• Buffered oxide etch (BOE), also known as buffered HF or BHF, is a wet etchant used in microfabrication. It is a mixture of a buffering agent, such as ammonium...
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    (DRIE) Atomic layer etching (ALE) Plasma ALE Thermal ALE Wet etching Buffered oxide etch Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) Metal organic chemical vapor deposition...
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    to achieve good process control. For instance, buffered hydrofluoric acid (BHF) is used commonly to etch silicon dioxide over a silicon substrate. Different...
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    component of Wright etch and buffered oxide etch, which are used to clean silicon wafers. In a similar manner it is also used to etch glass by treatment...
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  • season in the Arctic Barrel of oil equivalent, a unit of energy Buffered oxide etch, a mixture of ammonia and hydrofluoric acid used in microfabrication...
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    usually in 49% concentrated form, 5:1, 10:1 or 20:1 BOE (buffered oxide etchant) or BHF (Buffered HF). They were first used in medieval times for glass etching...
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  • solutions of HF and buffered oxide etch, used in microfabrication etching. In these processes, bifluoride breaks down silicon oxides, doing more effectively...
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    fluoride is a critical component of buffered oxide etch (BOE), a wet etchant used in microfabrication. It acts as the buffering agent in a solution of concentrated...
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  • chemically cure in areas that the curing lamp cannot penetrate Self-etch – these etch the tooth surface and do not require an intermediate bonding agent...
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    semiconductor surface. Their further work demonstrated how to etch small openings in the oxide layer to diffuse dopants into selected areas of the silicon...
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  • light. 7. The polysilicon and gate oxide that is not covered by photoresist is etched away with a buffered ion etch process. This is usually an acid solution...
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    capacitors: Aluminum electrolytic capacitors use a high-purity etched aluminium foil with aluminium oxide as dielectric Tantalum electrolytic capacitors use a sintered...
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  • so-called BE-MANOS [S. C. Lai, et al, NVSMW 2007]. It is suggested to add a buffer oxide in between high-K Al2O3 and SiN to improve the retention. Right now the...
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    and discharge rate through an active control system. Once the voltage is buffered, it is put through an inverter to supply AC power to the grid. Supercapacitors...
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    19th-century process known as etch-bleach. This process has also been referred to as bleach-etch, gelatin relief, or reverse relief. Etch-bleach was first documented...
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    on cooling; these crystals are not readily etched in the standard reactive plasmas used to pattern oxides, and will result in circuit defects in integrated...
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    of a pure aluminium foil with an etched surface. The aluminum forms a very thin insulating layer of aluminium oxide by anodization that acts as the dielectric...
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    patterned with a Cl2-based reactive ion etch. AlN is synthesized by the carbothermal reduction of aluminium oxide in the presence of gaseous nitrogen or...
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    hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid oxidative cleaning and etch-backs. Recent developments in research has found that oxidative cleaning with ozonated water...
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    with a weak acid etch, nickel strike, or a proprietary solution, if the substrate is non-metallic. After plating, an anti-oxidation or anti-tarnish chemical...
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    CMOS output buffers using lightly doped silicide drains are more ESD sensitive; the N-channel driver usually suffers damage in the oxide layer or n+/p...
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  • metal nanoparticles or to a lower oxidation state oxide. These promising results show that transition-metal oxides may be useful in ensuring the integrity...
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    Formation of HF is a drawback, as the HF vapor is very aggressive and etches away most materials. Also, the deposited tungsten shows poor adhesion to...
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  • silicon oxide insulators. Therefore scientists are looking for new ways to reduce the diffusion of copper into silicon substrates without using the buffer layer...
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    Self-aligned litho-etch-litho-etch (SALELE) is a hybrid SADP/LELE technique whose implementation has started in 7 nm. Self-aligned litho-etch-litho-etch (SALELE)...
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    electrochemically etched (roughened) aluminium foil as an anode with aluminium oxide (Al2O3) as the dielectric The properties of the aluminium oxide layer compared...
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  • graphene-quartz substrate. A repeated transfer-and-etch process was used to control surface resistivity. Graphene oxide can be reversibly reduced and oxidized via...
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    as an ornamental stone, a concrete aggregate, and a source of magnesium oxide, as well as in the Pidgeon process for the production of magnesium. It is...
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    process. Zinc accomplishes this by combining readily with oxygen to form zinc oxide. Amalgam restorations made from this balanced formula were reasonably successful...
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    the mold to prevent sticking, and to trap any slag particles—including oxide particles or scale—that may be present in the metal and bring them to the...
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