Characterization of Reactive Ion Etch Chemistries Using Direct Write Lithography

Abstract

The DoD requires a variety of COTS and number of custom microelectronics to provide important functionality to critical military systems. Photo-lithography and DRIE are two techniques commonly used in the development of deep anisotropic features for the fabrication and modification of microelectronics and MEMS. However, standard photo-lithography techniques are ineffective for unique substrate geometries and DRIE processes require a chemical passivation step only applicable to Si substrates. This work confirmed the capability of RIE using DWL to perform deep, highly selective, an isotropic etching on elevated, non-circular substrates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 2020
Accession Number
AD1103218

Entities

People

  • Dylan T. Martin-abood

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystallography
  • Crystals
  • Cubic Lattices
  • Department Of Defense
  • Experimental Design
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Photolithography
  • Semiconductors
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene