Abstract
Various effects of metallic impurities dissolved in aqueous KOH solutions on the anisotropic etching of silicon are investigated. The changes of the anisotropy, surface roughness of {100} and {111} planes and the shape of convex corners are presented. Metals such as iron, sodium, chromium, aluminum and zinc cause an increase, and copper and nickel a decrease in the etch anisotropy. The observed surface roughness increases strongly with impurity content. At lower contents of metallic impurities the angle of the convex corners have a value near 150/spl deg/. However, with rising metallic ion content the value goes down to 143/spl deg/.
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