1. Removal of Photoresist Mask after the Cl2/HBr/CF4Reactive Ion Silicon Etching
- Author
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Gwan-Ha Kim, Tae-Kyung Ha, Chang-Il Kim, and Jong-Chang Woo
- Subjects
Microelectromechanical systems ,Materials science ,Silicon photonics ,Plasma etching ,Silicon ,business.industry ,Analytical chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Photoresist ,Ashing ,chemistry ,Optoelectronics ,Dry etching ,Reactive-ion etching ,business - Abstract
Recently, silicon etching have received much attention for display industry, nano imprint technology, silicon photonics, and MEMS application. After the etching process, removing of etch mask and residue of sidewall is very important. The investigation of the etched mask removing was carried out by using the ashing, HF dipping and acid cleaning process. Experiment shows that oxygen component of reactive gas and photoresist react with silicon and converting them into the mask fence. It is very difficult to remove by using ashing or acid cleaning process because mask fence consisted of Si and O compounds. However, dilute HF dipping is very effective process for SiOx layer removing. Finally, we found optimized condition for etched mask removing.
- Published
- 2010