• DocumentCode
    860591
  • Title

    Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) of rarefied gas flow during etching of large diameter (300-mm) wafers

  • Author

    Economou, Demetre J. ; Bartel, Timothy J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Chem. Eng., Houston Univ., TX, USA
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    131
  • Lastpage
    132
  • Abstract
    Strong density gradients of a gas species can be sustained even at very low pressures when the reaction probability of that species is high. Under these conditions, inlet gas arrangements are very important to reaction uniformity
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; flow simulation; rarefied fluid dynamics; simulation; sputter etching; direct simulation Monte Carlo; etching; large diameter wafers; low pressure; rarefied gas flow; reaction probability; reaction uniformity; strong density gradients; Etching; Fluid flow; Inductors; Laboratories; Microelectronics; Monte Carlo methods; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Sputtering; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.491747
  • Filename
    491747