Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/DRIE-Pegasus/processC

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The 100 mm wafers had an Al mask made by lift-off:

  1. 80 nm of spin coated ZEP520A E-beam resist
  2. Patterned by E-beam lithograph
  3. 20 nm Al deposited and patterned by lift-off
  4. ~ 99 % etch load


Process C specifications
Parameter Specification Average result
Etch rate (µm/min) Not specified
Etched depth (µm) 300
Scallop size (nm) < 30
Profile (degs) 85 +/- 5
Selectivity to resist Not speicified
Undercut (nm) < 30
Uniformity (%) < 3.5
Repeatability (%) <4



Process C recipe
Parameter Etch
Gas flow (sccm) SF6 38 C4F8 70
Process time (mm:ss) 01:30
Pressure (mtorr) 4
Coil power (W) 450
Platen power (W) 100
Common Temperature 10 degs, HBC 10 torr, long funnel, with baffle & 100 mm spacers