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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
  • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
  • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
  • H01L21/04—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
  • H01L21/18—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
  • H01L21/30—Treatment of semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups H01L21/20 - H01L21/26
  • H01L21/302—Treatment of semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups H01L21/20 - H01L21/26 to change their surface-physical characteristics or shape, e.g. etching, polishing, cutting
  • H01L21/306—Chemical or electrical treatment, e.g. electrolytic etching
  • H01L21/3065—Plasma etching; Reactive-ion etching
  • H01L21/30655—Plasma etching; Reactive-ion etching comprising alternated and repeated etching and passivation steps, e.g. Bosch process
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
  • B81C—PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
  • B81C1/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate
  • B81C1/00436—Shaping materials, i.e. techniques for structuring the substrate or the layers on the substrate
  • B81C1/00555—Achieving a desired geometry, i.e. controlling etch rates, anisotropy or selectivity
  • B81C1/00619—Forming high aspect ratio structures having deep steep walls
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
  • B81B—MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES
  • B81B2203/00—Basic microelectromechanical structures
  • B81B2203/03—Static structures
  • B81B2203/0323—Grooves
  • B81B2203/033—Trenches
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
  • B81C—PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
  • B81C2201/00—Manufacture or treatment of microstructural devices or systems
  • B81C2201/01—Manufacture or treatment of microstructural devices or systems in or on a substrate
  • B81C2201/0101—Shaping material; Structuring the bulk substrate or layers on the substrate; Film patterning
  • B81C2201/0111—Bulk micromachining
  • B81C2201/0112—Bosch process

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