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Symbol Unit Value
A cm2 Wafer surface
B G Magnetic field
C F Capacitance
CE F Capacitance of electrode sheath
C(W, gap, s, …) F Capacitance (of wall, gap, sheath,…)
D m2 / s Diffusion constant
d cm Length of bulk plasmaG
d cm Skin depth
E V/m Electrical field
Ea eV Activation energy
E+ eV Incident ion energy
e C Elementary charge
F N Electrostatic force
FL N Lorentz force
f Hz Frequency
fRF = ɓRF / 2 p s-1 Generator frequency
ΦΛ,0 V Potential at liner surface
G N Weight
hgap cm Distance between wafer and chuck
Iis,L A Ion saturation current at liner
lL A Mean conduction current at liner
kB J/K Boltzmann constantG
ke,i S/m Electrical conductivity
L or l (PartIV) cm Electrode gap
l cm Plasma length
l~L cm Effective plasma length
Lbulk H Inductance of the bulk
Lcoil H Inductance of the coil
mm Mean free path
λ+ mm Mean free path of ions G
le mm Mean free path of electrons
λD mm Debye length
Symbol Unit Value
me kg Electron mass
mi kg Ion mass
Mr - Relative mass of molecule
mt kg Target massG
N - Number of gas particle
nreactive cm-3 Concentration of reactants
n cm-3 Collision rate
n- cm-3 Density of negative ions
n+ cm-3 Density of positive ions
ne cm-3 Density of electrons
nn cm-3 Density of neutrals
P Pa (Torr) PressureG
r g / cm3 Mass density
P W Power
PRF W RF Power
Pbulk W Electron power (bulk power)
R nm / min Etch rate
RL nm / min Etch rate for layer
RM nm / min Etch rate for mask
rLe mm Larmor or cyclotron radius
R W Resistance
Rbulk W Resistance of the bulk
RE W Resistance of the electrode sheath
Rw W Resistance of the wall sheath
S cm Sheath thickness
S atom / ion Sputter yield
S - Selectivity
ε As / Vm PermittivityG
ɍ mm2 Cross section
kBTe eV Electron temperature
Tgas K (¶C) Gas temperature
Tn K (¶C) Gas (neutrals) temperature
Symbol Unit Value
Tb K (¶C) Boiling point
Tn K (¶C) Gas (neutrals) temperature
Ts K (¶C) Sublimation temperature
TW K (¶C) Wafer temperature
U V Voltage
Ubulk V Voltage of bulk
U(gap,bulk,s,bias,…) V Voltage (gap, bulk, sheath, bias, …)
Uelectrode V Voltage of electrode sheath
Uf V Floating potential
Urf V Voltage of generator
UP = Û V Peak voltage
Usheath V Voltage of sheath
UT V Electron temperature
Uwall V Voltage of wall sheath
Uo eV Binding energy
U s-1 Collision rate
ueff s-1 Effective collision rate
v m/s Mean velocity of reactants
ve m/s Velocity of electrons
ɓ = 2pf s-1 Circular frequency
ɓce s-1 Electron cyclotron frequency
ɓp+ s-1 Ion plasma frequency
ɓpe s-1 Electron plasma frequency
Vchamber cm3 Chamber volume
x - Degree of ionization
Proportional to: ∝
In order off: ∼
Approximate: ≈
SI Units
Fundamentals units
Quantity Unit Abbreviation
Mass kilogram kg
Length meter m
Time second s
Temperature Kelvin K
Electrical current ampere A
Amount of substance mole mol
Parameter Range
Pressure P 1 - 1000 Pa (10 – 10000 mTorr)
Power P 50 - 2000 W
Frequency F 50 kHz - 100 MHz
Volume V 1 - 200 l
Electrode area A 300 - 60000 cm2
Magnetic field B 0 - 100 GG
Plasma density N 109 - 1011 cm-3G
Electron temperature Te 1 - 6 VG
Ion energy ei 20 - 2000 V
Fractional ionization xiz 10-6 – 10-3
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Physical constants
Quantity Symbol Value Units
Speed of light c 299 792 458 m/s
(in vacuum)
Vacuum permeability Ɇ0 1.26 Ý 10-6 H/m
Vacuum permittivity e0 8.85 Ý 10-12 As / Vm
Boltzmann constant kB 1.38 Ý 10-23 Ws / K
Elementary charge e 1.60 Ý 10-19 As
Electron mass me 9.11 Ý 10-31 kg
Atomic mass unit u 1.67 Ý 10-27 kgG