IP Library Granted Patent US 9,905,431
Granted Patent B2
US 9,905,431 · App. 14/448,709 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Dry etching method

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Patent No.
US 9,905,431
App. No.
14/448,709
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the present invention, a dry etching method for plasma etching a second laminated film in which a first laminated film in which a silicon-containing film and a silicon dioxide film are laminated is laminated in plurality and an inorganic film arranged over the second laminated film, includes etching the inorganic film and the second laminated film by a mixed gas of an NF 3 gas and a CH 3 F gas.

Claims (23)

1. A method of dry etching a sample including an inorganic film arranged over a laminated film, the laminated film including a silicon-containing film and a silicon dioxide film alternately laminated, the method comprising:

providing a mixed gas including an NF 3 gas, a CH 3 F gas, an O 2 gas, an N 2 gas and a He gas, wherein the mixed gas is provided at a set flow volume rate, and wherein the set flow volume rate, which is a rate of a flow volume of the NF 3 gas to a flow volume of the mixed gas, is a value in a range of from 40% to 70%; and

etching consistently the inorganic film and the laminated film using plasma, the plasma being obtained from the mixed gas.

2. The dry etching method according to claim 1 , wherein

the silicon-containing film is a polysilicon film.

3. The dry etching method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

supplying a time modulated radio frequency power to the sample,

wherein a duty ratio of the time modulation is determined based on a numerical aperture of a pattern, the numerical aperture of the pattern being a ratio of an area to be etched to an area of the sample.

4. The dry etching method according to claim 3 , wherein the duty ratio of the time modulation is a value in the range of 50% to 95%.

5. A method of dry etching a sample including an inorganic film arranged over a laminated film, the laminated film including a silicon-containing film and a silicon dioxide film alternately laminated, the method comprising:

providing a mixed gas including an NF 3 gas and a CH 3 F gas, wherein the mixed gas is provided at a set flow volume rate, and wherein the set flow volume rate, which is a rate of a flow volume of the NF 3 gas to a flow volume of the mixed gas, is a value in a range of from 40% to 70%; and

etching consistently the inorganic film and the laminated film using plasma, the plasma being obtained from the mixed gas.

6. The dry etching method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

supplying a time modulated radio frequency power to the sample,

wherein a duty ratio of the time modulation is determined based on a numerical aperture of a pattern, the numerical aperture of the pattern being a ratio of an area to be etched to an area of the sample.

7. The dry etching method according to claim 6 , wherein the duty ratio of the time modulation is a value in the range of 50% to 95%.

8. A method of dry etching a sample including an inorganic film arranged over a laminated film, the laminated film including a silicon-containing film and a silicon dioxide film alternately laminated, the method comprising:

providing a mixed gas including an NF 3 gas, a CH 3 F gas, an O 2 gas, an N 2 gas and a He gas, wherein the mixed gas is provided at a set flow volume rate, and wherein the set flow volume rate, which is a rate of a flow volume of the NF 3 gas to a flow volume of the mixed gas, is a value in a range of from 40% to 70%; and

etching the inorganic film and the laminated film using plasma only obtained from the mixed gas.

9. The dry etching method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

supplying a time modulated radio frequency power to the sample,

wherein a duty ratio of the time modulation is determined based on a numerical aperture of a pattern, the numerical aperture of the pattern being a ratio of an area to be etched to an area of the sample.

10. The dry etching method according to claim 9 , wherein the duty ratio of the time modulation is a value in the range of 50% to 95%.

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 →