AU2003248563A1 - Method of forming nanocrystals - Google Patents

Method of forming nanocrystals

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AU2003248563A1
AU2003248563A1 AU2003248563A AU2003248563A AU2003248563A1 AU 2003248563 A1 AU2003248563 A1 AU 2003248563A1 AU 2003248563 A AU2003248563 A AU 2003248563A AU 2003248563 A AU2003248563 A AU 2003248563A AU 2003248563 A1 AU2003248563 A1 AU 2003248563A1
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forming nanocrystals
nanocrystals
forming
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Tushar P. Merchant
Ramachandran Muralidhar
Rajesh A. Rao
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y10/00—Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C16/00—Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
    • C23C16/02—Pretreatment of the material to be coated
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C16/00—Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
    • C23C16/22—Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the deposition of inorganic material, other than metallic material
    • C23C16/24—Deposition of silicon only
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02104—Forming layers
    • H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate
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    • H01L21/02518—Deposited layers
    • H01L21/02521—Materials
    • H01L21/02524—Group 14 semiconducting materials
    • H01L21/02532—Silicon, silicon germanium, germanium
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    • H01L21/02587—Structure
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    • H01L21/02612—Formation types
    • H01L21/02617—Deposition types
    • H01L21/0262—Reduction or decomposition of gaseous compounds, e.g. CVD
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/60—Insulated-gate field-effect transistors [IGFET]
    • H10D30/68—Floating-gate IGFETs
    • H10D30/6891—Floating-gate IGFETs characterised by the shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the floating gate electrode
    • H10D30/6893—Floating-gate IGFETs characterised by the shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the floating gate electrode wherein the floating gate has multiple non-connected parts, e.g. multi-particle floating gate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D64/01—Manufacture or treatment
    • H10D64/031—Manufacture or treatment of data-storage electrodes
    • H10D64/035—Manufacture or treatment of data-storage electrodes comprising conductor-insulator-conductor-insulator-semiconductor structures

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  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
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  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
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AU2003248563A 2002-08-30 2003-05-22 Method of forming nanocrystals Abandoned AU2003248563A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US10/231,556 US6808986B2 (en) 2002-08-30 2002-08-30 Method of forming nanocrystals in a memory device
US10/231,556 2002-08-30
PCT/US2003/016289 WO2004021423A1 (en) 2002-08-30 2003-05-22 Method of forming nanocrystals

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US (1) US6808986B2 (enExample)
EP (1) EP1490896A1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP4364799B2 (enExample)
KR (1) KR20050031455A (enExample)
CN (1) CN100336175C (enExample)
AU (1) AU2003248563A1 (enExample)
TW (1) TWI231529B (enExample)
WO (1) WO2004021423A1 (enExample)

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