Affiliation:
1. University Malaysia Perlis
2. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
Abstract
This study reports on the preliminary investigations on the effect of Reactive Ion Etch (RIE) parameters on the surface characteristics of Al bond pad. Investigation is done employing Design of Experiment (DOE) method. Quantity of Oxygen, Argon, ICP power and BIAS power were varied to get 16 sets of recipes. This provides 16 samples with different combination of RIE parameters. Surface characteristics of the samples were analyzed using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).Data collected were in terms of Surface Roughness (RA), Peak Vs Valley (P-V) and Surface Root-Mean-Square Roughness (RMS). Result shows that combination of these RIE parameters does not vastly affect the surface characteristics of the Al bond pad.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
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