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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toyoji Chino, Toyonaka, JP;
Yasuhito Kumabuchi, Toyonaka, JP;
Isao Kidoguchi, Kawanishi, JP;
Hideto Adachi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438 46 ; 372 44 ;
Abstract
An etching method for performing dry-etching on a III-V group compound semiconductor or a II-VI group compound semiconductor in a dry-etching apparatus comprising a plasma source for creating a plasma of density of about 10.sup.10 cm.sup.-3 or greater, using a mixed gas containing a gas including a halogen element and a gas including nitrogen. The etching conditions are as follows: (a flow rate of the gas containing said halogen gas)/(a flow rate of said nitrogen gas).gtoreq.1; and an internal pressure during etching reaction is about 1 mTorr or greater.