GB2283461B - Process for Etching Indium-Tin Oxide Coatings - Google Patents

Process for Etching Indium-Tin Oxide Coatings

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Publication number
GB2283461B
GB2283461B GB9414908A GB9414908A GB2283461B GB 2283461 B GB2283461 B GB 2283461B GB 9414908 A GB9414908 A GB 9414908A GB 9414908 A GB9414908 A GB 9414908A GB 2283461 B GB2283461 B GB 2283461B
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Prior art keywords
tin oxide
oxide coatings
etching indium
indium
etching
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9414908A
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GB9414908D0 (en
GB2283461A (en
Inventor
Karl-Heinz Kretschmer
Gerhard Lornez
Rainer Gegenwart
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Balzers und Leybold Deutschland Holding AG
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Leybold AG
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Priority claimed from DE4337309A external-priority patent/DE4337309A1/en
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Publication of GB2283461A publication Critical patent/GB2283461A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/32—Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32009—Arrangements for generation of plasma specially adapted for examination or treatment of objects, e.g. plasma sources
    • H01J37/32082—Radio frequency generated discharge
    • H01J37/32091—Radio frequency generated discharge the radio frequency energy being capacitively coupled to the plasma
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/32—Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32431—Constructional details of the reactor
    • H01J37/3266—Magnetic control means
    • H01J37/32678—Electron cyclotron resonance
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/32—Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32431—Constructional details of the reactor
    • H01J37/3266—Magnetic control means
    • H01J37/32688—Multi-cusp fields
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/32—Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32431—Constructional details of the reactor
    • H01J37/32697—Electrostatic control
    • H01J37/32706—Polarising the substrate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L31/1884—Manufacture of transparent electrodes, e.g. TCO, ITO
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
    • H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
    • H05H1/24—Generating plasma
    • H05H1/46—Generating plasma using applied electromagnetic fields, e.g. high frequency or microwave energy
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/32—Processing objects by plasma generation
    • H01J2237/33—Processing objects by plasma generation characterised by the type of processing
    • H01J2237/334—Etching
    • H01J2237/3343—Problems associated with etching
    • H01J2237/3346—Selectivity

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Drying Of Semiconductors (AREA)
  • ing And Chemical Polishing (AREA)
  • Electron Sources, Ion Sources (AREA)
  • Physical Vapour Deposition (AREA)
GB9414908A 1993-11-02 1994-07-25 Process for Etching Indium-Tin Oxide Coatings Expired - Fee Related GB2283461B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4337309A DE4337309A1 (en) 1993-08-26 1993-11-02 Method and device for etching thin films, preferably indium tin oxide films

Publications (3)

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GB9414908D0 GB9414908D0 (en) 1994-09-14
GB2283461A GB2283461A (en) 1995-05-10
GB2283461B true GB2283461B (en) 1997-10-15

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Country Status (6)

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EP (1) EP0652585A1 (en)
JP (1) JPH07183284A (en)
FR (1) FR2712119B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2283461B (en)
IL (1) IL109698A (en)
NL (1) NL9401790A (en)

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US6547934B2 (en) * 1998-05-18 2003-04-15 Applied Materials, Inc. Reduction of metal oxide in a dual frequency etch chamber
US6297147B1 (en) 1998-06-05 2001-10-02 Applied Materials, Inc. Plasma treatment for ex-situ contact fill
US7053002B2 (en) 1998-12-04 2006-05-30 Applied Materials, Inc Plasma preclean with argon, helium, and hydrogen gases
US6368978B1 (en) 1999-03-04 2002-04-09 Applied Materials, Inc. Hydrogen-free method of plasma etching indium tin oxide
US6794311B2 (en) 2000-07-14 2004-09-21 Applied Materials Inc. Method and apparatus for treating low k dielectric layers to reduce diffusion

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2233286A (en) * 1989-06-01 1991-01-09 P Maguire Pattern processing on tin oxide films
US5032221A (en) * 1990-05-07 1991-07-16 Eastman Kodak Company Etching indium tin oxide
EP0495524A1 (en) * 1991-01-18 1992-07-22 Applied Materials, Inc. System for processing a workpiece in a plasma and a process for generating such plasma

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2233286A (en) * 1989-06-01 1991-01-09 P Maguire Pattern processing on tin oxide films
US5032221A (en) * 1990-05-07 1991-07-16 Eastman Kodak Company Etching indium tin oxide
EP0495524A1 (en) * 1991-01-18 1992-07-22 Applied Materials, Inc. System for processing a workpiece in a plasma and a process for generating such plasma

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IL109698A0 (en) 1994-08-26
EP0652585A1 (en) 1995-05-10
GB9414908D0 (en) 1994-09-14
FR2712119B1 (en) 1996-07-26
FR2712119A1 (en) 1995-05-12
NL9401790A (en) 1995-06-01
IL109698A (en) 1996-08-04
JPH07183284A (en) 1995-07-21
GB2283461A (en) 1995-05-10

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