We were trying to etch some ASML global alignment marks on a set of wafers. We used
recipe 4 for a time of 6 minutes and expected and etch depth of about 0.125 to 0.150
um. A Zygo measurement after resist strip of a single wafer showed a step heigh of
only about 0.038 um.
The wafers had a 2 mm edge bead of exposed silicon and 4 of the global aligment marks
spaced about 6 mm in from the edge of the wafer. As a result, the edge bead dominated
the exposed area of silicon.
Each run that 3 pallets (12 wafers) of these wafers with the remaining 3 pallets containing
dummies.
If you are etching global alignment marks for the ASML, please proceed with caution.
Resist coating was 1 um of 3612 resist.
John