Etching a substrate: processes – Gas phase etching of substrate
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-27
2010-06-08
Ahmed, Shamim (Department: 1792)
Etching a substrate: processes
Gas phase etching of substrate
C216S067000, C216S081000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07731862
ABSTRACT:
A substance including tungsten and carbon is etched by using plasma. The plasma is generated from a mixed gas of a gas including a fluorine atom, a gas including a nitrogen atom and a gas including a hydrocarbon molecule.
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Murakami Tomoyasu
Nakagawa Hideo
Sasago Masaru
Ahmed Shamim
Dahimene Mahmoud
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Panasonic Corporation
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