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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Kwadwo Amponsah Berkoh, West Hills, CA (US);

Elena Becerra Woodard, Fillmore, CA (US);

Dean G. Scott, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 22/20 (2013.01); H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01J 37/32642 (2013.01); H01J 37/32651 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/30621 (2013.01); H01L 21/6835 (2013.01); H01L 21/76898 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01); H01L 2221/6834 (2013.01); H01L 2221/68327 (2013.01); H01L 2221/68372 (2013.01); H01L 2221/68381 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for plasma etching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of etching a plurality of features on a wafer includes positioning a wafer on a feature plate within a chamber of a plasma etcher, providing a plasma source gas within the chamber, providing an anode above the feature plate and a cathode below the feature plate, connecting a portion of the cathode to the feature plate, generating plasma ions using a radio frequency power source and the plasma source gas, directing the plasma ions toward the wafer using an electric field, and providing an electrode shield around the cathode. The electrode shield is configured to protect the cathode from ions directed toward the cathode including the portion of the cathode connected to the feature plate.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Berkoh, Daniel Kwadwo Amponsah. (2018). Methods for shielding a plasma etcher electrode (U.S. Patent No. 9905484). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9905484

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