Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/Etching of Silicon Oxide/SiO2 etch using ASE/ICP recipe for SiO2

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This recipe was taken from the ICP Metal etch, with a slight difference in the platen temperature.


Parameter Recipe name: SiO2_ICP
Coil Power [W] 1000
Platen Power [W] 200
Platen temperature [oC] 20
C4F8 flow [sccm] 10
H2 flow [sccm] 28
Pressure [mTorr] 2.5

Results when etching a patterned wafer

Material to be etched Recipe: SIO2_ICP Testing othe etch rate in nitride
Etch rate in SiO2 155 nm/min in the center, 125nm/min in the edges.
Etch rate in resist (AZ 5214E) 108 nm/min in the center, 98nm/min in the edges
Selectivity (SiO2:resist) 1.45
Etch rate in silicon
Profile Images File:SiO2 ICP.2 top 02.tifFile:SiO2 ICP.2 top 04.tif