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C. Flierl, I.H. White
University of Bristol
M. Kuball
H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory
P.J. Heard, G.C. Allen, C. Marinelli, J.M. Rorison, R.V. Penty
University of Bristol
This article was presented as part of Symposium G, "Gallium Nitride and Related Alloys" at the 1998 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society held in Boston, Massachusetts, November 30-December 4.
We have investigated the use of focused ion beam (FIB) etching for the fabrication of GaN-based devices. Although work has shown that conventional reactive ion etching (RIE) is in most cases appropriate for the GaN device fabrication, the direct write facility of FIB etching - a well-established technique for optical mask repair and for IC failure analysis and repair - without the requirement for depositing an etch mask is invaluable. A gallium ion beam of about 20nm diameter was used to sputter GaN material. The etching rate depends linearly on the ion dose per area with a slope of 3.5x10 -4µm3/pC. At a current of 3nA, for example, this corresponds to an etch rate of 1.05µm3/s. Good etching qualities have been achieved with a side wall roughness significantly below 0.1µm. Changes in the roughness of the etched surface plane stay below 8nm.
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Cite this article as: MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 4S1, G6.57 (1999).
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