Methods of processing a silicon substrate for the formation of an integrated circuit therein.

摘要

A region of a silicon substrate is simultaneously etched and a silicon dioxide deposit formed on the sidewalls of the etched region by masking the substrate except in the region to be etched and subjecting the substrate to a plasma in a gas containing a fluorohalogenohydrocarbon and oxygen, the oxygen content being between 40 and 80 percent by volume. Thus, a trench (36) is plasma etched in a region of a silicon substrate (30) not protected by a masking layer (32) and a silicon dioxide deposit (34) is formed on the sidewalls of the trench (36). The fluorohalogenohydrocarbon may be CCl2F2. Other hydrocarbons containing chlorine or bromine or iodine, as well as fluorine, may also be used.