Hi Judith, If you are not concerned with the anisotropy of the etching you can try XeF2 gas etching. It is selective to SiO2 up to 500. On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Judith Linacero Blancowrote: > Hi all, > > Does anybody know how to etch Si with a SiO2 mask? Because I use 50sccm > HBr, 30mT and 200W in the RIE system, but the selectivity isn't good. > I only have 20nm of SiO2 to etch silicon. > > Thanks a lot, > Judith