Noble gas effect on ACL etching selectivity to SiO2 films
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- 8 June 2023
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Plasma Processes and Polymers
- Vol. 20 (8)
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the effect of Ar/He mixing ratio in the tetrafluoromethane/perfluorocyclobutane/Ar/He gas mixture on plasma parameters, SiO2 etching kinetics, and etching selectivity with respect to the amorphous carbon layer (ACL) mask in the inductively coupled plasma system with the low frequency (2 MHz) bias source. It was found that the type of dominant carrier gas does influence the output process characteristics through changes in both ion flux and CFx/F ratio determining the plasma polymerizing ability. In particular, He‐rich plasmas exhibited better performance with respect to the faceting of ACL mask and SiO2/ACL etching selectivity.Keywords
Funding Information
- Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (20202010100020)
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