Abstract:
A silicon layer etchant composition and associated methods, the composition including about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of an alkylammonium hydroxide; about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % of an amine compound; about 0.01 wt % to about 0.2 wt % of a nonionic surfactant including both a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group; and water, all wt % being based on a total weight of the silicon layer etchant composition.
Abstract:
An etchant composition for etching a metal film and a method of forming a pattern, the etchant composition including an acid etching agent, the acid etching agent including an inorganic acid or an organic acid; an auxiliary oxidant, the auxiliary oxidant including hydrogen peroxide or an amine oxide compound; and an organic solvent, the organic solvent including a compound having an unshared electron pair, and having a dielectric constant of about 17 to about 80.
Abstract:
A substrate treating apparatus and a method of treating a substrate, the apparatus including a substrate treater that treats a substrate using a chemical solution, the chemical solution including a phosphoric acid aqueous solution and a silicon compound; and a chemical solution supplier that supplies the chemical solution to the substrate treating unit, wherein the chemical solution supplier includes a concentration measurer that measures concentrations of the chemical solutions, the concentration measurer including a first concentration measurer that measures a water concentration of the chemical solution; and a second concentration measurer that measures a silicon concentration of the chemical solution.
Abstract:
In embodiment, the method includes cleaning a preceding substrate, and drying the preceding substrate and cleaning a next substrate. Drying the preceding substrate and cleaning the next substrate include determining a cleaning start time of the next substrate, and the cleaning start time corresponds to a desired time point after starting drying the preceding substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a substrate processing system including a nozzle to supply a chemical solution containing a mixture of first and second solutions onto a substrate loaded on a supporter of a process chamber, a chemical solution supplying system to supply the chemical solution to the nozzle, and a controller to control the chemical solution supplying system. The chemical solution supplying system may include a mixing tank mixing a plurality of chemicals to produce the first solution, a supply tank receiving the first solution from the mixing tank and producing the chemical solution, a connection line to connect the mixing tank to the supply tank, and a valve and a pump on the connection line. The pump is controlled to allow the first solution to be supplied into the supply tank at a predetermined supply amount per stroke.
Abstract:
An etching composition includes about 1 wt % to about 7 wt % of hydrogen peroxide, about 20 wt % to about 80 wt % of phosphoric acid, about 0.001 wt % to about 1 wt % of an amine or amide polymer, 0 wt % to about 55 wt % of sulfuric acid, and about 10 wt % to about 45 wt % of deionized water.
Abstract:
An etching composition for etching a titanium aluminum nitride layer and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit, the etching composition includes about 15 wt % to about 30 wt % of an oxidizing agent; about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % of a pH adjusting agent, the pH adjusting agent including an inorganic acid or an organic acid; about 0.001 wt % to about 1 wt % of an etching booster; and a solvent, all wt % being based on a total weight of the etching composition.
Abstract:
A method of etching a metal barrier layer and a metal layer is provided. The method includes forming the metal barrier layer and the metal layer on a substrate, and using an etching composition to etch the metal barrier layer and the metal layer. The etching composition may include an oxidant selected from nitric acid, bromic acid, iodic acid, perchloric acid, perbromic acid, periodic acid, sulfuric acid, methane sulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, or a combination thereof, a metal etching inhibitor including a compound expressed by Chemical Formula 1, and a metal oxide solubilizer selected from phosphoric acid, phosphate, carboxylic acid having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
An etching composition and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the composition including 5 wt % to 30 wt % of an oxidizing agent, based on a total weight of the etching composition; a salt including an anion including a carboxylate moiety having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and an ammonium cation; and a chelating agent including a phosphonic acid having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of etching a metal barrier layer and a metal layer. The method includes forming the metal barrier layer and the metal layer on a substrate, and using an etching composition to etch the metal barrier layer and the metal layer. The etching composition may include an oxidant selected from nitric acid, bromic acid, iodic acid, perchloric acid, perbromic acid, periodic acid, sulfuric acid, methane sulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, or a combination thereof, a metal etching inhibitor including a compound expressed by Chemical Formula 1, and a metal oxide solubilizer selected from phosphoric acid, phosphate, carboxylic acid having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a combination thereof.