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Chih-Chao Yang — 888 Patents

IBM: 837 patents #5 of 70,183Top 1%
Globalfoundries: 21 patents #139 of 4,424Top 4%
ITITRI: 11 patents #451 of 9,619Top 5%
Infineon Technologies Ag: 8 patents #1,246 of 7,486Top 20%
TETessera: 7 patents #62 of 271Top 25%
UMUnited Microelectronics: 3 patents #1,523 of 4,560Top 35%
NLNational Applied Research Laboratories: 3 patents #58 of 506Top 15%
ETElpis Technologies: 2 patents #16 of 121Top 15%
NMNovatek Microelectronics: 1 patents #575 of 986Top 60%
CUClemson University: 1 patents #68 of 317Top 25%
GUGlobalfoundries U.S.: 1 patents #22 of 211Top 15%
Glenmont, NY: #1 of 67 inventorsTop 2%
New York: #4 of 115,490 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #82 of 4,157,543Top 1%
888 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 251–275 of 888 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10672707 Low aspect ratio interconnect Benjamin D. Briggs, Elbert E. Huang, Raghuveer R. Patlolla, Cornelius Brown Peethala, David L. Rath 2020-06-02
10672653 Metallic interconnect structures with wrap around capping layers Cornelius Brown Peethala, Kedari Matam, Theo Standaert 2020-06-02
10672649 Advanced BEOL interconnect architecture Theo Standaert 2020-06-02
10672611 Hardmask stress, grain, and structure engineering for advanced memory applications Michael Rizzolo, Ashim Dutta, Oscar van der Straten 2020-06-02
10658585 Dedicated contacts for controlled electroforming of memory cells in resistive random-access memory array Takashi Ando, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Benjamin D. Briggs 2020-05-19
10658235 Rework for metal interconnects using etch and thermal anneal Prasad Bhosale, Terry A. Spooner, Lawrence A. Clevenger 2020-05-19
10651083 Graded interconnect cap Andrew Tae Kim, Baozhen Li, Ernest Y. Wu 2020-05-12
10643890 Ultrathin multilayer metal alloy liner for nano Cu interconnects Daniel C. Edelstein, Alfred Grill, Seth L. Knupp, Son V. Nguyen, Takeshi Nogami +2 more 2020-05-05
10615119 Back end of line electrical fuse structure and method of fabrication Benjamin D. Briggs, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Michael Rizzolo 2020-04-07
10615116 Surface nitridation in metal interconnects Lawrence A. Clevenger, Roger A. Quon, Terry A. Spooner, Wei Wang 2020-04-07
10615112 MIM capacitor for improved process defect tolerance Baozhen Li, Andrew Tae Kim 2020-04-07
10615074 Advanced copper interconnects with hybrid microstructure Daniel C. Edelstein 2020-04-07
10600686 Controlling grain boundaries in high aspect-ratio conductive regions Conal E. Murray 2020-03-24
10586732 Via cleaning to reduce resistance Yann Mignot 2020-03-10
10585998 Automated method for integrated analysis of back end of the line yield, line resistance/capacitance and process performance Prasad Bhosale, Michael Rizzolo 2020-03-10
10566314 Microstructure modulation for metal wafer-wafer bonding 2020-02-18
10559751 Bottom electrode for semiconductor memory device Theodorus E. Standaert, Daniel C. Edelstein 2020-02-11
10559649 Metal insulator metal capacitor with extended capacitor plates Theodorus E. Standaert 2020-02-11
10553789 Fully aligned semiconductor device with a skip-level via Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo, Benjamin D. Briggs, Hsueh-Chung Chen, Lawrence A. Clevenger 2020-02-04
10553535 Formation of semiconductor devices including electrically programmable fuses Juntao Li 2020-02-04
10553483 Semiconductor device with reduced via resistance Conal E. Murray 2020-02-04
10546892 Resistive memory device with meshed electrodes Takashi Ando, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Michael Rizzolo 2020-01-28
10546812 Liner-free and partial liner-free contact/via structures 2020-01-28
10541199 BEOL integration with advanced interconnects 2020-01-21
10534888 Hybrid back end of line metallization to balance performance and reliability Baozhen Li, Theo Standaert 2020-01-14