Patents by Inventor Knute E. Kolmann

Knute E. Kolmann 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: 4263066
    Abstract: A single source predeposition is required to concurrently form a base diffusion profile and p.sup.+ profile. For a boron doped silicon semiconductor devices this can be accomplished by depositing a silicon nitride layer directly over a boron source glass layer. After opening windows to the underlying silicon, diffusion in a wet oxide atmosphere results in formation of a resulting oxide in the windows with expenditure of boron by diffusion into this oxide as well as diffusion into the underlying substrate at a reduced concentration. In adjacent areas masked by the silicon nitride the boron source diffuses unidirectionally into the substrate yielding a maximum dopant concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: Varian Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Knute E. Kolmann