Specific Process Knowledge/Etch/Etching of Silicon Oxide/SiO2 etch using AOE/With Hard Mask

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Some testing of SiO2 etch with hard mask

Cr mask (Recipe mane: SiO2_met) Al mask (Recipe mane: SiO2_met) ALD Al2O3 (Recipe mane: SiO2_met)
Generel description SiO2_met: This recipe has been developed by SPTS for metal masks @60 degrees. These tests were done by Martin Lind Ommen @nanotech Fall 2016, see the work here: [1]
Substrate Silicon wafer 100 mm with silicon oxide
Mask material/Thickness
  • 50 nm Cr
  • 50nm Al
  • 103 nm ALD Al2O3
Coil Power
  • 1100W
Platen Power
  • 180W
Platen temperature
  • 0oC
He flow
  • 0 sccm
C4F8 flow
  • 40 sccm
O2 flow
  • 5 sccm
H2 flow
  • 0 sccm
Pressure
  • 6 mTorr
Etch rate in SiO2
  • 407 nm/min (Fall 2016 by Martin Lind Ommen @nanotech)
Selectivity to mask
  • ~1:135 (Fall 2016 by Martin Lind Ommen @nanotech)
  • ~1:135 (Fall 2016 by Martin Lind Ommen @nanotech)
  • ~1:214 (Fall 2016 by Martin Lind Ommen @nanotech)
Linewidth reduction Not measured Not measured Not measured
Substrate size tried
  • 100 mm wafer
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