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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Kenji Shimada, Tokyo, JP;

Kojiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Masaru Ohto, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Shimada, Tokyo, JP;

Kojiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Masaru Ohto, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A cleaning liquid is provided, which comprises an aqueous solution containing nitric acid, sulfuric acid, a fluorine compound, and a basic compound. The concentration of water in the cleaning liquid is 80% by weight or more, and the pH value of the cleaning liquid is from 1 to less than 3. The cleaning liquid is effective for removing etching residues formed in a dry etching process from semiconductor devices and display devices without oxidizing and corroding their metal wirings, particularly, copper wirings and the materials of insulating films.


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