Patent 7179752 was granted and assigned to Tokyo Electron on February, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A dry etching method involves plasma etching an organic anti-reflecting coating film through a mask layer made of photoresist and having a predetermined pattern by using an etching gas of CF4 and O2. The method allows an organic anti-reflecting coating film to be etched such that the etched film exhibits a side wall portion having a better shape as compared with that formed by a conventional technique.