Overview

"The PLASMA-THERM VERSALINE ICP is an Inductive Couple Plasma (ICP) etch platform that has been developed over decades of technological evolution at Plasma-Therm®. It offers high flexibility for application-optimized processes, with a large library of processes for a variety of applications, including wireless, photonics, power devices, compound semiconductors, memory, quantum, and advanced packaging. The platform can handle a wide range of materials, including II-VIs and III-Vs, silicon-based materials, dielectrics, polymers, metals, metal oxides and nitrides, and piezoelectrics. It also supports corrosive chemistry with corrosion-resistant components. The hardware of the VERSALINE ICP is flexible and configurable, with options for handling cassette cluster systems or single-substrate loadlocks. It features a 2MHz ICP source that is heated for process stability and decreased first wafer effects, as well as increased MTBC. The substrate bias can be 13.56MHz or an optional 40MHz, and the substrate temperature can be controlled with backside helium using mechanical or electrostatic clamping. The platform also offers application-specific substrate electrode temperature ranges. The VERSALINE ICP is controlled by the Cortex control system and supports the EndpointWorks program for laser, optical emission, and other system parameter-based endpoints."