Dear All, I wonder if someone has a solution to my problem.. I have a Ge substrate on which 200 nm SiO2 and top of that 200 nm SIN film was deposited ( PECVD). After annealing at high temperatures, HF etch does not get rid of the deposited nitride layer though it does uniformly before annealing. I have tried etching for more than 15 min in HF (48 %). Any suggestion. Please send email directly at suresh@soton.ac.uk Regards, suresh