Dry-etching method and apparatus, photomasks and method for the preparation thereof, and semiconductor circuits and method for the fabrication thereof

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10107322

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A dry-etching method comprises the step of dry-etching a metal thin film as a chromium-containing film, wherein the method is characterized by using, as an etching gas, a mixed gas including (a) a reactive ion etching gas, which contains an oxygen-containing gas and a halogen-containing gas, and (b) a reducing gas added to the gas component (a), in the process for dry-etching the metal thin film. The dry-etching method permits the production of a photomask by forming patterns to be transferred to a wafer on a photomask blank. The photomask can in turn be used for manufacturing semiconductor circuits. The method permits the decrease of the dimensional difference due to the coexistence of coarse and dense patterns in a plane and the production of a high precision pattern-etched product.

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RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPTOKYO JAPAN

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Aoyama, Satoshi Hyogo-ken, JP 80 761
Harashima, Noriyuki Saitama-ken, JP 10 35
Sakamoto, Shouichi Hyogo-ken, JP 7 29
Sasaki, Takaei Saitama-ken, JP 12 40

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