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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 30/30 (2023.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01); H10N 30/082 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 30/302 (2023.02); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); H10N 30/082 (2023.02); H10N 30/306 (2023.02);
Abstract
An etching method for forming a vertical structure is provided. The etching method may include: positioning a mask on a substrate, wherein the mask includes an opening pattern and a compensation pattern, and the compensation pattern is disposed at a corner of two adjacent sides of the opening pattern and includes a concave compensation pattern that is indented from one of the two adjacent sides; and forming the vertical structure on the substrate through the opening pattern of the mask by a dry etching process.