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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Applicants:
Shin-etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Saitama University, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY, Saitama, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/04 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/302 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/0445 (2013.01); H01L 21/02675 (2013.01); H01L 21/302 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01);
Abstract
An etching method in which: molten sodium hydroxide in a prescribed temperature range is used as a molten alkali, whereby an Si surface of an etching surface of an SiC substrate, in which the substrate surface is configured from the Si surface and a C surface, is removed at a higher speed than is the C surface while an oxide film is formed on the etching surface in a high-temperature environment containing oxygen.