Electronic-carrier-controlled photochemical etching process in semiconductor device fabrication
Abstract
An electronic-carrier-controlled photochemical etching process for carrying out patterning and selective removing of material in semiconductor device fabrication includes the steps of selective ion implanting, photochemical dry etching, and thermal annealing, in that order. In the selective ion implanting step, regions of the semiconductor material in a desired pattern are damaged and the remainder of the regions of the material not implanted are left undamaged. The rate of recombination of electrons and holes is increased in the damaged regions of the pattern compared to undamaged regions. In the photochemical dry etching step which follows ion implanting step, the material in the undamaged regions of the semiconductor are removed substantially faster than in the damaged regions representing the pattern, leaving the ion-implanted, damaged regions as raised surface structures on the semiconductor material. After completion of photochemical dry etching step, the thermal annealing step is used to restore the electrical conductivity of the damaged regions of the semiconductor material.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- AT and T Technologies, Inc., Greensboro, NC (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6292557
- Patent Number(s):
- 7207487
- Application Number:
- ON: DE89010799
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06Q - DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES
G - PHYSICS G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES G07C - TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ETCHING; ANNEALING; DESIGN; FABRICATION; INVENTIONS; ION IMPLANTATION; PROCESS CONTROL; CONTROL; HEAT TREATMENTS; SURFACE FINISHING; 360601* - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture
Citation Formats
Ashby, C. I.H., Myers, D. R., and Vook, F. L. Electronic-carrier-controlled photochemical etching process in semiconductor device fabrication. United States: N. p., 1988.
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@article{osti_6292557,
title = {Electronic-carrier-controlled photochemical etching process in semiconductor device fabrication},
author = {Ashby, C. I.H. and Myers, D. R. and Vook, F. L.},
abstractNote = {An electronic-carrier-controlled photochemical etching process for carrying out patterning and selective removing of material in semiconductor device fabrication includes the steps of selective ion implanting, photochemical dry etching, and thermal annealing, in that order. In the selective ion implanting step, regions of the semiconductor material in a desired pattern are damaged and the remainder of the regions of the material not implanted are left undamaged. The rate of recombination of electrons and holes is increased in the damaged regions of the pattern compared to undamaged regions. In the photochemical dry etching step which follows ion implanting step, the material in the undamaged regions of the semiconductor are removed substantially faster than in the damaged regions representing the pattern, leaving the ion-implanted, damaged regions as raised surface structures on the semiconductor material. After completion of photochemical dry etching step, the thermal annealing step is used to restore the electrical conductivity of the damaged regions of the semiconductor material.},
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