Patents by Inventor Stu Brown

Stu Brown 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).

  • Automated data management system for analysis and control of photolithography stepper performance
    Patent number: 5757673
    Abstract: An automated data management system for enabling the analysis and control of the performance of photolithography steppers in a submicron fabrication facility disclosed. In a preferred embodiments, software running on each of a plurality of first personal computers (PCs), each of which is connected to one of a plurality of steppers, is used to append printer data generated by the steppers responsive to tests, performed therein to ASCII files associated with the steppers and subsequently to upload the ASCII files to a network drive at specified time intervals. Once the ASCII files have been uploaded to the VAX drive, the files may be accessed by a user outside the facility using a second PC on which is running a utility of the present invention for providing automated analysis of the data for a particular stepper as requested by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Anastasia L. Osheiski, Paul Ackmann, Stu Brown, Richard Edwards
  • Automated data management system for analysis and control of photolithography stepper performance
    Patent number: 5586059
    Abstract: An automated data management system for enabling the analysis and control of the performance of photolithography steppers in a submicron fabrication facility is disclosed. In a preferred embodiments, software running on each of a plurality of first personal computers (PCs), each of which is connected to one of a plurality of steppers, is used to append printer data generated by the steppers responsive to tests performed therein to ASCII files associated with the steppers and subsequently to upload the ASCII files to a network drive at specified time intervals. Once the ASCII files have been uploaded to the VAX drive, the files may be accessed by a user outside the facility using a second PC on which is running a utility of the present invention for providing automated analysis of the data for a particular stepper as requested by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Anastasia L. Oshelski, Paul Ackmann, Stu Brown, Richard Edwards