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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Mona M. Eissa, Allen, TX (US);
Corinne Ann Gagnet, Dallas, TX (US);
Christopher Scott Whitesell, Garland, TX (US);
Pushpa Mahalingam, Richardson, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of forming an integrated circuit, including first, positioning a semiconductor wafer in a processing chamber; second, exposing portions of the semiconductor wafer, including introducing a first amount of hydrogen into the processing chamber and introducing a first amount of oxygen into the processing chamber; and, third, introducing at least one of a second amount of hydrogen or a second amount of oxygen into the processing chamber, the second amount of hydrogen greater than zero and less than the first amount of hydrogen and the second amount of oxygen greater than zero and less than the first amount of oxygen.