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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2011.20.5.322

Improvement of Repeatability during Dielectric Etching by Controlling Upper Electrode Temperature  

Shin, Han-Soo (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Roh, Yong-Han (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Lee, Nae-Eung (Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.20, no.5, 2011 , pp. 322-326 More about this Journal
Abstract
Etch process of silicon dioxide layer by using capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) is currently being used to manufacture semiconductor devices with nano-scale feature size below 50 nm. In typical CCP plasma etcher system, plasmas are generated by applying the RF power on upper electrode and ion bombardment energy is controlled by applying RF power to the bottom electrode with the Si wafer. In this case, however, etch results often drift due to heating of the electrode during etching process. Therefore, controlling the temperature of the upper electrode is required to obtain improvement of etch repeatability. In this work, we report repeatability improvement during the silicon dioxide etching under extreme process conditions with very high RF power and close gap between upper and bottom electrodes. Under this severe etch condition, it is difficult to obtain reproducible oxide etch results due to drifts in etch rate, critical dimension, profile, and selectivity caused by unexpected problems in the upper electrode. It was found that reproducible etch results of silicon dioxide layer could be obtained by controlling temperature of the upper electrode. Methods of controlling the upper electrode and the correlation with etch repeatability will be discussed in detail.
Keywords
Etch; Upper electrode; Temperature control;
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