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Etching method, storage medium and etching apparatus

US9390933B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2014
Grant dateJul 12, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76897
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is a method of selectively etching a silicon oxide film among a silicon nitride film and the silicon oxide film formed on a surface of a substrate to be processed, the method including: under a vacuum atmosphere, intermittently supplying at least one of a first processing gas composed of a hydrogen fluoride gas and an ammonia gas and a second processing gas composed of a compound of nitrogen, hydrogen and fluorine, to the substrate to be processed multiple times.

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