IP Library Granted Patent US 6,518,591
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US 6,518,591 · App. 09/561,293

Contact monitor, method of forming same and method of analizing contact-, via- and/or trench-forming processes in an integrated circuit

Inventors: Edward M. Shamble, Thomas Roy Boonstra, David J. Brownell, David Crow
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Granted: Feb 11, 2003 Filed: Apr 28, 2000
Inventors
Edward M. Shamble
Thomas Roy Boonstra
David J. Brownell
David Crow
Assignee (at issue)
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,518,591
App. No.
09/561,293
Filed
2000-04-28
Granted
2003-02-11
Kind
B1