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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998

Filed:

Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Chikayuki Okamoto, Hyogo, JP;

Tadashi Nishioka, Hyogo, JP;

Satoru Kawazu, Hyogo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437228 ; 15666111 ; 216 46 ; 216 47 ;
Abstract

Sidewalls of patterned resist are reformed using a reforming agent selected from the group consisting of (a) a carbon trichloride radical, (b) a mixture of silicon ion and oxygen ion, (c) a mixture of carbon ion and carbon monoxide ion, (d) a chlorine radical, (e) aluminum trichloride liquid and (f) dibutyl magnesium liquid, and sidewall reformed portions are thus formed on the sidewalls of pattern resist. The not reformed portion of the patterned resist is removed away, and sidewall reformed portions are left on an object layer. The portion of object layer excluding the portion immediately below sidewall reformed portions is etched away, and fine patterns of object layer are formed as a result.


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