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Lateral patterning

US6291353A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1999
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B12/053
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and structure for forming an integrated circuit chip having at least one opening in a substrate includes forming an opening having vertical walls in the substrate, protecting a first portion of the vertical walls of the opening, leaving a second portion of the vertical walls unprotected, and laterally patterning the second portion of the opening to change a shape or property of the opening.

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