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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:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin M. Mukai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shankar Chandran, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H07L 2/1469 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H07L 2/1469 ;
Abstract
A method including over a substrate, forming an aggregate comprising a barrier layer between a first dielectric layer comprising nitrogen and a second dielectric layer comprising phosphorous, and after forming the aggregate, thermally treating the substrate. An apparatus including a substrate and an aggregate formed over the substrate including a barrier layer between a first dielectric layer comprising nitrogen and a second dielectric layer comprising phosphorous.