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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:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02334 (2013.01); H01L 21/02164 (2013.01); H01L 21/02238 (2013.01); H01L 21/02337 (2013.01); H01L 21/76892 (2013.01);
Abstract
A modification processing method includes preparing a substrate having a silicon layer on which a damage layer is formed through plasma processing. The method further includes removing the damage layer formed on the silicon layer by processing the substrate with a first process gas containing a fluorine gas.