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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sidney Ivor Ingrey, Alymer, CA;
Heinz Josef Nentwich, Ottawa, CA;
Robert Gordon Poulsen, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156643 ; 156345 ; 156646 ; 156652 ; 156665 ; 156667 ; 2041 / ; 252 791 ;
Abstract
Gaseous plasma etching of aluminum with conventional plasma etch gases has not hitherto been commercially possible due to a layer of aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3) which forms on freshly prepared aluminum surfaces. By first plasma etching in the presence of a gaseous trihalide, preferably in a so-called 'pancake' or radial-flow type reactor, the oxide layer is removed. Aluminum etching can then continue, either with or without plasma conditions, depending upon the etch gas used.