The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/32137 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provision of an etching method including a step of preparing a substrate over which a boron film or a boron-containing film is formed, a step of supplying a process gas containing chlorine gas, fluorine-containing gas, and hydrogen-containing gas, and a step of etching the boron film or the boron-containing film via a mask using a plasma formed from the process gas.