High etch rate residue free metal etch process with low frequency high power inductive coupled plasma
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Jul 21, 1998
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Sep 16, 1994
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The plasma source power frequency in a plasma etch reactor is reduced to a low RF frequency such as about 2 MHz. It is a discovery of this invention that at this low frequency, capacitive coupling from the plasma power source is reduced, and the plasma source power level may be increased beyond 750 Watts to reduce capacitive coupling and provide a high density inductively coupled plasma without appreciably increasing the ion bombardment energy. Moreover, under these conditions the etchant (e.g., chlorine) concentration in the plasma may be increased to about 80 percent without decreasing etch uniformity to provide a very high metal alloy etch rate with complete residue removal, no profile microloading, and no etch rate microloading, the process being applicable over a wide window of metal alloy compositions.
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