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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:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donna Rizzone Cote, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
William Joseph Cote, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Son Van Nguyen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Markus Kirchhoff, Ottendorf-Okrilla, DE;
Max G. Levy, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Manfred Hauf, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/358 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/358 ;
Abstract
A process for fabricating a device including the step of forming a structure for facilitating the passivation of surface states is disclosed. The structure comprises an oxynitride layer formed as part of the device structure. The oxynitride facilitates the passivation of surface states when heated.