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| 5F058 | FORMATION OF INSULATING FILMS | |
| H01L21/312 -21/32;21/47-21/475 | ||
| H01L21/312;21/47 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE FOR FORMATION OF ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS AND EFFECTS THEREOF |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA10 | |
| . Improved radiation resistance | . Prevention of warping, cracking, and the like | . Control of film thickness | . Improved moisture resistance | . Improved chemical resistance | . Improved step coverage | . Capacitance formation | . Improved adhesion | . Other purposes and effects | ||||
| AB | AB00 SUBSTRATES WHEREIN ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS ARE FORMED, AND OBJECTS TO BE TREATED |
AB01 | AB02 | AB04 | AB05 | AB06 | AB07 | AB10 | ||||
| . Chemical-compound semiconductors | . . Gallium arsenide (GaAs) | . Polycrystal silicon (i.e., including amorphous silicon) | . Metals | . Insulators | . . Glass | . Other substrates wherein organic insulating films are formed, and other objects to be treated * | ||||||
| AC | AC00 MATERIALS OF ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS WITH SINGLE-LAYER STRUCTURES |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | AC08 | AC10 | ||
| . Epoxy resins | . Polyimide resins (i.e., including precursors) | . Silicon resins | . Polyimide silicons | . Fluororesins | . Mixtures or materials with additives* | . Photosensitive materials | . . Photoresists | . Other materials* | ||||
| AD | AD00 STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS OF STACKED ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
AD01 | AD02 | AD03 | AD04 | AD05 | AD06 | AD07 | AD08 | AD09 | AD10 | |
| . Structures wherein all layers are made of organic substances | . Structures with inorganic layers | . Structures with at least one layer that is made of epoxy resin | . Structures with at least one layer that is made of polyimide resin | . Structures with at least one layer that is made of silicon resin | . Structures with at least one layer that is made of fluororesin | . Mixtures or materials with additives in at least one layer | . Structures with at least one layer that is photosensitive | . Structures with at least one layer that is made of another organic substance | . Structures with at least one layer that is an inorganic oxide film | |||
| AD11 | AD12 | |||||||||||
| . Structures with at least one layer that is an inorganic nitride film | . Structures with at least one layer that is made of another inorganic substance | |||||||||||
| AE | AE00 TREATMENTS PRIOR TO THE FORMATION OF ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
AE01 | AE02 | AE03 | AE04 | AE05 | AE06 | AE10 | ||||
| . Intervening layers | . Plasma treatments as pretreatments | . Etching as a pretreatment | . . Wet etching as a pretreatment | . . Dry etching as a pretreatment | . . Wet and dry etching used together as a pretreatment | . Other treatments* | ||||||
| AF | AF00 METHODS FOR THE FORMATION OF ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
AF01 | AF02 | AF04 | AF06 | AF08 | AF10 | |||||
| . Vapor-phase deposition* | . . Plasma polymerization | . Coating (e.g., spinning, dipping, or the like) | . Printing | . Langmuir-Blodgett methods | . Other methods* | |||||||
| AG | AG00 TREATMENT SUBSEQUENT TO THE FORMATION OF ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
AG01 | AG02 | AG03 | AG04 | AG05 | AG06 | AG07 | AG08 | AG09 | AG10 | |
| . Heat treatments as post treatment* | . Etching as a post-treatment | . . Wet etching as a post-treatment | . . Dry etching as a post-treatment | . . Wet and dry etching used together as a post-treatment | . Ion irradiation as a post-treatment | . Plasma treatments as a post-treatment | . Mixing-in of inorganic substances | . Light irradiation | . Other post-treatments* | |||
| AH | AH00 LOCATIONS WHERE ORGANIC INSULATING FILMS ARE FORMED |
AH01 | AH02 | AH03 | AH04 | AH05 | AH06 | AH07 | AH10 | |||
| . Formation on semiconductor substrates | . Formation between circuitry layers | . Formation on the top layer (e.g., last protective film) | . Specific locations | . . Contact-hole sections | . . Grooves (e.g., mesas) | . . Side walls | . Other locations* | |||||
| H01L21/314-21/318;21/471-21/473 | BA | BA00 FORMATION OF INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS, AND PURPOSE AND EFFECTS THEREOF |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 |
| . High breakdown voltage | . Element separation | . Improved radiation resistance | . Prevention of warping, cracking, and the like | . Prevention of ion contamination | . Control of film thickness | . Improved moisture resistance | . Improved chemical resistance | . Improved step coverage | . Improved adhesion | |||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA20 | ||||||||||
| . Capacitance formation | . Formation of diamond films | . Other factors relating to formation of inorganic insulating films, and purposes, and effects thereof* | ||||||||||
| BB | BB00 SUBSTRATES WHEREIN INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS ARE FORMED, AND OBJECTS TO BE TREATED |
BB01 | BB02 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB10 | ||||
| . Chemical-compound semiconductors | . . Gallium arsenide (GaAs) | . Polycrystal silicons (i.e., including amorphous silicon) | . Metals | . Insulators | . . Glass | . Other substrates wherein inorganic insulating films are formed, and other objects to be treated* | ||||||
| BC | BC00 MATERIALS OF INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS WITH SINGLE-LAYER STRUCTURES |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC07 | BC08 | BC09 | BC10 | ||
| . Oxides | . . Semiconductor oxides | . . Metal oxides | . . Oxides that contain additives | . . Glass | . Nitrides | . . Semiconductor nitrides | . . Metal nitrides | . . Nitrides that contain additives | ||||
| BC11 | BC12 | BC14 | BC20 | |||||||||
| . Silicon oxides or nitrides | . . Materials that contain additives | . Diamonds (i.e., including diamond-like carbon) | . Other materials* | |||||||||
| BD | BD00 STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS OF STACKED INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
BD01 | BD02 | BD03 | BD04 | BD05 | BD06 | BD07 | BD09 | BD10 | ||
| . Two-layer structures | . Three or more layers | . Structures wherein at least one layer is made of an oxide | . . Semiconductor oxides | . . Metal oxides | . . Oxides that contain additives | . . Glass | . Structures wherein at least one layer is made of a nitride | . . Semiconductor nitrides | ||||
| BD12 | BD13 | BD15 | BD16 | BD18 | BD19 | |||||||
| . . Metal nitrides | . . Nitrides that contain additives | . Structures wherein at least one layer is made of a silicon oxide or nitride | . . Materials that contain additives | . Structures wherein at least one layer is made of another inorganic substance* | . Structures wherein at least one layer is made of an organic substance | |||||||
| BE | BE00 TREATMENTS PRIOR TO THE FORMATION OF INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
BE01 | BE02 | BE03 | BE04 | BE05 | BE07 | BE10 | ||||
| . Heat treatments as pretreatments* | . Etching as a pretreatment | . . Wet etching as a pretreatment | . . Dry etching as a pretreatment | . . Wet and dry etching used together as a pretreatment | . Ion implantation as a pretreatment | . Other pretreatments* | ||||||
| BF | BF00 METHODS FOR THE FORMATION OF INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
BF01 | BF02 | BF03 | BF04 | BF05 | BF06 | BF07 | BF08 | BF09 | ||
| . Vapor-phase deposition | . . Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) | . . . Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at normal pressure | . . . Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at low pressure | . . . Photochemical vapor deposition | . . . Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) | . . . Plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) | . . . . Microwave chemical vapor deposition (CVD) | . . . . Electron-cyclotron-resonance chemical vapor deposition | ||||
| BF11 | BF12 | BF13 | BF14 | BF15 | BF17 | BF18 | BF19 | BF20 | ||||
| . . Physical vapor deposition | . . . Sputtering | . . . . Reactive sputtering | . . . . . Oxidation | . . . . . Nitriding | . . . Vapor deposition (i.e., including electron beam heating or the like) | . . . Ion plating | . . . Ion-beam vapor deposition | . . . Molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) | ||||
| BF21 | BF22 | BF23 | BF24 | BF25 | BF26 | BF27 | BF29 | BF30 | ||||
| . . Reaction gases for forming deposited substances | . . . Compounds of the main constituent elements | . . . . Silane (SinH2n+2) | . . . . Halides | . . . . Tetraethoxysilane or tetraethylorthosilane (TEOS) | . . . . Hydrocarbons | . . . . Organometallic compounds | . . . Oxidizing agents | . . . Nitriding agents | ||||
| BF31 | BF32 | BF33 | BF34 | BF36 | BF37 | BF38 | BF39 | BF40 | ||||
| . . . Additives | . . . . Elements of Group II or III | . . . . Elements of Group V or VI | . . . . Halogens | . . Control of deposition conditions | . . . Control of reaction-gas flow rates | . . . Control of impressed energy | . . . . Power | . . . . Light beams | ||||
| BF41 | BF42 | BF43 | BF44 | BF46 | BF47 | |||||||
| . Deposition from solids or liquids | . . Electrophoresis | . . . Solvents | . . . Electrolytes | . . Coating (e.g., spinning, dipping, or the like) | . . Printing | |||||||
| BF51 | BF52 | BF53 | BF54 | BF55 | BF56 | BF57 | BF58 | BF59 | BF60 | |||
| . Direct conversion of substrates and objects to be treated | . . Heat conversion | . . . Temperature* | . . . . Temperatures less than 500 degree C | . . . . Temperatures ranging from 500 to 1,000 degree C | . . . . Temperatures 1,000 degree C or greater | . . . Pressure | . . . . High pressure | . . . . Normal pressure (i.e., atmospheric pressure) | . . . . Low pressure | |||
| BF61 | BF62 | BF63 | BF64 | BF65 | BF66 | BF67 | BF68 | BF69 | BF70 | |||
| . . . Atmosphere | . . . . Dry oxidizing atmospheres | . . . . Wet oxidizing atmospheres | . . . . Nitriding atmospheres | . . . . Atmospheres that contain additional constituents | . . . . . Elements of Group II or III | . . . . . Elements of Group V or VI | . . . . . Halogens | . . Dipping in liquids | . . Anodizing | |||
| BF71 | BF72 | BF73 | BF74 | BF75 | BF76 | BF77 | BF78 | BF80 | ||||
| . . . Electrolytes | . . Plasma treatments | . . . Oxidation | . . . Nitriding | . . Use of energy beams | . . . Ion beams | . . . Lasers | . . . Ultraviolet rays | . Other methods* | ||||
| BG | BG00 DEVICES FOR THE FORMATION OF INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
BG01 | BG02 | BG03 | BG04 | BG10 | ||||||
| . Reaction chambers | . Devices for introduction or exhaustion of gas | . Means for heating of substrates | . Holding or moving of substrates | . Other devices* | ||||||||
| BH | BH00 TREATMENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FORMATION OF INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS |
BH01 | BH02 | BH03 | BH04 | BH05 | BH07 | BH08 | BH10 | |||
| . Heat treatments as post-treatments | . . Atmosphere | . . . Oxidizing atmospheres | . . . Nitrogen | . . . Mixtures of hydrogen and nitrogen | . . Fining | . . Reflow | . Etching as a post-treatment | |||||
| BH11 | BH12 | BH13 | BH15 | BH16 | BH17 | BH20 | ||||||
| . . Wet etching as a post-treatment | . . Dry etching as a post-treatment | . . Wet and dry etching used together as a post-treatment | . Ion implantation as a post-treatment | . Plasma treatments as post-treatments | . Ultraviolet irradiation as a post-treatment | . Other post-treatments* | ||||||
| BJ | BJ00 LOCATIONS WHERE INORGANIC INSULATING FILMS ARE FORMED |
BJ01 | BJ02 | BJ03 | BJ04 | BJ05 | BJ06 | BJ07 | BJ10 | |||
| . Formation on semiconductor substrates | . Formation between circuitry layers | . Formation on the top layer (i.e., last protective film) | . Specific locations | . . Contact-hole sections | . . Grooves (e.g., mesas) | . . Side walls | . Other locations* |