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Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000

Filed:

Aug. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:

Pavel Ionov, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438706 ; 438719 ; 252 791 ; 252 794 ;
Abstract

A process for anisotropically etching a metal-containing layer 15 on a substrate 10 is described. The etching process uses an energized process gas of a comprising halogen-containing etchant gas for etching the metal-containing layer to form volatile metal compounds, and hydrocarbon inhibitor gas having a carbon-to-hydrogen ratio of from about 1:1 to about 1:3, to deposit inhibitor on etched metal features and provide anisotropic etching. More preferably, the hydrocarbon inhibitor gas comprises a high carbon-to-hydrogen ratio of from about 1:1 to 1:2.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ionov, Pavel. (2000). Hydrocarbon gases for anisotropic etching of metal-containing layers (U.S. Patent No. 6010966). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6010966

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