Patents by Inventor Robert Kent Smith

Robert Kent Smith 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: 7230812
    Abstract: It is possible to predict with acceptable accuracy the time to failure of a device having a thin gate dielectric in a field effect transistor. Such prediction is based on the realization that for such thin dielectric multiple dielectric breakdown occurs before device failure ensues and that measurement of the device quiescent current flow provides the information necessary for such prediction. The ability to make reliable prediction allows improvement of device design, manufacture, and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc
    Inventors: Muhammad Ashraful Alam, Philip W. Mason, Robert Kent Smith