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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. 18, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., George Town, KY (US);
Inventors:
Stephen P. Ayotte, Bristol, VT (US);
David J. Hill, Richmond, VT (US);
John T. Kinnear, Jr., LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Glen E. Richard, Burlington, VT (US);
Timothy M. Sullivan, Essex, VT (US);
Heather M. Truax, Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., George Town, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 22/24 (2013.01); G01R 31/002 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49124 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods and structures provide an electrostatic discharge (ESD) indicator including an electric field sensitive material configured to undergo a specific color change in response to an electric field. An exposure of the structure to an ESD can be visually determined via the specific color change of the ESD indicator.