Patents by Inventor Lynne Mills

Lynne Mills 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).

  • Publication number: 20060063393
    Abstract: This invention is a method comprising providing a substrate, forming a first layer on the substrate, wherein the first layer has a dielectric constant of less than 3.0 and comprises an organic polymer, applying an organosilicate resin over the first layer, removing a portion of the organosilicate resin to expose a portion of the first layer, and removing the exposed portions of the first layer. The invention is also an integrated circuit article comprising an active substrate containing transistors and an electrical interconnect structure containing a pattern of metal lines separated, at least partially, by layers or regions of an organic polymeric material having a dielectric constant of less than 3.0 and further comprising a layer of an organosilicate resin above at least one layer of the organic polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Edward Shaffer, Kevin Howard, Joost Waeterloos, Jack Hetzner, Paul Townsend, Lynne Mills, Sheila Gombar-Fetner