Oxide etch

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Delaminating processes adapted for specified product – Delaminating in preparation for post processing recycling step

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156653, 156657, 156663, 20419232, 252 791, B44C 122, C03C 1500, C03C 2506

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046541128

ABSTRACT:
A new process for plasma etching silicon oxides in integrated circuit structures. A chemistry comprising both oxygen and nitrogen trifluoride is used, with oxygen the dominant component. This provides excellent selectivity to silicon. This etch chemistry also erodes photoresist rapidly, so that it is typically used in combination with a hard-masking process. One particular application of this invention is in a cantilever-etch-mask contact profiling process.

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