INTERNATIONAL PATENT: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. FILES APPLICATION FOR "STRAIN ELEMENTS IN METALLIC SOURCE-DRAIN ARCHITECTURE"

GENEVA, Nov. 25 -- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (3050 Bowers AvenueSanta Clara, California 95054) filed a patent application (PCT/US2025/029319) for "STRAIN ELEMENTS IN METALLIC SOURCE-DRAIN ARCHITECTURE" on May 14, 2025. With publication no. WO/2025/240591, the details related to the patent application was published on Nov 20, 2025.

Notably, the patent application was submitted under the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, which is managed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Inventor(s): BREIL, Nicolas Louis (Applied Materials Inc, Building 721140 E Arques Ave.Sunnyvale, California 94085), ZHANG, Yan (35 Dory RdGloucester, Massachusetts 01930)

Abstract: A method leverages compressive stress forces in forming...