کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1669715 | 1008887 | 2010 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

The etching characteristics of zinc oxide (ZnO) including the etch rate and the selectivity of ZnO in a BCl3/Ar plasma were investigated. It was found that the ZnO etch rate showed a non-monotonic behavior with an increasing BCl3 fraction in the BCl3/Ar plasma, along with the RF power, and gas pressure. At a BCl3 (80%)/Ar (20%) gas mixture, the maximum ZnO etch rate of 50.3 nm/min and the maximum etch selectivity of 0.75 for ZnO/Si were obtained. Plasma diagnostics done with a quadrupole mass spectrometer delivered the data on the ionic species composition in plasma. Due to the relatively high volatility of the by-products formed during the etching by the BCl3/Ar plasma, ion bombardment in addition to physical sputtering was required to obtain the high ZnO etch rates. The chemical state of the etched surfaces was investigated with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Inferred from this data, it was suggested that the ZnO etch mechanism was due to ion enhanced chemical etching.
Journal: Thin Solid Films - Volume 518, Issue 10, 1 March 2010, Pages 2905–2909