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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Central Glass Company, Limited, Ube, JP;
CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, Yamaguchi, JP;
Abstract
A dry etching method including reacting silicon oxide with: gaseous hydrogen fluoride and a gaseous organic amine compound; a hydrogen fluoride salt of a gaseous organic amine compound; or gaseous hydrogen fluoride, a gaseous organic amine compound, and a hydrogen fluoride salt of a gaseous organic amine compound. The organic amine compound is an organic amine mixture containing at least two compounds represented by the following formula (1):R—N═RR (1)wherein N is a nitrogen atom; Ris a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group optionally having a ring, a heteroatom, or a halogen atom; Rand Rare each a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group optionally having a ring, a heteroatom, or a halogen atom; provided that the hydrocarbon group, when it has a carbon number of 3 or more, may have a branched chain structure or a ring structure.