Patents by Inventor Gianluca EUGENI

Gianluca EUGENI 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).

  • Patent number: 10895809
    Abstract: A photomask alignment method for a manufacturing process of an integrated circuit in a semiconductor material wafer (20), the method envisaging: at a first level, defining, by means of a single photolithography process, at least one alignment structure (10; 10?) on the wafer (20), the alignment structure (10; 10?) having at least a first (4a) and a second (4b) reference mark; and, at an upper level, higher than the first one, aligning a first field mask (11a) relative to the at least one first reference mark (4a); and aligning a second field mask (11b), which is used, together with the first field mask (11a), for the photolithography formation of the integrated circuit inside a respective die (22) in the wafer (20), relative to the at least one second reference mark (4b), so that the first and second field masks (11a, 11b) are arranged on the wafer (20) adjacent to one another in a first coupling direction, without any mutual overlapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Gianluca Eugeni
  • Publication number: 20200166853
    Abstract: A photomask alignment method for a manufacturing process of an integrated circuit in a semiconductor material wafer (20), the method envisaging: at a first level, defining, by means of a single photolithography process, at least one alignment structure (10; 10?) on the wafer (20), the alignment structure (10; 10?) having at least a first (4a) and a second (4b) reference mark; and, at an upper level, higher than the first one, aligning a first field mask (11a) relative to the at least one first reference mark (4a); and aligning a second field mask (11b), which is used, together with the first field mask (11a), for the photolithography formation of the integrated circuit inside a respective die (22) in the wafer (20), relative to the at least one second reference mark (4b), so that the first and second field masks (11a, 11b) are arranged on the wafer (20) adjacent to one another in a first coupling direction, without any mutual overlapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Gianluca EUGENI