Takahashi et al., 2012 - Google Patents
An autonomously controllable plasma etching system based on radical monitoringTakahashi et al., 2012
- Document ID
- 12378400086244356006
- Author
- Takahashi S
- Kawauchi R
- Takashima S
- Den S
- Katagiri T
- Kano H
- Ohta T
- Ito M
- Suzuki T
- Takeda K
- Hori M
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
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The optimum conditions for a plasma etching device are generally determined from the results of etching a sample while varying an external parameter (eg, gas mass flow, gas mixing ratio, process chamber pressure, or plasma source power). However, to realize …
- 238000001020 plasma etching 0 title abstract description 16
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