Method of etching a shallow trench

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PATENT NO 9842743
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15389414

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A method of etching a shallow trench is disclosed in the present invention. By removing the photoresist layer immediately at the end point of the hard mask layer etching and further using the improved process conditions etch the top of the substrate at the same time of the hard mask layer over-etching, such as a lower bias power, a higher pressure and a bigger polymer gases flow rate, the present invention has formed a smooth morphology on the top of the shallow trench. Therefore, the sharp corner appeared in the prior art is avoided by changing the start point of the silicon substrate etching, so as to fundamentally eliminate the leakage current caused by the sharp corner.

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SHANGHAI HUALI MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONNO 6 LIANGTENG ROAD PUDONG NEW AREA SHANGHAI 201314

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Chen, Minjie Shanghai, CN 29 334
Lv, Yukun Shanghai, CN 9 17
Ren, Yu Shanghai, CN 24 158
Tang, Zaifeng Shanghai, CN 8 2
Xu, Jin Shanghai, CN 309 1854

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