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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:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott A. Bell, San Jose, CA (US);
Philip A. Fisher, Foster City, CA (US);
Srikanteswara Dakshina-Murthy, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/166 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/166 ;
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment relates to a method of pinhole decoration and detection. The method can include providing a material layer above an amorphous carbon layer where the material layer has a pinhole, providing a film over the material layer where the film has a substantially planar surface except above the pinhole, and detecting the pinhole by detecting a non-planar location on the substantially planar surface of the film.