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Etching of Titanium

Etching of Titatium is done wet at Danchip. We have ?:

	Aluminium Etch 1	Aluminium Etch 2
General description	Etch of pure aluminium	Etch of aluminium + 1.5% Si
Chemical solution	H $_{2}$ O:H $_{3}$ PO $_{4}$ 1:2	PES 77-19-04
Process temperature	50 ^oC	20 ^oC
Possible masking materials:	Photoresist (1.5 µm AZ5214E)	Photoresist (1.5 µm AZ5214E)
Etch rate	~100 nm/min (Pure Al)	~60(??) nm/min
Batch size	1-25 wafers at a time	1-25 wafer at a time
Size of substrate	4" wafers	4" wafers
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