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Number: 438/689
Name: Semiconductor device manufacturing: process > Chemical etching
Description: Processes having a step of removing material from a semiconductor substrate through the action of a chemical agent, wherein the intent is to use the electrical properties of the semiconductor for at least one of the purposes outlined in section I, C, of the class definition for this class (438).


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
438/705 Altering etchability of substrate region by compositional or crystalline modification 340
438/694 Combined with coating step 892
438/690 Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means (e.g., ablating, abrading, etc.) 477
438/704 Having liquid and vapor etching steps 421
438/745 Liquid phase etching 1,140
438/706 Vapor phase etching (i.e., dry etching) 1,297


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7371684 Process for preparing electronics structures using a sacrificial multilayer hardmask scheme May. 13, 2008
7368396 Dry etching methods May. 6, 2008
7368392 Method of fabricating a gate structure of a field effect transistor having a metal-containing gate electrode May. 6, 2008
7368385 Method for producing a structure on the surface of a substrate May. 6, 2008
7368384 Film formation apparatus and method of using the same May. 6, 2008
7368066 Gold CMP composition and method May. 6, 2008
7365012 Etching method, a method of forming a trench isolation structure, a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor apparatus Apr. 29, 2008
7362488 Tiltable-body apparatus, and method of fabricating the same Apr. 22, 2008
7361598 Method for fabricating semiconductor device capable of preventing scratch Apr. 22, 2008
7361599 Integrated circuit and method Apr. 22, 2008
7361600 Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having a built-in inspection apparatus and a device manufacturing method using said manufacturing apparatus Apr. 22, 2008
7358184 Method of forming a conductive via plug Apr. 15, 2008
7357876 Eliminating printability of sub-resolution defects in imprint lithography Apr. 15, 2008
7354860 Manufacturing method of mask blank and manufacturing method of transfer mask Apr. 8, 2008
7351643 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device Apr. 1, 2008
7351660 Process for producing high performance interconnects Apr. 1, 2008
7351661 Semiconductor device having trench isolation layer and a method of forming the same Apr. 1, 2008
7351667 Etching solution for silicon oxide method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same Apr. 1, 2008
7346981 Method for fabricating microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices Mar. 25, 2008
7348275 Processing method for semiconductor wafer Mar. 25, 2008
7344989 CMP wafer contamination reduced by insitu clean Mar. 18, 2008
7344987 Method for CMP with variable down-force adjustment Mar. 18, 2008
7344965 Method of etching dual pre-doped polysilicon gate stacks using carbon-containing gaseous additions Mar. 18, 2008
7341949 Process for forming lead-free bump on electronic component Mar. 11, 2008
7341951 Methods of forming semiconductor constructions Mar. 11, 2008
7335586 Sealing porous dielectric material using plasma-induced surface polymerization Feb. 26, 2008
7335593 Method of fabricating semiconductor device Feb. 26, 2008
7335597 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Feb. 26, 2008
7332436 Process of removing residue from a precision surface using liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide composition Feb. 19, 2008
7332443 Method for fabricating a semiconductor device Feb. 19, 2008
7329608 Method of processing a substrate Feb. 12, 2008
7329365 Etchant composition for indium oxide layer and etching method using the same Feb. 12, 2008
7326635 Method and apparatus for stripping photo-resist Feb. 5, 2008
7323111 Angle control of multi-cavity molded components for MEMS and NEMS group assembly Jan. 29, 2008
7323114 Method of making optical elements for an optical disc system Jan. 29, 2008
7323115 Substrate processing method and ink jet recording head substrate manufacturing method Jan. 29, 2008
7323414 Method for polishing a substrate surface Jan. 29, 2008
7323416 Method and composition for polishing a substrate Jan. 29, 2008
7323413 Method for stripping silicon nitride Jan. 29, 2008
7316975 Method of forming sidewall spacers Jan. 8, 2008
7314803 Method for producing a semiconductor structure Jan. 1, 2008
7313863 Method to form a cavity having inner walls of varying slope Jan. 1, 2008
7312162 Low temperature plasma deposition process for carbon layer deposition Dec. 25, 2007
7312152 Lactate-containing corrosion inhibitor Dec. 25, 2007
7309652 Method for removing photoresist layer and method for forming metal line in semiconductor device using the same Dec. 18, 2007
7307019 Method for supercritical carbon dioxide processing of fluoro-carbon films Dec. 11, 2007
7307020 Membrane 3D IC fabrication Dec. 11, 2007
7300874 Chemical mechanical polishing compositions and methods relating thereto Nov. 27, 2007
7297287 Method and apparatus for endpoint detection using partial least squares Nov. 20, 2007
7297636 Methods for fabricating device features having small dimensions Nov. 20, 2007

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