Method of etching

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9842772
APP PUB NO 20150287637A1
SERIAL NO

14678048

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A method is for etching a semiconductor substrate to reveal one or more features buried in the substrate. The method includes performing a first etch step using a plasma in which a bias power is applied to the substrate to produce an electrical bias, performing a second etch step without a bias power or with a bias power which is lower than the bias power applied during the first etch step, and alternately repeating the first and second etch steps.

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SPTS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDCOED RHEDYN RINGLAND WAY NEWPORT NP18 2TA

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Hopkins, Janet Monmouthshire, GB 8 494
Patel, Jash Somerset, GB 7 28

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