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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Alan Cheshire, Glasgow, GB;
Stanley Detmar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alan Cheshire, Glasgow, GB;
Stanley Detmar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/302 (2006.01); H01L 21/461 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to a substrate etching method and apparatus. In one embodiment, a method for etching a substrate in a plasma etch reactor is provided that include flowing a backside process gas between a substrate and a substrate support assembly, and cyclically etching a layer on the substrate.