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Wet clean of organic silicate glass films

US6551943B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2000
Grant dateApr 22, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76838
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A post-etch clean up process for OSG. After the trench (112)/via (114) etch in a dual damascene process, a wet chemistry comprising HF and H2O2 is used to remove residues without etching or damaging the OSG film in the ILD (108) or IMD (110).

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