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Nick Kepler — 31 Patents

AMD: 31 patents #311 of 9,280Top 4%
San Jose, CA: #1,945 of 32,062 inventorsTop 7%
California: #16,606 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Nick Kepler has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in July 2003. Nick Kepler ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Nick Kepler in San Jose, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6599810 Shallow trench isolation formation with ion implantation Olov Karlsson, Larry Wang, Basab Bandyopadhyay, Effiong Ibok, Christopher F. Lyons 2003-07-29 $3,092,000
6514844 Sidewall treatment for low dielectric constant (low K) materials by ion implantation Jeremy I. Martin, Eric M. Apelgren, Christian Zistl, Paul R. Besser, Srikantewara Dakshina-Murthy +2 more 2003-02-04 $1,030,000
6380040 Prevention of dopant out-diffusion during silicidation and junction formation Karsten Wieczorek, Larry Wang, Paul R. Besser 2002-04-30 $1,930,000
6380047 Shallow trench isolation formation with two source/drain masks and simplified planarization mask Basab Bandyopadhyay, Olov Karlsson, Larry Wang, Effiong Ibok, Christopher F. Lyons 2002-04-30 $1,930,000
6274511 Method of forming junction-leakage free metal silicide in a semiconductor wafer by amorphization of refractory metal layer Karsten Wieczorek, Paul R. Besser 2001-08-14 $3,163,000
6255214 Method of forming junction-leakage free metal silicide in a semiconductor wafer by amorphization of source and drain regions Karsten Wieczorek, Paul R. Besser 2001-07-03 $7,468,000
6238986 Formation of junctions by diffusion from a doped film at silicidation Karsten Wieczorek, Larry Wang, Paul R. Besser 2001-05-29 $6,079,000
6239031 Stepper alignment mark structure for maintaining alignment integrity Olov Karlsson, Larry Wang, Basab Bandyopadhyah, Effiong Ibok, Christopher F. Lyons 2001-05-29 $6,079,000
6204177 Method of forming junction leakage free metal silicide in a semiconductor wafer by alloying refractory metal Paul R. Besser, Karsten Wieczorek 2001-03-20 $7,513,000
6171962 Shallow trench isolation formation without planarization mask Olov Karlsson, Christopher F. Lyons, Basab Bandyopadhyay, Larry Wang, Effiong Ibok 2001-01-09 $4,016,000
6169005 Formation of junctions by diffusion from a doped amorphous silicon film during silicidation Karsten Wieczorek, Larry Wang, Paul R. Besser 2001-01-02 $6,157,000
6165903 Method of forming ultra-shallow junctions in a semiconductor wafer with deposited silicon layer to reduce silicon consumption during salicidation Paul R. Besser, Karsten Wieczorek 2000-12-26 $2,711,000
6162699 Method for generating limited isolation trench width structures and a device having a narrow isolation trench surrounding its periphery Larry Wang, Olov Karlsson, Basab Bandyopadhyay, Effiong Ibok, Christopher F. Lyons 2000-12-19 $3,857,000
6162689 Multi-depth junction formation tailored to silicide formation Karsten Wieczorek, Larry Wang, Paul R. Besser 2000-12-19 $3,857,000
6156615 Method for decreasing the contact resistance of silicide contacts by retrograde implantation of source/drain regions 2000-12-05 $3,995,000
6150243 Shallow junction formation by out-diffusion from a doped dielectric layer through a salicide layer Karsten Wieczorek, Larry Wang, Paul R. Besser 2000-11-21 $5,742,000
6143624 Shallow trench isolation formation with spacer-assisted ion implantation Olov Karlsson, Larry Wang, Basab Bandyopadhyay, Effiong Ibok, Christopher F. Lyons 2000-11-07 $6,155,000
6130467 Shallow trench isolation with spacers for improved gate oxide quality Basab Bandyopadhyay, Olov Karlsson, Larry Wang, Effiong Ibok, Christopher F. Lyons 2000-10-10 $11,210,000
6124183 Shallow trench isolation formation with simplified reverse planarization mask Olov Karlsson, Christopher F. Lyons, Basab Bandyopadhyay, Larry Wang, Effiong Ibok 2000-09-26 $6,800,000
6100145 Silicidation with silicon buffer layer and silicon spacers Karsten Wieczorek, Larry Wang, Paul R. Besser 2000-08-08 $4,885,000
6096599 Formation of junctions by diffusion from a doped film into and through a silicide during silicidation Karsten Wieczorek, Larry Wang, Paul R. Besser 2000-08-01 $5,860,000
6090712 Shallow trench isolation formation with no polish stop Christopher F. Lyons, Basab Bandyopadhyay, Olov Karlsson, Larry Wang, Effiong Obok 2000-07-18 $10,732,000
6090713 Shallow trench isolation formation with simplified reverse planarization mask Olov Karlsson, Christopher F. Lyons, Basab Bandyophadhyay, Larry Wang, Effiong Ibok 2000-07-18 $10,732,000
6074927 Shallow trench isolation formation with trench wall spacer Basab Bandyopadhyay, Olov Karlsson, Larry Wang, Effiong Ibok, Christopher F. Lyons 2000-06-13 $9,833,000
6046104 Low pressure baked HSQ gap fill layer following barrier layer deposition for high integrity borderless vias 2000-04-04 $6,962,000