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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1984
Harry E Aine, Los Altos, CA (US);
Barry Block, Los Altos, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An etch stopped layer portion overlying a (100) or (110) major face of a diamond cubic semiconductor material is undercut anisotropically etched by orienting a side edge of the etch stopped layer portion which is to be undercut, at an angle to the most nearly parallel {111} trace on the (100) or (110) face. The etch time is further reduced by slotting through the etch stopped layer with slots oriented at an angle to the {111} traces on the underlying (100) or (110) face. Undercut bridge structures are formed by undercutting quadrilateral etch stopped layer portions from opposite sides of the quadrilateral or from the sides plus slots forming diagonals of {111} trace quadrilaterals having combined areas coextensive with the area to be undercut.