The characteristics of Magnetized plasma and its applications to Etching

자화된 플라즈마의 특성 및 식각에의 응용

  • Shin, Kyoung-Sop (Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Ho-Jun (Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Whang, Ki-Woong (Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 신경섭 (서울대학교 공과대학 전기공학과) ;
  • 이호준 (서울대학교 공과대학 전기공학과) ;
  • 황기웅 (서울대학교 공과대학 전기공학과)
  • Published : 1993.11.26

Abstract

The effects of the magnetic field and gas pressure on the etching characteristics were investigated in the axial magnetic field enhanced RIE system. This system has many advantages compared with the conventional RIE system ; the capability of operating at low pressure, low self-bias voltage, high electron density and high etch rate in the low pressure, but also has disadvantages such as the nonconformity of plasma density which intensifies as the magnitude of magnetic field increases. To overcome this problem we made some grooved anode and tried to find the optimal pressure and B-field strength.

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