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US-7,956,416 |
Integrated circuitry Some embodiments include formation of at least one cavity in a first semiconductor material, followed by epitaxially growing a second semiconductor material... |
US-7,956,402 |
Double-doped polysilicon floating gate The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a double-doped polysilicon floating gate in a semiconductor memory element. The method... |
US-7,955,976 |
Methods of forming semiconductor structures The present invention relates to methods of forming semiconductor structures. The methods may include disposing electrically conductive material within an... |
US-7,955,946 |
Methods of determining x-y spatial orientation of a semiconductor
substrate comprising an integrated circuit,... The invention includes methods of determining x-y spatial orientation of a semiconductor substrate comprising an integrated circuit, methods of positioning a... |
US-7,955,935 |
Non-volatile memory cell devices and methods A method of fabricating a memory cell including forming nanodots over a first dielectric layer and forming an intergate dielectric layer over the nanodots,... |
US-7,955,917 |
Fabrication of self-aligned gallium arsenide MOSFETS using damascene gate
methods A method for fabricating a gallium arsenide MOSFET device is presented. A dummy gate is formed over a gallium arsenide substrate. Source-drain extensions are... |
US-7,955,898 |
Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged
microelectronic devices Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for forming a... |
US-7,955,836 |
Microfluidic mixing and analytical apparatus Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of bellows pumps configured for efficient mixing at a microfluidic scale. By moving a fluid sample and particles... |
US-7,955,764 |
Methods to make sidewall light shields for color filter array Methods of forming color filters having a light blocking material therebetween. A color filter is formed such that a trench is defined between a color filter... |
US-7,954,029 |
System, apparatus, and method for memory built-in self testing using
microcode sequencers Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for performing Built-In Self Tests (BIST) on memories. One such BIST includes loading microcode instructions... |
US-7,954,004 |
Systems and methods for retrieving data Apparatus and methods, such as those that read data from non-volatile integrated circuit memory devices, such as NAND flash. For example, disclosed techniques... |
US-7,953,954 |
Flash storage partial page caching Methods and apparatus may operate to receive allocation requests from a processor configured to manage memory comprising a non-volatile memory device... |
US-7,953,579 |
Jittery signal generation with discrete-time filtering The computer-implementable method allows for the fast creation of a multi-unit interval data signal suitable for simulation. The created signal represents the... |
US-7,952,952 |
Reduction of fusible links and associated circuitry on memory dies The number of fusible links and other circuit components required to provide memory cell redundancy are reduced by sharing physical memory locations among... |
US-7,952,936 |
Program-verify method Methods and devices are disclosed, some such methods comprising applying a verify pass-through voltage to unselected select lines of the floating-gate memory... |
US-7,952,927 |
Adjusting program and erase voltages in a memory device A method and apparatus for adjusting threshold program and erase voltages in a memory array, such as a floating gate memory array, for example. A method... |
US-7,952,924 |
NAND memory device and programming methods A NAND Flash memory device is described that can reduce bit line coupling and floating gate coupling during program and verify operations. Consecutive bit lines... |
US-7,952,922 |
Method for programming a non-volatile memory device to reduce
floating-gate-to-floating-gate coupling effect A method for programming a non-volatile memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells. Each cell is adapted to store a lower and an upper page of data.... |
US-7,952,919 |
Phase change memory structure with multiple resistance states and methods
of programming and sensing same A phase change memory structure with multiple resistance states and methods of forming, programming, and sensing the same. The memory structure includes two or... |
US-7,952,913 |
Back gated SRAM cell One method for operating an SRAM cell includes applying a potential to a back gate of a pair of cross coupled p-type pull up transistors in the SRAM during a... |
US-7,952,631 |
CMOS imager with integrated circuitry A CMOS imager is integrated on a single substrate along with logic and support circuitry for decoding and processing optical information received by the CMOS... |
US-7,952,184 |
Distributed semiconductor device methods, apparatus, and systems Some embodiments include a device having a number of memory cells and associated circuitry for accessing the memory cells. The memory cells of the device may be... |
US-7,952,174 |
Method and apparatus providing air-gap insulation between adjacent
conductors using nanoparticles A semiconductor device and a method of forming it are disclosed in which at least two adjacent conductors have an air-gap insulator between them which is... |
US-7,952,171 |
Die stacking with an annular via having a recessed socket A die stack including a die having an annular via with a recessed conductive socket and methods of forming the die stack provide a structure for use in a... |
US-7,952,170 |
System including semiconductor components having through interconnects and
back side redistribution conductors A system includes a supporting substrate and at least one semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor component includes a semiconductor substrate having a... |
US-7,952,169 |
Isolation circuit An isolation circuit, comprising a first transistor having a gate, a first source/drain terminal, and a second source/drain terminal, a first pad coupled to the... |
US-7,952,158 |
Elevated pocket pixels, imaging devices and systems including the same and
method of forming the same An elevated photosensor for image sensors and methods of forming the photosensor. The photosensor may have light sensors having indentation features including,... |
US-7,952,155 |
Reduced edge effect from recesses in imagers Methods for making a recessed color filter array for a semiconductor imager employing a sidewall spacer for reducing an edge effect from the array are... |
US-7,951,709 |
Method and apparatus providing integrated circuit having redistribution
layer with recessed connectors A method of making a semiconductor die includes forming a trench around a conductive stud extending from the first side to a second side of a substrate to... |
US-7,951,702 |
Methods for fabricating semiconductor components with conductive
interconnects having planar surfaces A backside method for fabricating a semiconductor component with a conductive interconnect includes the step of providing a semiconductor substrate having a... |
US-7,951,619 |
Diodes, and methods of forming diodes Some embodiments include methods of forming diodes. The methods may include oxidation of an upper surface of a conductive electrode to form an oxide layer over... |
US-7,951,414 |
Methods of forming electrically conductive structures Some embodiments include methods of forming conductive material within high aspect ratio openings and low aspect ratio openings. Initially, the high aspect... |
US-7,949,844 |
Pipelined burst memory access A memory device for multichannel continuous or fixed burst mode operation includes multiple burst address counter circuits and associated control logic to... |
US-7,949,822 |
Storage capacity status In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated... |
US-7,949,821 |
Method of storing data on a flash memory device Methods and apparatus are disclosed, such as those involving a flash memory device. One such method includes storing data on memory cells on a memory block... |
US-7,949,803 |
System and method for transmitting data packets in a computer system
having a memory hub architecture A system and method for transmitting data packets from a memory hub to a memory controller is disclosed. The system includes an upstream reception port coupled... |
US-7,948,821 |
Reduced signal interface memory device, system, and method A memory has a serial interface. The serial interface is programmable to either use separate dedicated input and output pads, or to use one bidirectional pad.... |
US-7,948,802 |
Sensing memory cells The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating memory cells. One method embodiment includes applying a ramping voltage to... |
US-7,948,793 |
Temperature compensation in memory devices and systems Devices, methods, and systems for temperature compensation in memory devices, such as resistance variable memory, among other types of memory are included. A... |
US-7,948,786 |
Rank select using a global select pin Methods, memory devices, and systems are disclosed, such as those for accessing a memory circuit through the use of reduced external pins. With one such system,... |
US-7,948,279 |
Clock divider There is provided a true single phase logic clock divider that is configured to selectively divide a clock signal by increments of two, three, four, or six.... |
US-7,948,030 |
Semiconductor constructions of memory devices with different sizes of
GateLine trenches Some embodiments include methods of recessing multiple materials to a common depth utilizing etchant comprising C.sub.4F.sub.6 and C.sub.4F.sub.3. The recessed... |
US-7,948,008 |
Floating body field-effect transistors, and methods of forming floating
body field-effect transistors In one embodiment, a floating body field-effect transistor includes a pair of source/drain regions having a floating body channel region received therebetween.... |
US-7,947,601 |
Semiconductor devices and methods for forming patterned radiation blocking
on a semiconductor device Several embodiments for semiconductor devices and methods for forming semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. One embodiment is directed to a method for... |
US-7,947,597 |
Methods of titanium deposition Some embodiments include methods of titanium deposition in which a silicon-containing surface and an electrically insulative surface are both exposed to... |
US-7,947,543 |
Recessed gate silicon-on-insulator floating body device with self-aligned
lateral isolation Embodiments of a manufacturing process for recessed gate devices on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with self-aligned lateral isolation are described. This... |
US-7,947,529 |
Microelectronic die packages with leadframes, including leadframe-based
interposer for stacked die packages,... Microelectronic die packages, stacked systems of die packages, and methods of manufacturing thereof are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of... |
US-7,947,412 |
Reduced lens heating methods, apparatus, and systems In one embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes an illuminator having a source that produces light waves having a first wavelength, and a mask. The mask... |
US-7,946,855 |
Contact and electrical connecting apparatus A contact type electrical connector includes a first plunger in contact with one member; a second plunger in contact with another member and electrically... |
US-7,945,840 |
Memory array error correction apparatus, systems, and methods Various embodiments include apparatus, methods, and systems that operate to extend the processes of reading, modifying, and writing data stored in or being... |