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2016
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IBM
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Ying Zhang
YZ
Ying Zhang
— 15 Patents in 2016
Applied Materials
:
8
patents
#26
of
946
Top 3%
Globalfoundries
:
3
patents
#286
of
2,145
Top 15%
TSMC
:
3
patents
#677
of
2,623
Top 30%
IBM
:
1
patents
#5,048
of
10,295
Top 50%
Santa Clara, CA
:
#18
of
1,581
inventors
Top 2%
California
:
#466
of
57,791
inventors
Top 1%
Overall
(2016):
#2,565
of
481,213
Top 1%
15
Patents 2016
Issued Patents
2016
Showing
1–15
of
15
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
9530637
Fin structure formation by selective etching
Hua Chung
2016-12-27
$14,994,000
9508831
Method for fabricating vertically stacked nanowires for semiconductor applications
Hua Chung
2016-11-29
$13,456,000
9478433
Cyclic spacer etching process with improved profile control
Qingjun Zhou
,
Jungmin Ko
,
Tom Choi
,
Sean S. Kang
,
Jeremiah T. Pender
+1 more
2016-10-25
$14,930,000
9431266
Double patterning method
Kangguo Cheng
,
Bruce B. Doris
,
Ali Khakifirooz
2016-08-30
$3,867,000
9431252
Tunneling field effect transistor (TFET) formed by asymmetric ion implantation and method of making same
—
2016-08-30
$3,222,000
9419107
Method for fabricating vertically stacked nanowires for semiconductor applications
Hua Chung
2016-08-16
$20,837,000
9412603
Trimming silicon fin width through oxidation and etch
Hua Chung
2016-08-09
$15,983,000
9401310
Method to form trench structure for replacement channel growth
Hua Chung
2016-07-26
$40,439,000
9373546
Self aligned replacement Fin formation
Hua Chung
2016-06-21
$17,194,000
9343354
Middle of line structures and methods for fabrication
Qinghuang Lin
2016-05-17
$1,734,000
9287386
Method for fabricating vertically stacked nanowires for semiconductor applications
Hua Chung
2016-03-15
$10,944,000
9269634
Self-aligned metal gate CMOS with metal base layer and dummy gate structure
Kangguo Cheng
,
Bruce B. Doris
2016-02-23
$655,000
9252250
Tunneling field effect transistor (TFET) with ultra shallow pockets formed by asymmetric ion implantation and method of making same
—
2016-02-02
$4,074,000
9252023
Etching method and apparatus
Shih-Hung Chen
,
Chien-An Chen
,
Ying Xiao
2016-02-02
$4,074,000
9245791
Method for fabricating a contact
Qinghuang Lin
2016-01-26
$652,000
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