Patents by Inventor Brian Osborn

Brian Osborn 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).

  • Selective contact formation using masking and resist patterning techniques
    Patent number: 7622389
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including selective conductive contacts includes the step of depositing a resist over first and second memory device components, each of the first and second components comprising junctions formed in the substrate and a gate formed on the substrate between the junctions. The resist is then removed from the second components to thereby form a resist opening above each of the second component control gates and junctions. The resist is then etched to thereby expose each of the first component control gates but not the substrate surrounding the first component control gates. Conductive contacts are then formed on the exposed first component control gates, and the second component control gates and junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Kyunghoon Min, Mark Chang, Ning Cheng, Brian Osborn, Kevin Song, Fei Wang, Angela Hui, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Kuo-Tung Chang