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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2009.22.12.1005

Dry Etching of Al2O3 Thin Film by Cl2/Ar Plasma  

Yang, Xue (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부)
Um, Doo-Seung (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부)
Kim, Gwan-Ha (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부)
Song, Sang-Hun (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부)
Kim, Chang-Il (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.22, no.12, 2009 , pp. 1005-1008 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, adaptively coupled plasma (ACP) source was used for dry etching of $Al_2O_3$ thin film. During the etching process, the wafer surface temperature is an important parameter to influent the etching characteristics. Therefore, the experiments were carried out in ACP to measuring the etch rate, the selectivities of $Al_2O_3$ thin film to mask materials and the etch profile as functions of $Cl_2$/Ar gas ratio and substrate temperature. The highest etch rate of $Al_2O_3$ was 65.4 nm/min at 75% of $Cl_2/(Cl_2+Ar)$ gas mixing ratio. The etched profile was characterized using field effect scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The chemical states of $Al_2O_3$ thin film surfaces were investigated with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
Keywords
Dry etching; ACP; $Al_2O_3$; $Cl_2$/Ar; Temperature;
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