Johnny, I am having trouble finding on-line information about it, but there is a company called McDermid Chemical that makes a Copper Etchant called "Fineline" that might be worth checking out. Neal RicksShipley Co., LLC "HE,Han-Johnny"wrote: Hi, David, I am not using CMOS backend Damascene process for some limitation. What I need is some good etchant of good selectivity for Cu over other materials can be taken as Hard Mask(i.e. PhotoResist), most importantly, of good functionality to give a good sidewall,(NO sideway etching) which gives anisotropic etching. Johnny =========================================== Johnny H.HE, Ph.D. Candidate Division of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Department,Cambridge University,CB2 1PZ, UK or Downing College, Cambridge, CB2 1DQ ,UK Email: jh353@cam.ac.uk Tel:+44 1223 765199 Fax:+44 1223 332662 =========================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 10:38:33 -0400 From: "David Nemeth" Subject: RE: [mems-talk] Anisotropic Cu Wet etching To: "General MEMS discussion" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I don't have experience with this personally, but my understanding is that CMOS processing of copper is done by forming grooves, electroplating the copper, and polishing back to the tops of the grooves. I don't know that a good anistropic etch exists for copper. David Nemeth Senior Engineer Sophia Wireless, Inc. 14225-C Sullyfield Circle Chantilly, VA Ph: (703) 961-9573 x206 Fax:(703) 961-9576 _______________________________________________ MEMS-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. Visit us at http://www.memsnet.org/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.