Patents by Inventor Suzette Paugrle

Suzette Paugrle 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).

  • Memory device with a selection element and a control line in a substantially similar layer
    Patent number: 7696017
    Abstract: The invention facilitates manufacture of semiconductor memory components by reducing the number of layers required to implement a semiconductor memory device. The invention provides for a selection element to be formed in the same layer as one of the control lines (e.g. one of the wordline and bitline). In one embodiment of the invention, a diode is implemented as the selection element within the same layer as one of the control lines. Production of the selection element within the same layer as one of the wordline and bitline reduces problems associated with vertical stacking, increases device yield and reduces related production costs. The invention also provides an efficient method of producing memory devices with the selection element in the same layer as one of the control lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Tripsas, Suzette Paugrle