US PATENT SUBCLASS 257 / 632
.~ Insulating coating


Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use



257 /   HD   ACTIVE SOLID-STATE DEVICES (E.G., TRANSISTORS, SOLID-STATE DIODES)

629  DF  WITH MEANS TO CONTROL SURFACE EFFECTS {4}
632.~ Insulating coating {8}
633  DF  .~.~> With thermal expansion compensation (e.g., thermal expansion of glass passivant matched to that of semiconductor)
634  DF  .~.~> Insulating coating of glass composition containing component to adjust melting or softening temperature (e.g., low melting point glass)
635  DF  .~.~> Multiple layers {8}
646  DF  .~.~> Coating of semi-insulating material (e.g., amorphous silicon or silicon-rich silicon oxide)
647  DF  .~.~> Insulating layer recessed into semiconductor surface (e.g., LOCOS oxide) {1}
649  DF  .~.~> Insulating layer of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride
650  DF  .~.~> Insulating layer of glass
651  DF  .~.~> Details of insulating layer electrical charge (e.g., negative insulator layer charge)


DEFINITION

Classification: 257/632

Insulating coating:

(under subclass 629) Subject matter wherein there is a surface coating of electrically insulating material on the semiconductor body to control surface effects.