Patents by Inventor Casey A. Barber

Casey A. Barber 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).

  • Broadband distribution of SECS-II data
    Patent number: 6826439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an equipment interface which obtains data communicated between a tool, such as a semiconductor manufacturing tool, and its host computer system in real-time via a point-to-point connection. The equipment interface distributes the data automatically and continually to other remote application programs without the need for hardware to be added to the tool or to the host computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey A. Barber, Sam H. Allen, Jr., John T. Halladay