Scientific Journal of Frontier Chemical Development September 2013, Volume 3, Issue 3, PP.54-62
Key Technique of Glass Microfluidic Chips Etching Production Process on Slide Qichang Li # 1. Military Delegate Ofiiice, 261031, China #Email: liqichang100@qq.com
Abstract Concerning the higher cost and complex process, etc. in the production of microfluidic chips, the ordinary slide, a kind of sodalime glass as substrate carrier and positive photoresist AZ 4620 as sacrificial layer, be the alternative, characterized by economic effectiveness, simplicity and short manufacture cycle. In this paper, the following aspects have been systematically investigated in details, including the pretreatment of glass slide, photoresist coating, various stages of baking parameters, exposure and developer volume, etching environment and the glass buffered oxide etch’s ratio, systematically, and then the solution to the adhesion problem of the photoresist with the glass, photoresist’s tolerance time in buffered oxide etch. After the optimization,, the etching depth can reach 80 μm, the minimum feature size could be less than 50 μm, the sidewall steepness is less than 100°, the flatness error is less than ±1.5 μm, and the production cycle takes just 4 h. Keywords: Microfabrication Process; Microfluidic Chips; AZ 4620; UV Thick Photoresist Lithography; Wet Etching
利用载玻片刻蚀微流检测芯片的关键工艺 李其昌 驻军代室,山东省 潍坊市 261031 摘
要:为克服石英玻璃和 Pyrex 7740 玻璃制作微流检测芯片价格昂贵、工艺流程复杂等不足,节约制作成本,简化制
作步骤,缩短制作周期,设计利用普通钠钙玻璃(soda-lime glass)载玻片为基质,正光刻胶 AZ 4620 为掩膜牺牲层,进行 高效、快速、低成本的微流检测芯片制作。系统地研究了载玻片的预处理、光刻胶旋涂、各阶段烘焙参数、曝光显影 量、刻蚀环境及玻璃腐蚀液成分配比等关键工艺参数,解决光刻胶与玻璃的黏附性,光刻胶在腐蚀液中的耐受时间等问 题。工艺优化后刻蚀深度达到 80μm,最小特征尺寸小于 50μm,微流管道侧壁陡直度小于 100°,底部平整度误差小于 ±1.5μm,制作周期仅需 4h 左右。 关键词:微加工工艺;微流检测芯片;紫外厚胶光刻;湿法刻蚀
引言 近年来,紫外厚胶光刻作为微器件制造的关键工艺,越来越成为微系统制作研究领域的热点[1-2]。利用 紫外厚胶光刻工艺制作微结构所选用的基质材料有硅晶片、各种玻璃及其他有机聚合物 [3]。基于玻璃的微流 控芯片制备在最近十几年得到了广泛重视[4]。目前研究多数基于石英玻璃和 Pyrex 7740 玻璃,其虽具有良好 的光学和化学性质,但价格不菲;通常需要在其表面溅射金属层或多晶硅、氮化硅层作为掩膜层[5],工艺复 杂;且刻蚀速率相对缓慢,必须长时间的刻蚀才能达到足够的深度[6]。为克服上述问题,本文提出了一种适 合量产的廉价、简易、快速制作玻璃微流检测芯片的方法。采用普通显微载玻片作为基质,以 AZ 4620 光 刻胶作为玻璃刻蚀的掩膜层,通过玻璃基质表面清洗预处理、光刻胶旋涂、各阶段烘焙时间和温度、曝光 显影量等关键工艺条件的精细控制,增加光刻胶与玻璃基质的黏附性,延长光刻胶掩膜层在玻璃腐蚀液 (Buffered Oxide Etch, BOE)中的耐受时间,使得刻蚀后的微结构能获得足够深度;通过对玻璃腐蚀液 BOE 稀 - 54 www.sjfcd.org