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Atomic layer etching with pulsed plasmas

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1600433
A system and method for rapid atomic layer etching (ALET) including a pulsed plasma source, with a spiral coil electrode, a cooled Faraday shield, a counter electrode disposed at the top of the tube, a gas inlet and a reaction chamber including a substrate support and a boundary electrode. The method includes positioning an etchable substrate in a plasma etching chamber, forming a product layer on the surface of the substrate, removing a portion of the product layer by pulsing a plasma source, then repeating the steps of forming a product layer and removing a portion of the product layer to form an etched substrate.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Assignee:
University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Patent Number(s):
10,515,782
Application Number:
15/949,274
OSTI ID:
1600433
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Plasma atomic layer etching using conventional plasma equipment journal January 2009

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