A NEW DRY ETCHING METHOD WITH THE HIGH ETCHING RATE FOR PATTERNING CROSS-LINKED SU-8 THICK FILMS

作者:Han, Jingning; Yin, Zhifu; Zou, Helin*; Wang, Wenqiang; Feng, Jianbo
来源:Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2016, 67(3): 212-216.
DOI:10.1515/jee-2016-0030

摘要

Photo sensitive polymer SU-8, owing to its excellent mechanical properties and dielectric properties on polymerization, is widely used in MEMS device fabrications. However, the removing, stripping or re-patterning of the cross-linked SU-8 is a difficult issue. In this paper, CF4/O-2 gas mixture provided by a plasma asher equipment was used for the patterning of cross-linked SU-8 material. The RF power, the temperature of the substrate holder, chamber pressure and gas concentration were optimized for the cross-linked SU-8 etching process. When the CF4/O-2 mixture contains about 5% CF4 by volume, the etching rate can be reached at 5.2 mu m/min.