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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 345
438/694 Combined with coating step 901
438/690 Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means (e.g., ablating, abrading, etc.) 485
438/704 Having liquid and vapor etching steps 425
438/745 Liquid phase etching 1,163
438/706 Vapor phase etching (i.e., dry etching) 1,331


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
6127194 Package removal for FBGA devices Oct. 3, 2000
6121412 Preparation of fractionated novolak resins by a novel extraction technique Sep. 19, 2000
6117774 Method for manufacturing shadow mask and etching-resistant layer-coating apparatus Sep. 12, 2000
6117694 Flexible lead structures and methods of making same Sep. 12, 2000
6114221 Method and apparatus for interconnecting multiple circuit chips Sep. 5, 2000
6114226 Method of manufacturing electrostatic discharge protective circuit Sep. 5, 2000
6107110 Method and apparatus for aiming a spray etcher nozzle Aug. 22, 2000
6100183 Method for fabricating a via Aug. 8, 2000
6099598 Fabrication system and fabrication method Aug. 8, 2000
6096635 Method for creating via hole in chip Aug. 1, 2000
6096650 Treatment of a surface having exposed silica Aug. 1, 2000
6090711 Methods for controlling semiconductor workpiece surface exposure to processing liquids Jul. 18, 2000
6091130 Semiconductor device having structure suitable for CMP process Jul. 18, 2000
6074947 Process for improving uniform thickness of semiconductor substrates using plasma assisted chemical etching Jun. 13, 2000
6074948 Method for manufacturing thin semiconductor device Jun. 13, 2000
6074946 Integrated processing for an etch module using a hard mask technique Jun. 13, 2000
6071815 Method of patterning sidewalls of a trench in integrated circuit manufacturing Jun. 6, 2000
6066578 Method and system for providing inorganic vapor surface treatment for photoresist adhesion promotion May. 23, 2000
6066561 Apparatus and method for electrical determination of delamination at one or more interfaces within a semiconductor wafer May. 23, 2000
6063684 Method for eliminating residual oxygen contaminations from crucible-drawn silicon wafers May. 16, 2000
6063440 Method for aligning a wafer May. 16, 2000
6063299 Manufacture of a silicon waveguide structure May. 16, 2000
6060376 Integrated etch process for polysilicon/metal gate May. 9, 2000
6057243 Method for producing semiconductor device May. 2, 2000
6057241 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device May. 2, 2000
6057240 Aqueous surfactant solution method for stripping metal plasma etch deposited oxidized metal impregnated polymer residue layers from patterned metal layers May. 2, 2000
6057239 Dual damascene process using sacrificial spin-on materials May. 2, 2000
6057230 Dry etching procedure and recipe for patterning of thin film copper layers May. 2, 2000
6049137 Readable alignment mark structure formed using enhanced chemical mechanical polishing Apr. 11, 2000
6046109 Creation of local semi-insulating regions on semiconductor substrates Apr. 4, 2000
6043154 Method for manufacturing charge storage electrode Mar. 28, 2000
6037270 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and methods of processing, analyzing and manufacturing its substrate Mar. 14, 2000
6030667 Apparatus and method for applying RF power apparatus and method for generating plasma and apparatus and method for processing with plasma Feb. 29, 2000
6023319 Method for manufacturing a display device utilizing an etching end point detection part Feb. 8, 2000
6017820 Integrated vacuum and plating cluster system Jan. 25, 2000
6004396 Spherical shaped semiconductor integrated circuit Dec. 21, 1999
5994223 Method of manufacturing analog semiconductor device Nov. 30, 1999
5994222 Method of making chip mountings and assemblies Nov. 30, 1999
5994198 Fabrication method for fully landing subminimum features on minimum width lines Nov. 30, 1999
5990009 Maximization of low dielectric constant material between interconnect traces of a semiconductor circuit Nov. 23, 1999
5980766 Process optimization in gas phase dry etching Nov. 9, 1999
5976977 Process for DRAM capacitor formation Nov. 2, 1999
5968842 Techniques for reduced dishing in chemical mechanical polishing Oct. 19, 1999
5970376 Post via etch plasma treatment method for forming with attenuated lateral etching a residue free via through a silsesquioxane spin-on-glass (SOG) dielectric layer Oct. 19, 1999
5958793 Patterning silicon carbide films Sep. 28, 1999
5948204 Wafer carrier ring method and apparatus for chemical-mechanical planarization Sep. 7, 1999
5944970 Solid state electrochemical sensors Aug. 31, 1999
5939334 System and method of selectively cleaning copper substrate surfaces, in-situ, to remove copper oxides Aug. 17, 1999
5932484 Thin film semiconductor device for active matrix panel Aug. 3, 1999
5928961 Dishing inhibited shallow trench isolation Jul. 27, 1999

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