摘要 |
Disclosed is an etch process wherein hydrogen monoiodide (HI) ions are employed to bombard a patterned film, thereby creating geometric features in the patterned film with substantially anisotropic sidewalls. The etch process has a high selectivity to oxide, allowing the etch process to terminate on a thin pad oxide, especially when using a two step etch process. The etch process is also highly selective to photoresist, further enhancing the resulting anisotropic nature of the geometrical feature sidewalls.
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