Dry Etch Recipe for Silicon in Fluorine based RIE

Recipe

Gasses:
SF612.5 ssccm
O22.5 sccm
He10 sccm
Pressure1 Pa
RF Power40 W
Substrate temperatureambient

Etch characteristics

Etch rate: 15-20 nm/min
Anisotropy: 80 %

Remarks

ER depends on content 02 temperature substrate
Anisotropy depends strongly on 02 content
Reproducibility is poor, needs proper conditioning of chamber