Buffered Oxide Etch (BOE)  |  
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              | Process characteristics: | 
            
            | Depth | 
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            | Etch type | 
            wet isotropic | 
            
            | Etchant Solutions and their concentrations.  | 
            HF (buffered) | 
            
            | Material | 
            silicon dioxide | 
            
            | Sides processed | 
            both | 
            
            | Temperature | 
            30 °C | 
            
            
            | Wafer size | 
            
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            | Equipment | 
            Wet bench #1 | 
            
            
            
              | Equipment characteristics: | 
            
            | Batch sizes | 
            150 mm: 25 | 
            
            | MOS clean | 
            no | 
            
            | Wafer geometry Types of wafers this equipment can accept  | 
            1-flat, 2-flat, no-flat | 
            
            | Wafer holder Device that holds the wafers during processing.  | 
            teflon cassette | 
            
            | Wafer materials List of wafer materials this tool can accept (not list of all materials, just the wafer itself).  | 
            fused silica, Corning Eagle 2000, silicon, Corning 1737, silicon on insulator | 
            
            | Wafer thickness List or range of wafer thicknesses the tool can accept  | 
            300 .. 675 µm |