Ping Hing Li, 7360 Wilson Way UNIT 36, Milpitas, CA 95035

6678084, Jan 13, 2004

Apr 18, 2002

10/124716

Michael J. Little - Oak Park CA
William P. Eaton - Thousand Oaks CA
Thomas S. Tyrie - Oak Park CA
Harry Melkonian - Ventura CA
Ping Li - Diamond Bar CA

NP Photonics, Inc. - Tucson AZ

G02B 2600

359290, 359291, 359295, 359298, 359224

The present invention provides method of making mechanisms in which the relative locations of elements are maintained during manufacturing. The methods according to the present invention can be used to make a variety of devices, including tunable optical devices. The methods include displaceably attaching an island (support) to a frame with a non-rigid material.

6727177, Apr 27, 2004

Oct 18, 2001

10/035704

Wilbur G. Catabay - Saratoga CA
Zhihai Wang - Sunnyvale CA
Ping Li - San Jose CA

LSI Logic Corporation - Milpitas CA

H01L 2144

438687, 438627, 438628, 438643, 438644

Embodiments of the invention include a method for forming a copper interconnect having a bi-layer copper barrier layer. The method involves providing a substrate having an insulating layer with an opening therein configured to receive an inlaid conducting structure. A copper seed layer is formed on the insulating layer and in the opening. The seed layer is implanted with barrier material ions to form an implanted seed layer. Upon the implanted seed layer is formed a bulk copper-containing layer. The substrate is then annealed so that barrier material ions migrate through the seed layer to an interface between the seed layer and the insulating layer to form a final barrier layer. The barrier material can include palladium, chromium, tantalum, magnesium, and molybdenum.

7174440, Feb 6, 2007

Oct 2, 2003

10/678672

Robert C Chang - Danville CA, US
Bahman Qawami - San Jose CA, US
Farshid Sabet-Sharghi - San Jose CA, US
Ping Li - Santa Clara CA, US

SanDisk Corporation - Milpitas CA

G06F 12/10

711202, 711103

Methods and apparatus for caching updates or new data associated with a logical block are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing contents associated with blocks of a non-volatile memory includes obtaining a first set of contents that is associated with a first group of logical pages associated with a first logical block, and writing the first set of contents into a memory area. The first set of contents is then written from the memory area into a first group of physical pages associated with a second physical block that is then mapped to the first logical block. In one embodiment, the memory area is one of a RAM cache and a physical block cache.

7229923, Jun 12, 2007

Feb 3, 2004

10/772133

Wilbur G. Catabay - Saratoga CA, US
Zhihai Wang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ping Li - San Jose CA, US

LSI Corporation - Milpitas CA

H01L 21/44

438687, 438643

Methods for forming robust copper structures include steps for providing a substrate with an insulating layer with openings formed therein. At least two barrier layers are then formed followed by the deposition of a copper seed layer which is annealed. Bulk copper deposition of copper and planarization can follow. In one approach the seed layer is implanted with suitable materials forming an implanted seed layer upon which a bulk layer of conductive material is formed and annealed to form a final barrier layer. In another approach, a barrier layer is formed between two seed layers which forms a base for bulk copper deposition. Another method involves forming a first barrier layer and forming a copper seed layer thereon. The seed layer being implanted with a barrier material (e. g. palladium, chromium, tantalum, magnesium, and molybdenum or other suitable materials) and then bulk deposition of copper-containing material is performed followed by annealing.

7320126, Jan 15, 2008

Nov 6, 2001

10/005740

Robert C. Chang - Danville CA, US
Ping Li - Santa Clara CA, US
Farshid Sabet-Sharghi - San Jose CA, US

SanDisk Corporation - Milpitas CA

G06F 9/44

717168, 717171, 710 5

Methods and apparatus for efficiently enabling firmware associated with a flash memory card to be updated are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for updating firmware associated with a memory storage device includes providing new firmware to a host and sending the new firmware from the host to a reader which communicates with the host. The reader interfaces with the memory storage device which includes installed firmware. The method also includes sending the new firmware from the reader to the memory storage device, and incorporating the new firmware into the memory storage device such that the new firmware at least partially replaces the installed firmware. In one embodiment, the method further includes embedding the new firmware into a first command. In such an embodiment, sending the new firmware from the host to the reader includes sending the first command from the host to the reader.

7413984, Aug 19, 2008

Apr 10, 2007

11/733673

Wilbur G. Catabay - Saratoga CA, US
Zhihai Wang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ping Li - San Jose CA, US

LSI Corporation - Milpitas CA

H01L 21/44

438687, 438643

Embodiments of the invention include a method for forming a copper interconnect having a bi-layer copper barrier layer. The method comprises the steps of providing a substrate with a low-K dielectric insulating layer and an opening in the insulating layer. A first barrier layer of tantalum/tantalum nitride is formed on the insulating layer and in the opening. A second barrier layer consisting of a material selected from the group of palladium, chromium, tantalum, magnesium, and molybdenum is formed on the first barrier layer. A copper seed layer is formed on the second barrier layer and implanted with barrier ions and a bulk copper layer is formed on the seed layer. The substrate is annealed and subject to further processing which can include planarization.

7552345, Jun 23, 2009

Mar 4, 2002

10/092049

Robert C. Chang - Danville CA, US
Ping Li - Santa Clara CA, US
Farshid Sabet-Sharghi - San Jose CA, US

SanDisk Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 21/00
H04L 9/00

713193

Methods and apparatus for enabling protected contents such as device keys to be stored on a reader are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for accessing a memory storage device that includes a memory and is coupled to a host system through an adapter, the memory storage device including a memory includes obtaining a key from the adapter. The key is suitable for encrypting information that is arranged to be stored in the memory, and is also suitable for decrypting the encrypted information. The method also includes processing the information using the key. In one embodiment, the information is stored in the memory, and the information that is stored in the memory is obtained by processing the information such that the information may be decrypted using the key.

7664136, Feb 16, 2010

Jun 2, 2005

11/144094

John Albert Toebes - Cary NC, US
Ping Li - Fremont CA, US
Jack C. Cham - San Leandro CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H04L 12/66

370463

A power sourcing equipment-powered device (PSE-PD) combination unit requests inline power from a connected PSE or other PSE-PD combination unit by having the PD portion of the PD-PSE combination unit adapt its electrical characteristics, if necessary, to obtain the maximum power available. The PD-PSE combination device keeps track of available power less power consumed locally with a summation unit. A PSE manager unit grants PD power requests from downstream devices based upon the available power left (e. g. , original PSE power less losses less local consumption).