Abstract:
A method of forming a hybrid inorganic/organic dielectric layer on a substrate for use in an integrated circuit is provided, wherein the method includes forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate via chemical vapor deposition, and forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer via chemical vapor deposition, wherein one of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer is formed from an organic dielectric material, and wherein the other of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer is formed from an inorganic dielectric material.
Abstract:
A method of forming an electrically conductive element in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method includes depositing a composite polymer dielectric film onto a silicon-containing substrate, wherein the composite polymer dielectric film includes a silane-containing adhesion promoter layer formed on the silicon-containing substrate, and a low dielectric constant polymer layer formed on the adhesion promoter layer, depositing a silane-containing hard mask layer onto the composite polymer dielectric film, exposing the adhesion promoter layer and the hard mask layer to a free radical-generating energy source to chemically bond the adhesion promoter layer to the underlying silicon-containing substrate and to the low dielectric constant polymer layer, and to chemically bond the composite polymer dielectric film to the hard mask layer, etching an etched feature in the hard mask layer and the composite polymer dielectric film, and depositing an electrically conductive material in the etched feature.
Abstract:
A method of forming an organic light-emitting display on a substrate is disclosed, wherein the method includes forming a thin film transistor portion of the device on the substrate, wherein the thin film transistor portion includes control circuitry having an array of thin film transistors; and forming a light-emitting portion of the device over the thin film transistor portion, wherein the light-emitting portion includes an organic light-emitting layer, an electrode layer in electrical communication with the organic light-emitting layer, a polymer barrier layer disposed between the organic light-emitting layer and the electrode, and at least one other passive polymer layer, wherein the barrier layer and at least one other passive polymer layer are formed from a same polymer material.
Abstract:
A reactor for forming a reactive intermediate from a precursor for the deposition of a low dielectric constant polymer film via transport polymerization is disclosed. The reactor includes an inlet for admitting a flow of the precursor into the reactor, an interior for converting the precursor to the reactive intermediate, an outlet for admitting a flow of the reactive intermediate out of the interior, and at least one of an energy source and an oxidant source associated with the outlet for decomposing residues in the outlet.
Abstract:
An organic opto-electronic device is disclosed. One embodiment comprises a substrate, one or more organic device layers disposed over the substrate, and a multi-layer barrier disposed over the one or more organic device layers, the multi-layer barrier comprising a parylene-based layer and a layer comprising an ultraviolet protectant material.
Abstract:
A method of encapsulating an organic light-emitting device is disclosed, wherein the device includes a light-emitting portion and an electrical contact portion, the method including forming a polymer layer over the light-emitting portion and the electrical contact portion of the device; forming a separation in the polymer layer between a portion of the polymer layer disposed over the light-emitting portion of the device and a portion of the polymer layer disposed over the electrical contact portion of the device; adhering a film removal structure to the portion of the polymer layer disposed over the electrical contact portion of the device; and removing the film removal structure, thereby causing the removal of the portion of the polymer layer disposed over the electrical contact portion of the device.
Abstract:
A method of forming a composite dielectric polymer thin film on a substrate is disclosed, wherein the method includes forming a first substantially continuous layer of a dielectric polymer material on the substrate, forming a porous layer of the dielectric polymer material on the first, substantially continuous layer, and forming a second substantially continuous layer of the dielectric polymer material on the porous layer.
Abstract:
A method of stabilizing a poly(paraxylylene) dielectric thin film after forming the dielectric thin film via transport polymerization is disclosed, wherein the method includes annealing the dielectric thin film under at least one of a reductive atmosphere and a vacuum at a temperature above a reversible solid phase transition temperature of the dielectric film to convert the film from a lower temperature phase to a higher temperature phase, and cooling the dielectric thin film at a sufficient rate to a temperature below the solid phase transition temperature of the dielectric thin film to trap substantial portions of the film in the higher temperature phase.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit including a composite polymer dielectric layer formed on a substrate is disclosed, wherein the composite polymer dielectric layer includes a first silane-containing layer formed on the substrate, wherein the first silane-containing layer is formed at least partially from an organosilane material, a polymer dielectric layer formed on the first silane-containing layer, and a second silane-containing layer formed on the polymer dielectric layer. In some embodiments, the first silane-containing layer and second silane-containing layer may be formed from organosilane materials having at least one unsaturated bond capable of free radical polymerization. Systems and methods for making the disclosed integrated circuits are also provided.
Abstract:
An organic light-emitting display is disclosed, wherein the organic light-emitting display includes a thin film transistor portion including an array of thin film transistors, and a light-emitting portion including an array of organic light-emitting elements in electrical communication with the array of thin film transistors, wherein the light-emitting portion is formed from a plurality of layers of materials, and wherein the plurality of layers of materials in the light-emitting portion includes a plurality of passive polymer layers each formed from a single polymer material. Systems and methods for forming organic light-emitting displays are also disclosed.