Patents by Inventor Tina Jane Wagner

Tina Jane Wagner 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 of contact structure formation
    Patent number: 6121129
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure having features of differing sizes, includes forming a first layer on a semiconductor substrate; patterning only a first plurality of features of a first feature size on the first layer; removing portions of the first layer, the portions corresponding to the first plurality of features, filling the first plurality of openings; forming a second layer, the second layer overlying the first layer and the filled openings; patterning a second plurality of features of a second feature size on the second layer; removing portions of the first layer and second layer, the portions corresponding to the second plurality of features, the second plurality of openings extending through the first and second layers, and filling the second plurality openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy Anne Greco, Stephen Edward Greco, Tina Jane Wagner