Your question requires some clarification, as glow discharges are generally not in thermal equilibrium. Temperatures within such a discharge range from near ambient for neutral species to electron temperatures >1000 degC. Roger Shile -----Original Message----- From: mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org [mailto:mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org] On Behalf Of yilei zhang Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:19 AM To: mems-talk@memsnet.org Subject: [mems-talk] DRIE plasma temperature Hi all, Does anybody know the general temperature of plasma used in commercial DRIE? Or any good references about DRIE etch process? Thanks a lot.