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Paper Abstract
As integration of circuits increases, required feature size becomes smaller and smaller. Defect control becomes tighter
due to decrease in defect size that affects the images printed on the wafer and increase in possibility to be killer defect
like 2-face bridge defect. Therefore, particle sources from all processes should be controlled extremely.
Especially for dry etching process, Alumina ceramic has been widely used for plasma resistance material such as
electrode covering plate and insulator. However, they can be etched under 'F' series plasma condition as well, even in
small amounts. It has been reported that non-volatile by-products from etch ceramic can be particle sources to be killer
defect. Therefore, selection of ceramic materials must be important for particle control in dry etch process.
This paper pertains to testing etch resistance differences in Alumina (Al2O3) and Yttria (Y2O3) ceramic materials
depending on various density and surface roughness. Ceramic surface microstructures change after plasma treatment was
observed with scanning electron microscope (SEM) and ceramic erosion rate after plasma treatment was measured with
surface profiler.
Paper Details
Date Published: 23 September 2009
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 7488, Photomask Technology 2009, 74882Z (23 September 2009); doi: 10.1117/12.833515
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7488:
Photomask Technology 2009
Larry S. Zurbrick; M. Warren Montgomery, Editor(s)
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 7488, Photomask Technology 2009, 74882Z (23 September 2009); doi: 10.1117/12.833515
Show Author Affiliations
Dong-Soo Min, PKL Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Guen-Ho Hwang, PKL Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Dong-Heck Lee, PKL Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Sang-Soo Choi, PKL Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Guen-Ho Hwang, PKL Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Dong-Heck Lee, PKL Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Sang-Soo Choi, PKL Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Hyo-Seok Son, SHEC Corp. (Korea, Republic of)
Hyung-Jae Lee, SHEC Corp. (Korea, Republic of)
Seung-Mun Son, SHEC Corp. (Korea, Republic of)
Kyung-Ho Park, SHEC Corp. (Korea, Republic of)
Hyung-Jae Lee, SHEC Corp. (Korea, Republic of)
Seung-Mun Son, SHEC Corp. (Korea, Republic of)
Kyung-Ho Park, SHEC Corp. (Korea, Republic of)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7488:
Photomask Technology 2009
Larry S. Zurbrick; M. Warren Montgomery, Editor(s)
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