Process for etching a recessed structure filled with tin or a tin alloy

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PATENT NO 9332652
APP PUB NO 20140000650A1
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13979914

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A process for etching excess tin or tin alloy deposits including the steps of providing a substrate having recessed structures filled with tin or a tin alloy and an excess layer of tin or tin alloy, providing an aqueous etching solution consisting of a source of hydroxide ions and a nitro-substituted aromatic sulfonic acid and having a pH value greater than 7, and contacting said substrate with said aqueous etching solution for removing said excess tin or tin alloy layer on top of the recessed structures filled with tin or a tin alloy.

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ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH10553 BERLIN

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Tews, Dirk Berlin, DE 12 34
Wood, Neal Worcestershire, GB 6 16

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