One coat of OCG 825 150cs @ 2800 rpm (10 sec) gives ~8 microns with good resolution. after develop, flood expose post bake @90Degrees 1 hr and ~130 for 1hr (90 deg. to set the resist so the edges won't round at the higher temperature.) I can etch moats ~50 microns deep with SF6 in an old Plasma Therm PHA500. We etch up to 200 microns with resist over 800-1000A of NiChrome The NiCr takes over where the resist leaves off (~70-80 microns). Liz > From: BobHendu@aol.com > Reply-To: mems-talk@memsnet.org > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:35:33 EST > To: mems-talk@memsnet.org > Cc: xanh@processintegrationll.com > Subject: [mems-talk] Positive resists for MEMS processing > > We have recently begun processing wafers using a new plasma system for doing > deep silicon etch. Since our goal is 100 microns of vertical etch profile in > silicon we are interested in what types of positive photoresists MEMS people > are using. Our initial results with standard positive resist at thicknesses > of around 1.2 microns have not yielded very consistant results. Work that we > have done with SU-8 resist have been very good with respect to profile and > depth of etch using a formulation of around 5 microns thickness. This also > allows us to ash off the SU-8 after etch with little problem. My question is > what type of resists are acceptable within the MEMS community that will yield > at least a 4-5 micron thickness with vertical profiles using stepper or other > alignment tools. Bob Henderson > _______________________________________________ > mems-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list > options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk > Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. > Visit us at http://www.mems-exchange.org/