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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0834206 (2013-03-15) |
등록번호 | US-8969212 (2015-03-03) |
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A method of etching exposed patterned heterogeneous structures is described and includes a remote plasma etch formed from a reactive precursor. The plasma power is pulsed rather than left on continuously. Plasma effluents from the remote plasma are flowed into a substrate processing region where the
A method of etching exposed patterned heterogeneous structures is described and includes a remote plasma etch formed from a reactive precursor. The plasma power is pulsed rather than left on continuously. Plasma effluents from the remote plasma are flowed into a substrate processing region where the plasma effluents selectively remove one material faster than another. The etch selectivity results from the pulsing of the plasma power to the remote plasma region, which has been found to suppress the number of ionically-charged species that reach the substrate. The etch selectivity may also result from the presence of an ion suppression element positioned between a portion of the remote plasma and the substrate processing region.
1. A method of etching a patterned substrate in a substrate processing region of a substrate processing chamber, wherein the patterned substrate has an exposed silicon nitride region and an exposed second material region, the method comprising: flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into a remote p
1. A method of etching a patterned substrate in a substrate processing region of a substrate processing chamber, wherein the patterned substrate has an exposed silicon nitride region and an exposed second material region, the method comprising: flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into a remote plasma region fluidly coupled to the substrate processing region while forming a plasma in the plasma region to produce plasma effluents;pulsing a power of the plasma formed in the remote plasma region at a plasma frequency with a plasma duty cycle; andetching the exposed silicon nitride region by flowing the plasma effluents into the substrate processing region through holes in a showerhead. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the plasma frequency is between about 50 Hz and about 200 kHz. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the plasma duty cycle is greater than or about 20% and less than 80%. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein a temperature of the patterned substrate is greater than or about −30° C. and less than or about 150° C. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein a pressure within the substrate processing region is below or about 50 Torr and above or about 0.1 Torr. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the plasma in the plasma region to produce plasma effluents comprises applying RF power between about 10 W and about 15,000 W to the plasma region. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the plasma is a capacitively-coupled plasma. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into the remote plasma region further comprises flowing an oxygen-containing precursor into the remote plasma region. 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the oxygen-containing precursor comprises at least one of O2, O3, N2O or NO2. 10. The method of claim 8 wherein flowing each of the fluorine-containing precursor and the oxygen-containing precursor into the remote plasma region comprises maintaining an O:F atomic flow ratio above or about 0.5:1 and below or about 10:1. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the exposed second material region is an exposed silicon oxide region and the selectivity of the etching operation (exposed silicon nitride region: exposed silicon oxide region) is greater than or about 40:1. 12. The method of claim 1 wherein the exposed second material region is an exposed silicon region and the selectivity of the etching operation (exposed silicon nitride region: exposed silicon region) is greater than or about 10:1. 13. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluorine-containing precursor comprises a precursor selected from the group consisting of NF3, hydrogen fluoride, atomic fluorine, diatomic fluorine, nitrogen trifluoride, carbon tetrafluoride and xenon difluoride. 14. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluorine-containing precursor and the plasma effluents are essentially devoid of hydrogen. 15. The method of claim 1 wherein there is essentially no concentration of ionized species and free electrons within the substrate processing region while etching the exposed silicon nitride region. 16. The method of claim 1 wherein pulsing the power of the plasma comprises pulsing the power for at least 1000 pulses. 17. The method of claim 1 wherein pulsing the power of the plasma comprises applying no plasma power between a pair of pulses. 18. The method of claim 1 wherein the minimum ID of the through-holes in the showerhead is between about 0.2 mm and about 5 mm. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the plasma effluents are flowed through an ion suppression element prior to their being flowed through the showerhead, wherein the ion suppression element is configured to reduce the concentration of ions flowing into the substrate processing region. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein the substrate is unbiased during the etching operation.
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