Patents by Inventor Arlene Bennett

Arlene Bennett 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).

  • Semiconductor device
    Patent number: 5914527
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a semiconductor device and method wherein a vertical opening is provided or formed completely through a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor device to print an external electrical contact to be made to one of the semiconductor regions of the semiconductor substrate. In the disclosed embodiment an electrical contact is also provided to the bottom portion of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Microsemi Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Freeman, Arlene Bennett, O. Melville Clark