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Publication
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
Paper
Transient fluorocarbon film thickness effects near the silicon dioxide/silicon interface in selective silicon dioxide reactive ion etching
Abstract
We have utilized an on-line ellipsometer to perform real time measurement of the thickness of fluorocarbon films formed on Si during overetching in selective silicon dioxide reactive ion etching (RIE) using CF4/H2. Employing an ultrahigh vacuum surface analysis system interfaced via a transfer chamber to the RIE system, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis was also performed on reactive ion etched SiO2 just before the encounter of the SiO2/Si interface (~ 3-nm SiO2 remaining) during etching and for Si just after etching through the interface ( overetch time < 15 s). The SiO2 surface was essentially free of fluorocarbon film. The formation of the fluorocarbon film on Si after etching through the SiO2/Si interface was shown to occur very fast and achieve a near steady-state thickness value within ~ 15 s for our etching conditions. © 1988, American Vacuum Society. All rights reserved.