Patents by Inventor Phillip C. Lin

Phillip C. Lin 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).

  • Electromigration resistant power distribution network
    Patent number: 6202191
    Abstract: Method for forming a novel power grid structure for integrated circuit semiconductor chip devices that exhibits increased electromigration resistance by including diffusion blocking interlevel contacts and employing a regular array of conducting line elements with “phase shift” between adjacent tracks of segmented power busses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald G. Filippi, Phillip C. Lin, Thomas M. Shaw, Richard A. Wachnik