[mems-talk] silicon nitride etch by koh?!

Andrea Mazzolari mazzolari at fe.infn.it
Mon May 21 17:00:45 EDT 2007


Hi all,
i deposited about 20nm of silicon nitride on a silicon wafer.
After patterning silicon nitride, i etched silicon in KOH (20%) at 100°C.
After about 2 hours etch, silicon nitride was completely removed!
I always knew silicon nitride perfecly mask against KOH etch!
What could be happened ?

Best regards,
Andrea


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