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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Teresa A. Ramos, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert R. Roth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anil S. Bhanap, Milpitas, CA (US);
Paul G. Apen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Denis H. Endisch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian J. Daniels, La Honda, CA (US);
Ananth Naman, San Jose, CA (US);
Nancy Iwamoto, Ramona, CA (US);
Roger Y. Leung, San Jose, CA (US);
Teresa A. Ramos, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert R. Roth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anil S. Bhanap, Milpitas, CA (US);
Paul G. Apen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Denis H. Endisch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian J. Daniels, La Honda, CA (US);
Ananth Naman, San Jose, CA (US);
Nancy Iwamoto, Ramona, CA (US);
Roger Y. Leung, San Jose, CA (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A toughening agent composition for increasing the hydrophobicity of an organosilicate glass dielectric film when applied to said film. It includes a component capable of alkylating or arylating silanol moieties of the organosilicate glass dielectric film via silylation, and an activating agent selected from the group consisting of an amine, an onium compound and an alkali metal hydroxide.