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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Asm Ip Holding B.v., Almere, NL;
Inventor:
Masaru Zaitsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
ASM IP Holding B.V., Almere, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01J 37/32146 (2013.01); H01L 21/0228 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/32136 (2013.01); H01L 21/32137 (2013.01); H01L 21/67069 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of atomic layer etching (ALE) uses a cycle including: continuously providing a noble gas; providing a pulse of an etchant gas to the reaction space to chemisorb the etchant gas in an unexcited state in a self-limiting manner on a surface of a substrate in the reaction space; and providing a pulse of a reactive species of a noble gas in the reaction space to contact the etchant gas-chemisorbed surface of the substrate with the reactive species so that the layer on the substrate is etched. The etchant gas is a fluorocarbon gas containing a functional group with a polarity.
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