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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438745 ; 438756 ; 438757 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the fabrication of integrated circuit devices, and more particularly, to a method of etching inorganic antireflective layers without etching excessive amounts of an underlying oxide. According to one aspect of the present invention, the antireflective layer is selectively etched using an etchant which comprises about 35-40 wt. % NH.sub.4 F and about 0.9-5.0 wt. % H.sub.3 PO.sub.4 in an aqueous solution.