Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/DRIE-Pegasus/Pegasus-2

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Current setup and rules on Pegasus 2

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The current configuration is

Currently valid from November 2020 onwards
Item The currently applied modification Comments
Available gasses and gas chemistry Available gasses:
  • SF6: 50 sccm
  • O2: 50 sccm
  • Ar: 283
  • N2: 500 sccm
  • He: 11 sccm

Not available:

  • C4F8 (H2 currently fitted but closed) : 0 sccm
  • CO2: (It is not in the software)
OnlySF6 and O2 are used for Si, PR, and Cr etch. The rest is only make-up
Plasma source heaters Applies to
  • Plenum Heater
  • Inner Heater
  • Magnetic Confinement Heater
  • Chamber Heater
The temperature on the heaters in the plasma source are set to 20 degrees with a high tolerance. This essentially corresponds to powered off compared to default Pegasus temperatures which are in the 120-140 degrees range.

Always make sure that the temperature settings in the recipes are not enabled as shown below this table.

RF power and pressure settings All recipes run without coil power, very low platen power and low pressures None of the recipes use coil power in order to prevent aluminium fluoride formation at the aluminium oxide dome. These particles may drop on the wafer or chuck and cause abnormalitites.

Most of the recipes rely on very low pressure and low power - 0.2 mTorr and 10 Watt platen power is not an error and easily supports the plasma.

Carbon free plasmas The process chamber does not have any carbon containing etch gasses. Therefore, polymer build-up on the chamber walls is not an issue. The 'carbon free' policy does not, however, apply to the choice of masking materials and CSAR, AZ and DUV resists are allowed.

Access to Pegasus 2 configuration templates

Pegasus 2 configuration table version 1