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Number: 438/706
Name: Semiconductor device manufacturing: process > Chemical etching > Vapor phase etching (i.e., dry etching)
Description: Processes wherein the chemical etchant is in a gaseous state when brought into contact with the semiconductive substrate.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
438/735 Differential etching of semiconductor substrate 236
438/734 Sequential etching steps on a single layer 515
438/707 Utilizing electromagnetic or wave energy 166


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
6890859 Methods of forming semiconductor structures having reduced defects, and articles and devices formed thereby May. 10, 2005
6890860 Method for etching and/or patterning a silicon-containing layer May. 10, 2005
6890861 Semiconductor processing equipment having improved particle performance May. 10, 2005
6890862 Processes for vacuum treating workpieces, and corresponding process equipment May. 10, 2005
6887340 Etch rate uniformity May. 3, 2005
6887793 Method for plasma etching a wafer after backside grinding May. 3, 2005
6884365 Gas for plasma reaction and method for production thereof Apr. 26, 2005
6884730 Method of etching a film of magnetic material and method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head Apr. 26, 2005
6881608 Semiconductor processing equipment having improved process drift control Apr. 19, 2005
6881677 Method for making a micro-fluid ejection device Apr. 19, 2005
6878297 Method of producing organic light-emissive devices Apr. 12, 2005
6878635 Dry etching Apr. 12, 2005
6878636 Method for enhancing substrate processing Apr. 12, 2005
6879109 Thin magnetron structures for plasma generation in ion implantation systems Apr. 12, 2005
6875698 Dry etching method Apr. 5, 2005
6875699 Method for patterning multilevel interconnects Apr. 5, 2005
6875700 Ion-Ion plasma processing with bias modulation synchronized to time-modulated discharges Apr. 5, 2005
6872655 Method of forming an integrated circuit thin film resistor Mar. 29, 2005
6872668 Multi-step tungsten etchback process to preserve barrier integrity in an integrated circuit structure Mar. 29, 2005
6869868 Method of fabricating a MOSFET device with metal containing gate structures Mar. 22, 2005
6869879 Method for forming conductive interconnects Mar. 22, 2005
6869880 In situ application of etch back for improved deposition into high-aspect-ratio features Mar. 22, 2005
6869885 Method for a tungsten silicide etch Mar. 22, 2005
6869888 E-beam flood exposure of spin-on material to eliminate voids in vias Mar. 22, 2005
6867144 Apparatus and method for plasma processing high-speed semiconductor circuits with increased yield Mar. 15, 2005
6867145 Method for fabricating semiconductor device using photoresist pattern formed with argon fluoride laser Mar. 15, 2005
6864176 Fabrication process for bonded wafer precision layer thickness control and its non-destructive measurement method Mar. 8, 2005
6864182 Method of producing large-area membrane masks by dry etching Mar. 8, 2005
6861358 Deposition mask and method of preparing the same Mar. 1, 2005
6861362 Self-aligned contact process implementing bias compensation etch endpoint detection and methods for implementing the same Mar. 1, 2005
6861363 Method of making multilevel MEMS structures Mar. 1, 2005
6858543 Method of forming tunnel oxide film in semiconductor device Feb. 22, 2005
6855633 Method for fabricating semiconductor device Feb. 15, 2005
6855637 Method for manufacturing surface acoustic wave device Feb. 15, 2005
6855641 CMOS transistor having different PMOS and NMOS gate electrode structures and method of fabrication thereof Feb. 15, 2005
6852636 Insitu post etch process to remove remaining photoresist and residual sidewall passivation Feb. 8, 2005
6852637 Method of etching a mask layer and a protecting layer for metal contact windows Feb. 8, 2005
6849554 Method of etching a deep trench having a tapered profile in silicon Feb. 1, 2005
6846745 High-density plasma process for filling high aspect ratio structures Jan. 25, 2005
6846746 Method of smoothing a trench sidewall after a deep trench silicon etch process Jan. 25, 2005
6844264 Dry etching method Jan. 18, 2005
6844265 Etching method Jan. 18, 2005
6841082 Method of manufacturing Er-doped silicon nano-dot array and laser ablation appparatus used therein Jan. 11, 2005
6841481 Etching process for a two-layer metallization Jan. 11, 2005
6841484 Method of fabricating a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) device Jan. 11, 2005
6841847 3-D spiral stacked inductor on semiconductor material Jan. 11, 2005
6838010 System and method for wafer-based controlled patterning of features with critical dimensions Jan. 4, 2005
6838386 Method for precision-processing a fine structure Jan. 4, 2005
6835665 Etching method of hardly-etched material and semiconductor fabricating method and apparatus using the method Dec. 28, 2004
6833232 Micro-pattern forming method for semiconductor device Dec. 21, 2004

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