Patent · US Active

Etching method

US10923354B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
0References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 2017
Grant dateFeb 16, 2021
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 26, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/8325
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An etching method in which: molten sodium hydroxide in a prescribed temperature range is used as a molten alkali, whereby an Si surface of an etching surface of an SiC substrate, in which the substrate surface is configured from the Si surface and a C surface, is removed at a higher speed than is the C surface while an oxide film is formed on the etching surface in a high-temperature environment containing oxygen.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.