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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67086 (2013.01); H01L 21/31111 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wafer etching apparatus and a method for controlling an etch bath of a wafer is provided. The wafer etching apparatus includes an etching tank comprising an etch bath, an etch bath recycle system connected to the etching tank, a real time monitor (RTM) system connected to the etching tank, and a control system coupled with the RTM system and the etch bath recycle system. The wafer etching apparatus and the method for controlling an etch bath of the wafer both control the silicate concentration in the etch bath to stable an etching selectivity with respect to silicon oxide and silicon nitride.