Semiconductor processing
US5437765A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L21/31116
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A dry etch process for stripping LOCOS nitride masks (302) with fluorine based removal of oxynitride (312) followed by fluorine plus chlorine based removal of nitride (302) and any silicon buffer layer (303) without removal of pad oxide (304).
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