SELECTIVE METAL WET ETCH COMPOSITION AND PROCESS

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APP PUB NO 20080116170A1
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11942157

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Composition and a process using the composition for selectively wet etching metal including depositing metal on a silicon surface; applying energy to cause respective portions of the metal and silicon to form silicide, leaving a quantity of unreacted metal; selectively wet etching the unreacted metal by applying to the unreacted metal a composition including HCl, HBr, an ammonium halide, an amine hydrohalide salt, a quaternary ammonium halide, a quaternary phosphonium halide or a mixture of any two or more thereof; a nitrogen oxide compound; a stabilizer for the nitrogen oxide, comprising a glycol, a glyme, an ether, a polyol or a mixture of any two or more thereof; and water. In one embodiment, the composition includes an ammonium halide, an amine hydrohalide salt, a quaternary ammonium halide, a quaternary phosphonium halide or a mixture of any two or more thereof; a nitrogen oxide compound; and water.

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SACHEM INC821 EAST WOODWARD STREET AUSTIN TX 78704

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Collins, Sian Austin, TX 4 113
Wojtczak, William Austin, TX 5 180

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