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Photoresist develop (AZ 9260): View
Process Hierarchy
Bonding
Clean
Consulting
Deposition
Doping
Etch
   Anisotropic etch
   Deep RIE
   Isotropic etch
   Miscellaneous etch
   Strip
LIGA
Lift off
Lithography
Mask making
Metrology
Miscellaneous
Packaging
Polishing
Process technologies
Thermal
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Photoresist develop (AZ 9260)
Process characteristics:
Depth
Depth of material removed by etch process
Depth*
Depth of material removed by etch process, must be 0 .. 10 µm
0 .. 10 µm
Batch size 25
Developer
Agent that reacts with masking layer (e.g., photoresist) to etch it selectively.
AZ 400K
Etch rate 1.5 µm/min
Excluded materials gold (category), copper
Feature geometry
Shape of feature with dimensions characterized by the minimum feature size
line
Field geometry
Shape of field with dimensions characterized by the maximum field size
circle
Material AZ 9260
Max field size 90 mm
Min feature size 2 µm
Selectivity
Primary material removal rate divided by removal rates of secondary materials (i.e., factors by which primary material is removed faster than secondary materials)
AZ 9260: 1
Sides processed either
Temperature 20 °C
Wafer size
Wafer size
Equipment Air Control Microvoid
Equipment characteristics:
Wafer holder
Device that holds the wafers during processing.
teflon carrier
Wafer materials
List of wafer materials this tool can accept (not list of all materials, just the wafer itself).
silicon, silicon dioxide, Borofloat (Schott), alumina
Wafer thickness
List or range of wafer thicknesses the tool can accept
300 .. 1000 µm
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