Run-to-run control of inductively coupled C2F6 plasma etching of SiO2: Construction of a numerical process with a computational fluid dynamics code

  • Seung Taek Seo
  • , Yong Hee Lee
  • , Kwang Soon Lee*
  • , Bum Kyoo Choi
  • , Dae Rook Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    A numerical process to simulate SiO2 dry etching with inductively coupled C2F6 plasmas has been constructed using a commercial CFD code as a first step to design a run-to-run control system. The simulator was found to reasonably predict the reactive ion etching behavior of C2F6 plasmas and used to investigate the effects of plasma operating variables on the etch rate and uniformity. The relationship between the operating variables and the etching characteristics was mathematically modeled through linear regression for future run-to-run control system design.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)822-829
    Number of pages8
    JournalKorean Journal of Chemical Engineering
    Volume22
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005 Nov

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by grant No. R01-2002-000-00574-0 from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation.

    Keywords

    • CF Plasmas
    • ICP Etcher
    • Run-to-Run Control
    • SiO Etching

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Chemical Engineering

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