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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1984
Robert W Bower, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A slot formation process is provided in which the regions near the mouth of the slot are coated, while the slot is being formed, with a material which is resistant to the etchant being used to form the slot. The coating may be applied continuously or may be applied at specific points in the slot formation process. During the formation of the middle and bottom regions of the slot the coated upper regions retain a nearly vertical contour shape since they are protected from undesired etching by ions whose trajectories have been impacted by charge accumulations at the mouth of the slot. The coating material may be a thin oxide layer of the semiconductor material or may be a layer of an appropriate etch resistant material.