Patents by Inventor Gary Dale Pittman

Gary Dale Pittman 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).

  • Post-processing a completed semiconductor device
    Patent number: 6388337
    Abstract: A technique for post-processing a conventionally completed semiconductor device having a final passivation layer and bond pads exposed through the final passivation layer. The technique includes forming a protective film over the final passivation layer and exposed bond pads of the semiconductor device, and thereafter performing post-processing of the completed semiconductor device. Post-process structures, such as charge-coupled devices, can be formed above the protective film during this post-processing. Subsequent to the post-processing, the protective film is selectively etched to again expose the bond pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James George Michael, Jeffrey Scott Miller, Gary Dale Pittman, Rosemary Ann Previti-Kelly
  • Post-processing a completed semiconductor device
    Patent number: 6174824
    Abstract: A technique for post-processing a conventionally completed semiconductor device having a final passivation layer and bond pads exposed through the final passivation layer. The technique includes forming a protective film over the final passivation layer and exposed bond pads of the semiconductor device, and thereafter performing post-processing of the completed semiconductor device. Post-process structures, such as charge-coupled devices, can be formed above the protective film during this post-processing. Subsequent to the post-processing, the protective film is selectively etched to again expose the bond pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James George Michael, Jeffrey Scott Miller, Gary Dale Pittman, Rosemary Ann Previti-Kelly