Deep reactive ion etching of silicon carbide

Cryogenic Deep Reactive Ion Etching of Silicon Micro and Nanostructures

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 1000, FI-02015 TKK

Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE)

Periodic arrays of deep nanopores made in silicon with reactive ion etching and deep UV lithography.

We report on the fabrication of periodic arrays of deep nanopores with high aspect ratios in crystalline silicon. The radii and pitches of the pores were defined in a chromium mask by means of deep UV scan and step technology. The pores were etched with a reactive ion etching process with SF(6), optimized for the formation of deep nanopores. We have realized structures with pitches between 440 ...

Characterization of the Microloading Effect in Deep Reactive Ion Etching of Silicon

Knowledge of the magnitude and characteristic length scales of chip-scale process variations due to varying substrate pattern density is essential if compensation measures, such as incorporation of dummy structures, are to be taken during mask layout. Effects of variations in local pattern density on a deep reactive ion etch (DRIE) process have been investigated, and a decrease of the etch rate...

Formation of silicon nanostructures with a combination of spacer technology and deep reactive ion etching

A new method of fabricating high aspect ratio nanostructures in silicon without the use of sub-micron lithographic technique is reported. The proposed method comprises two important steps including the use of CMOS spacer technique to form silicon nitride nanostructure masking followed by deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) of the silicon substrate to form the final silicon nanostructures. Silicon ...