Patents by Inventor Giuseppina R. Conti

Giuseppina R. Conti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for modifying dielectric characteristics of dielectric layers
    Patent number: 6921727
    Abstract: A method of treating a dielectric layer having a low dielectric constant, where the dielectric layer has been processed in a manner that causes a change in the dielectric constant of an affected region of the layer. The treatment of the affected region may comprise etching, sputtering, annealing, or combinations thereof. The treatment returns the dielectric constant of the dielectric layer to substantially the dielectric constant that existed before processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Lie Chiang, Mahmoud Dahimene, Xiaoye Zhao, Yan Ye, Gerardo A. Delgadino, Hoiman Hung, Li-Qun Xia, Giuseppina R. Conti
  • Method for modifying dielectric characteristics of dielectric layers
    Publication number: 20040180556
    Abstract: A method of treating a dielectric layer having a low dielectric constant, where the dielectric layer has been processed in a manner that causes a change in the dielectric constant of an affected region of the layer. The treatment of the affected region may comprise etching, sputtering, annealing, or combinations thereof. The treatment returns the dielectric constant of the dielectric layer to substantially the dielectric constant that existed before processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Lie Chiang, Mahmoud Dahimene, Xiaoye Zhao, Yan Ye, Gerardo A. Delgadino, Hoiman Hung, Li-Qun Xia, Giuseppina R. Conti