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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
6475879 Semiconductor wafer, method for processing the same and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Nov. 5, 2002
6475889 Method of forming vias in silicon carbide and resulting devices and circuits Nov. 5, 2002
6475915 Ono etch using CL2/HE chemistry Nov. 5, 2002
6475916 Method of patterning gate electrode with ultra-thin gate dielectric Nov. 5, 2002
6468904 RPO process for selective CoSix formation Oct. 22, 2002
6468915 Method of silicon oxynitride ARC removal after gate etching Oct. 22, 2002
6468916 Method of forming structure having surface roughness due to nano-sized surface features Oct. 22, 2002
6465343 Method for forming backend interconnect with copper etching and ultra low-k dielectric materials Oct. 15, 2002
6465346 Conducting line of semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof using aluminum oxide layer as hard mask Oct. 15, 2002
6465351 Method of forming a capacitor lower electrode using a CMP stopping layer Oct. 15, 2002
6465352 Method for removing dry-etching residue in a semiconductor device fabricating process Oct. 15, 2002
6465359 Etchant for use in a semiconductor processing method and system Oct. 15, 2002
6465360 Method for fabricating an ultra small opening Oct. 15, 2002
6465361 Method for preventing damage of low-k dielectrics during patterning Oct. 15, 2002
6461533 Etchant for silicon oxide and method Oct. 8, 2002
6461963 Utilization of disappearing silicon hard mask for fabrication of semiconductor structures Oct. 8, 2002
6461968 Method for fabricating a semiconductor device Oct. 8, 2002
6461969 Multiple-step plasma etching process for silicon nitride Oct. 8, 2002
6458655 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and flash memory Oct. 1, 2002
6458685 Method of forming a self-aligned contact opening Oct. 1, 2002
6455406 Semiconductor processing method of forming a conductive connection through WxSiyNz material with specific contact opening etching Sep. 24, 2002
6455411 Defect and etch rate control in trench etch for dual damascene patterning of low-k dielectrics Sep. 24, 2002
6455436 Method of fabricating semiconductor device Sep. 24, 2002
6451157 Gas distribution apparatus for semiconductor processing Sep. 17, 2002
6451702 Methods for forming lateral trench optical detectors Sep. 17, 2002
6448184 Formation of diamond particle interconnects Sep. 10, 2002
6448185 Method for making a semiconductor device that has a dual damascene interconnect Sep. 10, 2002
6444540 Semiconductor apparatus and method for fabricating the same Sep. 3, 2002
6444556 Chemistry for chemical vapor deposition of titanium containing films Sep. 3, 2002
6444566 Method of making borderless contact having a sion buffer layer Sep. 3, 2002
6444581 AB etch endpoint by ABFILL compensation Sep. 3, 2002
6444584 Plasma etch method for forming composite silicon/dielectric/silicon stack layer Sep. 3, 2002
6444585 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device capable of expelling argon gas Sep. 3, 2002
6444586 Method of etching doped silicon dioxide with selectivity to undoped silicon dioxide with a high density plasma etcher Sep. 3, 2002
6440858 Multi-layer hard mask for deep trench silicon etch Aug. 27, 2002
6440861 Method of forming dual damascene structure Aug. 27, 2002
6436837 Domed wafer reactor vessel window with reduced stress at atmospheric and above atmospheric pressures Aug. 20, 2002
6432824 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer Aug. 13, 2002
6432830 Semiconductor fabrication process Aug. 13, 2002
6429132 Combination CMP-etch method for forming a thin planar layer over the surface of a device Aug. 6, 2002
6429137 Solid state thermal switch Aug. 6, 2002
6426016 Method for etching passivation layers and antireflective layer on a substrate Jul. 30, 2002
6426298 Method of patterning a dual damascene Jul. 30, 2002
6426299 Method and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device Jul. 30, 2002
6426300 Method for fabricating semiconductor device by using etching polymer Jul. 30, 2002
6426301 Reduction of via etch charging damage through the use of a conducting hard mask Jul. 30, 2002
6420273 Self-aligned etch-stop layer formation for semiconductor devices Jul. 16, 2002
6420274 Method for conditioning process chambers Jul. 16, 2002
6420280 Method and system for reducing ARC layer removal by providing a capping layer for the ARC layer Jul. 16, 2002
6417109 Chemical-mechanical etch (CME) method for patterned etching of a substrate surface Jul. 9, 2002

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