Patents by Inventor Sheila Sherrick

Sheila Sherrick 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).

  • Methods of forming semiconductor mesa structures including self-aligned contact layers and related devices
    Publication number: 20040152224
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device may include forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate, and forming a contact layer on the semiconductor layer opposite the substrate. After forming the semiconductor layer and the contact layer, the contact layer and the semiconductor layer may be patterned such that the semiconductor layer includes a mesa having a mesa surface opposite the substrate and mesa sidewalls between the mesa surface and the substrate and so that the patterned contact layer is on the mesa surface. Related structures and devices are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Scott Sheppard, Sheila Sherrick, Kevin Ward Haberern