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http://dx.doi.org/10.3740/MRSK.2003.13.4.266

Dry Etching of GaAs in a Planar Inductively Coupled BCl3 Plasma  

Lim, Wan-tea (School of Nano Engineerings, Inje University/ Institute of Nano-Technology Applications)
Baek, In-kyoo (School of Nano Engineerings, Inje University/ Institute of Nano-Technology Applications)
Jung, Pil-gu (School of Nano Engineerings, Inje University/ Institute of Nano-Technology Applications)
Lee, Je-won (School of Nano Engineerings, Inje University/ Institute of Nano-Technology Applications)
Cho, Guan-Sik (School of Nano Engineerings, Inje University/ Institute of Nano-Technology Applications)
Lee, Joo-In (Nano-Surface Group, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Cho, Kuk-San (Cliotek, Inc.)
Pearton, S.J. (Department of Materials and Eng., University of Florida)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Materials Research / v.13, no.4, 2003 , pp. 266-270 More about this Journal
Abstract
We studied BCl$_3$ dry etching of GaAs in a planar inductively coupled plasma system. The investigated process parameters were planar ICP source power, chamber pressure, RIE chuck power and gas flow rate. The ICP source power was varied from 0 to 500 W. Chamber pressure, RIE chuck power and gas flow rate were controlled from 5 to 15 mTorr, 0 to 150 W and 10 to 40 sccm, respectively. We found that a process condition at 20 sccm $BCl_3$ 300 W ICP, 100 W RIE and 7.5 mTorr chamber pressure gave an excellent etch result. The etched GaAs feature depicted extremely smooth surface (RMS roughness < 1 nm), vertical sidewall, relatively fast etch rate (> $3000\AA$/min) and good selectivity to a photoresist (> 3 : 1). XPS study indicated a very clean surface of the material after dry etching of GaAs. We also noticed that our planar ICP source was successfully ignited both with and without RIE chuck power, which was generally not the case with a typical cylindrical ICP source, where assistance of RIE chuck power was required for turning on a plasma and maintaining it. It demonstrated that the planar ICP source could be a very versatile tool for advanced dry etching of damage-sensitive compound semiconductors.
Keywords
ICP; GaAs; Dry Etching; High Density Plasma;
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