Patents by Inventor Joseph Wiggins

Joseph Wiggins 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: 20240093400
    Abstract: An electroplating shield device, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of electroplating with the electroplating shield device are disclosed herein. The method of electroplating includes positioning an object in an electroplating shield device. The electroplating shield device may include a conduit configured to receive the object and a plurality of openings selectively extended between inner and outer surfaces of the conduit. The openings may be positioned between first and second ends of the conduit. The method may also include forming a layer on the object by transferring fluid through the plurality of openings to at least one of a first continuous section of the object comprising a minor of the object and a second continuous section of the object comprising a major of the object. A ratio of a thickness of the major to the minor after forming the layer may range from approximately 1:1 to approximately 1:18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Christian WIGGINS, James PIASCIK, Joseph W. MINTZER, III
  • Patent number: 7629266
    Abstract: The invention includes an etchant composition containing isopropyl alcohol and one or more of HF, NH4F and tetramethyl ammonium fluoride (TMAF). The invention encompasses a method of processing a substrate. A substrate is provided which has a first material containing at least one of polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, and a second material. The substrate is exposed to an etch composition which comprises isopropyl alcohol and at least one of HF, NH4F and TMAF. The invention includes a method of processing a semiconductor construction including providing a construction which has a capacitor electrode material and an oxide material along at least a portion of the capacitor electrode material. At least some of the oxide material is removed by isotropic etching utilizing an etchant composition comprising isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Janos Fucsko, Grady S. Waldo, Joseph Wiggins, Prashant Raghu
  • Patent number: 7491650
    Abstract: The invention includes an etchant composition containing isopropyl alcohol and one or more of HF, NH4F and tetramethyl ammonium fluoride (TMAF). The invention encompasses a method of processing a substrate. A substrate is provided which has a first material containing at least one of polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, and a second material. The substrate is exposed to an etch composition which comprises isopropyl alcohol and at least one of HF, NH4F and TMAF. The invention includes a method of processing a semiconductor construction including providing a construction which has a capacitor electrode material and an oxide material along at least a portion of the capacitor electrode material. At least some of the oxide material is removed by isotropic etching utilizing an etchant composition comprising isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Janos Fucsko, Grady S. Waldo, Joseph Wiggins, Prashant Raghu
  • Publication number: 20070145009
    Abstract: The invention includes an etchant composition containing isopropyl alcohol and one or more of HF, NH4F and tetramethyl ammonium fluoride (TMAF). The invention encompasses a method of processing a substrate. A substrate is provided which has a first material containing at least one of polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, and a second material. The substrate is exposed to an etch composition which comprises isopropyl alcohol and at least one of HF, NH4F and TMAF. The invention includes a method of processing a semiconductor construction including providing a construction which has a capacitor electrode material and an oxide material along at least a portion of the capacitor electrode material. At least some of the oxide material is removed by isotropic etching utilizing an etchant composition comprising isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Janos Fucsko, Grady Waldo, Joseph Wiggins, Prashant Raghu
  • Publication number: 20070023396
    Abstract: The invention includes an etchant composition containing isopropyl alcohol and one or more of HF, NH4F and tetramethyl ammonium fluoride (TMAF). The invention encompasses a method of processing a substrate. A substrate is provided which has a first material containing at least one of polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, and a second material. The substrate is exposed to an etch composition which comprises isopropyl alcohol and at least one of HF, NH4F and TMAF. The invention includes a method of processing a semiconductor construction including providing a construction which has a capacitor electrode material and an oxide material along at least a portion of the capacitor electrode material. At least some of the oxide material is removed by isotropic etching utilizing an etchant composition comprising isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Janos Fucsko, Grady Waldo, Joseph Wiggins, Prashant Raghu