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Mei Sheng Zhou — 144 Patents

CMChartered Semiconductor Manufacturing: 128 patents #1 of 840Top 1%
GPGlobalfoundries Singapore Pte.: 11 patents #70 of 828Top 9%
IMInstitute Of Microelectronics: 4 patents #10 of 153Top 7%
TSMC: 4 patents #4,745 of 12,232Top 40%
NSNational University Of Singapore: 2 patents #231 of 1,623Top 15%
Singapore, SG: #14 of 13,971 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,777 of 4,157,543Top 1%
144 Patents All Time
Mei Sheng Zhou has been granted 144 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2014. Mei Sheng Zhou ranks #6,777 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.16%). Patent records list Mei Sheng Zhou in Singapore, SG.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 39 patents in 2002.peak 391998: 7 patents19981999: 6 patents2000: 12 patents20002001: 20 patents2002: 39 patents20022003: 16 patents2004: 12 patents20042005: 5 patents2006: 5 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 3 patents20082010: 2 patents2011: 6 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 4 patents20132014: 3 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 144 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8860142 Method and apparatus to reduce thermal variations within an integrated circuit die using thermal proximity correction Debora Chyiu Hyia Poon, Alex See, Francis Benistant, Benjamin Colombeau, Yun Ling Tan +1 more 2014-10-14
8754447 Strained channel transistor structure and method Jin Ping Liu, Alex See, Liang-Choo Hsia 2014-06-17
8716076 Method for fabricating a semiconductor device having an epitaxial channel and transistor having same Jinping Liu, Alex See, Liang-Choo Hsia 2014-05-06
8546873 Integrated circuit and method of fabrication thereof Jinping Liu, Hai Cong, Binbin Zhou, Alex See, Liang-Choo Hsia 2013-10-01
8415236 Methods for reducing loading effects during film formation Han-Guan Chew, Jinping Liu, Alex See 2013-04-09
8394724 Processing with reduced line end shortening ratio Hai Cong, Wei Loong Loh, Krishan Gopal, Xin Ji Zhang, Pradeep Ramachandramurthy Yelehanka 2013-03-12
8354347 Method of forming high-k dielectric stop layer for contact hole opening Jianhui Ye, Huang Liu, Alex See, Wei Lu, Chun Hui Low +2 more 2013-01-15
8324011 Implementation of temperature-dependent phase switch layer for improved temperature uniformity during annealing Chyiu Hyia Poon, Alex See 2012-12-04
8293544 Method and apparatus to reduce thermal variations within an integrated circuit die using thermal proximity correction Debora Chyiu Hyia Poon, Alex See, Francis Benistant, Benjamin Colombeau, Yun Ling Tan +1 more 2012-10-23
8058123 Integrated circuit and method of fabrication thereof Jinping Liu, Hai Cong, Binbin Zhou, Alex See, Liang-Choo Hsia 2011-11-15
8012839 Method for fabricating a semiconductor device having an epitaxial channel and transistor having same Jinping Liu, Alex See, Liang-Choo Hsia 2011-09-06
7966142 Multi-variable regression for metrology Wen-Zhan Zhou, Zheng Zou, Jasper Goh 2011-06-21
7960283 Method for reducing silicide defects in integrated circuits Jeff Jianhui Ye, Huang Liu, Alex See, Wei Lu, Hai Cong +2 more 2011-06-14
7902066 Damascene contact structure for integrated circuits Jian Ye 2011-03-08
7879732 Thin film etching method and semiconductor device fabrication using same Xiang Hu, Hai Cong, Pradeep Ramachandramurthy Yelehanka 2011-02-01
7776699 Strained channel transistor structure and method Jin Ping Liu, Alex See, Liang-Choo Hsia 2010-08-17
7745320 Method for reducing silicide defects in integrated circuits Jeff Jianhui Ye, Huang Liu, Alex See, Wei Lu, Hai Cong +2 more 2010-06-29
7452808 Method of copper/copper surface bonding using a conducting polymer for application in IC chip bonding Simon Chooi, Yakub Aliyu, John Sudijono, Subhash Gupta, Sudipto Ranendra Roy +2 more 2008-11-18 $115,000
7354623 Surface modification of a porous organic material through the use of a supercritical fluid Ching-Ya Wang, Ping Chuang, Sunny Wu, Yu-Liang Lin, Hung-Jung Tu +1 more 2008-04-08 $3,924,000
7338909 Micro-etching method to replicate alignment marks for semiconductor wafer photolithography Yu-Liang Lin, Henry Lo, Chung-Long Chang, Gorge Huang, Tony Lu +8 more 2008-03-04 $12,742,000
7179879 Poly(arylene ether) dielectrics Christopher Lim, Siu Choon Ng, Hardy Chan, Simon Chooi 2007-02-20 $829,000
7166250 Poly(arylene ether) dielectrics Christopher Lim, Siu Choon Ng, Hardy Chan, Simon Chooi 2007-01-23 $349,000
7083495 Advanced process control approach for Cu interconnect wiring sheet resistance control Chun-Hsien Lin, Ai-Sen Liu, Sunny Wu, Yu-Liang Lin, Henry Lo 2006-08-01 $10,570,000
7071281 Poly(arylene ether) dielectrics Christopher Lim, Siu Choon Ng, Hardy Chan, Simon Chooi 2006-07-04
7060613 Method of copper/copper surface bonding using a conducting polymer for application in IC chip bonding Simon Chooi, Yakub Aliyu, John Sudijono, Subhash Gupta, Sudipto Ranendra Roy +2 more 2006-06-13 $118,000