US PATENT SUBCLASS 438 / 649
.~.~.~.~.~ Silicide

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438 /   HD   SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS

584  DF  COATING WITH ELECTRICALLY OR THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL {2}
597  DF  .~ To form ohmic contact to semiconductive material {24}
618  DF  .~.~ Contacting multiple semiconductive regions (i.e., interconnects) {5}
642  DF  .~.~.~ Diverse conductors {6}
648  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having refractory group metal (i.e., titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), or alloy thereof) {1}
649.~.~.~.~.~ Silicide

DEFINITION

Classification: 438/649

Silicide:

(under subclass 648) Processes for forming a conductive layer using the chemical combination of silicon (Si) with one of the refractory group elements (i.e., titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), or alloy thereof).