Thank you for your suggestions. Where can I purchase black wax? Can you suggest any companies that sell the product? Best Regards, Temmuz CEYHAN tceyhan@ee.bilkent.edu.tr > > Hello > > To use > KOH silicon etch ; You can protect the back side of the > wafer by the LPCVD nitride who is better than PECVD .and then use these > three methods : > > 1. > Protective Tapes > > 2. > Wafer Holder > > 3. > Black Wax > > The best > option for frontside protection is a coat of Black Wax to prevent > from broken and contamination wafer ,after etching silicon > with KOH you can remove the wax with Toluène solution very easy . > > Naitbouda > abdelyamine > > anaitbouda@cdta.dz > Process Engineer in the Dry etch area > of the Clean Room of the CDTA > Centre de Developpement des Technologies Avancées > Cite du 20 Aout 1956 Baba Hassen,Alger,Algerie Temmuz CEYHAN M.Sc. Student ----------------------------------------------- Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering +90(312)-290-1247 Advanced Research Labs / National Nanotechnology Research Center +90(312)-290-3525 BILKENT UNIVERSITY 06800 ANKARA/TURKEY