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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Intermolecular Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Amol Joshi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of processing a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a first oxide layer on the substrate and patterning the first oxide layer utilizing a lithography process, the patterning defining a plurality of active areas on the substrate. The method includes forming a second oxide layer in each active area and forming a plurality of metal electrodes over the second oxide layer through a shadow mask technique, wherein the shadow mask technique is performed without alignment to an active area.