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Method of selective gas etching on a silicon nitride layer

US4174251A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1977
Grant dateNov 13, 1979
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Expiry dateDec 1, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/31116
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The process of etching a silicon nitride layer disposed upon a silicon substrate is completed in two steps by using a gas atmosphere composed of changing portions of CF.sub.4 and O.sub.2.

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