Patents by Inventor James V. Maskowitz

James V. Maskowitz 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: 5124645
    Abstract: A power probe for in-situ electron microscope viewing of electromigration in aluminum thin films has a probe holder, a detachable probe tip and, mounted on the probe tip, a quartz power distributor. A test specimen, such as an integrated circuit component, can be viewed inside the electron microscope while logic gates or other components are exercised. The probe holder is shaped to mate to a conventional electron microscope side entry port. The probe tip attaches to the end of the probe holder and extends into the electron beam path. The test specimen mounts on the power distributor which is in turn mounted inside a trough at the end of the detachable probe tip. The probe tip and power distributor include mutually aligned openings, over which the test specimen mounts, for the electron beam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: William E. Rhoden, Donald R. Kitchen, James V. Maskowitz