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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01J 37/32192 (2013.01); H01J 37/32201 (2013.01); H01L 21/02532 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dry etching method for isotropically etching each of SiGe layers selectively relative to each of Si layers in a laminated film is provided. The laminated film can include Si layers and SiGe layers alternately and repeatedly laminated. Each of the SiGe layers can be plasma-etched with plasma generated by a pulse-modulated radio frequency power using NFgas.