Patents by Inventor Stuart McDougall Jacobsen

Stuart McDougall Jacobsen 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).

  • Method for fabricating through substrate microchannels
    Patent number: 8288243
    Abstract: A method of forming large microchannels in an integrated circuit by etching an enclosed trench into the substrate and later thinning the backside to expose the bottom of the trenches and to remove the material enclosed by the trench to form the large microchannels. A method of simultaneously forming large and small microchannels. A method of forming structures on the backside of the substrate around a microchannel to mate with another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Stuart McDougall Jacobsen, Byron Neville Burgess
  • Method for Fabricating Through Substrate Microchannels
    Publication number: 20110256687
    Abstract: A method of forming large microchannels in an integrated circuit by etching an enclosed trench into the substrate and later thinning the backside to expose the bottom of the trenches and to remove the material enclosed by the trench to form the large microchannels. A method of simultaneously forming large and small microchannels. A method of forming structures on the backside of the substrate around a microchannel to mate with another device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stuart McDougall Jacobsen, Byron Neville Burgess