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

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Etch rate in BHF 5% HF 30% HF 40% HF BHF with wetting agent
Wet Thermal Oxide [nm/min] 78.191 / 794 24.891 282.851 794
Pyrex [nm/min] 35 3000
TEOS [nm/min] 265 153
PECVD3 (LFSiO) Oxide [nm/min] 2253
PECVD3 (MFSiNLS2) Nitride [nm/min] 595
PECVD4 (Waveguide) Oxide [nm/min] 1300-14006 1055 / 1086
PECVD4 (HF SiO2) Oxide [nm/min] 2305 / 248±256
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.

4The measured etch rate has been made by Rune Christiansen DTU-Nanolab, January 2020.

5The measured etch rate has been made by Karen Birkelund DTU-Nanolab, October 2021.

6The measured etch rate has been made by Thomas Anhøj DTU-Nanolab, September 2021.