Patents by Inventor Evelyn Lafferty

Evelyn Lafferty 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).

  • TaN integrated circuit (IC) capacitor
    Publication number: 20070045774
    Abstract: A capacitor is disclosed that is formed as part of an integrated circuit (IC) fabrication process. The capacitor generally comprises a top conductive plate, a capacitor dielectric and a bottom conductive plate that respectively comprise a patterned layer of tantalum nitride TaN, a layer of a nitride based material and a layer of patterned polysilicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Huber, Gregory Hendy, Evelyn Lafferty, George Harakas, Salvatore Pavone, Blake Pasker, Courtney Hazelton, James Klawinsky
  • TaN integrated circuit (IC) capacitor formation
    Publication number: 20070048962
    Abstract: Formation of a capacitor as part of an integrated circuit (IC) fabrication process is disclosed. The capacitor generally comprises a top conductive plate, a capacitor dielectric and a bottom conductive plate that respectively comprise a patterned layer of tantalum nitride TaN, a layer of a nitride based material and a layer of patterned polysilicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Gregory Hendy, Evelyn Lafferty, Michael Huber, George Harakas
  • Non-dispersive high density polysilicon capacitor utilizing amorphous silicon electrodes
    Publication number: 20060199328
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in one aspect, a method of fabricating a capacitor 615, comprising forming a first electrode 610, placing a dielectric 515 over the first electrode, and locating a second electrode 510 over the dielectric wherein at least one of the first or second electrodes 610, 510 is doped amorphous silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Texas Instruments, Incorporated
    Inventors: Maxwell Lippitt, Byron Williams, Michael DuBois, Betty Mercer, Scott Montgomery, C. Matthew Thompson, Evelyn Lafferty