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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1302 ;
Abstract
A wiring layer dry etching method is improved not to reduce electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor substrate on which a mask for patterning a wiring layer is formed is prepared, in which mask is formed on wiring layer (a first step). Affected layers on a surface of the wiring layer are dry-etched and removed (second step). Wiring layer is dry-etched by using mask (third step). When shifting is performed from the second step to the third step, vacuuming is not performed, and continuous discharge is performed.