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Method for fabricating devices with DC bias-controlled reactive ion etching

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5618608
A method and apparatus for fabricating a device is disclosed, which method involves a new reactive ion etching technique. Both a high etch rate and, for example, a high etch selectivity are simultaneously achieved with the inventive reactive ion etching technique by discharging an electrode of the reactive ion etching apparatus in response to a preselected criterion, e.g., a magnitude of a DC bias at said electrode which equals, or exceeds, a preselected value.
Assignee:
AT and T Bell Laboratories
Patent Number(s):
US 4496448
OSTI ID:
5618608
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English