Patents by Inventor Jayne Brown-West

Jayne Brown-West 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: 5883423
    Abstract: A decoupling capacitor for an integrated circuit and method of forming the same. The decoupling capacitor includes a p-channel device having first and second p-type doped diffusion regions, a device channel region therebetween, a device gate overlying the device channel region, and a gate insulator separating the device gate and channel region. The first and second diffusion regions are electrically connected to a positive power supply, and the device gate is electrically connected to a negative power supply. The decoupling capacitor may be formed proximate a signal driver in the integrated circuit. The decoupling capacitor may be formed without additional, expensive semiconductor fabrication steps and operates to minimize noise in the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Nital Patwa, Jayne Brown-West