Dry Etch

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Dry Etch


Plasma / Reactive Ion Etch

Trion Minilock Etcher

  • Used for reactive ion etching of silicon oxide

Trion Phantom III Etcher

  • Used for reactive ion etching of silicon nitride and poly-silicon

Trion ICP Etcher

  • Used for etching of dielectrics over III-V materials

AME P5000 Chamber C

  • Used for reactive ion etching of silicon dioxide

Plasmatherm ICP Cl Etcher

  • Used for ICP chlorine etching of III-V mterials

Oxygen Plasma Strippers

Trion Apollo Asher

  • Used for oxygen plasma ashing of photoresists

 

Other Etchers

Xactic XeF2 Etcher

  • Used for surface release etching silicon

STS ASE Deep Si Etcher

  • Used for deep anisotropic etches of SI

 

Other Information

Dry Etch Process Information