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Method and apparatus for plasma processing

US6156663A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1996
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/32136
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a method of processing a sample by generating plasma by an electromagnetic wave, wherein a material containing carbon, such as silicon carbide (Sic), is disposed in a vacuum container serving as a discharge region. The inside of an etching chamber is cleaned by O.sub.2 cleaning treatment by using a sheet type dry etching apparatus, and after an inner wall temperature of the etching chamber is set and controlled, a sample is conveyed into the etching chamber, and a TiN cap layer, an Al--Cu alloy layer and a TiN barrier layer are plasma-etched in order by using BCl.sub.3 /Cl.sub.2 /CH.sub.4 /Ar gases with the pattern of a resist film as a mask.

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