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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:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438384 ; 438381 ; 438382 ;
Abstract
After a CrSiN film and a TiW film are formed on a substrate through an intermediate insulating layer, a mask pattern is formed on the TiW film. Then a two-step dry etching treatment is performed to etch the TiW film and the CrSiN film into a specific shape. Specifically, first the TiW film is selectively etched under conditions including a large content of fluorine radicals. Then the CrSiN film is selectively etched under conditions including a large content of oxygen radicals. Accordingly, a thin film resistor can be formed with high accuracy with respect to the mask pattern.