Patent ID: 6506692
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising:forming on a substrate a silicon carbide containing layer; introducing into a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition reactor, which contains the substrate that is covered with the silicon carbide containing layer, a gas that is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, xenon, krypton, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide; striking a plasma at RF power of between about 100 and about 3000 watts to convert the surface of the silicon carbide containing layer from a hydrophobic surface to a hydrophilic surface; depositing a sacrificial light absorbing material, which is selected from the group consisting of a dyed spin-on-glass and a dyed spin-on-polymer, on the surface of the silicon carbide containing layer after the silicon carbide containing layer has been exposed to the plasma; and then depositing a layer of photoresist on the surface of the sacrificial light absorbing material.