
|H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>    (85 wt%)
|H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>    (85 wt%)
|-
|'''Process temperature'''
|180 <sup>o</sup>C
|160 <sup>o</sup>C
|-
|'''Possible masking materials'''
|
*Thermal oxide (converted si-rich surface)
*LPCVD-oxide (TEOS)
*PECVD-oxide
|
*Thermal oxide (converted si-rich surface)
*LPCVD-oxide (TEOS)
*PECVD-oxide
|-
|'''Etch rate'''
|
*~85 Å/min (stoichiometric Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)
*~60 Å/min (Si-rich Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)
*~30 Å/min (annealed Si-rich Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)
*~4 Å/min (Thermal oxide)
|
*~26 Å/min (Si-rich Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)
|-
|'''Selectivity R<sub>Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub></sub> / R<sub>SiO<sub>2</sub></sub>'''
|~20
|The selectivity (sirich nitride:oxide) is higher at 160 <sup>o</sup>C than at 180 <sup>o</sup>C
|-
|'''Batch size'''
|
1-25 wafers at a time
|
1-25 wafer at a time
|-
|'''Size of substrate'''
|
2-6" wafers
|
2-6" wafers
|-
|'''Allowed materials'''
|
*Silicon
*Silicon nitrides
*Silicon oxides
|
*Silicon
*Silicon nitrides
*Silicon oxides
|-
|}


==Comparison of Wet Silicon Nitride Etch==
==Comparison of Wet Silicon Nitride Etch==