Patents by Inventor Melvy F. Miller

Melvy F. Miller 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).

  • Method of making a semiconductor device, and semiconductor device made thereby
    Patent number: 6919244
    Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate (110, 510, 1010, 1610) having a patterned interconnect layer (120, 520, 1020, 1620) formed thereon; depositing a first dielectric material (130, 530, 1030, 1630) over the interconnect layer; depositing a first electrode material (140, 540, 1040, 1640) over the first dielectric material; depositing a second dielectric material (150, 550, 1050, 1650) over the first electrode material; depositing a second electrode material (160, 560, 1060, 1660) over the second dielectric material; patterning the second electrode material to form a top electrode (211, 611, 1111, 1611) of a first capacitor (210, 710, 1310, 1615); and patterning the first electrode material to form a top electrode (221, 721, 1221, 1621) of a second capacitor (220, 720, 1320, 1625), to form an electrode (212, 712, 1212, 1612) of the first capacitor, and to define a resistor (230, 730, 1330).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Remmel, Sriram Kalpat, Melvy F. Miller, Peter Zurcher
  • Filtering device and method
    Patent number: 6498550
    Abstract: A cavity filter (15) includes a dielectric block (25) disposed adjacent to a conductive layer (23) for producing a resonant frequency of the cavity filter. An electromagnetic signal (VA) propagates within the dielectric block for a predetermined distance to a surface (58) of the conductive layer, where the predetermined distance is one-fourth of a wavelength of the electromagnetic signal at the resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvy F. Miller, Jeffrey A. Dykstra