Patents by Inventor Bill Stanton

Bill Stanton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120044735
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC.
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Patent number: 8030222
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Patent number: 7368362
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Patent number: 7361569
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Patent number: 7268054
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Patent number: 7151040
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Publication number: 20060264001
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Publication number: 20060264000
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Publication number: 20060264002
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Publication number: 20060228854
    Abstract: Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Publication number: 20060046422
    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines at the periphery of the memory device are formed at an angle and are widened relative to the portions of the lines in the array region of the memory device. The widened lines allow for an increased margin of error when overlaying other features, such as landing pads, on the lines. The possibility of contacting and causing electrical shorts with adjacent lines is thus minimized. In addition, forming the portions of the lines in the periphery at an angle relative to the portions of the lines in the array regions allows the peripheral portions to be widened while also allowing multiple landing pads to be densely packed at the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luan Tran, Bill Stanton
  • Patent number: 6968329
    Abstract: An extensible method and system for dynamically transforming and routing the WWW content is provided that can enable efficient delivery and presentation of the content for a variety of end-user devices. Processing of HTTP request and response messages is combined with event-driven machinery that can perform transformations and routing of data or content. The machinery can include a logic-based inference engine adapted to determine which transformations are applicable in any given context. A knowledge base for the content adaptation and routing may also be provided. The knowledge base is segmented so that search space for the inference engine can be significantly reduced in any given context. Since the search space is much narrower, searching can be performed much more efficiently, which can result in improved performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Syniverse Brience, LLC
    Inventors: Eui-Suk Chung, Bill Stanton, Joe Latone