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Copper etching

US5431774A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1994
Grant dateJul 11, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dry etch for metals such as copper using .pi.-acids in an energetic environment such as a plasma, laser, or afterglow reactor (102) or by using ligands forming volatiles at low temperature within a pulsed energetic environment.

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