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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kyoko Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyama, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electronics Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
216-2 ; 216 67 ; 438710 ; 438719 ;
Abstract
A highly reliable semiconductor IC circuit can be produced by this etching method: A resist layer is formed on a polysilicon layer which is formed on a silicon dioxide layer on a silicon substrate. The resist layer is used as a mask, and silicon oxide layer deposits thereon while polysilicon layer is being etched. Carbon emission out of the resist layer is thus restrained, and thereby a selectivity, an etching speed ratio of polysilicon layer vs. silicon dioxide layer, is substantially raised.