Method for etching boron nitride
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSon V. Nguyen, David M. Dobuzinsky
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Abstract
The subject invention provides a method of enhancing the etch rate of boron nitride which comprises doping a layer of boron nitride with an element from Group IVA of the Periodic Table of the Elements, such as silicon, carbon, or germanium. The doped boron nitride layer can be wet etched at a faster rate with hot phosphoric acid than was possible prior to doping the boron nitride.
Claims4
In a method of wet etching boron nitride with phosphoric acid, the improvement comprising increasing the wet etch rate of said boron nitride with phosphoric acid by doping said boron nitride with up to 20 percent, by atomic composition, of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, carbon, and germanium.
A method for wet etching boron nitride comprising:
- (a) doping said boron nitride with up to 20 atom percent of an element chosen from the group consisting of carbon, silicon and germanium;
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- (b) exposing said boron nitride to phosphoric acid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.