Patents by Inventor Samuel Matalone, Jr.

Samuel Matalone, Jr. 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: 4257826
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit such as an MOS random access memory or RAM is made by standard N-channel silicon gate manufacturing methods but using positive photoresist for successive masking steps by re-exposure of the photoresist. In making ion implants for threshold adjustment, the positive photoresist is deposited and exposed using a first mask which defines the channel areas of transistors which are to have one threshold voltage; upon developing, the channel areas will be bare so a first implant will penetrate only these channel areas. Then, without stripping the photoresist, another exposure using a second mask defines the channel areas of transistors which are to have another threshold voltage. After the photoresist is developed a second time, another implant will penetrate the channel areas defined by the second mask as well as the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Samuel Matalone, Jr.