Patents by Inventor Daniele Alfredo Brambilla

Daniele Alfredo Brambilla 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: 9177878
    Abstract: Indexing a plurality of die obtainable from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers. Each die is obtained in a respective position of the wafer. A manufacturing stage comprises at least two steps for treating a respective superficial portion of the material wafer that corresponds to a subset of said plurality of dies using the at least one lithographic mask through the exposition to the proper radiation in temporal succession. The method may include providing a die index on each die which is indicative of the position of the respective die by forming an external index indicative of the position of the superficial portion of the material wafer corresponding to the subset of the plurality of dies including said die and may comprise a plurality of electronic components electrically coupled to each other by means of a respective common control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Fausto Redigolo
  • Publication number: 20140312878
    Abstract: Indexing a plurality of die obtainable from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers. Each die is obtained in a respective position of the wafer. A manufacturing stage comprises at least two steps for treating a respective superficial portion of the material wafer that corresponds to a subset of said plurality of dies using the at least one lithographic mask through the exposition to the proper radiation in temporal succession. The method may include providing a die index on each die which is indicative of the position of the respective die by forming an external index indicative of the position of the superficial portion of the material wafer corresponding to the subset of the plurality of dies including said die and may comprise a plurality of electronic components electrically coupled to each other by means of a respective common control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo BRAMBILLA, Fausto REDIGOLO
  • Patent number: 8785930
    Abstract: Indexing a plurality of die obtainable from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers. Each die is obtained in a respective position of the wafer. A manufacturing stage comprises at least two steps for treating a respective superficial portion of the material wafer that corresponds to a subset of said plurality of dies using the at least one lithographic mask through the exposition to the proper radiation in temporal succession. The method may include providing a die index on each die which is indicative of the position of the respective die by forming an external index indicative of the position of the superficial portion of the material wafer corresponding to the subset of the plurality of dies including said die and may comprise a plurality of electronic components electrically coupled to each other by means of a respective common control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Fausto Redigolo
  • Patent number: 7868474
    Abstract: A method of indexing a plurality of dice obtained from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers, each die being obtained in a respective die position in the wafer, the method including providing a visible index on each die indicative of the respective die position, wherein providing the visible index on each die includes: forming in a first material layer of the die a reference structure adapted to defining a mapping of the wafer; and forming in a second material layer of the die a marker associated with the reference structure, a position of the marker with respect to the reference structure being adapted to provide an indication of the die position in the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Marco Natale Valtolina
  • Publication number: 20100163871
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for indexing a plurality of die obtainable from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers is disclosed. Each die is obtained in a respective position of the wafer; the plurality of dies is obtained by means of a manufacturing process performed in at least one manufacturing stage using at least one lithographic mask for treating a surface of the material wafer trough an exposition to a proper radiation. Said at least one manufacturing stage comprises at least two steps for treating a respective superficial portion of the material wafer that corresponds to a subset of said plurality of dies using the at least one lithographic mask through the exposition to the proper radiation in temporal succession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Fausto Redigolo
  • Publication number: 20090146326
    Abstract: A method of indexing a plurality of dice obtained from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers, each die being obtained in a respective die position in the wafer, the method including providing a visible index on each die indicative of the respective die position, wherein providing the visible index on each die includes: forming in a first material layer of the die a reference structure adapted to defining a mapping of the wafer; and forming in a second material layer of the die a marker associated with the reference structure, a position of the marker with respect to the reference structure being adapted to provide an indication of the die position in the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Marco Natale Valtolina
  • Patent number: 7491620
    Abstract: A method of indexing a plurality of dice obtained from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers, each die being obtained in a respective die position in the wafer, the method including providing a visible index on each die indicative of the respective die position, wherein providing the visible index on each die includes: forming in a first material layer of the die a reference structure adapted to defining a mapping of the wafer; and forming in a second material layer of the die a marker associated with the reference structure, a position of the marker with respect to the reference structure being adapted to provide an indication of the die position in the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Marco Natale Valtolina
  • Publication number: 20080153250
    Abstract: A method of indexing a plurality of dice obtained from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers, each die being obtained in a respective die position in the wafer, the method including providing a visible index on each die indicative of the respective die position, wherein providing the visible index on each die includes: forming in a first material layer of the die a reference structure adapted to defining a mapping of the wafer; and forming in a second material layer of the die a marker associated with the reference structure, a position of the marker with respect to the reference structure being adapted to provide an indication of the die position in the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Marco Natale Valtolina
  • Patent number: 7348682
    Abstract: A method of indexing a plurality of dice obtained from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers, each die being obtained in a respective die position in the wafer, the method including providing a visible index on each die indicative of the respective die position, wherein providing the visible index on each die includes: forming in a first material layer of the die a reference structure adapted to defining a mapping of the wafer; and forming in a second material layer of the die a marker associated with the reference structure, a position of the marker with respect to the reference structure being adapted to provide an indication of the die position in the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla, Marco Natale Valtolina
  • Patent number: 7166892
    Abstract: The on resistance per unit area of integration of a DMOS structure is reduced beyond the technological limits of a mask that is defined based upon the continuity of a heavily doped superficial silicon region along the axis of the elongated source island openings through the polysilicon gate layer in the width direction of the integrated structure. The mask no longer needs to be defined with a width (in the pitch direction) sufficiently large to account for the overlay of two distinct and relatively critical masks. These two masks are the source implant mask and the body contacting plug diffusion implant contact opening mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Daniele Alfredo Brambilla