The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Ning GE, Singapore, SG;
Bee Ling Peh, Singapore, SG;
Trudy Benjamin, Portland, OR (US);
Ken Kiat NG, Singapore, SG;
Jianhui Gu, Singapore, SG;
Ning Ge, Singapore, SG;
Bee Ling Peh, Singapore, SG;
Trudy Benjamin, Portland, OR (US);
Ken Kiat Ng, Singapore, SG;
Jianhui Gu, Singapore, SG;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a compound slot, and systems and methods of forming the compound slot. An example of a compound slot includes a wafer, where the compound slot includes a trench along a long axis of the compound slot and on a top surface of the wafer, where the trench passes through an initial portion of a total depth of the wafer. A number of openings pass through a remaining portion of the total depth of the wafer, where at least a retained portion of a bottom of the trench is present around a perimeter of each of the number of openings.