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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R. Martin, Foxborough, MA (US);
Richard H. Morrison, Jr., Taunton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/176 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/176 ;
Abstract
An in-situ cap for an integrated circuit device such as a micromachined device and a method of making such a cap by fabricating an integrated circuit element on a substrate; forming a support layer over the integrated circuit element and forming a cap structure in the support layer covering the integrated circuit element.