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MICROMACHINES
卷 12, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi12050542
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fabrication; deep reactive ion etching; process optimization; reduced etch lag; high aspect ratio; small structures
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- ETH Zurich
- Swiss National Science Foundation [CR22I2_166110]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [CR22I2_166110] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
DRIE with the Bosch process is crucial for manufacturing micron-sized structures for MEMS and microfluidic applications. Enhanced processes have been developed to reduce etching lag and allow fabrication of stable structures with widths of 6 μm and depths up to 180 μm.
Deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) with the Bosch process is one of the key procedures used to manufacture micron-sized structures for MEMS and microfluidic applications in silicon and, hence, of increasing importance for miniaturisation in biomedical research. While guaranteeing high aspect ratio structures and providing high design flexibility, the etching procedure suffers from reactive ion etching lag and often relies on complex oxide masks to enable deep etching. The reactive ion etching lag, leading to reduced etch depths for features exceeding an aspect ratio of 1:1, typically causes a height difference of above 10% for structures with aspect ratios ranging from 2.5:1 to 10:1, and, therefore, can significantly influence subsequent device functionality. In this work, we introduce an optimised two-step Bosch process that reduces the etch lag to below 1.5%. Furthermore, we demonstrate an improved three-step Bosch process, allowing the fabrication of structures with 6 mu m width at depths up to 180 mu m while maintaining their stability.
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