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Rolf Stephan — 38 Patents

AMD: 31 patents #316 of 9,280Top 4%
Globalfoundries: 7 patents #504 of 4,424Top 15%
Dresden, DE: #24 of 3,254 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Rolf Stephan has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in October 2014. Rolf Stephan ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Rolf Stephan in Dresden, DE.

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Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8871586 Methods of reducing material loss in isolation structures by introducing inert atoms into oxide hard mask layer used in growing channel semiconductor material Thilo Scheiper, Jan Hoentschel, Markus Lenski 2014-10-28 $3,165,000
8846513 Semiconductor device comprising replacement gate electrode structures and self-aligned contact elements formed by a late contact fill Peter Baars, Richard J. Carter 2014-09-30 $1,660,000
8796807 Temperature monitoring in a semiconductor device by using a PN junction based on silicon/germanium materials Markus Forsberg, Gert Burbach, Anthony Mowry 2014-08-05 $3,132,000
8735236 High-k metal gate electrode structure formed by removing a work function on sidewalls in replacement gate technology Klaus Hempel, Christopher M. Prindle 2014-05-27 $1,638,000
8293610 Semiconductor device comprising a metal gate stack of reduced height and method of forming the same Sven Beyer, Martin Trentzsch, Patrick Press 2012-10-23 $1,510,000
8288256 Enhancing transistor characteristics by a late deep implantation in combination with a diffusion-free anneal process Thomas Feudel, Manfred Horstmann 2012-10-16 $3,691,000
8158065 In situ monitoring of metal contamination during microstructure processing Martin Trentzsch, Stephan Kronholz 2012-04-17 $6,725,000
8119461 Reducing the creation of charge traps at gate dielectrics in MOS transistors by performing a hydrogen treatment Martin Trentzsch, Thorsten Kammler 2012-02-21 $8,175,000
8003460 Method of forming a semiconductor structure comprising a formation of at least one sidewall spacer structure Frank Wirbeleit, Peter Javorka 2011-08-23 $5,509,000
7745334 Technique for locally adapting transistor characteristics by using advanced laser/flash anneal techniques Patrick Press, Karla Romero, Martin Trentzsch, Karsten Wieczorek, Thomas Feudel +1 more 2010-06-29 $10,708,000
7727827 Method of forming a semiconductor structure Frank Wirbeleit, Manfred Horstmann 2010-06-01 $11,970,000
7629211 Field effect transistor and method of forming a field effect transistor Sven Beyer, Thorsten Kammler, Manfred Horstmann 2009-12-08 $23,221,000
7625802 Semiconductor device having improved halo structures and a method of forming the halo structures of a semiconductor device Thomas Feudel, Manfred Horstmann 2009-12-01 $20,921,000
7608499 Semiconductor structure comprising field effect transistors with stressed channel regions and method of forming the same Karla Romero, Sven Beyer, Jan Hoentschel 2009-10-27 $8,132,000
7605045 Field effect transistors and methods for fabricating the same Igor Peidous, Patrick Press 2009-10-20 $11,080,000
7563731 Field effect transistor having a stressed dielectric layer based on an enhanced device topography Christoph Schwan, Manfred Horstmann, Kai Frohberg 2009-07-21 $9,005,000
7325224 Method and system for increasing product yield by controlling lithography on the basis of electrical speed data Rolf Seltmann, Heiko Wagner 2008-01-29 $10,637,000
7297994 Semiconductor device having a retrograde dopant profile in a channel region Karsten Wieczorek, Manfred Horstmann 2007-11-20 $5,989,000
7238578 Method of forming a semiconductor structure comprising transistor elements with differently stressed channel regions Gert Burbach, Karsten Wieczorek, Manfred Horstmann 2007-07-03 $26,803,000
7226859 Method of forming different silicide portions on different silicon-containing regions in a semiconductor device Karsten Wieczorek, Manfred Horstmann 2007-06-05 $40,051,000
7217657 Semiconductor device having different metal silicide portions and method for fabricating the semiconductor device Karsten Wieczorek, Manfred Horstmann 2007-05-15 $18,237,000
7148145 Semiconductor device having T-shaped gate structure comprising in situ sidewall spacers and method of forming the semiconductor device Karsten Wieczorek, Manfred Horstmann 2006-12-12 $19,854,000
7115464 Semiconductor device having different metal-semiconductor portions formed in a semiconductor region and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device Manfred Horstmann, Karsten Wieczorek 2006-10-03 $25,981,000
7041583 Method of removing features using an improved removal process in the fabrication of a semiconductor device Karsten Wieczorek, Manfred Horstmann 2006-05-09 $10,311,000
6924216 Semiconductor device having improved doping profiles and method of improving the doping profiles of a semiconductor device Thomas Feudel, Manfred Horstmann 2005-08-02 $7,108,000