Plasma-free metal etch

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9472417
APP PUB NO 20150129546A1
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14513517

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Methods of selectively etching metal-containing materials from the surface of a substrate are described. The etch selectively removes metal-containing materials relative to silicon-containing films such as silicon, polysilicon, silicon oxide, silicon germanium, silicon carbide, silicon carbon nitride and/or silicon nitride. The methods include exposing metal-containing materials to halogen containing species in a substrate processing region. No plasma excites the halogen-containing precursor either remotely or locally in embodiments.

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APPLIED MATERIALS INC3050 BOWERS AVENUE SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Anthis, Jeffrey W San Jose, US 89 4744
Ingle, Nitin K San Jose, US 224 38347
Kachian, Jessica Sevanne Sunnyvale, US 8 920
Park, Soonam Sunnyvale, US 102 11141
Wang, Xikun Sunnyvale, US 61 7960
Xu, Lin Sunnyvale, US 214 5625

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