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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:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
6933189 Integration system via metal oxide conversion Aug. 23, 2005
6933224 Method of fabricating integrated circuitry Aug. 23, 2005
6933235 Method for removing contaminants on a substrate Aug. 23, 2005
6933237 Substrate etch method and device Aug. 23, 2005
6933238 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device Aug. 23, 2005
6933239 Method for removing conductive residue Aug. 23, 2005
6930027 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor component Aug. 16, 2005
6930047 Dry etching apparatus, etching method, and method of forming a wiring Aug. 16, 2005
6930049 Endpoint control for small open area by RF source parameter Vdc Aug. 16, 2005
6926843 Etching of hard masks Aug. 9, 2005
6927076 Method for recovering a plasma process Aug. 9, 2005
6927171 Piezoresistive device and manufacturing processes of this device Aug. 9, 2005
6927172 Process to suppress lithography at a wafer edge Aug. 9, 2005
6924205 Collar formation using selective SiGe/Si etch Aug. 2, 2005
6924235 Sidewall smoothing in high aspect ratio/deep etching using a discrete gas switching method Aug. 2, 2005
6924239 Method for removal of hydrocarbon contamination on gate oxide prior to non-thermal nitridation using "spike" radical oxidation Aug. 2, 2005
6921720 Plasma treating apparatus and plasma treating method Jul. 26, 2005
6921721 Post plasma clean process for a hardmask Jul. 26, 2005
6921725 Etching of high aspect ratio structures Jul. 26, 2005
6919278 Method for etching silicon carbide Jul. 19, 2005
6919279 Endpoint detection for high density plasma (HDP) processes Jul. 19, 2005
6916746 Method for plasma etching using periodic modulation of gas chemistry Jul. 12, 2005
6913976 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Jul. 5, 2005
6913994 Method to form Cu/OSG dual damascene structure for high performance and reliable interconnects Jul. 5, 2005
6914004 Method for via etching in organo-silica-glass Jul. 5, 2005
6914005 Plasma etching method Jul. 5, 2005
6911346 Method of etching a magnetic material Jun. 28, 2005
6911398 Method of sequentially processing a plurality of lots each including semiconductor substrates Jun. 28, 2005
6908566 Local dry etching method Jun. 21, 2005
6908864 Pressure control method and processing device Jun. 21, 2005
6905621 Method for preventing the etch transfer of sidelobes in contact hole patterns Jun. 14, 2005
6905626 Notch-free etching of high aspect SOI structures using alternating deposition and etching and pulsed plasma Jun. 14, 2005
6905968 Process for selectively etching dielectric layers Jun. 14, 2005
6905969 Plasma etch reactor and method Jun. 14, 2005
6905970 Method for making a thin film bulk acoustic-wave resonator Jun. 14, 2005
6905971 Treatment of dielectric material to enhance etch rate Jun. 14, 2005
6903024 Method of manufacturing storage nodes of a semiconductor memory device using a two-step etching process Jun. 7, 2005
6903025 Method of purging semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Jun. 7, 2005
6899785 Method of stabilizing oxide etch and chamber performance using seasoning May. 31, 2005
6899817 Device and method for etching a substrate using an inductively coupled plasma May. 31, 2005
6900133 Method of etching variable depth features in a crystalline substrate May. 31, 2005
6900136 Method for reducing reactive ion etching (RIE) lag in semiconductor fabrication processes May. 31, 2005
6900139 Method for photoresist trim endpoint detection May. 31, 2005
6896826 Aqueous cleaning composition containing copper-specific corrosion inhibitor for cleaning inorganic residues on semiconductor substrate May. 24, 2005
6897153 Etching gas composition for silicon oxide and method of etching silicon oxide using the same May. 24, 2005
6897154 Selective etching of low-k dielectrics May. 24, 2005
6897155 Method for etching high-aspect-ratio features May. 24, 2005
6897156 Vacuum plasma processor method May. 24, 2005
6893969 Use of ammonia for etching organic low-k dielectrics May. 17, 2005
6893970 Plasma processing method May. 17, 2005



 
 
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