Hey Renil,

The hard mask is sputtered Al with thickness of 1500A and the the depth
etched down to silicon is about 10um.

I applied an etching cycle of 3s and a passivation cycle of 1s. The flow
rate of SF6 = 200sccm and C4F8 = 100sccm.

I've heard lowing the passivation flow rate might help with grass problem,
but not quite sure.

My Best,

Li. Zhang
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