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Publication
JES
Paper
High Selectivity Magnetically Enhanced Reactive Ion Etching of Boron Nitride Films
Abstract
Oxygen and tetrafluorocarbon magnetically enhanced reactive ion etching (MERIE) of plasma chemical vapor deposited (CVD) boron nitride (BN) and silicon boron nitride (SiBN) was studied for both blanket and submicron patterned films. The relative etch selectivities of the BN and SiBN to oxide (SiO2) and nitride (SiN) were determined. In general, oxygen-rich O2/CF4MERIE produce very high etch selectivity results while maintaining vertical etch profiles. This etch process expands the potential for use of BN/SiBN in fabrication of subhalf micron devices. © 1994, The Electrochemical Society, Inc. All rights reserved.