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Andy Wei — 32 Patents in 2016

Globalfoundries: 30 patents #8 of 2,145Top 1%
AMD: 2 patents #131 of 774Top 20%
Yamhill, OR: #1 of 4 inventorsTop 25%
Oregon: #4 of 4,070 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2016): #480 of 481,213Top 1%
32 Patents 2016

Issued Patents 2016

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9520395 FinFET devices comprising a dielectric layer/CMP stop layer/hardmask/etch stop layer/gap-fill material stack Guillaume Bouche, Xiang Hu, Jerome F. Wandell, Sandeep Gaan 2016-12-13
9515026 Methods of forming alignment marks and overlay marks on integrated circuit products employing FinFET devices and the resulting alignment/overlay mark Jeong Soo Kim, Francis M. Tambwe 2016-12-06
9508850 Epitaxial block layer for a fin field effect transistor device Zhenyu Hu, Richard J. Carter, Qi Zhang, Sruthi Muralidharan, Amy L. Child 2016-11-29
9508642 Self-aligned back end of line cut Guillaume Bouche, Mark A. Zaleski 2016-11-29
9502293 Self-aligned via process flow Guillaume Bouche, Sudharshanan Raghunthathan 2016-11-22
9502528 Borderless contact formation through metal-recess dual cap integration Guillaume Bouche, Jason E. Stephens, Tuhin Guha Neogi, Mark A. Zaleski 2016-11-22
9490340 Methods of forming nanowire devices with doped extension regions and the resulting devices Shao-Ming Koh, Guillaume Bouche, Jing Wan 2016-11-08
9461128 Method for creating self-aligned transistor contacts Mark A. Zaleski, Jason E. Stephens, Tuhin Guha Neogi, Guillaume Bouche 2016-10-04
9455316 Three-dimensional electrostatic discharge semiconductor device Jagar Singh, Mahadeva Iyer Natarajan 2016-09-27
9450073 SOI transistor having drain and source regions of reduced length and a stressed dielectric material adjacent thereto Thorsten Kammler, Roman Boschke, Casey Scott 2016-09-20
9449826 Graded well implantation for asymmetric transistors having reduced gate electrode pitches G Robert Mulfinger, Jan Hoentschel, Vassilios Papageorgiou 2016-09-20
9437713 Devices and methods of forming higher tunability FinFET varactor Jagar Singh, Gopal Srinivasan, Amaury Gendron 2016-09-06
9431512 Methods of forming nanowire devices with spacers and the resulting devices Shao-Ming Koh, Guillaume Bouche, Jing Wan 2016-08-30
9425097 Cut first alternative for 2D self-aligned via Guillaume Bouche, Sudharshanan Raghunathan 2016-08-23
9412655 Forming merged lines in a metallization layer by replacing sacrificial lines with conductive lines Guillaume Bouche, Jason E. Stephens, Vikrant Chauhan 2016-08-09
9406775 Method for creating self-aligned compact contacts in an IC device meeting fabrication spacing constraints Guillaume Bouche, Youngtag Woo 2016-08-02
9397004 Methods for fabricating FinFET integrated circuits with simultaneous formation of local contact openings Guillaume Bouche, Erik Geiss, Scott Beasor, Deniz E. Civay 2016-07-19
9390979 Opposite polarity borderless replacement metal contact scheme Guillaume Bouche, Huy Cao, Jing Wan 2016-07-12
9368395 Self-aligned via and air gap Mark A. Zaleski 2016-06-14
9362279 Contact formation for semiconductor device Ruilong Xie, William J. Taylor, Jr., Ryan Ryoung-Han Kim, Kwan-Yong Lim, Chanro Park 2016-06-07
9362165 2D self-aligned via first process flow Guillaume Bouche, Sudharshanan Raghunathan 2016-06-07
9349718 ESD snapback based clamp for finFET Jagar Singh, Mahadeva Iyer Natarajan, Manjunatha Prabhu, Anil Kumar 2016-05-24
9343456 Metal gate for robust ESD protection Amaury Gendron-Hansen, Jagar Singh 2016-05-17
9306019 Integrated circuits with nanowires and methods of manufacturing the same Jing Wan, Guillaume Bouche, Shao-Ming Koh 2016-04-05
9305785 Semiconductor contacts and methods of fabrication Guillaume Bouche, Gabriel Padron Wells, Xiang Hu 2016-04-05