FAST SILICON ETCHING USING AN EXPANDING CASCADE ARC PLASMA IN A SF6/ARGON MIXTURE

被引:20
作者
BEULENS, JJ [1 ]
WILBERS, ATM [1 ]
HAVERLAG, M [1 ]
OEHRLEIN, GS [1 ]
KROESEN, GMW [1 ]
SCHRAM, DC [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
来源
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1992年 / 10卷 / 06期
关键词
D O I
10.1116/1.586072
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An expanding cascaded arc is used as a fluorine atom source for fast etching of silicon. Extremely high etch rates up to 1.3 mum/s have been obtained. A reactor parameter study has been performed. The obtained selectivity Si/SiO2 is approximately 11 for substrate temperatures of 600-degrees-C, increasing to approximately 20 at 100-degrees-C. The etching proces is fully isotropic.
引用
收藏
页码:2387 / 2392
页数:6
相关论文
共 20 条
[1]  
Azzam R. M. A., 1977, ELLIPSOMETRY POLARIZ
[2]  
BACHMANN PK, 1989, 3RD P INT C SURF MOD, P69
[3]   SUPERHIGH-RATE PLASMA-JET ETCHING OF SILICON [J].
BARDOS, L ;
BERG, S ;
BLOM, HO .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1989, 55 (16) :1615-1617
[4]   A 2-DIMENSIONAL NONEQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF CASCADED ARC PLASMA FLOWS [J].
BEULENS, JJ ;
MILOJEVIC, D ;
SCHRAM, DC ;
VALLINGA, PM .
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS B-PLASMA PHYSICS, 1991, 3 (09) :2548-2557
[5]   CARBON DEPOSITION USING AN EXPANDING CASCADED ARC DC PLASMA [J].
BEULENS, JJ ;
BUURON, AJM ;
SCHRAM, DC .
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 1991, 47 (1-3) :401-417
[6]  
Beulens JJ, 1992, THESIS EINDHOVEN U T
[7]  
BEULENS JJ, 1992, PLASMA CHEM PLAS SEP
[8]  
BEULENS JJ, 1992, PLASMA SOURCES S AUG
[9]   THICK CARBON DEPOSITION BY CASCADED ARCS [J].
BUURON, AJM ;
BEULENS, SJ ;
VANDESANDE, RJF ;
SCHRAM, DC ;
VANDERLAAN, JG .
FUSION TECHNOLOGY, 1991, 19 (04) :2049-2058
[10]   THE REACTION OF FLUORINE-ATOMS WITH SILICON [J].
FLAMM, DL ;
DONNELLY, VM ;
MUCHA, JA .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1981, 52 (05) :3633-3639