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Etching device, and etching method

US4908095A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 1989
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67766
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An etching device comprising a housing in which etching process is carried out, an electrode system having lower and upper electrodes opposed to each other used to generate plasma between these electrodes, while a semiconductor wafer is being placed on the lower electrode, a lifter system to move the lower electrode up and down, a high-frequency power source for applying current between these electrodes, a holder member located between the lower and upper electrodes to hold the wafer at a certain position between these electrodes, and a gas supply means for supplying reaction gases used to generate plasma, between the lower and upper electrodes.

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