Dry Etching Recipes

Process Control Data

See linked page for process control data (dep rate/stress etc. over time), for a selection of often-used thin-film depositions.

Dry Etching Tools/Materials Table

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Dry Etching Recipes
	RIE Etching			ICP Etching						Oxygen Plasma Systems				Other Dry Etchers
Material	RIE 2 (MRC)	RIE 3 (MRC)	RIE 5 (PlasmaTherm)	DSEIII (PlasmaTherm)	Fluorine ICP (PlasmaTherm)	ICP Etch 1 (Panasonic E646V)	ICP Etch 2 (Panasonic E626I)	Oxford ICP (PlasmaPro 100)	ICP-Etch (Unaxis VLR)	Ashers (Technics PEII)	Plasma Clean (YES EcoClean)	UV Ozone Reactor	Plasma Activation (EVG 810)	XeF2 Etch (Xetch)	Vapor HF Etch (uETCH)	CAIBE (Oxford)
Ag																A
Al			A			R	R									A
Au																R
Cr			A			R	A									A
Cu																A
Ge						A	A							A		A
Mo																A
Nb						A	A
Ni																R
Os						A	A
Pt																R
Ru						A	R									A
Si				R	R			A						R		A
Ta						A	A									A
Ti						R	A									A
Al2O3						A	R									A
Al2O3 (Sapphire)						R	A									A
AlGaAs			R			R		R	R							A
AlGaN								R	R							A
AlN									R							A
BCB						A
CdZnTe	R															A
GaAs			R			R	R	R	R							A
GaN			R			R	A	R	R							A
GaSb						A	A	A	R							A
HfO2																A
InGaAlAs	R							A	R							A
InGaAsP	R							R	R							A
InP	R					A	A	R	R							R
ITO	R															A
LiNbO3																A
Photoresist & ARC		A	R		R	R	R			R	R					A
Ru						A	R
SiC						R	A									A
SiN		R			R	R	R			A						A
SiO2		R			R	R	R								R	A
SiOxNy						A	A									A
SU8						A
Ta2O5						A	A									A
TiN																A
TiO2																A
W-TiW						R	A									A
ZnO2																A
ZnS	R															A
ZnSe	R															A
ZrO2																A
Material	RIE 2 (MRC)	RIE 3 (MRC)	RIE 5 (PlasmaTherm)	DSEIII (PlasmaTherm)	Fluorine ICP (PlasmaTherm)	ICP Etch 1 (Panasonic E626I)	ICP Etch 2 (Panasonic E640)	Oxford ICP (PlasmaPro 100)	ICP-Etch (Unaxis VLR)	Ashers (Technics PEII)	Plasma Clean (YES EcoClean)	UV Ozone Reactor	Plasma Activation (EVG 810)	XeF2 Etch (Xetch)	Vapor HF Etch (uETCH)	CAIBE (Oxford)