Process Hierarchy

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  Aluminum (1% silicon) wet etch
Materialaluminum
Materialsilicon
Materialphotoresist (category)
Process characteristics:
Depth
Depth of material removed by etch process
Depth*
Depth of material removed by etch process, must be 0 .. 2 µm
0 .. 2 µm
Mask materials
Materials that can be used to mask etching.
photoresist (category)
Material aluminum/silicon [99:1]
Selectivity
Primary material removal rate divided by removal rates of secondary materials (i.e., factors by which primary material is removed faster than secondary materials)
aluminum/silicon [99:1]: 1
Wafer size
Wafer size