Does high density{endash}low pressure etching depend on the type of plasma source?
- Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Plasma Aided Manufacturing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1687 (United States)
Etching of SiO{sub 2} with CF{sub 4} in three types of high density{endash}low pressure (5{times}10{sup 11} cm{sup {minus}3}, 1{endash}10 mTorr) etch tools: electron cyclotron resonance (ECR), inductively coupled (ICP), and helicon (HRF) is described. Although the physical processes that produce the plasma in the three types of sources are quite different, the etch rate processes are identical when viewed from the wafer sheath boundary. Measurements demonstrate that if sufficient fluorine is present, the etch rate limiting step depends only on the ion energy flux to the wafer, rather than on the details of the chemical species. Etch rate control depends only on the wafer bias power. Experimental results are device independent so the etch rate in high density{endash}low pressure plasma sources does not depend on the plasma source power. Major differences in tool etch rate characteristics are more likely determined by tool wall material (and wall chemistry) and tool geometry rather than the physical process that is used to produce the plasma. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 280185
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 3; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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