METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ETCHING OF PHOTOMASK SUBSTRATES USING PULSED PLASMA

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the etching of a thin film upon a photomask (24) . The etching is carried out in a reactor (20) via an inductively coupled pulsed plasma. Pulsing of the plasma is achieved by regulating the time period (or duty cycle) in which the plasma is generated. It has b...

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Hauptverfasser:	ONISHI, SHINZO, CONSTANTINE, CHRISTOPHER, JOHNSON, DAVID, J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT CHEMISTRY CINEMATOGRAPHY COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL COATING METALLIC MATERIAL DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL MATERIALS THEREFOR METALLURGY MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLICMATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASSC23 AND AT LEAST ONEPROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25 NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE ORIGINALS THEREFOR PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES PHYSICS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the etching of a thin film upon a photomask (24) . The etching is carried out in a reactor (20) via an inductively coupled pulsed plasma. Pulsing of the plasma is achieved by regulating the time period (or duty cycle) in which the plasma is generated. It has been found that by decreasing the duty cycle, high etch selectively can be achieved and feature sizes can be faithfully maintained.