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Patent Inventor Names
Guy T. Blalock0
David S. Becker0
Fred L. Roe0
Date of Patent
May 23, 2006
0Patent Application Number
099230580
Date Filed
August 6, 2001
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Patent abstract
A process for controlling the plasma etch of a silicon dioxide layer at a high etch rate and high selectivity with respect to silicon nitride, particularly in a multilayer structure, by (1) maintaining various portions of the etch chamber at elevated temperatures, and/ox (2) using an etch chemistry having a fluorohydrocarbon gas containing at least as many hydrogen atoms as fluorine atoms, preferably CH2F2 or CH3F.
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