基于BCl3感应耦合等离子体的蓝宝石光滑表面刻蚀

利用Ar/BCl3、Cl2/BCl3和SF6/BCl3感应耦合等离子体(ICP),研究了蓝宝石(Al2O3)材料的干法刻蚀特性.实验表明,优化BCl3含量(80%),可以提高对Al2O3衬底的刻蚀速率;在BCl3刻蚀气体中加入20%的Ar气可以在高刻蚀速率下同时获得优于未刻蚀Al2O3衬底表面的光滑刻蚀表面和较好的刻蚀侧壁,原子力显微镜(AFM)分析得到最优刻蚀平整度为0.039 nm,俄歇电子能谱(AES)分析其归一化Al/O原子比为0.94.     

Cl2／Ar／BCl3ICP刻蚀对AIGaN的损伤研究

感应耦合等离子体（ICP）刻蚀在AlGaN基紫外探测器台面制作中起着重要作用，初步研究了Cl2／Ar／BCl3ICP刻蚀对A1GaN材料的损伤。运用X射线光电子能谱（XPS）对ICP刻蚀前后的n型Al0.45Ga0．55N表面进行了分析，并对刻蚀后AlGaN材料在N2气中快速热退火进行了研究。结果表明，在N2气中550℃退火3min对材料的电学性能有明显的改善作用。     

InAs/GaSb二类超晶格红外探测材料的ICP刻蚀

分别采用 Cl2/Ar和SiCl4/Ar作为刻蚀气体对InAs/GaSb二类超晶格红外探测材料进行ICP（Inductively Couple Plasma）刻蚀。结果表明,两种刻蚀气体的刻蚀深度与刻蚀时间都呈线性关系;在2 mTorr气压下,RF功率为50 W,SiCl4流量为3 sccm,Ar为9 sccm时,刻蚀速率为100 nm/min,且与材料的掺杂浓度无关。实验还表明,SiCl4/Ar作为刻蚀气体时,Ar流量在很大范围内对刻蚀速率没用明显影响,但Ar的流量越大,刻蚀的均匀性越好;用Cl2/Ar作为刻蚀气体时,刻蚀速率也是100 nm/min,但Ar流量对刻蚀速率有影响:当Ar流量小于3 sccm时,刻蚀速率随Ar流量的减小而明显降低。     

ICP刻蚀对光刻胶掩模及刻蚀图形侧壁的影响

采用AZ1500光刻胶作为掩模对GaAs和InP进行ICP刻蚀,研究了刻蚀参数对光刻胶掩模及刻蚀图形侧壁的影响。结果表明,光刻胶的碳化变性与等离子体的轰击相关,压强、ICP功率和RF功率的增加以及Cl2比例的减小都会加速光刻胶的碳化变性,Cl2/Ar比Cl2/BCl3更易使光刻胶发生变性。对于GaAs样品刻蚀,刻蚀气体中Cl2含量越高,刻蚀图形侧壁的横向刻蚀越严重。Cl2/BCl3对GaAs的刻蚀速率比Cl2/Ar慢,但刻蚀后样品的表面粗糙度比Cl2/Ar小。刻蚀InP时的刻蚀速率比GaAs样品慢,且存在图形侧壁倾斜现象。该工作有助于推动在器件制备工艺中以光刻胶作为掩模进行ICP刻蚀,从而提高器件制备效率。     

Cl2/Ar/BCl3 ICP刻蚀对AlGaN的损伤研究

感应耦合等离子体(ICP)刻蚀在AlGaN基紫外探测器台面制作中起着重要作用,初步研究了Cl2/Ar/BCl3ICP刻蚀对AlGaN材料的损伤。运用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)对ICP刻蚀前后的n型Al0.45Ga0.55N表面进行了分析,并对刻蚀后AlGaN材料在N2气中快速热退火进行了研究。结果表明,在N2气中550°C退火3 min对材料的电学性能有明显的改善作用。     

GaAs/AlGaAs多层膜刻蚀的陡直度

GaAs/AlGaAs多层膜的陡直度较大程度地关系到其实际应用效果,但在实际加工中较难控制,因此有必要研究刻蚀过程中一些主要因素对其陡直度的影响。结合具体工作情况,用AZ1500光刻胶作为掩模,GaAs/Al0.15Ga0.85As多层膜为刻蚀材料,分别使用湿法和干法对其进行刻蚀。湿法刻蚀的刻蚀剂为H3PO4+H2O2溶液,干法刻蚀采用感应耦合等离子体(ICP)刻蚀法,等离子体由Cl2+BCl3(蒸汽)混合气体电离形成。通过控制变量方法,发现湿法刻蚀中刻蚀剂配比和温度以及干法刻蚀中BCl3(蒸汽)流量对刻蚀陡直度的影响规律。由此得出,提高H3PO4所占比例和降低刻蚀温度虽然会降低刻蚀速率,但可以提高多层膜的陡直度;ICP刻蚀的陡直度优于湿法刻蚀,BCl3(蒸汽)的流量在一定范围内对刻蚀陡直度的影响较小。     

低损伤ICP刻蚀技术提高GaN LED出光效率

首先分析了在制作GaN基LED时,采用干法刻蚀技术会对材料的表面和量子阱有源区造成损伤,影响了GaN基LED的内量子效率。针对这个问题,研究实验采用感应耦合等离子反应刻蚀(ICP-RIE)技术,分别选择了氯气/三氯化硼(Cl2/BCl3)气体体系和氯气/氩气(Cl2/Ar)气体体系,通过优化射频功率、ICP功率、气体流量以及相应的真空度,得到了良好的刻蚀端面,对于材料造成的损伤较低,得到更好的I-V特性。实验结果表明,采用低损伤的偏压功率刻蚀后制作的LED器件,出光功率提升一倍以上,同时采用Cl2/Ar气体体系,改善了器件的I-V特性,有效提高了LED的出光效率。     

Cl_2/BCl_3ICP刻蚀GaN基LED的规律研究

研究了用Cl2/BCl3刻蚀GaN基LED中,工艺参数对GaN刻蚀速率、刻蚀侧壁和GaN与SiO2刻蚀选择比的影响。研究结果表明,刻蚀速率随着ICP功率和压强的增大先增大继而减小,随RF功率的增大单调增大;刻蚀选择比随ICP功率增大单调减小,随压强增大而增大。还研究了刻蚀速率和选择比与气体比例变化的关系。刻蚀SEM图表明,压强和RF功率增大会使刻蚀垂直度增大。     

用于垂直腔面发射激光器的GaAs/AlGaAs的ICP刻蚀工艺研究

采用电感耦合等离子体(ICP)刻蚀设备对应用于垂直腔面发射激光器的GaAs/AlGaAs材料进行刻蚀工艺研究。该刻蚀实验采用光刻胶作为刻蚀掩模,Cl2/BCl3作为刻蚀工艺气体,通过实验分析总结了ICP源功率、射频偏压功率和腔体压强对GaAs/AlGaAs材料和掩模刻蚀速率的影响。利用扫描电子显微镜观察不同参数条件对样品侧壁垂直度和底部平坦度的影响。最终在保证高刻蚀速率的前提下,通过调整优化各工艺参数,得到了侧壁光滑、底部平坦的圆台结构。     

InGaAs探测器制备的ICP刻蚀方法研究

采用Cl2/BCl3/Ar感应耦合等离子体对InP/In0.55Ga0.45As/InP进行了刻蚀。讨论了不同的气体组分、ICP功率、直流自偏压下对刻蚀速率、表面粗糙度的影响。初步得到了一种稳定、刻蚀表面清洁光滑、图形轮廓良好、均匀性好和刻蚀速率较高的工艺。利用此工艺制作的8元InP/In0.55Ga0.45As/InP(PIN)探测器,峰值探测率为1.04×1012cmHz1/2W-1。     

Study of etch rate characteristics of SF6/He plasmas byresponse-surface methodology: effects of interelectrode spacing

The characteristics of SF₆/He plasmas which are used to etch Si₃N₄ have been examined with experimental design and modeled empirically by response-surface methodology using a Lam Research Autoetch 480 single-wafer system. The effects of variations of process gas flow rate (20-380 sccm), reactor pressure (300-900 mtorr). RF power (50-450 W at 13.56 MHz), and interelectrode spacing (8-25 mm) on the etch rates of LPCVD (low-pressure chemical vapor deposition) Si₃N₄, thermal SiO₂, and photoresist were examined at 22±2°C. Whereas the etch rate of photoresist increases with interelectrode spacing between 8 and 19 mm and then declines between 19 and 25 mm, the etch rate of Si₃N ₄ increases smoothly from 8 to 25 mm, while the etch rate of thermal SiO₂ shows no dependence on spacing between 8 and 25 mm. The etch rates of all three films decrease with increasing reactor pressure. Contour plots of the response surfaces for etch rate and etch uniformity of Si₃N₄ as a function of spacing and flow rate at constant RF power (250 W) display complex behavior at fixed reactor pressures. A satisfactory balance of etch rate and etch uniformity for Si₃N₄ is predicted at low reactor pressure (~300 mtorr), large electrode spacing (12-25 mm), and moderate process gas flow rates (20-250 sccm)     

Model‐Based Analysis of the ZrO2 Etching Mechanism in Inductively Coupled BCl3/Ar and BCl3/CHF3/Ar Plasmas

The etching mechanism of ZrO₂ thin films and etch selectivity over some materials in both BCl₃/Ar and BCl3/CHF3/Ar plasmas are investigated using a combination of experimental and modeling methods. To obtain the data on plasma composition and fluxes of active species, global (0‐dimensional) plasma models are developed with Langmuir probe diagnostics data. In BCl3/Ar plasma, changes in gas mixing ratio result in nonlinear changes of both densities and fluxes for Cl, BCl2, and BCl2⁺. In this work, it is shown that the nonmonotonic behavior of the ZrO2 etch rate as a function of the BCl3/Ar mixing ratio could be related to the ion‐assisted etch mechanism and the ion‐flux‐limited etch regime. The addition of up to 33% CHF₃ to the BCl₃‐rich BCl3/Ar plasma does not influence the ZrO2 etch rate, but it non‐monotonically changes the etch rates of both Si and SiO2. The last effect can probably be associated with the corresponding behavior of the F atom density.     

Cl2/Ar感应耦合等离子体刻蚀Si工艺研究

采用Cl2/Ar感应耦合等离子体（ICP）对单晶硅进行了刻蚀,工艺中用光刻胶作掩膜。研究了气体组分、ICP功率和RF功率等工艺参数对硅刻蚀速率和硅与光刻胶刻蚀选择比的影响,同时还研究了不同工艺条件对侧壁形貌的影响。结果表明,由于物理刻蚀机制和化学刻蚀机制的相对强度受到混合气体中Cl2和Ar比例的影响,硅刻蚀速率随着Ar组分的增加而降低,同时选择比也随之降低。硅刻蚀速率随着ICP功率的增大先增大继而减小,选择比则成上升趋势。硅刻蚀速率和选择比均随RF功率的增大单调增大。在Cl2/Ar混合气体的刻蚀过程中,离子辅助溅射是决定硅刻蚀效果的重要因素。同时,文中还研究分析了刻蚀工艺对于微槽效应和刻蚀侧壁形貌的影响,结果表明,通过提高ICP功率可以有效减小微槽和平滑侧壁。进一步研究了SiO2掩膜下,压强改变对于硅刻蚀形貌的影响,发现通过降低压强,可以明显地抑制杂草的产生。     

基于SiCl4/SF6的GaAs/AlAs ICP选择性干法刻蚀

报道了GaAs/AlAs的电感耦合等离子体(ICP)选择性干法刻蚀,刻蚀气体为SiCl4/SF6混合物.研究了在不同SiCl4/SF6气体配比、RF偏压电源功率和气室压力下,GaAs,AlAs的平均刻蚀速率与二者的选择比.合适的SiCl4/SF6气体比例(15/5sccm),低的RF偏压电源功率和高的气室压力将加强AlF3非挥发性生成物的形成,进而提高GaAs/AlAs的选择比.在SiCl4/SF6气体比例为15/5sccm,RF偏压电源功率为10W,主电源功率为500W,气室压力为2Pa时,GaAs/Al-As的选择比达1500以上.采用喇曼光谱仪对不同RF偏压电源功率和气室压力下,GaAs衬底被刻蚀面等离子体损伤进行了测试,表面形貌和被刻蚀侧壁分别采用原子力显微镜(AFM)和扫描电镜(SEM)进行观察.     

Modeling magnetically enhanced RIE of aluminum alloy films usingneural networks

Aluminum (Al) and its alloy films are widely used for fabricating VLSI interconnections. The discharge behavior of a magnetically enhanced reactive ion etching (MERIE) of Al(Si) has been modeled using neural networks. A 2^6-1 fractional factorial experiment was employed to characterize etch variations with RF power, pressure, magnetic field and gas mixtures of Cl₂, BCl₃, and N₂. Responses of an Al(Si) film etched in a chlorine-based plasma include etch rate, selectivity to oxide, anisotropy and bias of critical dimension (CD). The generalization accuracy of the models, measured by the root-mean squared error (RMS) on a test set, are 285 Å/min for etch rate, 5.58 for oxide selectivity, 0.08 for anisotropy, and 3.82 Å/min for CD bias. Al(Si) etch rate was found to be chlorine-dependent with significantly affected by magnetic field variations. For the other etch responses, RF power was dominant. Gas additives such as BCl₃ and N₂ were seen to have conflicting effects on etch outputs. Predicted Al(Si) etch behaviors from neural process models were in qualitative good agreement with reported experimental results     

基于ICP刻蚀GaN选择比的研究

在干法刻蚀GaN时使用AZ-4620作为掩膜层,为了在较快的GaN刻蚀速率下获得良好的GaN/AZ-4620刻蚀选择比,使用电感耦合等离子刻蚀机（ICP）,运用Cl2和BCl3作为刻蚀气体,改变气体总流量、直流自偏压、ICP功率、气体组分等工艺条件,并讨论了这些因素对GaN/AZ-4620刻蚀选择比以及对GaN刻蚀速率的影响。实验结果获得了GaN在刻蚀速率为225nm/min时的GaN/AZ-4620选择比为0.92,可以应用于实际生产。