Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Combined with electrical contact or lead – Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-24
2010-06-29
Nguyen, Dao H (Department: 2818)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Combined with electrical contact or lead
Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum
C257S643000, C257S646000, C257S758000, C257S762000, C257SE21582, C257SE21584, C257SE21585, C257SE21576, C257SE21579, C438S633000, C438S678000, C438S689000, C438S700000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07745934
ABSTRACT:
Structures are provided that include a conducting layer disposed on a layered arrangement of a diffusion barrier layer and a seed layer in an integrated circuit. Apparatus and systems having such structures and methods of forming these structures for apparatus and systems are disclosed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2842438 (1958-07-01), Saarivirta et al.
patent: 3515663 (1970-06-01), Bodway
patent: 3954570 (1976-05-01), Shirk et al.
patent: 4213818 (1980-07-01), Lemons et al.
patent: 4386116 (1983-05-01), Nair et al.
patent: 4394223 (1983-07-01), Hall
patent: 4423547 (1984-01-01), Farrar et al.
patent: 4565157 (1986-01-01), Brors et al.
patent: 4574095 (1986-03-01), Baum et al.
patent: 4762728 (1988-08-01), Keyser et al.
patent: 4788082 (1988-11-01), Schmitt
patent: 4847111 (1989-07-01), Chow et al.
patent: 4931410 (1990-06-01), Tokunaga et al.
patent: 4948459 (1990-08-01), Van Laarhoven et al.
patent: 4962058 (1990-10-01), Cronin et al.
patent: 4990229 (1991-02-01), Campbell et al.
patent: 4996584 (1991-02-01), Young et al.
patent: 5019531 (1991-05-01), Awaya et al.
patent: 5084412 (1992-01-01), Nakasaki
patent: 5100499 (1992-03-01), Douglas
patent: 5130274 (1992-07-01), Harper et al.
patent: 5158986 (1992-10-01), Cha et al.
patent: 5171712 (1992-12-01), Wang et al.
patent: 5173442 (1992-12-01), Carey
patent: 5231056 (1993-07-01), Sandhu
patent: 5240878 (1993-08-01), Fitzsimmons et al.
patent: 5243222 (1993-09-01), Harper et al.
patent: 5256205 (1993-10-01), Schmitt, III et al.
patent: 5334356 (1994-08-01), Baldwin et al.
patent: 5348811 (1994-09-01), Nagao et al.
patent: 5354712 (1994-10-01), Ho et al.
patent: 5371042 (1994-12-01), Ong
patent: 5384284 (1995-01-01), Doan et al.
patent: 5401680 (1995-03-01), Abt et al.
patent: 5413687 (1995-05-01), Barton et al.
patent: 5426330 (1995-06-01), Joshi et al.
patent: 5442237 (1995-08-01), Hughes et al.
patent: 5447887 (1995-09-01), Filipiak et al.
patent: 5451804 (1995-09-01), Lur et al.
patent: 5461243 (1995-10-01), Ek et al.
patent: 5470789 (1995-11-01), Misawa
patent: 5470801 (1995-11-01), Kapoor et al.
patent: 5506449 (1996-04-01), Nakano et al.
patent: 5538922 (1996-07-01), Cooper et al.
patent: 5539060 (1996-07-01), Tsunogae et al.
patent: 5595937 (1997-01-01), Mikagi
patent: 5609721 (1997-03-01), Tsukune et al.
patent: 5625233 (1997-04-01), Cabral, Jr. et al.
patent: 5633200 (1997-05-01), Hu
patent: 5635253 (1997-06-01), Canaperi et al.
patent: 5635423 (1997-06-01), Huang et al.
patent: 5654245 (1997-08-01), Allen
patent: 5670420 (1997-09-01), Choi
patent: 5674787 (1997-10-01), Zhao et al.
patent: 5679608 (1997-10-01), Cheung et al.
patent: 5681441 (1997-10-01), Svendsen et al.
patent: 5695810 (1997-12-01), Dubin et al.
patent: 5719089 (1998-02-01), Cherng et al.
patent: 5719410 (1998-02-01), Suehiro et al.
patent: 5739579 (1998-04-01), Chiang et al.
patent: 5763953 (1998-06-01), IIjima et al.
patent: 5780358 (1998-07-01), Zhou et al.
patent: 5785570 (1998-07-01), Bruni
patent: 5789264 (1998-08-01), Chung
patent: 5792522 (1998-08-01), Jin et al.
patent: 5801098 (1998-09-01), Fiordalice et al.
patent: 5814557 (1998-09-01), Venkatraman et al.
patent: 5821168 (1998-10-01), Jain
patent: 5824599 (1998-10-01), Schacham-Diamand et al.
patent: 5858877 (1999-01-01), Dennison et al.
patent: 5891797 (1999-04-01), Farrar
patent: 5891804 (1999-04-01), Havemann et al.
patent: 5895740 (1999-04-01), Chien et al.
patent: 5897370 (1999-04-01), Joshi et al.
patent: 5907772 (1999-05-01), Iwasaki
patent: 5911113 (1999-06-01), Yao et al.
patent: 5925930 (1999-07-01), Farnworth et al.
patent: 5930669 (1999-07-01), Uzoh
patent: 5932928 (1999-08-01), Clampitt
patent: 5937320 (1999-08-01), Andricacos et al.
patent: 5939771 (1999-08-01), Usami et al.
patent: 5940733 (1999-08-01), Beinglass et al.
patent: 5948467 (1999-09-01), Nguyen et al.
patent: 5962923 (1999-10-01), Xu et al.
patent: 5972179 (1999-10-01), Chittipeddi et al.
patent: 5972804 (1999-10-01), Tobin et al.
patent: 5976710 (1999-11-01), Sachdev et al.
patent: 5981350 (1999-11-01), Geusic et al.
patent: 5985759 (1999-11-01), Kim et al.
patent: 5985762 (1999-11-01), Geffken et al.
patent: 5989623 (1999-11-01), Chen et al.
patent: 5994777 (1999-11-01), Farrar
patent: 6001736 (1999-12-01), Kondo et al.
patent: 6002175 (1999-12-01), Maekawa
patent: 6008117 (1999-12-01), Hong et al.
patent: 6015465 (2000-01-01), Kholodenko et al.
patent: 6016000 (2000-01-01), Moslehi
patent: 6017820 (2000-01-01), Ting et al.
patent: 6020243 (2000-02-01), Wallace et al.
patent: 6022802 (2000-02-01), Jang
patent: 6030877 (2000-02-01), Lee et al.
patent: 6037248 (2000-03-01), Ahn
patent: 6037664 (2000-03-01), Zhao et al.
patent: 6051858 (2000-04-01), Uchida et al.
patent: 6054398 (2000-04-01), Pramanick
patent: 6065424 (2000-05-01), Shacham-Diamand et al.
patent: 6069068 (2000-05-01), Rathore et al.
patent: 6071810 (2000-06-01), Wada et al.
patent: 6090697 (2000-07-01), Xing et al.
patent: 6100193 (2000-08-01), Suehiro et al.
patent: 6103320 (2000-08-01), Matsumoto et al.
patent: 6107186 (2000-08-01), Erb
patent: 6117781 (2000-09-01), Lukanc et al.
patent: 6117782 (2000-09-01), Lukanc et al.
patent: 6120641 (2000-09-01), Stevens et al.
patent: 6121149 (2000-09-01), Lukanc et al.
patent: 6121150 (2000-09-01), Avanzino et al.
patent: 6126989 (2000-10-01), Robinson et al.
patent: 6130157 (2000-10-01), Liu et al.
patent: 6130161 (2000-10-01), Ashley et al.
patent: 6136095 (2000-10-01), Xu et al.
patent: 6139699 (2000-10-01), Chiang et al.
patent: 6140228 (2000-10-01), Shan et al.
patent: 6140234 (2000-10-01), Uzoh et al.
patent: 6143604 (2000-11-01), Chiang et al.
patent: 6143646 (2000-11-01), Wetzel
patent: 6143650 (2000-11-01), Pramanick et al.
patent: 6143655 (2000-11-01), Forbes et al.
patent: 6143671 (2000-11-01), Sugai
patent: 6150261 (2000-11-01), Hsu et al.
patent: 6153507 (2000-11-01), Mikagi
patent: 6159769 (2000-12-01), Farnworth et al.
patent: 6162583 (2000-12-01), Yang et al.
patent: 6169024 (2001-01-01), Hussein
patent: 6171661 (2001-01-01), Zheng et al.
patent: 6174800 (2001-01-01), Jang
patent: 6177350 (2001-01-01), Sundarrajan et al.
patent: 6181012 (2001-01-01), Edelstein et al.
patent: 6183564 (2001-02-01), Reynolds et al.
patent: 6184121 (2001-02-01), Buchwalter et al.
patent: 6187248 (2001-02-01), O'Neill et al.
patent: 6187656 (2001-02-01), Lu et al.
patent: 6190732 (2001-02-01), Omstead et al.
patent: 6194317 (2001-02-01), Kaisaki et al.
patent: 6197181 (2001-03-01), Chen
patent: 6197688 (2001-03-01), Simpson
patent: 6204096 (2001-03-01), Lai et al.
patent: 6207222 (2001-03-01), Chen et al.
patent: 6207558 (2001-03-01), Singhvi et al.
patent: 6208016 (2001-03-01), Farrar
patent: 6211049 (2001-04-01), Farrar
patent: 6211071 (2001-04-01), Lukanc et al.
patent: 6211073 (2001-04-01), Ahn
patent: 6215186 (2001-04-01), Konecni et al.
patent: 6221763 (2001-04-01), Gilton
patent: 6207553 (2001-05-01), Buynoski et al.
patent: 6224690 (2001-05-01), Andricacos et al.
patent: 6228754 (2001-05-01), Iacoponi et al.
patent: 6232219 (2001-05-01), Blalock et al.
patent: 6232230 (2001-05-01), Iacoponi
patent: 6239017 (2001-05-01), Lou et al.
patent: 6245662 (2001-06-01), Naik et al.
patent: 6249056 (2001-06-01), Kwon et al.
patent: 6251781 (2001-06-01), Zhou et al.
patent: 6255217 (2001-07-01), Agnello et al.
patent: 6258707 (2001-07-01), Uzoh
patent: 6261946 (2001-07-01), Iacoponi et al.
patent: 6262376 (2001-07-01), Hurwitz et al.
patent: 6265311 (2001-07-01), Hautala et al.
patent: 6268289 (2001-07-01), Chowdhury et al.
patent: 6271592 (2001-08-01), Kim et al.
patent: 6277263 (2001-08-01), Chen
patent: 6280640 (2001-08-01), Hurwitz et al.
patent: 6284656 (2001-09-01), Farrar
patent: 6287954 (2001-09-01), Ashley et al.
patent: 6288442 (2001-09-01), Farrar
patent: 6288447 (2001-09-01), Amishiro et al.
patent: 6290833 (2001-09-01), Chen
patent: 6303498 (2001-10-01), Chen et al.
patent: 6313035 (2001-11-01), Sandhu et al.
patent: 6319834 (2001-11-01), Erb et al.
patent: 6323553 (2001-11-01), Hsu et al.
patent: 6326303 (2001-12-01), Robinson et al.
patent: 6333255 (2001-12-01), Sekiguchi
patent: 6350678 (2002-02-01), Praman
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
Nguyen Dao H
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
LandOfFree
Integrated circuit and seed layers does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Integrated circuit and seed layers, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Integrated circuit and seed layers will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4247075