Fluorine ICP Etcher (PlasmaTherm/SLR Fluorine ICP)
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About
The system is a Plasma-Therm 770 SLR series system with a loadlock. The system has an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) coil and a capactively coupled substrate RF supply to independently control plasma density and ion energy in the system. Helium back-side cooling is available to keep the sample cool during the etch. The system is fully computer controlled in all aspects of the pumping cycles and process control, and can be programmed by the user.
The system is generally meant for any fluorine-containing etch, which is typically for etching materials like SiO2, Si3N4, Silicon, or other materials with voltalee fluoride etch products.
The fixturing is configured for 4" diameter Si wafers and uses a cermaic clamp on the outer ~5mm of the 100mm wafer to hold the sample on the RF chuck.
Smaller samples can be mounted onto 100mm carrier wafers, either with no adhesive (sample temperature will be higher), or with Santovac oil for better thermal cooling.
The in-situ laser monitor installed on the chamber allows for repeatable etches and endpoint detection via continuous optical monitoring of the wafer reflectivity in a user-determined location, through a porthole on the chamber.
Detailed Specifications
- 1000 W ICP coil power at 2 MHz and 500 W substrate bias at 13.56 MHz plasma generators
- C4F8, SF6, O2, Ar, N2, CHF3, CF4 gases available
- He-back-side cooling
- Windows-based computer control of process and wafer handling
- Laser endpoint monitoring with camera and simulation software, for repeatable etching - see: Intellemetrics LEP 500
Documentation
Recipes
- Recipes > Dry Etching > PlasmaTherm/SLR Fluorine Etcher
- Starting point recipes for the FL-ICP, including SiO2 and Si etches.
- Historical Data records "calibration" etches to test tool performance.
- You can see a full list of all tools and all materials able to be etched by each on our Dry Etching Recipes Table.