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A Study of the Dry Etching Properties of TiN Thin Film in He/BCl3/Cl2 Inductively Coupled Plasma

He/BCl3/Cl2유도결합 플라즈마를 이용한 TiN 박막의 식각 특성

  • Woo, Jong-Chang (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Joo, Young-Hee (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Park, Jung-Soo (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Il (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University)
  • 우종창 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 주영희 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 박정수 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 김창일 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부)
  • Received : 2010.12.27
  • Accepted : 2011.08.24
  • Published : 2011.09.01
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Abstract

In this work, we investigated to the etching characteristics of the TiN thin film in He/$BCl_3/Cl_2$ plasma. The etch rate was measured by the gas mixing ratio, the RF power, the DC bias voltage and the process pressure. The maximum etch rate in He/$BCl_3/Cl_2$ plasma was 59 nm/min. The etch rate increased as the RF power and the DC-bias voltage was increased. The chemical reaction on the surface of the etched the TiN thin films was investigated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The intensity of Ti 2p and N 1s peaks are varied during etching process. A new peak was appeared in He/$BCl_3/Cl_2$ plasma. The new peak was revealed Ti-$Cl_x$ by Cl 2p peak of XPS wild scan spectra analysis.

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