A brief overview of atomic layer deposition and etching in the semiconductor processing
Paper in proceeding, 2016

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) and atomic layer etching (ALE) are two important techniques in the semiconductor processing, which focus ultra-Thin film deposition and etching, respectively. Both of them have the self-limiting surface behavior, and could realize the atomic-scale fidelity in the deposition and etching processes. Unlike traditional chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD), ALD has good step coverage, atomic-scale thickness controllability, and composition uniformity at low growth temperature. Compared with traditional continuous-wave plasma etching, ALE has smooth surface, excellent depth uniformity and atomic-scale thickness controllability. In this review, their fundamental and applications have been discussed.

self-limiting behavior

atomic layer deposition

semiconductor processing

atomic layer etching

Author

G. Yuan

Shanghai University

N. Wang

Shanghai University

Shirong Huang

Shanghai University

Johan Liu

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Electronics Material and Systems

2016 17th International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology, ICEPT 2016

1365-1368
978-150901396-8 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Other Materials Engineering

DOI

10.1109/ICEPT.2016.7583377

ISBN

978-150901396-8

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9/21/2018