Step 29. Poly Si etch

 

 

 

 

Step

 

Process

Date

Operator

 

29.1

 

 

BARC etch in Centura

Recipe: MXP_BARC_ETCH, 40 sec etch time (see Note)

Note: Due to the
micromasking effect of the non-uniform BARC surface (see Step28.), poly surface roughened out. Pay more attention on this step, maybe reduce etch time, measure BARC-poly selectivity.

 

10/11/04
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10/15/04

Horvath

 

29.2

 


Poly etch in Lam5.

Recipe 5003 with modified over etch step.
Over etch step was modified as:
press: 15mTorr
PwTop: 250W
PwBottom: 120W
HBr: 200sccm
O2: 5sccm
He: 0

Main etch rate and selectivity:
~4000A/min for poly, 300-400A/min for oxide (sel.~10:1)

Over etch rate and selectivity:
~2500A/min for poly, ~40A/min for oxide
(sel.~60:1)

Etch times:
10 sec. oxide break through (CF4)
30-34 sec main etch (manual endpoint tracing the signal - signal value was aroud 13000 on Channel A)
30 sec overetch (meaning ~50% overetch)

Wafers:
w#1, 3, 7, 8, 9 looks perfect
w#2, 4 little residue left on the top part of the wafer
w#5, 6, 10 center (2inch) area over etched