Dear Memers: I am use O2 RIE plasma for my polyimide etching. I use 200nm Nickle layer(RF sputtered) as mask layers. and the Polyimide is about 10um thickness, and it spun on a 200nm Nickle layers. But when I increase the etching times, there is still some gray remainder on the bottom Nickle. The RIE plasma I have used is 100W,80SCCM O2 gas.How can I remove the remained layers on the bottom. Some one can give me some advice. yours wang hai 2004.6.16