Patents by Inventor Ross A. Giddings

Ross A. Giddings 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).

  • Combining automated and manual information in a centralized system for semiconductor process control
    Patent number: 7515982
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving entries in a database, each corresponding to a semiconductor lot to be processed, automatically assigning each of the entries to a process tool, and dynamically dispatching the semiconductor lot corresponding to an assigned entry to the corresponding assigned process tool based on status information of the assigned process tool. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aishwarya Varadhan, Murali Krishna, Bo Li, Johnny Hsiang Wu, Chandra Mouli, Ross A. Giddings
  • Combining automated and manual information in a centralized system for semiconductor process control
    Publication number: 20080004739
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving entries in a database, each corresponding to a semiconductor lot to be processed, automatically assigning each of the entries to a process tool, and dynamically dispatching the semiconductor lot corresponding to an assigned entry to the corresponding assigned process tool based on status information of the assigned process tool. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Aishwarya Varadhan, Murali Krishna, Bo Li, Johnny Hsiang Wu, Chandra Mouli, Ross A. Giddings