Charging of microtrenches in a SiO2 layer for RF plasma is studied by Particle-in-Cell Monte Carlo Collision(PIC-MCC) model.
A 1D PIC-MCC coupled to a 3D PIC model of the microtrench is used to determine the kinetics of particles.
Increasing the gas pressure and decreasing the discharge voltage both result in a decrease of the microtrench charge-up.
For the gas pressure increase, the ion charge decreases but the electron charge increases resulting the decrease of net charge.
For the discharge voltage decrease, the ion charge decreases but the electron charge changed hardly resulting the same result.