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Lith. J. Phys. 49, 215–220 (2009)


CHEMICAL ETCHING OF ISOLATION GROOVES IN HIGH-POWER SILICON DEVICES
D. Šaluchaa,b and I. Šimkienėa
aSemiconductor Physics Institute, A. Goštauto 11, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail: irena@pfi.lt
bJoint Stock Company “Vilniaus Ventos Puslaidininkiai”, Ateities 10, LT-08303 Vilnius, Lithuania

Received 2 February 2009; revised 29 April 2009; accepted 18 June 2009

The procedure of wet chemical etching, which plays an important role in the fabrication of high-power Si devices in standard commercial equipment, is discussed. The characteristics of isolation grooves in Si high-voltage thyristors and diodes have been investigated, with respect to etchants and wet etching conditions. It has been found that the standard deviation in the depth values of isolation grooves produced in the Si wafer of 125 mm in diameter is reduced to 0.85 μm using a proposed modied technological procedure.
Keywords: wet chemical etching, silicon high-power devices
PACS: 61.82.Fk, 81.65.-b, 85.30.Rs


DIDELĖS GALIOS SILICIO PRIETAISŲ IZOLIAVIMO GRIOVELIŲ CHEMINIS ĖSDINIMAS
D. Šaluchaa,b, I. Šimkienėa
aPuslaidininkių fizikos institutas, Vilnius, Lietuva
bAkcinė bendrovė „Vilniaus Ventos puslaidininkiai“, Vilnius, Lietuva

Nagrinėjamas izoliacinio griovelio gylių verčių kitimo intervalo ir jų standartinio nuokrypio mažinimo metodas didelės galios silicio prietaisuose. Nustatyta, kad gilėjant izoliaciniams grioveliams kartu auga standartinis nuokrypis. Izoliacinio griovelio gylių verčių standartinis nuokrypis sumažintas nuo 1,74 iki 0,85 μm, didinant ėsdinimo kasetės sukimosi greitį ėsdiklyje nuo 30 iki 52 aps/min. Nustatyta, kad kartu pakito ir ėsdinimo greitis nuo 13,6 iki 18,6 μm/min. Ištirta ėsdinimo kasetės sukimosi greičio įtaka izoliacinio griovelio dugno formai ir morfologijai.


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