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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994

Filed:

Jan. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:

John L Cain, Schertz, TX (US);

Assignee:

VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136643 ; 136646 ; 437226 ; 437248 ; 437943 ; 148D / ;
Abstract

Disclosed are methods for reducing the degree of underetching and particulate contamination occurring during dry non-isotropic etching of a polycide layer on the surface of a silicon wafer maintained in a wafer holder wherein the backside of the holder is cooled with a stream of helium gas. Specifically, in the disclosed methods, dry non-isotropic etching of the polycide layer is conducted either in the absence of backside cooling or the helium gas flow utilized in backside cooling is maintained at a pressure of no more than 3 torr.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Cain, John. (1994). Reduction of polycide residues through helium backside pressure control (U.S. Patent No. 5342476). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5342476

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