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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 19:25-30
The etch rate of silicon nitride (Si3N4) in the afterglow of fluorine-containing plasmas is strongly enhanced when both nitrogen and oxygen are added to the remote discharge. This effect is attributed to the formation of nitric oxide (NO), which we i
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 17:3179-3184
A highly selective dry etching process for the removal of silicon nitride (Si3N4) layers from silicon and silicon dioxide (SiO2) is described and its mechanism examined. This new process employs a remote O2/N2 discharge with much smaller flows of CF4
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 17:2431-2437
The etching of silicon in remote microwave discharges fed with NF3/O2 has been investigated. In situ ellipsometry and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to monitor surface effects, while mass spectrometry was used to monitor the gas pha
Autor:
P. J. Matsuo, T. E. F. M. Standaert, Gottlieb S. Oehrlein, M. F. Doemling, N. R. Rueger, M. Schaepkens, B. E. E. Kastenmeier
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IBM Journal of Research and Development. 43:181-197
Pattern transfer by plasma-based etching is one of several key processes required for fabricating silicon-based integrated circuits. We present a brief review of elementary plasma-etching processes...
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 16:2047-2056
The etching of silicon nitride (Si3N4) and silicon dioxide (SiO2) in the afterglow of NF3 and NF3/O2 microwave discharges has been characterized. The etch rates of both materials increase approximately linearly with the flow of NF3 due to the increas
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 15:1801-1813
The remote plasma chemical dry etching of polycrystalline silicon was investigated using various CF4/O2/N2 gas compositions. The effects of O2 and N2 addition on the etch rate and surface chemistry were established. Admixing O2 to CF4 increases the g
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 14:2802-2813
The chemical dry etching of silicon nitride (Si3N4)and silicon nitride (SiO2) in a downstream plasma reactor using CF4, O2, and N2 has been investigated. A comparison of the Si3N4 and SiO2 etch rates with that of polycrystalline silicon shows that th
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Applied Physics Letters. 66:2634-2636
By comparing the etching characteristics of silicon and silicon nitride in CF4/O2/N2 microwave downstream plasmas we demonstrate clearly how low concentrations of energetic species can play a dominant role in remote plasma processing: Injection of 5%
Autor:
Sanket Sant, Matthew Goeckner, David W. Gidley, B. E. E. Kastenmeier, Lawrence J. Overzet, Huagen Peng, E. A. Joseph
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures. 25:1684
Porous methylsilsesquioxane-based spin-on films with pore sizes of 1.5–2nm and porosities ranging from 0% to 32% have been exposed to a variety of processing environments such as fluorocarbon or oxygen containing plasmas and TaN atomic layer deposi
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 18:2102
Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is a likely candidate to replace perfluorocompounds (PFCs) in stripping and reactor cleaning applications. In this article, the performance of NF3 for the etching of silicon, silicon dioxide (SiO2), and silicon nitride (Si3