Patents by Inventor Mark A. Smrtic

Mark A. Smrtic 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: 5479316
    Abstract: An integrated circuit metal-oxide-metal capacitor and method of making it which involves a support layer; a first conductive electrode on the support layer; a dielectric film on the first conductive electrode; a second conductive electrode disposed on the dielectric film and formed from the first level metallization interconnect layer of the integrated circuit; an interlevel dielectric layer; a first contact via extending through the interlevel dielectric layer and the dielectric film to the first conductive electrode; a second contact via extending through the interlevel dielectric layer to the second conductive electrode; and first and second terminals formed from the second level metallization interconnect layer of the integrated circuit contacting the first and second vias, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Smrtic, George M. Molnar, Jerome F. Lapham