標題: Microtrenching-free two-step reactive ion etching of 4H-SiC using NF3/HBr/O-2 and Cl-2/O-2
作者: Tseng, Yuan-Hung
Tsui, Bing-Yue
電子工程學系及電子研究所
Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics
公開日期: 1-五月-2014
摘要: In this paper, the authors performed a reactive ion etch of a 4H-SiC substrate with a gas mixture of NF3, HBr, and O-2, resulting in a microtrenching-free etch. The etch rate was 107.8 nm/min, and the selectivity over the oxide hard mask was similar to 3.85. Cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy showed no microtrenching compared with etches using plasmas of NF3, NF3 /HBr, and NF3/O-2. Analyzing a variety of HBr/O-2 mixing ratios, the authors discuss the additive effect of each gas and their respective potential mechanisms for alleviating microtrenching. To increase the radius of gyration of the bottom corners, they introduced a second etch step with Cl-2/O-2 plasma. Fabricating simple metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors on the two-step etched surface, the authors found that the electrical characteristics of the etched sample were nearly the same as the nonetched sample. (C) 2014 American Vacuum Society.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11536/24466
ISSN: 0734-2101
期刊: JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A
Volume: 32
Issue: 3
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