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Dry etching method

US5643473A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1995
Grant dateJul 1, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/32137
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dry etching method is disclosed, in which the pressure of etching gas in a reaction chamber, the bias voltage applied to article to be etched, and the temperature of the article to be etched object are set so that the etching rate for the article to be etched is greater than 0.2 .mu.m/min, a ratio of the length of side etching in the article to be etched to the depth of etching therein is less than 1/100, and a ratio of the etching rate for the article to be etched to the etching rate for a mask formed thereon is greater than 10. Thus, the dry etching method can satisfy three requirements (that is, a high etching rate, a high selection ratio and marked anisotropy in etching) at the same time, although conventional dry etching methods can satisfy only two of three requirements.

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