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Method of etching film

US10504743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2018
Grant dateDec 10, 2019
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67253
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of etching a film of a workpiece, which includes: measuring a second flow rate of a first gas based on an increase rate of an internal pressure of a first chamber in a state in which a valve is closed and the first gas is supplied into the first chamber at a first flow rate adjusted by a flow rate controller, and calibrating the flow rate controller using the measured second flow rate; supplying a second gas into the first chamber; exhausting the first chamber; supplying a mixed gas of the first and second gases into the first chamber with the workpiece not mounted on a stage; forming a reaction product from the film by supplying the mixed gas into the first chamber with the workpiece mounted on the stage; and removing the reaction product by heating the workpiece with the workpiece accommodated in a second chamber.

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