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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:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7846 (2013.01); H01L 21/76232 (2013.01); H01L 29/06 (2013.01); H01L 29/0653 (2013.01); H01L 29/12 (2013.01); H01L 29/78 (2013.01); H01L 29/7848 (2013.01);
Abstract
Stress-inducing structures, methods, and materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, an isolation region includes an insulating material in a lower portion of a trench formed in a workpiece and a stress-inducing material disposed in a top portion of the trench over the insulating material.