Method to improve etching of resist protective oxide (RPO)...

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ABSTRACT:
An improved method of patterning resist protective dielectric layer and preferably protective silicon dioxide layer is described. The method consists of two sequential etching steps, the first one being a timed plasma etching process and the second one being a timed wet etching process. Plasma etching is used to remove approximately 70%–90% of the RPO film thickness and wet etching is used to remove the remaining 10%–30% of the film thickness. The two-step etching process achieves superior dimensional control, a non-undercut profile under the resist mask and prevents resist mask peeling from failure of adhesion at the mask/RPO film interface. The improved method has wide applications wherever and whenever RPO film is used in the process flow for fabricating semiconductor devices.

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