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Integrated circuit having a diamond thin film trench arrangement as a component thereof and method

US5573973A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 1994
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/964
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit based on submicron technology is disclosed herein along with the way in which it is formed. The integrated circuit is comprised of an arrangement of different substances which are combined to form its body structure and which define within the body structure an array of electronic components including a diamond thin film coated trench arrangement. In one embodiment disclosed herein, the array of electronic component includes two such components which are in close proximity to and must be electrically isolated from one another and the diamond thin film coated trench arrangement serves to electrically isolate these two components from each other. In a second embodiment, the diamond thin film coated trench is specifically designed to serve as a capacitor forming part of, for example, a DRAM, a mixed signal circuit or a neuro-fuzzy circuit.

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