Patents Represented by Attorney Mark Bilak
  • Patent number: 7323761
    Abstract: The present invention provides antifuse structures having an integrated heating element and methods of programming the same, the antifuse structures comprising first and second conductors and a dielectric layer formed between the conductors, where one or both of the conductors functions as both a conventional antifuse conductor and as a heating element for directly heating the antifuse dielectric layer during programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Byeongju Park, Subramanian S. Iyer, Chandrasekheran Kothandaraman
  • Patent number: 7098477
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device structure and method of forming a finFet device having stacked fins. The method of the present invention comprises: providing a substrate with a first semiconductor layer on a first insulator layer, a second insulator layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the second insulator layer; forming a first fin and a second fin in the second semiconductor layer; masking the first fin; and forming a third fin in the first semiconductor layer, where the second fin is stacked on the third fin. The structure of the present invention comprises: a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor layer on a first insulator layer, a second insulator layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the second insulator layer; a first and second fin formed in the second semiconductor layer; and a third fin formed in the first semiconductor layer, where the second fin is stacked on the third fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Bruce B. Doris
  • Patent number: 6974335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to interchangeable module sockets and socket assemblies for accommodating modules of different form factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Zenon A. Podpora
  • Patent number: 6726984
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a new ceramic structure and process thereof. Basically, the present invention relates to a structure and method for forming laminated structures and more particularly to a structure and method for fabricating multi-layer ceramic products using very thin green sheets and/or green sheets with very dense electrically conductive patterns on top of a stronger support sheet. The structure and method of the present invention enables the screening, stacking and handling of very thin green sheets and/or green sheets with very dense metallized patterns in the manufacture of multi-layer ceramic packages. The thin green sheets were tacked/bonded to thicker and stronger support sheets to form a sub-structure which had excellent stability in screening and enabled further processing. The sheets are anchored or pinned in such a way as to allow the processing of the green sheet with the subsequent easy removal of the support sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Govindarajan Natarajan, John U. Knickerbocker, Robert W. Pasco