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recipe for isotropic dry etch of Si
2004-04-12
Qing Yao
2004-04-13
Shane Arthur McColman
2004-04-12
Xu Zhu
recipe for isotropic dry etch of Si
Shane Arthur McColman
2004-04-13
Hi Qing,

We have used a recipe very similar only with less pressure on a Plasmalab RIE

pressure: 50 mTorr
gas flow: 50 sccm
RF power: 50 W

This recipe does work but the uniformity was very poor.

--
Shane McColman
Research Professional
NanoFab, University of Alberta
W 1-028 ECERF Building
Edmonton AB, Canada, T6G 2V4


On April 12, 2004 08:32 am, Qing Yao wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I need to do isotropic dry etch of Si using RIE system (to release a Nickel
> structure on Si substrate). I am thinking about using Sulfur Hexafluoride
> (SF6). However, I don't have a recipe for it.
>
> If somebody has the information about the recipe (e.g., pressure, gas flow,
> RF power, etch rate...), would you please let me know? By the way, the
> machine I am using is PlasmaLab Dual-Chamber RIE.
>
> If I couldn't get a recipe, is the following one a good start point?
> pressure: 100 mTorr
> gas flow: 50 sccm
> RF power: 50 W
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Qing Yao
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