Patents by Inventor Reginald F. Lever

Reginald F. Lever 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: 4222792
    Abstract: A planar deep oxide isolation process for providing deep wide silicon dioxide filled trenches in the planar surface of a silicon semiconductor substrate, said process comprising the steps:(a) forming deep wide trenches in the planar surface of the silicon substrate;(b) forming a thin layer of silicon dioxide on the planar surface of the silicon substrate and the exposed silicon surfaces of said deep wide trenches;(c) applying resin glass (polysiloxane) to the planar surface of said semiconductor substrate and within said deep wide trenches;(d) spinning off at least a portion of the resin glass on the planar surface of the substrate;(e) baking the substrate at a low temperature;(f) exposing the resin glass contained within the deep wide trenches of substrate to the energy of an E-beam;(g) developing the resin glass contained on said substrate in a solvent;(h) heating said substrate in oxygen to convert said resin glass contained within said deep wide trenches to silicon dioxide;(i) depositing a layer of silico
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reginald F. Lever, John L. Mauer, IV, Alwin E. Michel, Laura B. Rothman