Lam Research Corporation

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Tsuyoshi Aso

Kenji Takeshita

Camelia Rusu

Enrico Magni

Wan-Lin Chen

Robert C Hefty

Seiji Kawaguchi

Michael Kelly

Michelle Lupan

Thomas McClard

A method for etching features into a silicon substrate disposed below a mask in a plasma processing chamber is provided. The silicon substrate is etched through the mask comprising a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle comprises a sidewall deposition phase and an etch phase. The sidewall deposition phase comprises providing a flow of sidewall inorganic deposition phase gas comprising a silicon containing compound gas and at least one of oxygen, nitrogen or NO, into the plasma processing chamber, forming a plasma from the sidewall deposition phase gas in the plasma processing chamber, and stopping the flow of the sidewall deposition gas into the plasma processing chamber. The etch phase comprises, providing a flow of an etching gas comprising a halogen component, forming a plasma from the etching gas in the plasma processing chamber, and stopping the flow of the etching gas.

Inorganic rapid alternating process for silicon etch

Methods for forming a protective polymeric coating on a silicon or silicon-carbide electrode of a plasma processing chamber are provided. The polymeric coating provides protection to the underlying surface of the electrode with respect to exposure to constituents of plasma and gaseous reactants. The methods can be performed during a process of cleaning the chamber, or during a process for etching a semiconductor substrate in the chamber.

Methods for protecting silicon or silicon carbide electrode surfaces from morphological modification during plasma etch processing

A dielectric isolation substrate includes island-like regions made of a single crystal of semiconductor material and a supporting layer for supporting the island-like regions. The support layer is formed by first and second electrodes made of a conductive material and a dielectric film interposed therebetween to constitute a capacitor structure. The first electrode layer has a plurality of island-like regions on a principal surface side thereof remote from the dielectric film. The first electrode layer may be formed as one region for forming one capacitor or isolated two or more regions for forming two or more capacitors.

Dielectric isolation substrate

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Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Aso