Patents by Inventor Alan Campion

Alan Campion 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: 6151119
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the determination of a depth profile and/or one or more depth profile characteristics of a dopant material in a semiconductor device includes a light source which can illuminate the device at two or more illumination wavelengths, a detector that receives scattered light from the semiconductor device and determines an intensity characteristic for one or more Raman spectral lines attributable to the presence of the dopant material in the semiconductor device. The intensity characteristics of the Raman spectral lines can then be used to determine the depth profile or depth profile characteristics using profile constants measured from known samples at each of the illumination wavelengths. This apparatus and method can be used in-line because it is noninvasive, relatively quick, and nondestructive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices
    Inventors: Alan Campion, Charles E. May, Tim Z. Hossain