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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2023
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhonghua Yao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Qian Fu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mark J. Saly, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yang Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey W. Anthis, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Knapp, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajesh Sathiyanarayanan, Bengaluru, IN;
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes providing, within an etch chamber, a base structure including a target layer disposed on a substrate, and an etch mask disposed on the target layer, dry etching, within the etch chamber, the target layer using thionyl chloride to obtain a processed base structure, and after forming the plurality of features. The processed base structure includes a plurality of features and a plurality of openings defined by the etch mask. The method further includes removing the processed base structure from the etch chamber. In some embodiments, the target layer includes carbon. In some embodiments, the dry etching is performed at a sub-zero degree temperature.