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Patent US7501352 - Method and system for forming an oxynitride layer - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe present invention generally provides a method for preparing an oxynitride film on a substrate. A surface of the substrate is exposed to oxygen radicals formed by ultraviolet (UV) radiation induced dissociation of a first process gas comprising at least one molecular composition comprising oxygen...http://www.google.com/patents/US7501352?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7501352 - Method and system for forming an oxynitride layerAdvanced Patent SearchPage imagesMethod and system for forming an oxynitride layer Masanobu Igeta et alOverviewAbstractDrawingsDescriptionClaims Patent number: 7501352Filing date: Mar 30, 2005Issue date: Mar 10, 2009Application number: 11/093,260 Page imagesPDF
(73) Assignees: Tokyo Electron, Ltd., Tokyo (JP);
International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM"), Armonk, NY (US) ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl.No.: 11/093,260
(22) Filed: Mar. 30, 2005
US 2006/0228902 Al Oct. 12, 2006
(52) U.S. CI 438/769; 438/786; 257/E21.267
(58) Field of Classification Search 438/769 772,
438/775-778,782-798; 257/E21.267 See application file for complete search history.
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