Plasma etching method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7186659
APP PUB NO 20060086692A1
SERIAL NO

11063180

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The present invention provides a plasma etching method that can etch a metal film as a material to be etched selectively against an organic film underlying the material. The etching method comprising the steps of introducing an etching gas in an etching chamber wherein a material to be etched is placed, and exciting the etching gas to a plasma state to etch that material to be etched, wherein the material to be etched is a metal film 3 consisting of Au, Pt, Ag, Ti, TiN, TiO, Al, an aluminum alloy, or a laminated film of these films laminated on an organic film 5; and the etching gas is a mixed gas containing at least a gas selected from a group consisting of Cl.sub.2, BCl.sub.3, and HBr; and at least a gas selected from a group consisting of CH.sub.2Cl.sub.2, CH.sub.2Br.sub.2, CH.sub.3Cl, CH.sub.3Br, CH.sub.3F, and CH.sub.4.

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  • HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujimoto, Kotaro Kudamatsu, JP 10 498
Shimada, Takeshi Hikari, JP 75 769

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