Process Hierarchy

  Low-stress silicon nitride LPCVD ( <350 MPa)
Process characteristics:
Thickness
Amount of material added to a wafer
Thickness*
Amount of material added to a wafer, must be 0.05 .. 1 µm
0.05 .. 1 µm
Batch size 25
Material silicon nitride
Measured film thickness variation (+/- %) 10
Refractive index 2.15 .. 235
Residual stress 150 .. 350 MPa
Sides processed both
Temperature 810 °C
Equipment
Comments:
  • Wafers must be cleaned before shipping to fab.
  • 4" wafers only.
  • Silicon rich film composition (8:1)