Dry etching characteristics of Mo and Al2O3 films in O-2/Cl-2/Ar inductively coupled plasmas
- Authors
- Kwon, Kwang-Ho; Efremov, Alexander; Yun, Sun Jin; Chun, Inwoo; Kim, Kwangsoo
- Issue Date
- 3-2월-2014
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
- Keywords
- Thin films; Molybdenum; Aluminum oxide; Etching rate; Etching mechanism; Plasma model; Inductively coupled plasma
- Citation
- THIN SOLID FILMS, v.552, pp.105 - 110
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- THIN SOLID FILMS
- Volume
- 552
- Start Page
- 105
- End Page
- 110
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/99312
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.12.013
- ISSN
- 0040-6090
- Abstract
- An investigation of etching characteristics and mechanisms of thin Mo and Al2O3 films in O-2/Cl-2/Ar inductively coupled plasmas under the condition of fixed gas pressure (0.8 Pa), input power (700 W) and bias power (200 W) was carried out. It was found that an increase in the O-2 mixing ratio resulted in a non-monotonic Mo etching rate (with a maximum of 320 nm/min at 40-45% O-2) while the Al2O3 etching rate decreased monotonically. Plasma parameters and composition were investigated using a combination of a zero-dimensional plasma model and plasma diagnostics by double Langmuir probes. The analysis of etching kinetics involving modelpredicted fluxes of plasma active species allows one to relate the non-monotonic Mo etching rate to the change in reaction probability. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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