Patents by Inventor Shawn Lyonsmith

Shawn Lyonsmith 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).

  • Publication number: 20120007073
    Abstract: Some embodiments include methods for quality testing material removal procedures. A test structure is formed to contain a pair of electrically conductive segments. The segments are the same relative to a detectable property as long as they are electrically connected, but becoming different relative to such property if they are disconnected from one another. A material is formed over the test structure, and across a region of a semiconductor substrate proximate to the test structure. The material is subjected to a procedure which removes at least some of it, and which fabricates a structure of an integrated circuit construction in the region proximate to the test structure. After the procedure, it is determined if the segments are the same relative to the detectable property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Anjum Mehta, Shawn Lyonsmith, Rajesh Kamana, Tyler Hansen, Amit Gupta, Suresh Ramakrishnan