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Method for etching

US6204193A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1999
Grant dateMar 20, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for etching a laminated film comprising at least two layers of a semiconductor device, the method comprising: a step, in which etching of an upper layer is started with a first etching gas, and the etching of the upper layer is stopped before a lower layer is exposed; and a step, in which a remainder of the upper layer and the lower layer is etched with a second etching gas.

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