IP Library Granted Patent US 8,741,166
Granted Patent B2
US 8,741,166 · App. 13/664,940 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Plasma etching method

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Patent No.
US 8,741,166
App. No.
13/664,940
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plasma etching method that can improve an etching selection ratio of a film to be etched to a film different from the film to be etched compared with the related art is provided. The present invention provides a plasma etching method for selectively etching a film to be etched against a film different from the film to be etched, in which plasma etching of the film to be etched is performed using a gas that can cause to generate a deposited film containing similar components as components of the different film.

Claims (6)

1. A plasma etching method for selectively etching a silicon nitride film against a polysilicon film, wherein plasma etching of the silicon nitride film is performed using a mixed gas comprising a fluorocarbon gas, an oxygen containing gas, and a SiF 4 gas.

2. The plasma etching method according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon gas is a CH 3 F gas, and the oxygen containing gas is an O 2 gas.

3. The plasma etching method according to claim 1 , wherein the mixed gas further comprises an inert gas.

4. The plasma etching method according to claim 1 , wherein, during said plasma etching of the silicon nitride film, a deposited film containing Si—O bonding is generated.

5. A plasma etching method for selectively etching a silicon nitride film against a polysilicon film, wherein plasma etching of the silicon nitride film is performed using a mixed gas comprising a CH 4 gas, a fluorine containing gas, an oxygen containing gas, and a SiF 4 gas.

6. The plasma etching method according to claim 5 , wherein, during said plasma etching of the silicon nitride film, a deposited film containing Si—O bonding is generated.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052259/0227 →