Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/Etching of Chromium

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Etching of Chromium

Etching of chromium can be done either by wet etch, dry etch or by sputtering with ions.


Comparison of Aluminium Etch Metodes

Cr wet etch 1 Cr wet etch 2 ICP metal IBE (Ionfab300+)
Generel description Wet etch of pure Al Wet etch of Al + 1.5% Si Dry plasma etch of Al Sputtering of Al - pure physical etch
Etch rate range
  • ~100nm/min (pure Al)
  • ~60nm/min (Al+1.5% Si)
  • ~350 nm/min (depending on features size and etch load)
  • ~30nm/min (not tested yet)
Etch profile
  • Isotropic
  • Isotropic
  • Anisotropic (vertical sidewalls)
  • Anisotropic (angles sidewalls, typical around 70 dg)
Substrate size
  • #1-25 100 mm wafers
  • #1-25 100 mm wafers
  • smaller pieces on a carrier wafer
  • #1 100mm wafers (when set up to 100mm wafers)
  • #1 150mm wafers (when set up to 150mm wafers)

Smaller pieces glued to carrier wafer

  • #1 50mm wafer
  • #1 100mm wafer
  • #1 150mm wafer
  • #1 200mm wafer
Allowed materials
  • Aluminium
  • Silicon
  • Silicon Oxide
  • Silicon Nitride
  • Silicon Oxynitride
  • Photoresist
  • E-beam resist
  • Aluminium
  • Silicon
  • Silicon Oxide
  • Silicon Nitride
  • Silicon Oxynitride
  • Photoresist
  • E-beam resist
  • Silicon
  • Quartz/fused silica
  • Photoresist/e-beam resist
  • PolySilicon,
  • Silicon oxide
  • Silicon (oxy)nitride
  • Aluminium
  • Titanium
  • Chromium
  • Silicon
  • Silicon oxides
  • Silicon nitrides
  • Metals from the +list
  • Metals from the -list
  • Alloys from the above list
  • Stainless steel
  • Glass
  • III-V materials
  • Resists
  • Polymers
  • Capton tape


Ething of Chromium can be done either wet or dry. For wet etching please see below on this page. Dry etching can be done either with ICP using Chlorine chemistry or with IBE by sputtering with Ar ions.