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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sebastian U. Engelmann, White Plains, NY (US);
Eric A. Joseph, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of forming integrated circuit (IC) chips. After masking a layer of a material to be etched, the layer is subjected to an atomic layer etch (ALE). During the ALE, etch effluent is measured with a calorimetric probe. The calorimetric probe results reflect a species of particles resulting from etching the material. The measured etch results are checked until the results indicate the particle content is below a threshold value. When the content is below the threshold ALE is complete and IC chip fabrication continues normally.