Thanks. Do you know the electrical/tunneling properties of such thin SiO2 layer? I imagine that tunneling should happen very easily, but I don't know of any study in this regard. Would this final thickness be the same, regardless of doping (type and level) and orientation? On 9/15/10, shay kaplanwrote: > The final thickness is 40-60A and develop within hours for 100 wafers up to > 1 day for 111 wafers. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mems-talk-bounces+shay=mizur.com@memsnet.org > [mailto:mems-talk-bounces+shay=mizur.com@memsnet.org] On Behalf Of Ned > Flanders > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:15 PM > To: General MEMS discussion > Subject: [mems-talk] native Si oxide thickness vs. time > > Hi all, > > say you dip a wafer in HF/BHF for a few seconds, pull it out, > rins with DI water and start your stopwatch (t=0). How quickly will > the native oxide layer grow at nominal conditions (room temp, 1 atm)? > How thick will it be after 1 day, 1 week, 1 year... etc? > > Any info would be very interesting. Thanks a lot.