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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Steag RTP Systems, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438308 ; 438761 ; 438763 ; 438778 ;
Abstract
A method of rapid thermal processing (RTP) of a silicon substrate is presented, where a very low partial pressure of reactive gas is used to control etching and growth of oxides on the silicon surface.