Patents by Inventor Matthias J. J. Theunissen

Matthias J. J. Theunissen 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).

  • Patent number: 5895248
    Abstract: A method of a manufacturing a semiconductor device whereby a layer of insulating material and a layer of polycrystalline silicon are provided on a surface of a monocrystalline wafer. A window is then provided in the layer of polycrystalline silicon and a protective layer is formed on the wall of this window. Then the layer of insulating material is removed within the window and below an edge of the layer of polycrystalline silicon adjoining the window. Subsequently, silicon is selectively grown on the mono- and polycrystalline silicon exposed in and adjacent the window from a vapor comprising chlorine as well as silicon at low pressure. The silicon wafer is cleaned before the selective deposition through heating in an atmosphere comprising hydrogen at a pressure of at least 1 atmosphere. This cleaning safeguards that the deposited monocrystalline silicon will always be connected to the layer of polycrystalline silicon by the deposited polycrystalline silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Wiebe B. De Boer, Matthias J.J. Theunissen, Armand Pruijmboom
  • Patent number: 5057452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in which a polycrystalline or amorphous silicon oxide layer 3, which is provided on a silicon oxide layer 2 on a monocrystalline silicon substrate 1 and which is in contact with the silicon substrate 1 via an opening 4 in the silicon layer 2, is recrystallized by means of a heat treatment in the presence of means for concentrating the heat at the opening 4. In a simple and inexpensive manner, these means consist of a second silicon oxide layer 5 and a second polycrystalline silicon layer 6, the second silicon oxide layer 5 having a thickness at the openings 4 which is smaller than that of the rest of the layer 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias J. J. Theunissen, Johanna M. L. Mulder, Jan Haisma, Wilhelmus P. M. Rutten