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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2008
Applicants:

Junjun Liu, Austin, TX (US);

Jacques Faguet, Albany, NY (US);

Eric M. Lee, Austin, TX (US);

Dorel I. Toma, Dripping Springs, TX (US);

Hongyu Yue, Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Junjun Liu, Austin, TX (US);

Jacques Faguet, Albany, NY (US);

Eric M. Lee, Austin, TX (US);

Dorel I. Toma, Dripping Springs, TX (US);

Hongyu Yue, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); C23C 16/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67115 (2013.01); B23K 26/0807 (2013.01); B23K 26/12 (2013.01); C23C 16/56 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for curing a low dielectric constant (low-k) dielectric film on a substrate is described, wherein the dielectric constant of the low-k dielectric film is less than a value of approximately 4. The system comprises one or more process modules configured for exposing the low-k dielectric film to electromagnetic (EM) radiation, such as infrared (IR) radiation and ultraviolet (UV) radiation.


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