摘要 |
A method for etching a silicon nitride film, includes the steps of supplying a fluorine radical, a compound of fluorine and hydrogen, and an oxygen radical close to a substrate having the silicon nitride film, and selectively etching the silicon nitride film from the substrate with the fluorine radical, the compound of fluorine and hydrogen, and the oxygen radical. A method for etching a silicon nitride film, includes the steps of exciting gas containing fluorine and oxygen gas, thereby generating a fluorine radical and an oxygen radical, supplying the fluorine radical and the oxygen radical close to a substrate having the silicon nitride film and supplying gas of a compound containing a hydroxyl close to the substrate, reacting the fluorine radical, the oxygen radical and the compound containing the hydroxyl, thereby generating a compound of the fluorine radical, the oxygen radical and a compound of fluorine and hydrogen, and selectively etching the silicon nitride film from the substrate with the compound of the fluorine radical, the oxygen radical and the compound of fluorine and hydrogen./!
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