Patents by Inventor Philipp Steinman

Philipp Steinman 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).

  • Stacked capacitor and method of fabricating same
    Patent number: 7312119
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stacked capacitor (10) comprising a silicon base plate (16), a poly-silicon center plate (32) arranged above the base plate (16), a lower gate-oxide dielectric (26) arranged between the base plate (16) and the center plate (32), a cover plate (36) made of a metallic conductor and arranged above the center plate (32), and an upper dielectric (34) arranged between the center plate (32) and the cover plate (36). The cover plate (36) and the base plate (16) are electrically connected to each other and together form a first capacitor electrode. The center plate (32) forms a second capacitor electrode. The invention further relates to an integrated circuit with such a stacked capacitor, as well as to a method for fabrication of a stacked capacitor as part of a CMOS process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Gerard Balster, Badih El-Kareh, Philipp Steinman, Christoph Dirnecker