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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. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Verhaverbeke, San Francisco, CA (US);
J. Kelly Truman, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a novel termination of silicon dioxide films for use in a single wafer cleaning tool. According to the present invention a silicon dioxide film is formed on a silicon substrate and the film is then terminated with ammonium oxide (—O—NH ). In an embodiment of the present invention the film is terminated by dispensing a mixture containing ammonium oxide onto the film. The present invention also provides a method of forming a gate insulator as well as a gate insulator device.