Patents Represented by Attorney Steven J. Stoucar
  • Patent number: 5985128
    Abstract: A method for preforming electrochemical processes requiring the application of electricity on features of a substrate includes shorting out the features using a shorting layer across connectors to which the features a in electrical communication. Electricity is then applied and the process is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shaji Farooq, Suryanarayana Kaja, Hsichang Liu, Karen P. McLaughlin, Gregg B. Monjeau, Kim Hulett Ruffing