SelectEtch™ Selective Front End of Line (FEOL) Oxide Etchants

SACHEM SelectEtch™SE-1100 series is the key for

  • Fast removal of thermal and doped oxides
  • Consistent wet oxide etch rates with time to avoid over-etch
  • Minimal attach on SiN and TiN films
  • Good compatibility with polysilicon

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Highly selective Oxide Etchants combine fast oxide etching with outstanding selectivity to SiN and TiN. Selectivity to nitrides is especially critical in removal of sacrificial oxides during the manufacture of cylindrical capacitors.

Example Etch Rates (Å/min)

Films

SE-1100

10:1 HF

50:1 HF

100:1 HF

500:1 HF

BPSG

9000

2500

500

250

30

TEOS

750

5500

800

375

65

Thermal Oxide

400

330

55

25

3

SiN (PECVD)

115

450

100

55

15















Application: Oxide etchback for vertical metal capacitor formation
Critical Performance Measures: Requires etchant that is highly selective to SiN and TiN
 
Application: Oxide hardmask removal for bottle trench capacitor formation
Critical Performance Measures: Selective to thermal oxide, silicon nitride or other barrier layers plus minimal silicon damage

selective oxide etchants

Available Products

SelectEtch™ SE-1100 Capacitor Sacrificial Oxide Etchant

Etchant for doped oxides or thermal oxide selectively to SiN.

SelectEtch™ SE-1120 Doped Oxide Hardmask Remover

Etchant for doped oxides or thermal oxide selective to SiN & TiN.

SelectEtch™ SE-1130 TEOS Oxide Hardmask Remover

Etchant for TEOS oxide selective to ThOx.

SelectEtch™ SE-1140 Doped Oxide and TEOS Hardmask Remover

Etchant for doped oxides and TEOS selective to SiN & TiN.

SelectEtch™ SE-1210 Selective SiON Etchant

SiON (or DARC) etchant selective to thermal oxide and BPSG.

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