High selectivity etching process for oxides

Details High selectivity etching process for oxides High selectivity etching process for oxides

1997-11-24

2000-10-03

Cain, Edward J.

Etching a substrate: processes

Gas phase and nongaseous phase etching on the same substrate

B44C 122

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06126847&

ABSTRACT:
A process for etching oxides having differing densities which is not only highly selective, but which also produces uniform etches is provided and includes the steps of providing an oxide layer on a surface of a substrate, exposing the oxide layer to a liquid comprising a halide-containing species, and exposing the oxide layer to a gas phase comprising a halide-containing species. The process desirably is used to selectively etch a substrate surface in which the surface of the substrate includes on a first portion thereof a first silicon oxide and on a second portion thereof a second silicon oxide, with the first silicon oxide being relatively more dense than the second silicon oxide, such as, for example, a process which forms a capacitor storage cell on a semiconductor substrate.

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