Semiconductors

Citations to U.S. patents by U.S. patents granted in 2021

Top 10   [Cited by Examiner | Cited by Applicant]

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Most Cited by Examiners

  1. 15 9608065    Air gap spacer for metal gates
  Inventors: Marc A. Bergendahl; Kangguo Cheng; Fee Li Lie; Eric R. Miller; John R. Sporre; Sean Teehan

  2. 12 9362355    Nanosheet MOSFET with full-height air-gap spacer
  Inventors: Kangguo Cheng; Bruce B. Doris; Michael A. Guillorn; Xin Miao

  3. 10 10115681    Compact three-dimensional memory device having a seal ring and methods of manufacturing the same
  Inventors: Junichi Ariyoshi

  3. 10 10490559    Gate formation scheme for nanosheet transistors having different work function metals and different nanosheet width dimensions
  Inventors: Takashi Ando; Ruqiang Bao; Pouya Hashemi; Choonghyun Lee

  3. 10 9773708    Devices and methods of forming VFET with self-aligned replacement metal gates aligned to top spacer post top source drain EPI
  Inventors: John H. Zhang; Steven Bentley; Kwan-Yong Lim

  6. 9 10014390    Inner spacer formation for nanosheet field-effect transistors with tall suspensions
  Inventors: Guillaume Bouche; Julien Frougier; Ruilong Xie

  6. 9 8791474    Light emitting diode display with redundancy scheme
  Inventors: Andreas Bibl; Kapil V. Sakariya; Charles R. Griggs; James Michael Perkins

  6. 9 9982854    LED lamp filament
  Inventors: Wenbo Ma; Qiurong Liao

  9. 8 10121875    Replacement gate structures for advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication
  Inventors: Byron Ho; Steven Jaloviar; Jeffrey S. Leib; Michael L. Hattendorf; Christopher P. Auth

  9. 8 10283493    Three-dimensional memory device containing bonded memory die and peripheral logic die and method of making thereof
  Inventors: Akio Nishida

  9. 8 9530866    Methods of forming vertical transistor devices with self-aligned top source/drain conductive contacts
  Inventors: John H. Zhang; Carl Radens; Steven Bentley; Brian Alexander Cohen; Kwan-Yong Lim

  9. 8 9653289    Fabrication of nano-sheet transistors with different threshold voltages
  Inventors: Karthik Balakrishnan; Kangguo Cheng; Pouya Hashemi; Alexander Reznicek

  9. 8 9799570    Fabrication of vertical field effect transistors with uniform structural profiles
  Inventors: Kangguo Cheng

  9. 8 9997519    Dual channel structures with multiple threshold voltages
  Inventors: Ruqiang Bao; Michael A. Guillorn; Vijay Narayanan

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Most Cited by Applicants

  1. 317 9520482    Method of cutting metal gate
  Inventors: Po-Chin Chang; Chih-Hao Wang; Kai-Chieh Yang; Shih-Ting Hung; Wei-Hao Wu; Gloria Wu; Inez Fu; Chia-Wei Su; Yi-Hsuan Hsiao

  2. 315 9236267    Cut-mask patterning process for fin-like field effect transistor (FinFET) device
  Inventors: Ho Wei De; Kuei-Liang Lu; Ming-Feng Shieh; Ching-Yu Chang

  3. 310 9576814    Method of spacer patterning to form a target integrated circuit pattern
  Inventors: Chieh-Han Wu; Cheng-Hsiung Tsai; Chung-Ju Lee; Ming-Feng Shieh; Ru-Gun Liu; Shau-Lin Shue; Tien-I Bao

  4. 189 9372206    Testing of semiconductor chips with microbumps
  Inventors: Wei-Cheng Wu; Hsien-Pin Hu; Shang-Yun Hou; Shin-Puu Jeng; Chen-Hua Yu; Chao-Hsiang Yang

  5. 188 9496189    Stacked semiconductor devices and methods of forming same
  Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu; Chien-Hsun Lee; Tsung-Ding Wang; Jung Wei Cheng

  6. 187 9281254    Methods of forming integrated circuit package
  Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu; Chi-Hsi Wu; Wen-Chih Chiou; Hsiang-Fan Lee; Shih-Peng Tai; Tang-Jung Chiu

  7. 166 9105490    Contact structure of semiconductor device
  Inventors: Sung-Li Wang; Ding-Kang Shih; Chin-Hsiang Lin; Sey-Ping Sun; Clement Hsingjen Wann

  8. 164 8785285    Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof
  Inventors: Ji-Yin Tsai; Yao-Tsung Huang; Chih-Hsin Ko; Clement Hsingjen Wann

  9. 149 8772109    Apparatus and method for forming semiconductor contacts
  Inventors: Jean-Pierre Colinge

  10. 147 8816444    System and methods for converting planar design to FinFET design
  Inventors: Clement Hsingjen Wann; Chih-Sheng Chang; Yi-Tang Lin; Ming-Feng Shieh; Ting-Chu Ko; Chung-Hsien Chen

  10. 147 8823065    Contact structure of semiconductor device
  Inventors: Sung-Li Wang; Ding-Kang Shih; Chin-Hsiang Lin; Sey-Ping Sun; Clement Hsingjen Wann

  10. 147 8860148    Structure and method for FinFET integrated with capacitor
  Inventors: Chia-Hsin Hu; Sun-Jay Chang

 
 
References:
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