Rapid thermal processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers

GM Moore, K Nishikawa - US Patent 5,444,217, 1995 - Google Patents
4,497,683 2/1985 Celler et al...... 156/603 ceptor position control rotates the wafers during
pro 4,511,788 4/1985 Arai et al...... 219/405 cessing and raises and lowers the susceptor to …

Selective deposition of amorphous and polycrystalline silicon

HM Liaw, CA Seelbach - US Patent 4,963,506, 1990 - Google Patents
A method for selectively depositing amorphous or polycrystalline silicon wherein a wafer
having exposed silicon regions thereon is placed into a CVD reactor and subjected to a …

Structure and method of a strained channel transistor and a second semiconductor component in an integrated circuit

CH Ko, WC Lee, YC Yeo, CC Lin, C Hu - US Patent 7,112,495, 2006 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor Substrate 126, in which
first and second active regions are disposed. A resistor 124 is formed in the first active …

Strained channel complementary field-effect transistors

CH Ko, YC Yeo, WC Lee, C Hu - US Patent 7,442,967, 2008 - Google Patents
US PATENT DOCUMENTS formed from a first semiconductor material and the Source
4,069,094. A 1, 1978 Sh 1 and drain regions are formed from a second semiconductor 43 1 …

Rapid thermal processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers

GM Moore, K Nishikawa - US Patent 5,683,518, 1997 - Google Patents
4 101 759 7/1978 Anthony et a] 219,343 chamber. Instead of the second heat source, a
passive heat 41113347 9/1978 Km 6, a1 '' 156/612 distribution element is used, in one …

Semiconductor devices having strained dual channel layers

MT Currie, AJ Lochtefeld, CW Leitz… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
A semiconductor structure includes a strain-inducing substrate layer having a germanium
concentration of at least 10 atomic%. The semiconductor structure also includes a …

Semiconductor diode with reduced leakage

YC Yeo, FL Yang, C Hu - US Patent App. 10/641,813, 2005 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0002 Transistor size reduction has resulted in the thin ning of insulator
layerS Such as the gate dielectric. These thinner dielectric layerS fail at lower Voltages …

Laser annealing method for a semiconductor thin film

S Maegawa, T Kawamura, M Furuta… - US Patent 5,591,668, 1997 - Google Patents
A laser annealing method for a semiconductor thin film for irradiating the semiconductor thin
film with a laser beam having a section whose outline includes a straight-line portion, so as …

Semiconductor-on-insulator chip incorporating strained-channel partially-depleted, fully-depleted, and multiple-gate transistors

YC Yeo, HY Chen, CC Huang, WC Lee… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a silicon-on-insulator
(SOI) chip includes a sili con layer of a predetermined thickness overlying an insu lator layer …

Strained channel on insulator device

CH Ge, CH Wang, CC Huang, WC Lee, C Hu - US Patent 6,900,502, 2005 - Google Patents
A semiconductor device 10 includes a substrate 12 (eg, a silicon substrate) with an
insulating layer 14 (eg, an oxide such as silicon dioxide) disposed thereon. A first …