Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring structure and monitoring method for silicon wet etching depth
- Patent Title (中): 硅湿蚀刻深度监测结构及监测方法
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Application No.: US14364933Application Date: 2012-11-20
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Publication No.: US09006867B2Publication Date: 2015-04-14
- Inventor: Xinwei Zhang , Changfeng Xia , Chengjian Fan , Wei Su
- Applicant: CSMC Technologies FAB1 Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Jiangsu
- Assignee: CSMC Technologies Fabi Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: CSMC Technologies Fabi Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Jiangsu
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: CN201110413966 20111213
- International Application: PCT/CN2012/084868 WO 20121120
- International Announcement: WO2013/086920 WO 20130620
- Main IPC: H01L21/66
- IPC: H01L21/66 ; H01L21/306 ; H01L21/308

Abstract:
A monitoring structure and a relevant monitoring method for the silicon wet etching depth are provided. The structure includes a wet etched groove formed on a monocrystalline silicon material with at least two top surfaces thereof being rectangular; and the top surface widths of the grooves are Wu and W1 respectively, Wu=du/0.71, and W1=du/0.71, where du is the maximum wet etching depth to be monitored, and d1 is the minimum of the wet etching depth to be monitored. The method includes: performing anisotropic wet etching on a monocrystalline silicon wafer according to a pattern with a monitoring pattern, forming an etched groove to be monitored and a structure for monitoring the depth of the groove, and then monitoring the structure to monitor the wet etching depth. The etching depth of the groove can be monitored with low costs, and a higher monitoring accuracy is obtained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140346647A1 MONITORING STRUCTURE AND MONITORING METHOD FOR SILICON WET ETCHING DEPTH Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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