Patents by Inventor Kim M. Hartnett

Kim M. Hartnett 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: 11127612
    Abstract: Several embodiments of the present technology are directed to semiconductor devices, and systems and associated methods for treating semiconductor devices based on warpage data. In some embodiments, a method can include heating a plurality of semiconductor devices from a first temperature to a second temperature, and determining warpage data at a plurality of points on the surfaces of the semiconductor devices as they are being heated. The method can further comprise applying a multivariate analysis to the surface warpage data to generate a multivariate statistic for each of the semiconductor devices at various sample temperatures. The multivariate statistics can be used to determine whether the semiconductor devices exceed or fall below a threshold limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Huffaker, Kim M. Hartnett, Ajay Raghunathan, Libo Wang, Linmiao Zhang, Di Wu
  • Publication number: 20190333796
    Abstract: Several embodiments of the present technology are directed to semiconductor devices, and systems and associated methods for treating semiconductor devices based on warpage data. In some embodiments, a method can include heating a plurality of semiconductor devices from a first temperature to a second temperature, and determining warpage data at a plurality of points on the surfaces of the semiconductor devices as they are being heated. The method can further comprise applying a multivariate analysis to the surface warpage data to generate a multivariate statistic for each of the semiconductor devices at various sample temperatures. The multivariate statistics can be used to determine whether the semiconductor devices exceed or fall below a threshold limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: James D. Huffaker, Kim M. Hartnett, Ajay Raghunathan, Libo Wang, Linmiao Zhang, Di Wu