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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Kenshi Kanegae, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Imai, Osaka, JP;
Hideo Nakagawa, Shiga, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/302 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An organic/inorganic hybrid film represented by SiCHO(x>0, y≧0, z>0) is plasma-etched with an etching gas containing fluorine, carbon and nitrogen. During the etching, a carbon component is eliminated from the surface portion of the organic/inorganic hybrid film due to the existence of the nitrogen in the etching gas, to thereby reform the surface portion. The reformed surface portion is nicely plasma-etched with the etching gas containing fluorine and carbon.