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Surface treatment method and surface treatment apparatus

US5503901A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1994
Grant dateApr 2, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/3346
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Etching selectivity is improved in a semiconductor process using a fluorocarbon gas. An energy incident to a substrate is controlled to have a value to cause transition from etching to deposition on a silicon nitride film, ions having (CF.sub.2).sub.n.sup.+ as a major component are guided onto the substrate to perform selective etching of a silicon oxide film against the silicon nitride film.

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