Patents by Inventor Thomas Charles Scholer

Thomas Charles Scholer 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).

  • Patent number: 6091138
    Abstract: A multichip integrated semiconductor device having a portion of a first chip bonded to electrical leads in a package using a flip chip technology such as solder bump technology and a second chip bonded to a second portion of the first chip using a flip chip technology such as solder bump technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen S. Yu, Paul J. Steffan, Thomas Charles Scholer
  • Patent number: 6025259
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with multiple dual damascene structures that maintains the maximum density. A first dual damascene structure having a first via and a first trench is formed in a first interlayer dielectric and a first etch stop layer formed on the planarized surface of the first interlayer dielectric. Two layers of interlayer dielectric separated by a second etch stop layer is formed on the surface of the first etch stop layer. A third etch stop layer is formed on the upper layer of interlayer dielectric and a first photoresist layer formed on the third etch stop layer. The photoresist layer is etched having a dimension coinciding with a width dimension of the first via. The third etch stop layer is selectively etched and the first photoresist layer removed and replaced by a second photoresist layer. The second photoresist layer is etched having a dimension coinciding with a width dimension of the first trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen S. Yu, Paul J. Steffan, Thomas Charles Scholer