Silicon nitride works better with KOH, you should find the etch rate is
lower for oxide if you use TMAH.

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From: mems-talk-bounces+tceschri=cox.net@memsnet.org
[mailto:mems-talk-bounces+tceschri=cox.net@memsnet.org] On Behalf Of Ruiz,
Marcos Daniel (SGNCOE)
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:40 PM
To: General MEMS discussion
Subject: Re: [mems-talk] Sputtered oxide as KOH anisotropic wet etching mask

Assuming sputtered oxide will have the stoichiometry that will be resistant
to the etch; the main problem I see is that sputtered films tend to be
porous.  Annealing might help, but I suspect sputtering will result in a
poor mask material.

Dan