LOW-TEMPERATURE ETCHING OF SILICON TRENCHES WITH SF6 IN AN ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON RESONANCE REACTOR

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WATTS, AJ [1 ]
VARHUE, WJ [1 ]
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[1] IBM CORP,ESSEX JCT,VT 05452
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS | 1992年 / 10卷 / 04期
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10.1116/1.578245
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TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
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Trenches were etched in silicon with SF6 in an electron cyclotron resonance reactor. Etch rate and etch anisotropy were increased with radio-frequency substrate bias. Etch anisotropy was also improved by lowering the temperature of the substrate to - 100-degrees-C. Optical emission spectroscopy was used to measure the concentration of free fluorine in the plasma stream. Etch rate measurements were correlated to fluorine concentrations.
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