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Trench etching process

US5030316A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 1990
Grant dateJul 9, 1991
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Expiry dateJan 8, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/3085
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A trench etching process comprises the steps of: preparing a substrate, forming a mask pattern for the trench etching having a material different from that of the substrate, on the substrate, and detecting changes in results of emission spectroanalyses generated by etching the mask pattern and the substrate while using the etching ratios of the mask pattern and the silicon substrate to determine that the trench etching is completed.

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