Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/ICP Metal Etcher/silicon nitride

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Slow etch of silicon nitride with resist as masking material - on 6" carrier wafer with recess

This recipe can be used for slow etching of silicon nitride with resist as masking material. Here are some test results presented.

Parameter Resist mask
Coil Power [W] 200
Platen Power [W] 25
Platen temperature [oC] 0
CF4 flow [sccm] 20
H2 flow [sccm] 10
Pressure [mTorr] 3


Results Test on wafer with 20% load, by Izzet Yildiz @Nanotech
Etch rate of LPCVD nitride 60-65 nm/min (20% etch load) (Feb. 2014)
Selectivity to resist [SiN : AZ resist] 1:0.75
Wafer uniformity (100mm) ?
Profile [o] ?
Wafer uniformity map (click on the image to view a larger image) not measured
SEM profile images Not measured