Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device or circuit emissive of nonelectrical signal – Passivating of surface
Patent
1997-11-05
1999-04-27
Bowers, Charles
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device or circuit emissive of nonelectrical signal
Passivating of surface
438400, 438404, 438423, H01L 2120
Patent
active
058973290
ABSTRACT:
A method for producing an electrically conductive element is provided in which an oxidation barrier is formed through modification of one or more layers which initially were receptive to oxidation.
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Bowers Charles
Christianson Keith
Picolight Incorporated
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