Patents by Inventor Michael LeRoy Huber

Michael LeRoy Huber 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).

  • Single pattern high precision capacitor
    Patent number: 9269663
    Abstract: An integrated circuit contains a high precision capacitor having a bottom plate, a dielectric layer over the bottom plate, a capacitor opening in the dielectric layer exposing, and not overlapping, the bottom plate, a capacitor dielectric layer covering sidewalls and a bottom of the capacitor opening, a top plate covering the capacitor dielectric layer in the capacitor opening, and a capacitor planarizing dielectric layer covering the capacitor top plate in the capacitor opening. A top surface of the capacitor planarizing dielectric layer and a top edge of the capacitor top plate are substantially coplanar. The top plate does not extend laterally beyond the capacitor opening. A method of forming the integrated circuit the high precision capacitor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Keller, Michael LeRoy Huber
  • SINGLE PATTERN HIGH PRECISION CAPACITOR
    Publication number: 20140159201
    Abstract: An integrated circuit contains a high precision capacitor having a bottom plate, a dielectric layer over the bottom plate, a capacitor opening in the dielectric layer exposing, and not overlapping, the bottom plate, a capacitor dielectric layer covering sidewalls and a bottom of the capacitor opening, a top plate covering the capacitor dielectric layer in the capacitor opening, and a capacitor planarizing dielectric layer covering the capacitor top plate in the capacitor opening. A top surface of the capacitor planarizing dielectric layer and a top edge of the capacitor top plate are substantially coplanar. The top plate does not extend laterally beyond the capacitor opening. A method of forming the integrated circuit the high precision capacitor is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Alan KELLER, Michael LeRoy HUBER
  • TaN integrated circuit (IC) capacitor
    Patent number: 7573086
    Abstract: A capacitor is disclosed that is formed as part of an integrated circuit (IC) fabrication process. The capacitor generally comprises a top conductive plate, a capacitor dielectric and a bottom conductive plate that respectively comprise a patterned layer of tantalum nitride TaN, a layer of a nitride based material and a layer of patterned polysilicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael LeRoy Huber, Gregory Lee Hendy, Evelyn Anne Lafferty, George Nicholas Harakas, Salvatore Frank Pavone, Blake Ryan Pasker, Courtney Michael Hazelton, James Wayne Klawinsky