Dry Etching Recipe for Titanium in Fluor Based RIE

Recipe

Gasses:

CHF3

100 sccm

O2

2.5 sccm
Pressure5.00 Pa
RF Power100 W
Bias potential-120 V

Etch characteristics

etching is anisotropic

Selectivity

Etch rate of AZ 1420: 8 nm/min (selectivity: 4)
Etchrate of Si: 2 nm/min (selectivity: 16)

Remarks

Etch rate is somewhat aspect ratio dependent
The wafer heats up considerably during etching (Mask choice)
Wafer uniformity: 10 %
Reproducibility: 15%
Etch rate is almost proportional to RF power
PMMA inhibits etching at high pressure
Recommended mask is hard baked AZ 1420