Patents by Inventor Colleen L. Khalifa

Colleen L. Khalifa 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: 8268668
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an electronic circuit including forming a first depression on a first surface of a first wafer and forming a second depression on the first surface of the first wafer. The second depression is adjacent the first depression and separated from the first depression by a wall. The method further includes locating an actuator on the wall and attaching a first surface of a second wafer to the first surface of the first wafer to cover the first and second depressions. A first portion of the second wafer and the first depression define a first reservoir to contain a first chemical, and a second portion of the second wafer and the second depression define a second reservoir to contain a second chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Cuong V. Pham, David E. Chubin, Aaron D. Kuan, Colleen L. Khalifa
  • Patent number: 7880248
    Abstract: A semiconductor device. The device includes a substrate and an integrated circuit chip. The device also includes an electrically or thermally reactive layer located between a top surface of the substrate and a bottom surface of the integrated circuit chip, wherein the reactive layer is positioned such that detection of tampering causes the reactive layer to be electrically or thermally energized such that the semiconductor device is at least partially destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Cuong V. Pham, David E. Chubin, Colleen L. Khalifa
  • Patent number: 7705439
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a first integrated circuit chip and a depression substrate attached to the integrated circuit chip, wherein the integrated circuit chip and the depression substrate define a cavity therebetween. The semiconductor chip also includes a stress sensitive material located in the cavity and a chemical located in the cavity, wherein detection of tampering causes a reaction by the chemical such that the semiconductor chip is at least partially destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Cuong V. Pham, David E. Chubin, Aaron D. Kuan, Colleen L. Khalifa
  • Publication number: 20100032776
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a first integrated circuit chip and a depression substrate attached to the integrated circuit chip, wherein the integrated circuit chip and the depression substrate define a cavity therebetween. The semiconductor chip also includes a stress sensitive material located in the cavity and a chemical located in the cavity, wherein detection of tampering causes a reaction by the chemical such that the semiconductor chip is at least partially destroyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Cuong V. Pham, David E. Chubin, Aaron D. Kuan, Colleen L. Khalifa
  • Patent number: 7489013
    Abstract: A semiconductor device. The device includes a substrate and an integrated circuit chip. The device also includes an electrically or thermally reactive layer located between a top surface of the substrate and a bottom surface of the integrated circuit chip, wherein the reactive layer is positioned such that detection of tampering causes the reactive layer to be electrically or thermally energized such that the semiconductor device is at least partially destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: David E. Chubin, Cuong V. Pham, Colleen L. Khalifa, Randall David Buller