durusmail: mems-talk: chromium etchant or gold etchant??
chromium etchant or gold etchant??
2001-12-28
2001-12-31
chromium etchant or gold etchant??
apatel43
2001-12-28
Hi,

I was wondering if someone maybe able to suggest what type of etchant i should
use.  I have approximately 500 angstroms of Cr deposited, followed by 1500
angstroms of Au, finally with a 50 angstoms Cr layer on top.  I only deposited
the top Cr layer so that polyimide would adhere well to the wafer.  I would
like to etch away thru all there layers.  I'm sure if i should use aqua regia
to etch away at the gold or should i use some sort of a Cr etch? if so which
one could you suggest please...

Thanks,
Arti

Arti Patel
Research Assistant/Graduate Student
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Bioengineering
851 S. Morgan St. (m/c 063)
Chicago, IL 60607

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