Patents by Inventor Gaius G. Fountain

Gaius G. Fountain 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: 7956447
    Abstract: A waffle pack device including a member having recesses in a surface of the member to accommodate die from at least one semiconductor wafer. The member is compatible with semiconductor wafer handling equipment and/or semiconductor wafer processing. Preferably, the member accommodates at least a majority of die from a semiconductor wafer. Further, one semiconductor device assembly method is provided which removes die from a singular waffle pack device, places die from the single waffle pack device on a semiconductor package to assemble from the placed die all die components required for an integrated circuit, and electrically interconnects the placed die in the semiconductor package to form the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Ziptronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. Enquist, Gaius G. Fountain, Jr., Carl T. Petteway
  • Patent number: 7112536
    Abstract: A plasma processing system and method wherein a power source produces a magnetic field and an electric field, and a window disposed between the power source and an interior of a plasma chamber couples the magnetic field into the plasma chamber thereby to couple power inductively into the chamber and based thereon produce a plasma in the plasma chamber. The window can be shaped and dimensioned to control an amount of power capacitively coupled to the plasma chamber by means of the electric field so that the amount of capacitively coupled power is selected in a range from zero to a predetermined amount. Also, a tuned antenna strap having r.f. power applied thereto to produce a standing wave therein can be arranged adjacent the window to couple magnetic field from a current maximum formed in the strap to the interior of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Robert J. Markunas, Gaius G. Fountain, Robert C. Hendry
  • Publication number: 20030106641
    Abstract: A plasma processing system and method wherein a power source produces a magnetic field and an electric field, and a window disposed between the power source and an interior of a plasma chamber couples the magnetic field into the plasma chamber thereby to couple power inductively into the chamber and based thereon produce a plasma in the plasma chamber. The window can be shaped and dimensioned to control an amount of power capacitively coupled to the plasma chamber by means of the electric field so that the amount of capacitively coupled power is selected in a range from zero to a predetermined amount. Also, a tuned antenna strap having r.f. power applied thereto to produce a standing wave therein can be arranged adjacent the window to couple magnetic field from a current maximum formed in the strap to the interior of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Research Triangle Insitute
    Inventors: Robert J. Markunas, Gaius G. Fountain, Robert C. Hendry
  • Patent number: 6558504
    Abstract: A plasma processing system and method wherein a power source produces a magnetic field and an electric field, and a window disposed between the power source and an interior of a plasma chamber couples the magnetic field into the plasma chamber thereby to couple power inductively into the chamber and based thereon produce a plasma in the plasma chamber. The window can be shaped and dimensioned to control an amount of power capacitively coupled to the plasma chamber by means of the electric field so that the amount of capacitively coupled power is selected in a range from zero to a predetermined amount. Also, a tuned antenna strap having r.f. power applied thereto to produce a standing wave therein can be arranged adjacent the window to couple magnetic field from a current maximum formed in the strap to the interior of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Robert J. Markunas, Gaius G. Fountain, Robert C. Hendry
  • Patent number: 5168330
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a single crystal semiconductor host material having a surface; an ultrathin pseudomorphic single crystal epitaxial interlayer formed on the surface of the host material, wherein the interlayer is formed of a material and has a thickness selected so that the material of the interlayer is elastically deformed on the surface of the host material to match the lattice constant of the interlayer material with the lattice constant of the host material; and a further material incompatible with the host material when interfaced directly with the host material, but compatible with the interlayer, provided on the interlayer and thereby interfaced with the host material to perform a predetermined function with respect to the interlayer and the host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Daniel J. Vitkavage, Gaius G. Fountain, Sunil Hattangady, Ronald A. Rudder, Robert J. Markunas