In Situ Design of Experiments for A Reactive Ion Etching Process

1999 ◽  
Vol 569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia G. Galarza ◽  
Pete Klimecky ◽  
Pramod P. Khargonekar ◽  
Fred L. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Design Of Experiments ◽  
Plasma Etching ◽  
Etch Rate ◽  
Reactive Ion Etching ◽  
Etching Process ◽  
Flat Panel Displays ◽  
Flat Panel ◽  
Ion Etching ◽  
Spatial Uniformity

ABSTRACTWe introduce a new procedure to perform a design of experiments (DOE) for plasma etching processes. In particular, we use in situ etch rate estimations to maximize the number of observable setpoints during a single run of the etching process. This procedure is applied to characterize the spatial uniformity of a plasma chamber used in the manufacturing of flat panel displays.

CHF3 and NH3 Additives for Reactive ion Etching of GaAs Using CCl2F2 and SICI4

1991 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuen-Sane Din ◽  
Gou-Chung Chi
Keyword(s):  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Etch Rate ◽  
Reactive Ion Etching ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Etching Process ◽  
Ion Etching ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Gaas Wafer ◽  
Self Bias

ABSTRACTTwo fundamental requirements for RIE are the formation of nearly volatile etch products and sufficiently high physical bombardment to remove all substances on the surface. In this study, the GaAs wafer was in-situ pretreated with NH3 or CHF3 plasma prior to actual etching process. The main etchants are CCl2F2 and SiCl4. By adding these additives to the main etch gases, the resulting etch performance was significantly affected. For instance, DC self-bias of CCl2F2 plasma is relatively low and can increase with such gas addition, thus the etching properties related to physical bombardment change too. CHF3 improve GaAs etch rate in CCl2F2through increasing concentration of reactive chlorine-containing species. While CHF3 enhance etch rate in SiCl4 plasma. The as etched samples were examined with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Details of the experimental results will be described.

The effect of BCl3 pretreatment on the etching of AlN in Cl2-based plasma

2008 ◽  
Vol 1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Xu ◽  
Vladimir Kuryatkov ◽  
Boris Borisov ◽  
Mahesh Pandikunta ◽  
Sergey A Nikishin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Plasma Etching ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Etch Rate ◽  
Reactive Ion Etching ◽  
Native Oxide ◽  
Short Exposure ◽  
Ion Etching ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
High Etch Rate

AbstractThe effect of BCl3 and BCl3/Ar pretreatment on Cl2/Ar and Cl2/Ar/BCl3 dry etching of AlN is investigated using inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching. The native AlN oxide can be effectively removed by a short exposure to BCl3 or BCl3/Ar plasma. Compared to the chlorine based plasma etching, BCl3/Ar is found to have the highest etch rate for both AlN and its native oxide. Following removal of the native oxide, Cl2/Ar/BCl3 plasma etching with 15% BCl3 fraction results in a high etch rate ˜ 87 nm/min and modest increases in the surface roughness.

scholarly journals The Reactive Ion Etching of Transparent Electrodes for Flat Panel Displays Using Ar / Cl2 Plasmas

1995 ◽  
Vol 142 (12) ◽  
pp. 4285-4289 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Molloy ◽  
P. Maguire ◽  
S. J. Laverty ◽  
J. A. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Ion Etching ◽  
Flat Panel Displays ◽  
Transparent Electrodes ◽  
Flat Panel ◽  
Ion Etching

Modeling and simulation of the lag effect in a deep reactive ion etching process

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2570-2575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyong Tan ◽  
Rongchun Zhou ◽  
Haixia Zhang ◽  
Guizhang Lu ◽  
Zhihong Li
Keyword(s):  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Reactive Ion Etching ◽  
Etching Process ◽  
Ion Etching ◽  
Deep Reactive Ion Etching ◽  
Lag Effect

Reactive Ion Etching of GaSb, (Ai,Ga)Sb, and InAs for Novel Device Applications.

1990 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. La Tulipe ◽  
D.J. Frank ◽  
H. Munekata
Keyword(s):  
Etch Rate ◽  
Reactive Ion Etching ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Electrical Characteristics ◽  
Ion Etching ◽  
Novel Device ◽  
Physical Sputtering ◽  
Chlorine Gas ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
Scanning Electron

ABSTRACT-Although a variety of novel device proposals for GaSb/(Al,Ga)Sb/InAs heterostructures have been made, relatively little is known about processing these materials. We have studied the reactive ion etching characteristics of GaSb, (AI,Ga)Sb, and InAs in both methane/ hydrogen and chlorine gas chemistries. At conditions similar to those reported elsewhere for RIE of InP and GaAs in CH4/H2, the etch rate of (AI,Ga)Sb was found to be near zero, while GaSb and InAs etched at 200Å/minute. Under conditions where the etch mechanism is primarily physical sputtering, the three compounds etch at similar rates. Etching in Cl2 was found to yield anisotropic profiles, with the etch rate of (AI,Ga)Sb increasing with Al mole fraction, while InAs remains unetched. Damage to an InAs “stop layer” was investigated by sheet resistance and mobility measurements. These etching techniques were used to fabricate a novel InAs-channel FET composed of these materials. Several scanning electron micrographs of etching results are shown along with preliminary electrical characteristics.

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