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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chin-Han Meng, Hsinchu, TW;

Chih-Hsien Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;

Jr-Sheng Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

An-Chi Li, Hsinchu County, TW;

Lin-Ching Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Yu-Pei Chiang, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/308 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/30655 (2013.01); B81C 1/00531 (2013.01); B81C 1/00619 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/3081 (2013.01); H01L 21/3083 (2013.01); H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01L 21/31144 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0112 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0132 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure including the following steps is provided. A mask layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate revealed by the mask layer is anisotropically etched until a cavity is formed in the semiconductor substrate, wherein anisotropically etching the semiconductor substrate revealed by the mask layer comprises performing a plurality of first cycles and performing a plurality of second cycles after performing the first cycles, each cycle among the first and second cycles respectively includes performing a passivating step and performing an etching step after performing the passivating step. During the first cycles, a first duration ratio of the etching step to the passivating step is variable and ramps up step by step. During the second cycles, a second duration ratio of the etching step to the passivating step is constant, and the first duration ratio is less than the second duration ratio.


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