Hi, Please take look at this picture: http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/ccjmc1977/Switch#5417217340388044546 As can be clearly seen in the picture, these black spots are unwanted deposition (4000 A - 5000 A-thick) which were produced during etching PMMA (1 um -thick) using O2 RIE. The RIE tool we were using is Oxford 80 Cloey. Does anyone know what these black spots are and how can I avoid and remove them? Thanks CC