I have had problems with deadhesion of Ti/Pt in TMAH. That is the Pt came off! I would not be surprised if Au behaves similarly, unless I had a sputtering problem. -Mike >>> ygfff@mizzou.edu 04/09/02 03:09PM >>> Dear all, I plan to use anisotropic wet etching to etch through holes in a <100>silicon wafer, using LPCVD silicon nitride as mask layer, also there is a exposed Ti/Au layer(Ti act as a adhesion layer) on top of silicon nitride. My concern is: 1. Will Ti/Au layer resist the long time KOH etching? 2. If KOH doesn't work, will other etchants like TMAH do? 3. Will KOH etching damage the silicon nitride membrane? Thank you very much! Yuanfang Gao University of Missouri _______________________________________________ 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/