Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/Wet Silicon Oxide Etch (BHF)/BHF etch rates

From LabAdviser
Etch rate in BHF 5% HF 30% HF 40% HF BHF with wetting agent
Wet Thermal Oxide [nm/min] 78.191 / 794 24.891 282.851 79
Pyrex [nm/min] 35 3000
TEOS [nm/min] 265 153
PECVD1 (Standard) Oxide [nm/min] 147 87
PECVD3 (LFSiO) Oxide [nm/min] 2253
Silicon Rich Nitride [nm/min] 0.331 0.601 2.61
Stochiometric Nitride Si3N4 [nm/min] 0.752


1The measured etch rates have been made and donated by Eric Jensen and Rolf Møller-Nielsen from DTU-Nanotech, October 2013.

2The measured etch rates have been made and donated by Morten Bo Mikkelsen from DTU-Nanotech, March 2013.

3The measured etch rate has been made and donated by Trine Holm Christensen from DTU-Space, January 2015.