Patents by Inventor JUDY BROWDER SHAW

JUDY BROWDER SHAW 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: 9780001
    Abstract: A method of fabricating Schottky barrier contacts for an integrated circuit (IC). A substrate including a silicon including surface is provided. A plurality of transistors are formed on the silicon including surface in at least one PMOS region and at least one NMOS region, where the plurality of transistors include at least one exposed p-type surface region and at least one exposed n-type surface region. Pre-silicide cleaning removes oxide from the exposed p-type surface regions and exposed n-type surface regions. A plurality of metals are deposited including Yb and Pt to form at least one metal layer on the substrate. The metal layer is heated to induce formation of an inhomogeneous silicide layer including both Ptsilicide and Ybsilicide on the exposed p-type and exposed n-type surface regions. Unreacted metal of the metal layer is stripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Deborah Jean Riley, Judy Browder Shaw, Christopher L. Hinkle, Creighton T. Buie
  • Publication number: 20160133526
    Abstract: A method of fabricating Schottky barrier contacts for an integrated circuit (IC). A substrate including a silicon including surface is provided. A plurality of transistors are formed on the silicon including surface in at least one PMOS region and at least one NMOS region, where the plurality of transistors include at least one exposed p-type surface region and at least one exposed n-type surface region. Pre-silicide cleaning removes oxide from the exposed p-type surface regions and exposed n-type surface regions. A plurality of metals are deposited including Yb and Pt to form at least one metal layer on the substrate. The metal layer is heated to induce formation of an inhomogeneous silicide layer including both Ptsilicide and Ybsilicide on the exposed p-type and exposed n-type surface regions. Unreacted metal of the metal layer is stripped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: DEBORAH JEAN RILEY, JUDY BROWDER SHAW, CHRISTOPHER L. HINKLE, CREIGHTON T. BUIE
  • Patent number: 9263444
    Abstract: A method of fabricating Schottky barrier contacts for an integrated circuit (IC). A substrate including a silicon including surface is provided having a plurality of transistors formed thereon, where the plurality of transistors include at least one exposed p-type surface region and at least one exposed n-type surface region on the silicon including surface. A plurality of metals are deposited including Yb and Pt to form at least one metal layer on the substrate. The metal layer is heated to induce formation of an inhomogeneous silicide layer including both Ptsilicide and Ybsilicide on the exposed p-type and n-type surface regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Deborah Jean Riley, Judy Browder Shaw, Christopher L. Hinkle, Creighton T. Buie
  • Publication number: 20150061034
    Abstract: A method of fabricating Schottky barrier contacts for an integrated circuit (IC). A substrate including a silicon including surface is provided having a plurality of transistors formed thereon, where the plurality of transistors include at least one exposed p-type surface region and at least one exposed n-type surface region on the silicon including surface. A plurality of metals are deposited including Yb and Pt to form at least one metal layer on the substrate. The metal layer is heated to induce formation of an inhomogeneous silicide layer including both Ptsilicide and Ybsilicide on the exposed p-type and n-type surface regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: DEBORAH JEAN RILEY, JUDY BROWDER SHAW, CHRISTOPHER L. HINKLE, CREIGHTON T. BUIE
  • Publication number: 20130045591
    Abstract: A method of semiconductor processing includes coating a top surface of a substrate having a semiconductor surface with a positive photoresist layer. The positive photoresist layer is exposed using a reticle or a mask that defines a pattern. The positive photoresist layer is doped by introducing at least one material modifying species after exposing. The positive photoresist layer is developed with a negative tone developer to form a patterned positive photoresist layer which provides masked portions of the top surface and unmasked portions of the top surface. A selective process is then performed to the unmasked portions of the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: JUDY BROWDER SHAW, SCOTT WILLIAM JESSEN