Patents by Inventor Sandra WIRTITSCH

Sandra WIRTITSCH 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 processing a semiconductor region and an electronic device
    Patent number: 10276362
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for processing a semiconductor region, wherein the semiconductor region comprises at least one precipitate, may include: forming a precipitate removal layer over the semiconductor region, wherein the precipitate removal layer may define an absorption temperature at which a chemical solubility of a constituent of the at least one precipitate is greater in the precipitate removal layer than in the semiconductor region; and heating the at least one precipitate above the absorption temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Evelyn Napetschnig, Sandra Wirtitsch, Mario Barusic, Aleksander Hinz, Robert Hartl, Georg Schinner
  • METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SEMICONDUCTOR REGION AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170316934
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for processing a semiconductor region, wherein the semiconductor region comprises at least one precipitate, may include: forming a precipitate removal layer over the semiconductor region, wherein the precipitate removal layer may define an absorption temperature at which a chemical solubility of a constituent of the at least one precipitate is greater in the precipitate removal layer than in the semiconductor region; and heating the at least one precipitate above the absorption temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Evelyn NAPETSCHNIG, Sandra WIRTITSCH, Mario BARUSIC, Aleksander HINZ, Robert HARTL, Georg SCHINNER