METHOD OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) CHIP FABRICATION

METHOD OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) CHIP FABRICATION

A method of forming integrated circuit (IC) chips. After masking a layer of a material to be etched, the layer is subjected to an atomic layer etch (ALE). During the ALE, etch effluent is measured with a calorimetric probe. The calorimetric probe results reflect a species of particles resulting from...

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Hauptverfasser: Joseph, Eric A, Engelmann, Sebastian U
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Zusammenfassung:A method of forming integrated circuit (IC) chips. After masking a layer of a material to be etched, the layer is subjected to an atomic layer etch (ALE). During the ALE, etch effluent is measured with a calorimetric probe. The calorimetric probe results reflect a species of particles resulting from etching the material. The measured etch results are checked until the results indicate the particle content is below a threshold value. When the content is below the threshold ALE is complete and IC chip fabrication continues normally.