Patents by Inventor Eric Dale

Eric Dale 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).

  • Publication number: 20070100878
    Abstract: A method for dynamically representing events detected by an intrusion management system in a communication with a monitored computer system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving data representing detected events in real time, displaying the data in a browser window of the intrusion management system, aggregating, automatically, data in the browser window to highlight patterns therein, without the intervention of a user of the intrusion management system and updating the aggregated data based on newly received data and selections by the user of the intrusion management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Fielding, Eric Dale
  • Publication number: 20030071294
    Abstract: A method for fabricating integrated capacitors, of particular utility in forming a ferroelectric capacitor array for a ferroelectric memory integrated circuits, begins with provision of a substrate. The substrate is typically a partially-processed CMOS integrated circuit wafer coated with an adhesion layer. Upon the substrate is deposited a bottom electrode layer, typically of noble metal, a dielectric layer, typically doped PZT, and a top electrode layer, typically a noble metal oxide. Next is deposited a hardmask layer of strontium ruthenium oxide, followed by a photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is aligned, exposed, developed, and cured as known in the art of integrated circuit photolithography. The resulting stack is then dry etched to remove undesired portions of the hardmask layer, the top electrode layer, and the dielectric layer. A principle advantage of the process is that a single photomasking operation is sufficient to define the top electrode and dielectric layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Shan Sun, George Hickert, Diana Johnson, John Ortega, Eric Dale, Masahisa Ueda
  • Patent number: 6495413
    Abstract: A method for fabricating integrated capacitors, of particular utility in forming a ferroelectric capacitor array for a ferroelectric memory integrated circuits, begins with provision of a substrate. The substrate is typically a partially-processed CMOS integrated circuit wafer coated with an adhesion layer. Upon the substrate is deposited a bottom electrode layer, typically of noble metal, a dielectric layer, typically doped PZT, and a top electrode layer, typically a noble metal oxide. Next is deposited a hardmask layer of strontium ruthenium oxide, followed by a photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is aligned, exposed, developed, and cured as known in the art of integrated circuit photolithography. The resulting stack is then dry etched to remove undesired portions of the hardmask layer, the top electrode layer, and the dielectric layer. A principle advantage of the process is that a single photomasking operation is sufficient to define the top electrode and dielectric layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignees: Ramtron International Corporation, Ulvac Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shan Sun, George Hickert, Diana Johnson, John Ortega, Eric Dale, Masahisa Ueda
  • Publication number: 20020117701
    Abstract: A method for fabricating integrated capacitors, of particular utility in forming a ferroelectric capacitor array for a ferroelectric memory integrated circuits, begins with provision of a substrate. The substrate is typically a partially-processed CMOS integrated circuit wafer coated with an adhesion layer. Upon the substrate is deposited a bottom electrode layer, typically of noble metal, a dielectric layer, typically doped PZT, and a top electrode layer, typically a noble metal oxide. Next is deposited a hardmask layer of strontium ruthenium oxide, followed by a photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is aligned, exposed, developed, and cured as known in the art of integrated circuit photolithography. The resulting stack is then dry etched to remove undesired portions of the hardmask layer, the top electrode layer, and the dielectric layer. A principle advantage of the process is that a single photomasking operation is sufficient to define the top electrode and dielectric layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Shan Sun, George Hickert, Diana Johnson, John Ortega, Eric Dale, Masahisa Ueda