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Dry etching method and semiconductor device fabrication method

US6069092A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateOct 26, 1998
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/31116
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a dry etching method using a high density plasma, in which a fluorocarbon gas, whose fluorine to carbon ratio is less than 2:1, is used. Such arrangement provides improved etching selectivity ratios to the resist film. The adding of an inert gas and oxygen to such a fluorocarbon gas provides further improved etching selectivity ratios and improved etching rates.

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