Patents by Inventor Martin Alter

Martin Alter 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: 6395591
    Abstract: An integrated circuit fabrication process includes a selective substrate implant process to effectively decouple a first power supply connection from a second power supply connection while providing immunity against parasitic effects. In one embodiment, the selective substrate implant process forms heavily doped p-type regions only under P-wells in which noise producing circuitry are built. The noisy ground connection for these P-wells are decoupled from the quiet ground connection for others P-wells not connected to any heavily doped regions and in which noise sensitive circuitry are built. The selective substrate implant process of the present invention has particular applications in forming CMOS analog integrated circuits where it is important to decouple the analog ground for sensitive analog circuitry from the often noisy digital grounds of the digital and power switching circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Micrel, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen McCormack, Martin Alter, Robert S. Wrathall, Carlos Alberto Laber