{"id":11780,"date":"2019-12-05T09:10:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T08:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.muegge.de\/quality-improvement-in-micromachinery-and-mems\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T09:10:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T08:10:25","slug":"quality-improvement-in-micromachinery-and-mems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/us\/quality-improvement-in-micromachinery-and-mems\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Improvement in Micromachinery and MEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11780\" class=\"elementor elementor-11780 elementor-2047\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cdcae9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8cdcae9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98f6d64\" data-id=\"98f6d64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1672620 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1672620\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.base\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h5\">Removal of thick and embedded photoresist \u2013 A case for isotropic microwave plasma<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c6416 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62c6416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre><span style=\"color: #072a37; font-family: Hellix, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;\">Microwave plasma is the perfect solution for removing thick resist such as used for 2- and 3-dimensional structures in micro-machinery and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The advantage of microwave (MW) plasma over RF-plasma is crucial - organic materials can be cleared without damage or altering of subjacent layers and structures.<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0accb8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0accb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microwave Plasma \u2013 Isotropic and fast resist removal<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d017c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4d017c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whereas RF-plasma is the most common method to etch thin layers, it is not ideal to remove thick photoresist from 2- and 3-dimensional structures because of its anisotropic (directional) nature. The reactive species generated in the RF-plasma are directed towards the substrate and not able to remove the resist within 3D-structures, i.e. if protected from direct exposure. Additionally, heat transfer due to sputtering will cause thick photoresist (PR) to polymerize during anisotropic etching when getting hot.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05c5e2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05c5e2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb59d36\" data-id=\"bb59d36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10034d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"10034d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9acd952 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9acd952\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2740b8\" data-id=\"c2740b8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309495d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"309495d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11781\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-01.jpg 460w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-01-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9f5500\" data-id=\"c9f5500\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-609538e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"609538e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.base\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h5\">MUEGGE remote microwave-plasma addresses these issues<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c231f67 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c231f67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">No plasma generated outside the remote source, only radicals are reaching the substrate. Therefore the MW-assisted remote plasma system is ideal for applications which absolutely need to avoid physical effects, such as ion bombardment and high thermal load \u2013 no polymerization or carbonization occurs and the resist is removed even from most sensitive surfaces (e.g. sensors).<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">The radicals generated are initiating a chemical reaction only at the surface of the substrate. As a consequence, the thermal load is extremely low which guarantees damage free isotropic etching at high rates.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-989fb04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"989fb04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ca187a\" data-id=\"9ca187a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2b38d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b2b38d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edba387 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edba387\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e625e2f\" data-id=\"e625e2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-926db2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"926db2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-03.jpg 460w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-03-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure 1: Relative etch rates of standard photoresist for different microwave powers at 150 \u00b0C in dependency of the etch-time. Measured by inline reflectometry for two different plasma recipes.       <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3317215\" data-id=\"3317215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0fb20d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0fb20d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2521\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-02.jpg 460w, https:\/\/muegge-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/muegge-blog-quality-leaps-in-micromachinery-and-mems-02-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Figure 2: Average relative etch rates of standard photoresist for different microwave powers at 150 \u00b0C vs.applied microwave power. Exemples for two plasma recipes and different etching times.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ca416a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ca416a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43d73f9\" data-id=\"43d73f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9c61e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9c61e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ced2aea\" data-id=\"ced2aea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fbb861 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fbb861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advantages of MW assisted plasma process<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30804d7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30804d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Manufacturing of MEMS requires a wide range of PR-removal applications. Microwave-plasma allows to adjust for very high striprate at high selectivity but also the etching on top of CF4- and O2-sensitive materials.\u00a0<\/span>MW assisted plasma is specially designed for fast etching without attacking sensitive parts of the substrate. It provides the capability for complete resist removal at high speed (&gt;200um\/h) and high selectivity with no altering of underneath layers. The radicals generated only produce chemical reactions at the surface, leading to pure chemical etching at high rates with extremely low thermal load, thus keeping the effect on the substrate as low as possible. No measurable electrical fields and ions are present at substrate level, hence no plasma induced charging damage of critical structures occurs.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MW assisted plasma is highly environmentally compliant due to nearly complete dissociation of process gases like CF4.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2dc454 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2dc454\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8203666\" data-id=\"8203666\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b56f5fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b56f5fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Removal of thick and embedded photoresist \u2013 A case for isotropic microwave plasma Microwave plasma is the perfect solution for removing thick resist such as used for 2- and 3-dimensional structures in micro-machinery and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). 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