The invention discloses a three-dimensional
microstructure etching method for analyzing contour evolution based on discrete point iteration. The three-dimensional
microstructure etching method comprises the following steps: firstly, plating a
mask on the surface of a sample piece to be etched; the method comprises the following steps: establishing a coordinate
system according to an expected structure of a to-be-etched sample piece, calculating a unit tangent angle, an actual beam incidence angle and an actual
etching factor of each to-be-etched point in a to-be-etched
point set of # imgabs0 # at the current moment, and calculating the actual beam incidence angle of each to-be-etched point by taking dt as a time increment, according to the to-be-etched
point set at the current moment # imgabs1 #, coordinates of to-be-etched points of the to-be-etched
point set at the next moment # imgabs2 # are calculated, and iteration is repeated until the to-be-etched point set at the next moment # imgabs3 # meets an expected value; and then putting the sample piece to be etched into
reactive ion beam etching equipment, and sequentially performing
reactive ion beam etching processing on each point to be etched according to the actual beam incidence angle and the actual etching factor of each point to be etched. The invention aims to realize three-dimensional
microstructure etching based on the
reactive ion beam etching process and improve the manufacturing precision of the three-dimensional microstructure.