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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-13 ; 216 90 ; 216 92 ; 216 99 ; 216 57 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of dissolving a surface of a semiconductor substrate or a thin-film surface layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, with an oxidizing agent and fluorine-series gas. The method is characterized in that an initial dissolution rate is controlled by gradually increasing a concentration of fluorine-series gas introduced in a dissolving solution containing the oxidizing agent.