Influences of substrate temperatures on etch rates of PECVD-SiN thin films with a CF4/H2 plasma

SN Hsiao, K Nakane, T Tsutsumi, K Ishikawa… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dependence of substrate temperatures (50 to− 20° C) on etch rate in two kinds of
PECVD SiN films were investigated by a CF 4/H 2 mixture plasma. The XRR and XPS …

Etching Mechanism Based on Hydrogen Fluoride Interactions with Hydrogenated SiN Films Using HF/H2 and CF4/H2 Plasmas

SN Hsiao, N Britun, TTN Nguyen… - ACS Applied …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The etch characteristics of SiN films using CF4/H2 and HF/H2 plasmas were investigated in
a dual-frequency capacitively coupled plasma reactor with increasing an H2 percentage …

In Situ Monitoring of Surface Reactions during Atomic Layer Etching of Silicon Nitride Using Hydrogen Plasma and Fluorine Radicals

K Nakane, RHJ Vervuurt, T Tsutsumi… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The atomic layer etching (ALE) of silicon nitride (SiN) via a hydrogen plasma followed by
exposure to fluorine radicals was investigated by using in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry …

Manipulation of etch selectivity of silicon nitride over silicon dioxide to a-carbon by controlling substrate temperature with a CF4/H2 plasma

SN Hsiao, N Britun, T Tsutsumi, K Ishikawa, M Sekine… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of substrate temperature (T s) on the etch rate (ER) of the PECVD-prepared SiN,
SiO 2 and amorphous carbon (aC) films, and their selectivity were investigated with a CF 4/H …

Effects of hydrogen content in films on the etching of LPCVD and PECVD SiN films using CF4/H2 plasma at different substrate temperatures

SN Hsiao, N Britun, TTN Nguyen… - Plasma Processes …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The dependences of etching characteristics on substrate temperature (Ts, from–20 to 50° C)
of the plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) SiN films (PE‐SiN) and low …

Cryogenic nanoscale etching of silicon nitride selectively to silicon by alternating SiF4/O2 and Ar plasmas

G Antoun, T Tillocher, A Girard, P Lefaucheux… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This article first presents quasi-in situ XPS measurements on Si 3 N 4 and a-Si samples after
exposure to an SiF 4/O 2 plasma at different cryogenic temperatures. A different behavior is …

In Situ Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of the Plasma–Surface Interaction on Metal Foils

S Taylor, F Hallböök, RH Temperton, J Sun… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
The plasma–surface interface has sparked interest due to its potential of creating alternative
reaction pathways not available in typical gas–surface reactions. Currently, there are a …

Etching mechanism of amorphous hydrogenated silicon nitride by hydrogen fluoride

K Khumaini, Y Kim, R Hidayat, T Chowdhury… - Applied Surface …, 2024 - Elsevier
We report the etching mechanism of amorphous hydrogenated silicon nitride by hydrogen
fluoride (HF) gas using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Since silicon nitride …

Selective etching of silicon nitride over silicon oxide using ClF3/H2 remote plasma

WO Lee, KH Kim, DS Kim, YJ Ji, JE Kang, HW Tak… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Precise and selective removal of silicon nitride (SiNx) over silicon oxide (SiOy) in a
oxide/nitride stack is crucial for a current three dimensional NOT-AND type flash memory …

[PDF][PDF] Réalisation de transistors à haute mobilité électronique à enrichissement à base d'hétérostructure AlGaN/GaN pour les applications en électronique de …

M Bouchilaoun - 2018 - savoirs.usherbrooke.ca
Résumé Les semiconducteurs à large bande interdite III-N sont des matériaux
exceptionnels de par leurs propriétés physico-chimiques. Ils constituent une solution pour …