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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:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arne W. Ballantine, South Burlington, VT (US);
Douglas D. Coolbaugh, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jeffrey Gilbert, Winooski, VT (US);
Joseph R. Greco, South Burlington, VT (US);
Glenn R. Miller, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1331 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1331 ;
Abstract
A process for forming at least one interface region between two regions of semiconductor material. At least one region of dielectric material comprising nitrogen is formed in the vicinity of at least a portion of a boundary between the two regions of semiconductor material, thereby controlling electrical resistance at the interface.