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EP0319213 - Method for fabricating semiconductor devices which include metal-containing material regions [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  27.06.1997
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1989/23]
Inventor(s)01 / Liu, Ruichen
4 Northridge Way
Warren New Jersey 07060 / US
02 / Lynch, William Thomas
72 Passaic Avenue
Summit New Jersey 07901 / US
03 / Williams, David Slate
9 Beechwood Drive
Convent Station New Jersey 07961 / US
[1989/23]
Representative(s)Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 OTU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1989/23]Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al
AT&T (UK) LTD. AT&T Intellectual Property Division 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex IG8 OTU / GB
Application number, filing date88311213.825.11.1988
[1989/23]
Priority number, dateUS1987012874204.12.1987         Original published format: US 128742
[1989/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0319213
Date:07.06.1989
Language:EN
[1989/23]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0319213
Date:06.12.1989
Language:EN
[1989/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.10.1989
ClassificationIPC:H01L21/285, H01L21/225, H01L21/28, H01L21/82
[1989/23]
CPC:
H01L29/66575 (EP,US); H01L21/18 (KR); H01L21/2257 (EP,US);
H01L21/823814 (EP,US); H01L27/0928 (EP,US); H01L2924/0002 (EP,US);
Y10S148/019 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
H01L2924/0002, H01L2924/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   NL [1989/23]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Herstellung von Halbleiteranordnungen, umfassend Metall enthaltende Materialgebiete[1989/23]
English:Method for fabricating semiconductor devices which include metal-containing material regions[1989/23]
French:Méthode de fabrication de dispositifs semi-conducteurs comprenant des régions de matériau contenant du métal[1989/23]
Examination procedure15.05.1990Examination requested  [1990/29]
15.04.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.10.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.11.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.03.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.06.1993Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
01.03.1997Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [1997/33]
24.03.1997Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: A.110(2) in appeal  [1997/33]
Appeal following examination04.08.1993Appeal received No.  T0934/93
19.10.1993Statement of grounds filed
11.10.1996Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M04) [1996/41]
03.04.1997Result of appeal procedure: the application was deemed to be withdrawn
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.11.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
21.11.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
16.11.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
09.11.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
16.11.1994Renewal fee patent year 07
17.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 08
18.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:Search[X]  - International Electron Devices Meeting, Los Angeles, 7th-10th December 1986, pages 58-61, IEEE, New YorkUS; R. LIU et al.: "Mechanisms for process-induced leakage in shallow silicided junctions"
 [X]  - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. ED-34, No. 3, March 1987, pages 575-580, IEEE, New York, NYUS; Y. TAUR et al.: "Source-drain contact resistance in CMOS with self-aligned TiSi2"
 [AD]  - International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, DC, 1st-4th December 1985, pages 407-410, IEEE, New YorkUS; F.C. SHONE et al.: "Formation of 0.1 mum N+/P and P+/N junctions by doped silicide technology".
 [AD]  - 1986 Symposium on VLSI Technology; Digest of Technical Papers, San Diego, 28th-30th May 1986pages 49-50; N. KOBAYASHI et al.: "Comparison of TiSi2 and WSi2 silicided shallow junctions for sub-micron CMOSs"
 [A]  - IBM Journal of Research & Development, Vol. 31, No. 6, November 1987, pages 627-633, New YorkUS; Y. TAUR et al.: "Study of contact and shallow junction characteristics in submicron CMOS with self-aligned titanium silicide"
 [A]  - Extended Abstracts, Vol. 87-1, No. 1, Spring 1987, pages 216-217, Abstract No. 156, Philadelphia, PAUS; B. DAVARI et al.: "Very shallow junctions for submicron CMOS technology using implanted Ti for silidation"
 [A]  - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics - 17th Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials, 25th-27th August 1985, pages 325-328, TokyoJP; N. NATSUAKI et al.: "Refractory-metal-silicide contact formation by rapid thermal annealing"
 [A]  - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. ED-33, No. 2, February 1986, pages 260-269, IEEE, New YorkUS; M. HORIUCHI et al.: "Solid-II: High-voltage high-gain kilo-Angstrom-channel-length CMOSFET's using silicide with self-aligned utrashallow (3S) junction"
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