Patents by Inventor Francis Santerre

Francis Santerre 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).

  • Passivation layer extension to chip edge
    Patent number: 8299581
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor chip having a passivation layer extending along a surface of a semiconductor substrate to an edge of the semiconductor substrate, and methods for their formation. One aspect of the invention provides a semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a passivation layer including a photosensitive polyimide disposed along a surface of the semiconductor substrate and extending to at least one edge of the semiconductor substrate; and a channel extending through the passivation layer to the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy H. Daubenspeck, Ekta Misra, Marie-Claude Paquet, Francis Santerre, Wolfgang Sauter
  • PASSIVATION LAYER EXTENSION TO CHIP EDGE
    Publication number: 20110298095
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor chip having a passivation layer extending along a surface of a semiconductor substrate to an edge of the semiconductor substrate, and methods for their formation. One aspect of the invention provides a semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a passivation layer including a photosensitive polyimide disposed along a surface of the semiconductor substrate and extending to at least one edge of the semiconductor substrate; and a channel extending through the passivation layer to the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy H. Daubenspeck, Ekta Misra, Marie-Claude Paquet, Francis Santerre, Wolfgang Sauter