Patents by Inventor V. Carter Hodges

V. Carter Hodges 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).

  • Lateral vias for connections to buried microconductors and methods thereof
    Patent number: 10262931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lateral via to provide an electrical connection to a buried conductor. In one instance, the buried conductor is a through via that extends along a first dimension, and the lateral via extends along a second dimension that is generally orthogonal to the first dimension. In another instance, the second dimension is oblique to the first dimension. Components having such lateral vias, as well as methods for creating such lateral vias are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Varioscale, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Adams, Kira L. Fishgrab, Karl Douglas Greth, Michael David Henry, Jeffrey Stevens, V. Carter Hodges, Randy J. Shul, Ronald S. Goeke, Robert K. Grubbs, Scott Silverman
  • LATERAL VIAS FOR CONNECTIONS TO BURIED MICROCONDUCTORS AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180269143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lateral via to provide an electrical connection to a buried conductor. In one instance, the buried conductor is a through via that extends along a first dimension, and the lateral via extends along a second dimension that is generally orthogonal to the first dimension. In another instance, the second dimension is oblique to the first dimension. Components having such lateral vias, as well as methods for creating such lateral vias are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: David P. Adams, Kira L. Fishgrab, Karl Douglas Greth, Michael David Henry, Jeffrey Stevens, V. Carter Hodges, Randy J. Shul, Ronald S. Goeke, Robert K. Grubbs, Scott Silverman
  • Lateral vias for connections to buried microconductors
    Patent number: 9972565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lateral via to provide an electrical connection to a buried conductor. In one instance, the buried conductor is a through via that extends along a first dimension, and the lateral via extends along a second dimension that is generally orthogonal to the first dimension. In another instance, the second dimension is oblique to the first dimension. Components having such lateral vias, as well as methods for creating such lateral vias are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Adams, Kira L. Fishgrab, Karl Douglas Greth, Michael David Henry, Jeffrey Stevens, V. Carter Hodges, Randy J. Shul, Ronald S. Goeke, Robert K. Grubbs
  • Method of intrinsic marking
    Patent number: 8685599
    Abstract: A method of pulsed laser intrinsic marking can provide a unique identifier to detect tampering or counterfeiting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Adams, Joel Patrick McDonald, Bradley Howell Jared, V. Carter Hodges, Deidre Hirschfeld, Dianna S. Blair