Hi Andrew, I try to etch 300nm in Si. With the process that I explain you, I etched 180nm in silicon, and now I'm trying to change the parameters. I use 25sccm HBr, 30mt and 150W with short and repetitive processes. I use samples with thermal SiO2 than we buy in a Siltronix Company, but now we have a new evaporator (thermal, e-beam and sputtering) and I would like to evaporate our samples, but I don´t know if I can use all kind of process, Could you recommend me something? Does the RIE etching change? Thanks a lot *JUDITH NOEMÍ LINACERO BLANCO* *Plataforma de Nanotecnologia* Parc Científic de Barcelona c/ Baldiri Reixac 10-12 08028 Barcelona, Spain *Tel.* +34 934037138 *Fax.* +34 934037109 jlinacero@pcb.ub.cat http://www.pcb.ub.es/plataforma/nanotecnologia El 06/06/2011 16:42, Andrew Sarangan escribió: SiO2 should make a good etch mask for Si. How deep does the Si have to be etched? Also depends on the type of SiO2 - thermal, CVD etc..