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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Entegris, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);

Inventors:

Emanuel Cooper, Scarsdale, NY (US);

Steven Bilodeau, Oxford, CT (US);

Wen-Haw Dai, Hsinchu County, TW;

Min-Chieh Yang, Hsinchu County, TW;

Sheng-Hung Tu, Hsinchu, TW;

Hsing-Chen Wu, Yonghe, TW;

Sean Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

SeongJin Hong, Cheongju-si, KR;

Assignee:

ENTEGRIS, INC., Billerica, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/311 (2006.01); C09K 13/08 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); C30B 33/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31111 (2013.01); C09K 13/08 (2013.01); C30B 33/10 (2013.01); H01L 21/0214 (2013.01); H01L 21/02458 (2013.01); H01L 21/30604 (2013.01); H01L 21/67057 (2013.01); H01L 21/67075 (2013.01); H01L 21/67086 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described are compositions and methods useful for wet-etching a microelectronic device substrate that includes silicon nitride; the compositions including phosphoric acid, hexafluorosilicic acid, and an amino alkoxy silane, and optionally one or more additional optional ingredients; a wet etching method of a substrate that includes silicon nitride and silicon oxide, that uses a composition as described, can achieve useful or improved silicon nitride etch rate, useful or improved silicon nitride selectivity, a combination of these, and optionally a reduction in particles present at a substrate surface after etching.


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Cooper, Emanuel. (2020). Compositions and methods for etching silicon nitride-containing substrates (U.S. Patent No. 10651045). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10651045

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