US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on July 15 for "Method for depositing a Group IV semiconductor and related semiconductor device structures" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,960, issued on July 15, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere1322 AP, Netherlands).

"Method for depositing a Group IV semiconductor and related semiconductor device structures" was invented by Joe Margetis (Gilbert, Ariz.) and John Tolle (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for depositing a Group IV semiconductor is disclosed. The method may include, providing a substrate within a reaction chamber and heating the substrate to a deposition temperature. The methods may further include, exposing the substrate to at least one Group IV precursor and exposing the substrate to at least one Group IIIA metalorganic do...